The Atlanta
The Atlanta Lawyer
Chairs
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Hon. Sara L. Doyle
Lawyer
Volume 12, No.6
Editorial Board
Enjoliqué D. Aytch
R.Scott Ferber
Michael L. Goldberg
Sally Hogsette
Michael K. Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
Lisa K. Liang
W. Carl Lietz III
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Rachel L. Platt
Jacquelyn H. (Jackie) Saylor
Paul G. Sherman
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
January/February 2014
In This Issue:
President's Message
Time to Celebrate..........................................................................................
Featured Articles
Celebrating 125 Years of the Atlanta Bar Association................................
History of the Atlanta Bar Association..........................................................
Confessions of a Former Litigator..................................................................
Most Tenured and Youngest Members of the Atlanta Bar..........................
Do You Remember When...............................................................................
Atlanta Bar Association News & Notes
Gatherings.........................................................................................................
Atlanta Bar Foundation Fellows......................................................................
ACYL Section Update......................................................................................
Construction Law Section Update..................................................................
Dispute Resolution Section Update...............................................................
Environmental & Toxic Tort Section Update.................................................
Estate Planning and Probate Section Update..............................................
Labor Employment Law Section Update.......................................................
Public Interest Law Section Update...............................................................
Real Estate Section Update............................................................................
100% Club.........................................................................................................
Truancy Intervention Project...........................................................................
Did You Know?..................................................................................................
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January/February 2014
Advisors
Wade H. Watson III
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
Atlanta Bar Association
President
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Vice President/President-Elect
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm
Secretary
Harold E.Franklin
King & Spalding
Treasurer
James D. (Jim) Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Immediate Past President
Lynn M. Roberson
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
ACYL President
Kristin Zielmanski
Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.
Members at Large
Louis R. Cohan
Cohan Law Group, LLC
Karen D. Fultz
Cozen O’Connor
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Foltz Martin LLC
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University College of Law
Lisa Liang
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Robert Milton Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor
Curtis Martin
Miller & Martin, PLLC
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
Michael J. Rust
Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP
Margaret H. (Maggie) Vath
Vath L