The Atlanta
The Atlanta Lawyer
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Volume 13, No.2
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Chairs
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Lisa K. Liang
Editorial Board
Enjoliqué D. Aytch
Christopher Berney
Michael L. Goldberg
Michael K. Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Chris Lightner
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
W. Carl Lietz III
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Rachel L. Platt
Jacquelyn H. (Jackie) Saylor
Rita Sheffey
Paul G. Sherman
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
August/September 2014
In This Issue:
President's Message
To My Fellow Atlanta Bar Association Members...........................................
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Atlanta Bar Association
President
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm, LLP
Featured Articles
Perks of Being a Clerk...................................................................................... 6
Brainstorming & Bonding................................................................................. 8
Rise Up & Run................................................................................................... 9
The Data Security Breach................................................................................ 10
News & Notes
Advisors
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
Harold E. Franklin
Editorial Board: Law School Student Liaisons.....................................................
Law Enforcement Appreciation Day...............................................................
22nd SLIP Program Comes to a Close..........................................................
SLIP Farewell Address.....................................................................................
SLIP Appreciation Breakfast...........................................................................
2014 SLIP Student Essays..............................................................................
Atlanta Bar Association Foundation Fellows.................................................
Gatherings.........................................................................................................
ACYL Section Update......................................................................................
Construction Law Section Update..................................................................
Estate Planning & Probate Section Update...................................................
Labor & Employment Section Update.............................................................
100% Club..........................................................................................................
Did You Know?..................................................................................................
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Vice President/President-Elect
Harold E. Franklin
King & Spalding
Secretary
James D. (Jim) Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Treasurer
Margaret H. (Maggie) Vath
Georgia State University College of Law
Immediate Past President
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
ACYL President
Eugenia Wooten Iredale
Fellows LaBriola LLP
Members at Large
Michelle Edwards
Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS
Nekia Hackworth Jones
United States Attorney’s Office
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Krevolin & Horst, LLC
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University College of Law
Robert M. Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor
Lisa Liang
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Christopher P. Lightner
Alston & Bird LLP
Curtis J. Martin II
Miller & Martin, PLLC
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
David Richards
The Richards Law Firm, L.L.C.
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August/September 2014
Melissa Phillips Reading
Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, LLP
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland
Atlanta Bar Foundation President
S. Wade Malone
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Gate City Bar Association President
Meka B. Ward
Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins LLP
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