The Atlanta
The Atlanta Lawyer
Chairs
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Hon. Sara L. Doyle
Lawyer
Volume 11, 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 2012
In This Issue:
President’s Message
Remarks of Outgoing President Rita A. Sheffey: Enhancing Our
Relationships: Making.Connections for Our Future ......................................
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Remarks of Incoming President Lynn M. Roberson: Atlanta Bar
Membership: What’s In It For Me (and You)? ................................................. 10
FEATURED ARTICLES
LawJam 2012 Winners Announced....................................................................... 12
HeLP Clinic Attorney Participates in Pro Bono March Madness........................ 28
Advisors
Rita A. Sheffey
Wade H. Watson III
Atlanta Bar Association
President
Lynn M. Roberson
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
Vice President/President-Elect
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Secretary
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
King & Spalding
Treasurer
Harold E. Franklin Jr.
Caldwell & Watson
ATLANTA BAR ASSOCIATION NEWS AND NOTES
2012-2013 Boards of Directors...................................................................
2012 Summer Law Internship Program.............................................................
State Bar of Georgia Annual Meeting...............................................................
Did You Know.......................................................................................................
Real Estate Section Update..............................................................................
ACYL Scholarship................................................................................................
C. Edward Dobbs’ Bankruptcy Law Section Pollard Award
Acceptance Speech.............................................................................................
Gatherings.............................................................................................................
Fall Getaway--Yoga in the Gardens..................................................................
Truancy Intervention Project.............................................................................
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Immediate Past President
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
ACYL President
Nicole G. Iannarone
Members at Large
Eric W. Anderson
Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP
James D. “Jim” Blitch IV
Beal & Blitch, LLP
Louis R. Cohan
Cohan Law Group, LLC
Harold E. Franklin
King & Spalding
Karen D. Fultz
Cozen O’Connor
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Foltz Martin LLC
Dawn Michele Jones
King & Spalding
Robert Milton Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
Michael J. Rust
Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP
Margaret H. (Maggie) Vath
Vath Law LLC
Steven A. Wagner
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, Atlanta District Office
Ryan K. Walsh
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
ABA Delegate
W. Terence Walsh
Alston + Bird LLP
Gate City Bar Association President
L. Chris Stewart
Morgan & Morgan
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland
June/July 2012
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