WILLIAM BANFIELD TREVORROW

April 24, 1934 – December 24, 2021

William Banfield Trevorrow, 87, passed away December 24, 2021, at Hospice of the Piedmont in High Point, North Carolina.  Bill was born in New York City, April 24, 1934, to mother, Grace Trevorrow, and father, Arthur H. Trevorrow.  At the age of 1-year, his parents took Bill and his brother, Art, to England to introduce the sons to their English families.  World War II prevented their return home to New York City and Bill remained in England until he was the age of 13.  Bill had many interesting stories about waking up in bomb shelters during periods of bombing.  Eventually children were evacuated to areas less likely to be bombed and placed in homes with other evacuees.  Bill and his siblings were among those evacuated.  After it was safer to travel home to New York City, Bill was sent to relatives in Connecticut, where he
entered school.

Bill attended the University of Connecticut and then enlisted in the U.S. Army on January 30, 1955.  He served in Korea and then at Fort Huachuca in Arizona, where he was mapping parts of the moon that were preliminary for the moon shot.  Bill ended his Army career in 1958 and attended High Point College (now High Point University).  He furthered his education by graduating from Wake Forest Law School and started his career with the Internal Revenue Service before becoming Guilford County Attorney and later entering private apractice with Richard D. Hall PA.

Bill is survived by his wife Melinda; sister and brother-in-law; brother and sister-in-law; daughters Tiffany Rangel and Tara Trevorrow; son Shay Trevorrow; stepsons R. Gib Cobb (Janelle) and David Cobb (Shannon); grandchildren Colt Rangel, Makenna Rangel, Gavin Cobb, and Jenna Cobb.  Bill and Melinda married in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on October 4, 2004, then renewed their vows in the presence of his English family at Worcester Cathedral where his niece provided organ music.

Bill enjoyed reading, music, and with his wife, playing in the Christ Moravian Church Band for Easter Sunrise and funeral services.  Bill was a member of the DAV Post 20 in Greensboro.

March 10, 2022
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM

The Greensboro Bar Association is pleased to present Session 2 of The Equity Paradigm’s diversity training.

Last year, Session 1 – Foundations in Racial Equity focused on building social, political, historical, and economic context around the construction of race and racism through an analysis of our systems, institutions, interpersonal relationships, and internalized norms

On March 10, 2022 we’ll participate in Session 2 – Foundations in Internalized Racism. 

This workshop pushes participants to examine their own socialization and the unconscious norms, assumptions and biases that have been ingrained in us, that perpetuate racism and uphold the system as it was designed. We will interrogate our own lived experiences and identities, build community and devise strategies for deconstructing Internalized Racial Superiority and Internalized Racial Oppression through racial identity caucusing, all while building our capacity to work towards racial equity in the spaces we occupy.

All members are invited to include your colleagues and staff members, particularly from small and solo firms where such training may not otherwise be available. Please no more than 5 individuals from the same office/firm.

Register Today! The deadline is March 5, 2022.

Nicole Scallon is President of the Greensboro Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section and is an attorney with Henson & Talley LLP.

Upcoming Event:

On March 24, 2022, from 5-7 p.m., Say Yes Guilford is hosting an outdoor happy hour for lawyers at Lawn Service in LeBauer Park. Please join us to learn more about and support Say Yes Guilford! This event is sponsored in part by YLS and we encourage all members of YLS to join us for an opportunity to connect. Click HERE to RSVP!

Connect with YLS:

YLS is organizing a March Madness competition! Keep a lookout for an e-mail blast and Facebook post. We encourage all members of YLS to complete a bracket and participate in this competition!

Do you have any ideas for future YLS events, service projects, and/or socially distant activities? Please share by emailing Nicole Scallon at nscallon@hensonlawyers.com.

Do you want more information about upcoming YLS events or to find out how you can get involved? Check out our website at www.greensboroyls.org. Also follow us on Facebook @GreensboroBarYLS.

YLS Celebrations:

YLS would like to celebrate life’s milestones with our members. Email info@greensboroyls.org
to share personal and professional updates about yourself that you would like celebrated on the YLS Facebook page.

If you would like to be added to the YLS email list, please email Nicole Scallon at nscallon@hensonlawyers.com.

Camille Stell is President and CEO of Lawyers Mutual Consulting & Services. Continue this conversation by contacting Camille at camille@lawyersmutualnc.com or 800.662.8843.

In early 2020, I was talking to my friend Jennifer Mencarini about the weirdness of it all when she offered to share some Affirmations with me. As I read the words, I knew an Affirmation practice was something I was ready for.

Jennifer shared Affirmations from Mastin Kipp, author of Daily Love:

• I am flexible and able to safely manage change.
• This unforeseen event is a chance to evolve, grow and discover even more of who I am.
• I do not have to solve this problem by myself. I am free to ask for help from others, the Universe or God.

These phrases resonated with me, and I wanted to know more.

What is an Affirmation practice?

