The Atlanta Lawyer August/September 2015 | Page 16

50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act On August 10, 2015 the Atlanta Bar Association held a panel dicsussion for the 50th Anniversary of the Landmark Voting Rights Act, Honoring civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis and featuring a distinguished panel of voting rights authorities. Pictured from left to right are Debo P. Adegbile (Partner, Wilmer Hale, Counsel in landmark U.S. Supreme Court Shelby County v. Holder Case), Barbara R. Arnwine (Executive Director Emerita of The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law), Sam Olens (Attorney General for the State of Georgia), Jason Carter (Former Georgia State Senator, Partner at Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP), Anne W. Lewis (Partner, Strickland Brockington Lewis LLP, General Counsel of Georgia Republican Party) and Fredricka Whitfield (CNN News Anchor). Pictured from left to right are Michael D’Antignac (CLE Board Chair) and W. Terence Walsh (Alston & Bird LLP). 16 THE ATLANTA LAWYER August/September 2015 The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association