The ATlAnTA
The Atlanta Lawyer
LAWYER
Volume 12, No.1
CHAIRS
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Hon. Sara L. Doyle
EDITORIAL BOARD
Enjoliqué D. Aytch
R.Scott Ferber
Michael L. Goldberg
Michael K. Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Rachel L. Platt
Jacquelyn H. (Jackie) Saylor
Eric P. Schroeder
Paul G. Sherman
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
June/July 2013
In This Issue:
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Thanks Again! - Remarks of Outgoing President Lynn M. Roberson........ 4
Heirs of a Powerful Legacy - Remarks of Incoming President Wade H.
Watson III....................................................................................................... .6
ADVISORS
Wade H. Watson III
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
Atlanta Bar Association
FEATURED ARTICLES
President
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Commitment to the Team - Remarks of Charles E. Watkins Jr. Award
Recipient Rita A. Sheffey................................................................................. 11
Vice President/President-Elect
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm
ATLANTA BAR ASSOCIATION NEWS AND NOTES
American Bar Association Names Steve Gottlieb 2013 Charles H. Dorsey Jr.
Award Recipient.................................................................................................
2013 -2014 Atlanta Bar Association Boards of Directors.............................
New Section Coordinator Announced............................................................
A Courthouse Line X........................................................................................
Summer Law Internship Program...................................................................
Law Enforcement Appreciation and Memorial Service..............................
2013 Annual Meeting & Awards Reception....................................................
Reception for Incoming President Wade H. Watson III................................
Gatherings.........................................................................................................
Estate Planning & Probate Section Update...................................................
Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers Section Update...................................
Bankruptcy Section Update.............................................................................
Tax Law Section Year-End Update.................................................................
Real Estate Section Update.........................................................................
Lawyer Referral & Information Service Update..............................................
LawJam 2013.....................................................................................................
100% Club..........................................................................................................
2013 Litigation Section Bench & Bar Reception............................................
Did You Know?..................................................................................................
Truancy Intervention Project............................................................................
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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 Law LLC
Steven A. Wagner
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Ryan K. Walsh
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
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Gate City Bar Association President
Lynnette D. Espy-Williams
Cozen O’Connor
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland
June/July 2013
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