The ATlAnTA
The Atlanta Lawyer
CHAiRs
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Hon. sara L. Doyle
lawyer
Volume 10, no.1
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
June/July 2011
in This issue:
presiDent’s MessaGe
remarks of outgoing president.................................................................
4
remarks of incoming president.................................................................
7
ADvisoRs
Rita A. sheffey
Wade H. Watson iii
Atlanta Bar Association
featureD articles
president
Rita A. sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
everybody wins! - 9th annual lawyers for literacy trivia challenge.......
20
estate planning & probate section update....................................................
21
labor & employment section update..............................................................
23
litigation section update.....................................................................................
30
women in the profession section update.......................................................
31
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
atlanta bar association news anD notes
2011 - 2012 boards of Directors.......................................................................10
11th annual legal runaround...........................................................................
17
annual Meeting & awards luncheon...............................................................
18
2011 summer law internship program............................................................
22
Gatherings..............................................................................................................
24
atlanta bar foundation - lawJam 2011............................................................
32
atlanta bar foundation - law school Musical............................................ 35
Did you Know?.....................................................................................................
36
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