THE ATLANTA
The Atlanta Lawyer
CHAIRS
EDITORIAL BOARD
August/September 2013
In This Issue:
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
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Litigation Section Update
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ADVISORS
Atlanta Bar Association
President
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm
Secretary
Harold E.Franklin
King & Spalding
Treasurer
James D. (Jim) Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Immediate Past President
Lynn M. Roberson
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
Kristin Zielmanski
Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.
Members at Large
Louis R. Cohan
Cohan Law Group, LLC
Karen D. Fultz
Cozen O’Connor
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Foltz Martin LLC
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University College of Law
Lisa Liang
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Robert Milton Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor
Curtis Martin
Miller & Martin, PLLC
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
Michael J. Rust
Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP
Margaret H. (Maggie) Vath
Vath Law LLC
Steven A. Wagner
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Ryan K. Walsh
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
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August/September 2013
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
Gate City Bar Association President
Lynnette D. Espy-Williams
Cozen O’Connor
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland
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