Three local members of the American Board of Trial Advocates recently attended the national organization’s annual convention in Ireland, where they studied the country’s legal system, recognized members of the judiciary who were victims of terrorism and witnessed as members of ABOTA became sponsors of Thanksgiving Square in Belfast. (from left) Joseph P. Milton, national board member from Jacksonville, Joshua Whitman, Jacksonville chapter vice president, national president Edward Nevin of San Francisco, national president-elect Dick O’Keefe of New York, and Wayne Hogan, national board member from Jacksonville. The photo was taken at Belfast City Hall.