This wellness approach uses positive statements to challenge the negative self-talk that often happens in our heads.

These positive mental repetitions can reprogram our thinking patterns so that, over time, we think and act differently.

As I looked back at 2020 and 2021 Affirmations, and set my 2022 Affirmations, I was happy to see how my mind and attitude has shifted in a more positive direction in the past two years. I don’t want to discount the importance of other health-related measures I’ve taken to deal with the upheaval of the world, but I am convinced that my Affirmation practice has made a positive difference.

2020 My Affirmations

In 2020, my affirmations addressed the anxiety I felt in the new role, the isolation of working from home, and the uncertainty brought on by the pandemic.

• I can do this work. I have the skills and experience. I have the network and resources.
• I will look for joy in my work. I am helping people. I am not solving their problems single-handedly, but I am helping them find solutions that ease their pain.
• This is a difficult time, and I will give myself grace.

As I look back on these Affirmations, I remember the exact way I was feeling when I wrote them. I was honest in my declarations. I started every day by reading and repeating the Affirmations. During the day when I was stuck, I would go back to them almost as a breathing exercise.

The Affirmations made me feel much more at peace at a time when the world felt out of control, as did my response to the world.

2021 Affirmations

The MindTools website says that using Affirmations is a way of harnessing positive thinking. Many of us experience the negative thoughts I was experiencing in 2020. A problem with negative thoughts is they can become self-fulfilling prophecies. However, if we deliberately use positive thoughts, the effect can be powerful.

Affirmations are not just “wishful thinking.” MindTools compares repetitive positive self-talk to the repetitive exercises we use to improve our physical health.

Here are my 2021 Affirmations

• What is meant for me will come to me
• Recognize that ruminating will blow events out of proportion. Action is a deterrent to the ruminating mind; stop ruminating and start moving.
• Recognize what I have no control over and stop worrying. Learn what I can control – primarily my own response – and focus on that.
• Let go and let God.

MindTool shares that evidence suggests that Affirmations help us perform better at work.

For example, before a job interview (or performance review, ugh!), spending a few minutes thinking about your best qualities can calm your nerves, increase your confidence, and improve your chances of a successful outcome.

2022 Affirmations

I spent January 4 preparing myself for the New Year. I finalized my goals, I started new spreadsheets to track progress on projects, and I wrote my new Affirmations.

• Words matter.
• Embrace the mindset of abundance.
• I choose peace over being right.
• I am exactly where I am supposed to be.
• Everything is unfolding in perfect Divine order in my life.
• Look through eyes of faith and forgiveness.

After writing my new Affirmations, I was struck by the progress I ‘d made in two years as I compared my 2022 list to 2020 and 2021. Instead of using words such as “difficult time” my Affirmations seemed to reflect a shift in thought.

Instead of convincing myself through self-talk that I can get to where I need to be, I noted that I AM where I need to be. That was a WOW moment for me.

Set Your Own Affirmations

Visit Using Affirmations – Stress Management From MindTools.com, to learn more about the benefits of an Affirmation practice, how to use Affirmations, and how to create your own Affirmations.

Continue this conversation by contacting Camille Stell at camille@lawyersmutualconsulting.com or 800.662.8843.

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Children’s Law Center of Central NC
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Desmond Sheridan, President of the Greensboro Bar Association

I’m happy to report that the GBA Board voted this month to make our April Board and membership meetings live. So we’ll have a virtual membership meeting on March 17th and our April 21st meeting (the annual joint meeting of the GBA and the 24th Judicial District Bar) will be live back at Starmount Country Club. Also, our pre-summer events (like the May picnic) can be live again. My goal was to start live meetings back in September – we didn’t get there of course, but at least we can see the end of the Covid era and get in a round of live meetings before we break for the summer. We’ve all missed the opportunity to get together so I’m very glad we’ll be seeing each other in real life at least once and then on a regular basis starting in the fall. We want to make health and safety our priority (of course) and will keep an eye out for new variants and other developments regarding Covid, but our fingers are crossed that the pandemic disruptions will soon be behind us.

Our February meeting (on Zoom of course) featured Rick French, the CEO of French West Vaughn. I think he was GBA’s first executive/movie producer/sports team owner and Rick Hall board member, so lots to talk about. At our March meeting, we’ll hear from Winston McGregor of the Guilford Education Alliance – promises to be another interesting program. Also at the March meeting, we’ll be presenting the Centennial/Community Service Award – thanks to Jim Bryan and his committee for all the work on that (and our other awards of course).

Our nominating committee led by our immediate past President Lisa Williford (Arthur) has been hard at work on a slate of next year’s new officers and board members – the membership will be able to vote on all that in April. I know it will be a strong leadership team (led by next year’s President Judge Marcus Shields) to get GBA “back to normal”, so stay tuned for more.

Thanks for being a part of the GBA and see you at the March membership meeting.

Desmond Sheridan
GBA President, 2021-2022