Contents
Volume 14, No. 6 | February 2016
Chairs
Atlanta Bar Association
The Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Lisa K. Liang
President
Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
King & Spalding LLP
Advisors
Vice President/President-Elect
James D. Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
Secretary
Margaret H. Vath
Georgia State University College of Law
Editorial Board
Enjoliqué D. Aytch
Karen Bain
Alice Benton
Christopher Berney
Terri D. Bryant
Ben Byrd
Richard Caplan
J. Wickliffe Cauthorn
Sam Crochet
Joseph Farrell
Michael L. Goldberg
Jodie Gray
Michael Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Robert Lewis
W. Carl Lietz III
Christopher P. Lightner
Jim McDonough
Brian McEvoy
The Hon. Christopher J.
McFadden
Lauren Miller
Abbey Morrow
Rachel L. Platt
Bryan Ramos
Paul G. Sherman
Dawn Smith
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
Mark Wortham
Kristin Zielmanski
Student Liaisons
Jay, Jang Hwan Cho
Meredith Permar
Hope Peterson
Erik Provitt
Tiffany Taylor
Leslie Tilson
Treasurer
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University College of Law
President’s Message
Fostering a Positive Environment.................................................. 4
Columns
From the Bench............................................................................... 8
Law School Life............................................................................. 10
Student Loans and Finance......................................................... 12
Tech Talk........................................................................................ 14
Words from the Wise.................................................................... 16
News & Notes
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.................................18
President’s Summit....................................................................... 20
Staff Spotlight................................................................................ 20
Atlanta Bar Foundation LawJam 2016 Call for Entries............. 21
Atlanta Bar Election Schedule..................................................... 22
100% Club...................................................................................... 23
Did You Know?.............................................................................. 24
Section Updates
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GA 30303-1601. The Editorial Board of The Atlanta Lawyer will consider all
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Articles and letters may be submitted by email to Jodie Gray, jgray@atlantabar.
org. The membership is encouraged to submit letters to the editor. The Atlanta
Construction Law Section............................................................ 27
Estate Planning & Probate Section............................................. 28
Environmental Law & Toxic Tort Section.................................... 29
Women in the Profession Section............................................... 30
Immediate Past President
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm LLP
ACYL President
Jonathan E. Smith
Miller & Martin PLLC
Members at Large
Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Krevolin & Horst LLC
Eugenia W. Iredale
Fellows LaBriola LLP
Robert M. Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor,
Office of the Solicitor
Lisa Liang
State Court of Fulton County,
Hon. Susan E. Edlein
Christopher P. Lightner
Alston & Bird LLP
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch LLC
Melissa Phillips Reading
Owen, Gleaton, Egan,
Jones & Sweeney LLP
Ryan K. Walsh
Jones Day
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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