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CHAIRS
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ADVISORS
Betsy C. Griswold, Atlanta Bar Association President Toni Roberts, Atlanta Bar Association Executive Director & CEO
EDITORIAL BOARD
Marilyn L. Bardie-Kapaun Daniela B. Britton Terry Bushell Katherine Collins Salmeh Fodor Jon Hobbs Ereka Hollings
Atlanta Bar Association President Betsy C. Griswold IHG Hotels & Resorts
Vice President / President-Elect Kevin Patrick Kevin Patrick Law
Secretary Deborah Cazan Bradley Aarant Boult Cummings LLP
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Immediate Past President E. Tyron Brown Hawkins Parnell & Young LLP
ACYL President Carlos Fernandez Kenneth S. Nugent, P. C.
Quiana Hood Tia Monet Jones Megan Lane Kier Prince Nancy Ramirez Jackie Saylor Shreya H. Shah
Members-at-Large William E. Burnett Thompson Hine LLP
Nekia S. Hackworth Jones Day
Javier A. Gonzalez Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Jeffrey A. Kaplan Jr. Jones Day
Stephen T. LaBriola Fellows LaBriola LLP
Hon. Scott F. McAfee Fulton County Superior Court
Lee Peifer Eversheds Sutherland US LLP
Billie Pritchard King & Spalding LLP
Gieava Stinchcomb John Taylor Amy Tennihan Ayo Uboh Hanfei Zhang
James M. Sherman Stanley, Esrey & Buckley, LLP
Rachel Spears Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta
Mary Weeks Troutman Pepper Locke
Reginald Williamson Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Ex-Officio Members
Atlanta Bar Foundation President Joel Neuman
Gate City Bar Association President Hon. Pierce Hand Seitz City of Atlanta Municipal Court
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