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The Annual Judicial Reception
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On August 17 , 2023 , the Atlanta Bar Association co-sponsored the Gate City Bar Association and Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys Annual Judicial Reception . In attendance were leaders of the DeKalb Lawyers Association , Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association , Georgia Trial Lawyers Association , Gwinnett Bar Association , and South Asian Bar Association in welcoming new and returning Metro Atlanta jurists . Special thanks to Atlanta Bar Past President Harold Franklin ( 2015 ) and Josh Kamin ( Managing Partner , King and Spalding ) for outstanding support in hosting this event for 25 years .
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9 - Germani Hunt ( Gate City Board Member and Event Chair ), Roodgine D . Bray ( Vice President , Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys ), Yari Lawson ( President , Gwinnett County Bar Association ), Harold Franklin ( Atlanta Bar Past President ( 2015 ), Hon . Clarence Cuthpert , Jr . ( Rockdale County Superior Court ), Amy Cheng ( President , Atlanta Bar Association ), Bonnie Young ( Board Member , Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association ), Candis Jones ( Vice President , Georgia Defense Lawyers Association ), Gautam Reddy ( President , South Asian Bar Association of Georgia ), and Hon . Shondeana Crew Morris ( President , DeKalb Lawyers Association ).
10 - L-R : Hon . Alvin T . Wong ( DeKalb County State Court ), Hon . Allison Barnes Salter ( Cobb County State Court ), and Hon . Marsha S . Lake ( Cobb County State Court ).
11 - L-R : Hon . Jeffrey A . Watkins ( Georgia Court of Appeals ), Miguel A . Dominguez ( Morgan & Morgan ), Hon . Stephen Louis
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A . Dillard ( Georgia Court of Appeals ), Hon . LaTisha Dear Jackson ( DeKalb County Superior Court ), and Justice Harold D . Melton ( Ret ., Troutman Pepper ).
12 - Rodney Atreopersaud ( President-Elect , Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association ).
13 - L-R : Josh Kamin ( Managing Partner , King & Spalding ) and host of the Annual Judicial Reception .
14 - L-R : Hon . Charity Bridgewater ( Clayton County Magistrate Court ) and Hon . Melynee Leftridge ( Fulton County Superior Court ).
15 - L-R : Rob Wellon ( Wellon Family Law ), Hon . Renata Turner ( Fulton County Juvenile Court ), and Hon . Mike Jacobs ( DeKalb County State Court ).
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