The Atlanta Lawyer February 2017 | Page 2

Chairs
Hon. Diane E. Bessen Lisa K. Liang
Advisors
James D. Blitch IV Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
Student Liaisons
Erik Provitt
Editorial Board
Enjoliqué Aytch Ben Byrd Richard Caplan J. Wickliffe Cauthorn Sam Crochet Michael L. Goldberg Megan Hodgkiss Michael Jablonski Hamida Jackson-Little Christopher P. Lightner Brian McEvoy Jim McDonough Hon. Christopher J. McFadden Rachel L. Platt Jacquelyn H. Saylor Dawn Smith Ian E. Smith Mark Wortham
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Atlanta Bar Association President
James D. Blitch IV Blitch Law PC
Vice President / President-Elect
Margaret H. Vath Georgia State University College of Law
Secretary
Nicole G. Iannarone Georgia State University College of Law
Treasurer
Ryan K. Walsh Jones Day
Immediate Past President
Harold E. Franklin, Jr. King & Spalding LLP
ACYL President
Matthew Simmons Shepherd Law, LLC
Members at Large
M. Gino Brogdon, Jr. Brogdon Champion, LLC
Caren Cloud Truancy Intervention Project Georgia
A. Craig Cleland Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P. C.
W. Michael D’ Antignac Deitch & Rogers, LLC
Joan C. Grafstein JAMS
Jonathan E. Hawkins Krevolin & Horst LLC
C. Joseph Hoffman Kitchens Kelley Gaynes, PC
Lisa K. Liang Hon. Judge Susan E. Edlein, State Court of Fulton County
Stephen T. LaBriola Fellows LaBriola, LLP
Christopher P. Lightner Alston & Bird LLP
Gregory T. Presmanes Bovis Kyle & Burch LLC
Rachel E. Spears Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey Emory University School of Law
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls Sutherland LLP
Atlanta Bar Foundation President
Michael B. Terry Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP
Gate City Bar Association President
Cheryl F. Turner