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Volume 15, No. 3 | December 2015
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Features
President’s Message: Leadership Through Service.........................
Atlanta Bar Association
President
Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
King & Spalding LLP
Vice President/President-Elect
James D. Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Secretary
Margaret H. Vath
Georgia State University College of Law
Treasurer
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University College of Law
Immediate Past President
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm, LLP
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ACYL President
Jonathan E. Smith
Miller & Martin PLLC
Columns
2015 Book Review................................................................................ 6
Case Review: The Silver Lining of Saying “Yes”............................... 7
Staff Spotlight........................................................................................ 10
ACYL Side Bar: Ponder........................................................................ 12
News & Notes
Holiday Gift Ideas For The Legal Professional..................................
Atlanta Santa.........................................................................................
Benefits of Joining the Bar...................................................................
Gatherings.............................................................................................
Atlanta Bar Election Schedule.............................................................
100% Club..............................................................................................
Did You Know?......................................................................................
Members at Large
Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Krevolin & Horst, LLC
Eugenia W. Iredale
Fellows LaBriola LLP
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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
Section Updates
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
Corporate Counsel Section................................................................. 26
Environmental Law and Toxic Tort Section....................................... 28
Real Estate Section.............................................................................. 29
Melissa Phillips Reading
Owen, Gleaton, Egan,
Jones & Sweeney, LLP
Ryan K. Walsh
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Emory University School of Law
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland LLP
Atlanta Bar Foundation President
S. Wade Malone
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Gate City Bar Association President
Darrick McDuffie
King & Spalding LLP
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December 2015
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