cover " Ethics , Trial Practice , and Professionalism in Specialized Areas of Litigation ." Registration is available on the Atlanta Bar web site . We are also tentatively planning to hold our annual Bench & Bar Reception , which usually occurs in May , this September . This year ’ s honoree for the Logan E . Bleckley Award will be Chief Justice Melton . The 2019-2020 recipient , Judge Richard Story of the Northern District of Georgia , was honored at our September breakfast meeting .
I want to personally thank this year ’ s Section board members , who worked hard to make the year a success : Immediate Past Chair Louis Cohan ( Cohan Law Group , LLC ), Vice-chair / Chair-elect Lillian Caudle ( Mercedes-Benz USA , LLC ), Secretary E . Tyron Brown ( Hawkin Parnell & Young , LLP ), Treasurer Amy Cheng ( Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP ), and Members-at-Large Elizabeth Adler ( King & Spalding ), Terrence Croft ( CroftADR / JAMS ), Charles Dalziel ( Dalziel Law Firm ), Hon . Susan Edlein ( State Court of Fulton County ), Hillary Lukacs ( Morris , Manning & Martin , LLP ), Wade Malone ( Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP ), Mari Myer ( The Myer Law Firm ), Kevin Patrick ( Kevin Patrick Law , LLC ), and James Sherman ( Stanley , Esrey & Buckley , LLP ). And I especially want to express my appreciation to all of our members who continued to be dedicated to the Section this year . We hope to see you all soon .
JOHN D . HADDEN The Hadden law Firm , LLC jhadden @ haddenfirm . com
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Privacy & Cybersecurity concurrently with another event , with over 80 participants joining in to watch .
On April 20th , Chair Stephen Bush moderated a panel for the Atlanta Bar Association ’ s “ Tech Tuesdays .” Speakers were privacy governance consultant Heather Kuhn ( Cox Communications ) and Senior Data Privacy leader Mae-Beth Magno ( Northrup-Grumman ), and Nikole Davenport reprising her role , who discussed additional topics in privacy and technology – matters that all lawyers should know . This event was well-attended with over 40 participants , consisting of both members and nonmembers of the Section .
On May 13th , the Section contributed to the Atlanta Bar ’ s “ CLE By the Hour ” sessions by presenting a panel covering hot topics in data privacy and cybersecurity . This panel featured Stephen Bush , Scott Zweigel ( Parker , Hudson , Rainer & Dobbs LLP ), Shannon Sprinkle ( Copeland , Stair , Kingma and Lovell , LLP ), and Dorian Simmons ( Alston & Bird ).
The Privacy & Cybersecurity Section has more in store for future activities in addition to presenting panels , including building a website featuring updates and insights in the world of privacy and cybersecurity , as well as creating a program for students to get more involved in the areas of privacy and cybersecurity .
The Section is currently seeking sponsors for upcoming panels as well as featured positions on the upcoming website for the Section .
STEPHEN BUSH Bodker Ramsey Andrews Winograd & Wildstein sbush @ brawwlaw . com
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2021 has been a busy year for the Privacy & Cybersecurity Section , as this is the Section ’ s first full year in existence . The Section was founded in fall of 2020 by Stephen Bush , Senior Counsel ( Bodker , Ramsey , Andrews , Winograd & Wildstein ), and since then the Section has hosted numerous panels , in addition to working with the GA Bar ’ s Privacy & Technology Section on the annual Privacy and Technology Law Institute , which took place on February 18 , 2021 .
On February 18th , Alex Panos and Stephen Bush organized a panel of speakers , consisting of Rose Jones , Kim Roberts and Jenni Weaver ( King and Spalding ), and Vice President of Privacy Programs and CPO Nikole Davenport ( HITRUST ), to discuss technology in the age of privacy . This event was well-attended even while taking place
Sole Practitioner / Small Firm
The Solo Practice and Small Firm Section used COVID-19 as a time to refocus on what we do best : lean on each other for support and knowledge . Through our Zoom lunch series , we brought speakers in from many different sectors to arm our membership with the latest knowledge on remote work , tax issues , and market trends for office space . We hope to continue this mission in person this fall !
MATTHEW C . JORDAN Matthew C . Jordan Law mjordan @ mcj-law . com
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