The Atlanta
The Atlanta Lawyer
Chairs
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Hon. Sara L. Doyle
Lawyer
Volume 10, No.8
Editorial Board
Enjoliqué Aytch
Katherine Drolett
R.Scott Ferber
Michael Goldberg
Michael Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Jennifer Klos
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Byung J. Pak
Rachel Platt
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
Eric P. Schroeder
Paul Sherman
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
April 2012
In This Issue:
President’s Message
Law Day: The Importance of Lawyers Engaging our Youth.........................
Advisors
Rita A. Sheffey
Wade H. Watson III
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FEATURED ARTICLES
Atlanta Bar Association
Law Day 2012.............................................................................................................. 7
State Bar of Georgia Takes Active Role in Law-Related Education................... 10
Bending Toward Justice.............................................................................................. 16
ATLANTA BAR ASSOCIATION NEWS AND NOTES
Atlanta Bar Association Law Day Activities.................................................
Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon............................................................
Litigation Section Bench and Bar Reception...................................................
Minority and Diversity Clerkship Program.......................................................
Adjunct Professors.............................................................................................
Tax Law Section Update....................................................................................
2012-2013 Atlanta Bar Association Election Results.....................................
Sole Practitioner/Small Firm Section Update..................................................
Real Estate Section Update...............................................................................
Gatherings............................................................................................................
Atlanta Bar Foundation Fellows.........................................................................
Did You Know?.....................................................................................................
LawJam 2012.......................................................................................................
Calendar of Events...............................................................................................
President
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
Vice President/President-Elect
Lynn M. Roberson
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
Secretary
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
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Treasurer
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm LLP
Immediate Past President
Michael B. Terry
Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP
ACYL President
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Foltz Martin LLC
Members at Large
Eric W. Anderson
Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP
James D. “Jim” Blitch IV
Beal & Blitch, LLP
Louis R. Cohan
Cohan Law Group, LLC
Harold E. Franklin
King & Spalding
Karen D. Fultz
Cozen O’Connor
Dawn Michele Jones
King & Spalding
Robert Milton Lewis, Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor
Ricky B. Novak
Strategic 1031 Exchange Advisors
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
Carter L. Stout
Stout Atwood LLC
Margaret (Maggie) H. Vath
Vath Law LLC
Ryan K. Walsh
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
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