Chair / Chair Elect E . Tyron “ Ty ” Brown ( Hawkins Parnell & Young , LLP ); Secretary Amy B . Cheng ( Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP ); Treasurer Kevin C . Patrick ( Kevin Patrick Law ); Immediate Past Chair : John D . Hadden ( The Hadden Law Firm , LLC ); Members-at-Large Terrence A . Croft ( Croft ADR / JAMS ), Hon . Susan E . Edlein ( State Court of Fulton County ), Hillary K . Lukacs ( Morris , Manning & Martin , LLP ), S . Wade Malone ( Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP ), Hon . Shukura I . Millender ( Superior Court of Fulton County ), Samantha M . Mullis ( Goodman McGuffey , LLP ), Mari L . Myer ( The Myer Law Firm ), Magistrate Hon . Catherine H . Salinas ( U . S . District Court , N . D . Ga .), and James M . Sherman ( Stanley , Esrey & Buckley , LLP ). Congratulations to the new Board- we look forward to another great year !
We are pleased to announce our monthly breakfast meetings will be in person barring any mandates regarding a global health crisis . We invite you to Save the Date for the following breakfasts to be held at the Ansley Golf Club :
• September 24 , 2021 : State of the Judiciary
• October 8 , 2021 : Medical Device Product Liability Litigation
• November 12 , 2021 : TBD
• December 10 , 2021 : Training , Forging Relationships , and Building Firm Culture with Younger Lawyers in the New Normal
• January 14 , 2022 : Trials in 2022 : A New Year and Hopefully Post Pandemic Outlook
• February 11 , 2022 : Medical Funding : Discoverability , Admissibility , and Revisiting the Collateral Source Rule
• March 4 , 2022 : Alternative Dispute Resolution
• April 1 , 2022 : Update on Offer of Judgment and Apportionment / Proving Attorneys ’ Fees
• May 13 , 2022 : General Assembly Legislative Update
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Finally , we encourage you to mark your calendar for the return of our Bench and Bar Reception scheduled for October 13 , 2021 , in person . We are grateful to our hosts , Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough , LLP for opening their firm ( and lovely patio ) to allow for the fellowship of our Section and the judiciary .
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