The Atlanta Lawyer February 2012 | Page 15

Seyfarth Shaw LLP George “Tony” Smith Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial John L. Watkins Barnes & Thornburg LLP Kirk Watkins Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC Chris Soffe Gleeds Douglas Yarn Georgia State University College of Law. What is the Plan to Realize Atlanta’s Full Potential as an Arbitral Center? Updating the Georgia International Arbitration Act. Doug Yarn of GSU Further liberalizing the Bar Rule with regard to foreign lawyers handling international arbitrations in Georgia. only to international Bill Smith Miller & Martin forward. Philip “Whit” Engle Ecova, Inc. Brian White King & Spalding LLP Steve Clay Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Valerie Sanders Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Joan Grafstein JAMS Thomas Asselin Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP Dorothy Toth Beasley Henning Mediation & Arbitration Service, Inc. Linda Beyea American Arbitration Association William F. Brogdon Charles H. “Chip” Brower II University of Mississippi School of Law Jorge Fernandez Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce John Fleming Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP Shelby Grubbs Miller & Martin PLLC Hunter Hughes III Rogers & Hardin, LLP Matthew Richardson Alston + Bird LLP Peter “Bo” Rutledge University of Georgia School of Law Christof Siefarth GÖRG Richard Sheinis Hall Booth Smith & Slover, PC John Sherrill Ben Greer of Alston + Bird Bryan Cavan of Getting the word out. THE ATLANTA LAWYER