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CONTENTS MAY / JUNE 2025
VOL. 23, NO. 7

CONTENTS MAY / JUNE 2025

04 President’ s Message By E. Tyron Brown

06 Ask the Board: What Mission-Aligned Talent Would You Like To Engage as a Board Member This Term? in full swing, what was your favorite childhood Summer memory?

In the Profession

10 Meet Judge Thomas W. Thrash Jr.

14 Georgia ' s Judiciary Sees Significant Leadership Changes in 2025 By Jon Hobbs PHD

16 Legalweek 2025: Honoring Innovation in Legal Technology By Quiana M. Hood

MEMBERSHIP

20 Has It Been A Year Yet? By Peter H. Strott

22 A Conversation with Marty Ellin, Newly Appointed Dean of Atlanta ' s John Marshall Law School By Robert N. Johnson

28 A Word from Ethan Knott- New Board Chair of the Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers( ACYL) By Ethan Knott

30 Georgia Lawyers for the Rule of Law: Protecting the Integrity of Our Legal System By Seth Kirschenbaum

Membership

31 20 Years of Justice: GAIN ' s Taste of the World Raises $ 400K For Immigrant Rights By Ereka Hollings

32 Atlanta Bar Association Newly Installed Leaders for the 2025-2026 Bar Year

34 Passing the Torch: Schools Usher in a New Era of Leadership

41 2025-2026 Atlanta Bar Association Board of Directors & Sections

SECTION UPDATES

52 Bankruptcy Section

53 Family Law Section

54 Litigation Law Section

Updates & Happenings

56-61 Updates & Happenings