The ATlAnTA
The Atlanta Lawyer
LAWYER
Volume 11, No.8
CHAIRS
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Hon. Sara L. Doyle
EDITORIAL BOARD
Enjoliqué D. Aytch
R.Scott Ferber
Michael L. Goldberg
Michael K. Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Rachel L. Platt
Jacquelyn H. (Jackie) Saylor
Eric P. Schroeder
Paul G. Sherman
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
April 2013
In This Issue:
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Realizing the Dream: Equality for All.................................................................... 4
ADVISORS
Lynn M. Roberson
Wade H. Watson III
FEATURED ARTICLES
Atlanta Bar Association
National Center for Civil and Human Rights....................................................... 6
Realizing the Dream: Equality for All! Law Day 2013........................................ 8
Georgia's Juvenile Justice System: High Cost, Low Returns............................. 12
Combatting Modern Day Slavery in Georgia in the Twenty-First Century....... 14
ABA President Laurel Bellows on Human Trafficking...................................... 16
Marvin Stephens Arrington - Civil Rights Pioneer............................................ 18
Legislative Update.......................................................................................... 20
Second Annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy.................................................... 24
President
Lynn M. Roberson
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
Vice President/President-Elect
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Secretary
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm
Treasurer
Harold E. Franklin Jr.
Caldwell & Watson
ATLANTA BAR ASSOCIATION NEWS AND NOTES
About the Cover....................................................................................................... 5
In Memoriam: Andrew R. Pachman..................................................................... 10
100% Club........................................................................................................ 13
Save the Date: A Courthouse Line X................................................................... 21
Tax Law Section Update...................................................................................... 22
Estate Planning & Probate Section Update....................................................... 26
Elder Law Section Update................................................................................... 27
Atlanta Associates Double Fundraising for Local Pro Bono Organizations... 28
Criminal Law Section Update............................................................................... 30
We Want to Know....................................................................................................31
LawJam 2013................................................................................................... 31
Gatherings............................................................................................................. 32
Did You Know?....................................................................................................... 36
Editorial Board....................................................................................................... 37
Lawyer Referral & Information Service Attorney Spotlight: Peter Strott...........38
News from the Truancy Intervention Project...................................................... 39
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