President ' s Message
E. TYRON BROWN Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP tbrown @ hpylaw. com
The 2025-2026 bar year is off to a fast, strong start. Please renew your membership or join the Atlanta Bar Association today by clicking this link: HERE
The Inaugural 2025 Atlanta Bar Association Leadership Academy is off and running. A 10-person Leadership Academy Committee( the“ LAC”), consisting of nine Partners, from nine different law firms, and one Associate, selected the inaugural class of 30 attorneys to make history. Congratulations to the following members of the Inaugural Class of the 2025 Atlanta Bar Association Leadership Academy:
Kacey Baine, Associate, Robbins Firm; Carter D. Bishop, Associate, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC; Andrew P. Boyer, Associate, Alston & Bird; Rachel C. Bramblett, Associate, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP; Tiffany S. Bush, Attorney, Georgia Innocence Project; Gabriella K. Cole, Senior Attorney, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLC; Kevin A. Collareno, Associate, Fish & Richardson PC; Tessa M. Deardorff, Associate, Eversheds Sutherland( US) LLP; Chelsea Freeman Dease, Partner, Johnson & Freeman, LLC; Erin E. Doyle, Associate, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP; Ralitsa C. Francois, Associate, Bodker Ramsey Andrews Winograd & Wildstein, PC; Grace P. Gluck, Associate, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP; Precious Johnson, Associate, Greenberg Traurig; Zapora H. Johnson, Associate, Bovis Kyle Burch & Medlin LLC; Maxwell R. Jones, Owner, Max Law, LLC; Ryan P. Lynn, Associate, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP; Sheneka S. Lodenquai, Associate, Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP; Alex McDonald, Associate, Jones Day; Nathan R. Miles, Associate, Morris Manning & Martin LLP; Simran V. Modi, Associate, King & Spalding; Lyddy E. O’ Brien, Supervising Attorney, Georgia Legal Services Program; Le’ Asa M. Otey, Owner, Law Office of L. M. Otey; Mariah N. Paige, Partner, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, LLC; Andrew H. Pinter, Attorney, Buchalter; Erich S. Ritter, Associate, Fellows LaBriola; Kendall D. Runyan, Associate, Jones Day; Courtnie J. Russell, International Tax Associate, BDO USA; Sydney J. Selman, Associate, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP; Anna Stallings, Owner, Hurley Elder Care Law; and Alissa N. Watson, Associate, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP.
The first of 6 Leadership Academy training sessions will be held on September 4, 2025, at Arnall Golden & Gregory. Thank you to Arnall Golden & Gregory for hosting the training sessions. There will be a Graduation Ceremony and Reception on November 20, 2025 starting at 5:30 p. m. at the Supreme Court of Georgia. Thank you to Supreme Court of Georgia Justice Verda Colvin for hosting the Graduation Ceremony and Reception.
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