Atlanta Bar in the Community
A panel Discussion on Human Trafficking
On October 1, 2014, the Government & Public Interest Section of the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys
(GABWA) presented a panel on Modern Day Slavery in America: A Discussion on Human Trafficking and Child Exploitation.
The event was Co-Sponsored by the Public Interest Law, Women in the Profession and Criminal Law Sections of the Atlanta
Bar Association. Pictured from left to right at the are Heather Miller (Carlock Copeland & Stair, LLP), Nekia Hackworth
Jones (United States Attorney’s Office), and Atlanta Bar President Jacquelyn H. Saylor (The Saylor Law Firm LLP).
Truancy intervention project
Volunteer of the year honorees
Truancy Intervention Project (TIP) Volunteer of the Year Honorees were recognized at a luncheon. From left to right are Mary
Alexander Myers (Jones Day), Erin Payne (Oldcastle), Keli Carter (Troutman Sanders), Richard Storrs (The Storrs Law
Firm), Bill Fletcher (Gibson, Deal & Fletcher), Scott Jarvis (Alston & Bird), Kasmyene Hayes (The Partners Group), Jill
Pope (The Pope Law Group), Kamron Mitchell (Fox, Weiss) and Tara Stewart (McKenna Long). TIP was founded by the
Atlanta Bar over 20 years ago and has served over 9,000 children since then.
The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association
December 2014
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