The ATlAnTA
The Atlanta Lawyer
CHAIRs
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
hon. sara l. doyle
lawyer
volume 10, No.6
february 2012
In This Issue:
president’s Message
The World Revolves Around the Relationships We Build:
Making (More and Better) Connections for the Future............................................4
AdvIsoRs
Rita A. Sheffey
Wade H. Watson III
Atlanta Bar Association
featured articles
Wrongfully Imprisoned in Egypt, Working on Behalf of the
Wrongfully Imprisoned in Georgia.......................................................................................
6
Advancing Legal Education in Bhutan...............................................................................
8
One Atlanta Attorney’s Road to Cairo..............................................................................
10
At the Crossroads: John Marshall Law School’s Global Community..................
12
Will Atlanta Be The Next Major International Arbitration Venue?........................
14
atlanta bar association news and notes
Litigation Section News..............................................................................................
18
Real Estate Section Update.......................................................................................
19
Take Your Adversary to Lunch...................................................................................
20
Sole Practitioner/Small Firm Section Update...........................................................
22
Tax Law Section Update..............................................................................................
23
Gatherings.....................................................................................................................
24
Spotlight on New Sponsors..................................................................................... 27
Sports League..............................................................................................................
29
Pro Bono March Madness..........................................................................................
30
Did You Know?.............................................................................................................
39
Truancy Intervention Project.......................................................................................
40
Free Student Membership..........................................................................................
41
Lincoln on Profesionalism............................................................................................
42
Atlanta Santa Project...................................................................................................
44
Calendar of Events.......................................................................................................
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The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association
EdIToRIAL BoARd
Enjoliqué Aytch
Katherine Drolett
R.Scott Ferber
Michael Goldberg
Michael Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Jennifer Klos
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Byung J. Pak
Rachel Platt
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
Eric P. Schroeder
paul sherman
Ian E. Smith
gregory M. taube
President
Rita A. sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
Vice President/President-Elect
Lynn M. Roberson
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
Secretary
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Treasurer
Jacquelyn H. saylor
The Saylor Law Firm, LLP
Immediate Past President
Michael B. Terry
Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP
ACYL President
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Foltz Martin LLC
Members at Large
Eric W. Anderson
Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP
James d. “Jim” Blitch Iv
Beal & Blitch, LLP
Louis R. Cohan
Cohan Law Group, LLC
Harold E. Franklin
King & Spalding
Karen d. Fultz
Cozen O’Connor
dawn Michele Jones
King & Spalding
Robert Milton Lewis, Jr.
U.S. De