The Atlanta
The Atlanta Lawyer
Chair
Beth T. Baer
Lawyer
Volume 9, No.1
Editorial Board
Enjoliqué Aytch
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Hon. Sara L. Doyle
Katherine Drolett
R.Scott Ferber
Michael Goldberg
Hamida Jackson-Little
Michael Jablonski
Jennifer Klos
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Byung J. Pak
Rachel Platt
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
Eric P. Schroeder
Rita A. Sheffey
Paul Sherman
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
January/February 2011
In This Issue:
President’s Message
Relationship Building – The Core of the Practice of Law ........................................ 4
Advisors
Michael B. Terry
Wade H. Watson III
Christopher J. McFadden
FEATURED ARTICLES
Take Your Adversary to Lunch ............................................................... 6
A+B Brigade .............................................................................................. 8
Building a Model Court .......................................................................... 10
Atlanta Bar Foundation Celebrates 25th Anniversary........................14
Tilting at Windmills................................................................................... 17
They Don’t Call Us “Counselor” For Nothing: Part Three..................18
Relationships in the Legal Profession - Family Law.......................... 20
HOW NOT TO BEHAVE: Perspectives from Your Favorite
Staff Attorneys......................................................................................... .19
ATLANTA BAR ASSOCIATION NEWS AND NOTES
Bankruptcy Section Update .................................................................. 11
Labor & Employment Section Update ................................................. 12
Real Estate Section Update ..................................................................13
TIP Georgia - Fred Gray Social Justice Award ................................. 21
Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta ......................................................... 22
Atlanta Bar Association Gatherings ................................................... 24
Past Presidents ...................................................................................... 29
Did You Know? ...................................................................................... 30
Multi-Bar Leadership Council .............................................................. 31
New Member Benefits .......................................................................... 33
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The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association
Atlanta Bar Association
President
Michael B. Terry
Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP
First Vice President/President-Elect
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Court of Appeals of GA
Second Vice President
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
Secretary
Lynn M. Roberson
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
Treasurer
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Immediate Past President
David N. Schaeffer
Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP
ACYL President
Steven A. Wagner
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Members at Large
Eric W. Anderson
Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP
Louis R. Cohan
Weinstock & Scavo, PC
Harold E. Franklin Jr.
King & Spalding
Karen D. Fultz
Cozen O’Connor
Dawn M. Jones
King & Spalding
Robert M. Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor
Ricky B. Novak
Strategic 1031 Exchange Advisors
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm, LLP
Carter L. Stout
Stout Atwood LLC
Margaret (Maggie) Hughes Vath
Vath Law, LLC
Linsay C. Verity
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Ryan K. Walsh
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
ABA Delegates
S. Wade Malone
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
W. Terence Walsh
Alston & Bird, LLP
Gate City Bar Association President
CURTIS J. MARTIN II
Miller & Martin PLLC
January/February 2011
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland
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