The Atlanta
The Atlanta Lawyer
Chairs
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Hon. Sara L. Doyle
Lawyer
Volume 11, No.2
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
August/September 2012
In This Issue:
President’s Message
Building Communities .....................................................................................
Advisors
Rita A. Sheffey
Wade H. Watson III
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Atlanta Bar Association
President
Lynn M. Roberson
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
FEATURED ARTICLES
National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day...........................................
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Transforming Public Safety in Atlanta............................................................ 7
Vice President/President-Elect
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Secretary
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
King & Spalding
Treasurer
Harold E. Franklin Jr.
Caldwell & Watson
ATLANTA BAR ASSOCIATION NEWS AND NOTES
Immediate Past President
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
The Legal Runaround............................................................................... 9
Summer Law Internship Program................................................................... 10
2012 ACYL Associates Campaign for Legal Services................................. 17
Gatherings.......................................................................................................... 18
Minority & Diversity Clerkship Program......................................................... 21
Yoga in the Gardens......................................................................................... 22
Did You Know?.................................................................................................. 24
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ACYL President
Nicole G. Iannarone
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
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Foltz Martin LLC
Dawn Michele Jones
King & Spalding
Robert Milton Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
Michael J. Rust
Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP
Margaret H. (Maggie) Vat h
Vath Law LLC
Steven A. Wagner
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, Atlanta District Office
Ryan K. Walsh
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
August/September 2012
ABA Delegate
W. Terence Walsh
Alston + Bird LLP
Gate City Bar Association President
L. Chris Stewart
Morgan & Morgan
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland
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