The Atlanta
The Atlanta Lawyer
Chairs
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Hon. Sara L. Doyle
Lawyer
Volume 12, No.5
Editorial Board
Enjoliqué D. Aytch
R.Scott Ferber
Michael L. Goldberg
Sally Hogsette
Michael K. Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
Lisa K. Liang
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
December 2013
In This Issue:
Featured Articles
Advancing the Mission of The Atlanta Bar Association...............................
History of The Atlanta Bar Association..........................................................
Advisors
Wade H. Watson III
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
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Atlanta Bar Association
President
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Atlanta Bar Association News & Notes
Community Partner Spotlight...................................................................................
Secret Santa Project........................................................................................
2013 Law Day...................................................................................................
Minority and Diversity Clerkship Program....................................................
Gatherings.........................................................................................................
Atlanta Bar Foundation Fellows......................................................................
ACYL Section Update......................................................................................
Corporate Counsel Section Update................................................................
Criminal Law Section Update.........................................................................
Estate Planning & Probate Section Update................................................
Litigation Section Update................................................................................
Workers' Compensation Section Update......................................................
Did You Know?..................................................................................................
100% Club.........................................................................................................
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Vice President/President-Elect
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
ACYL President
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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Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
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Lynnette D. Espy-Williams
Cozen O’Connor
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland
December 2013
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