The Atlanta
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Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Lisa K. Liang
Lawyer
Volume 13, No.1
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Editorial Board
Enjoliqué D. Aytch
Christopher Berney
Michael L. Goldberg
Sally Hogsette
Michael K. Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
Robert Lewis
W. Carl Lietz III
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Rachel L. Platt
Jacquelyn H. (Jackie) Saylor
Rita Sheffey
Paul G. Sherman
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
June/July 2014
In This Issue:
President's Message
The Risk of Engagement & Leadership: Remarks of Incoming President
Jacquelyn Saylor...............................................................................................
Advisors
Wade H. Watson III
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
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Featured Articles
Networking Tips: Maximizing Your Atlanta Bar Membership....................... 6
From The Bench: The Hon. Laura E. Stevenson.......................................... 8
Law Week at D.M. Therrell High School........................................................ 10
News & Notes
In Memoriam: Randolph W. Thrower......................................................................
LRIS Spotlight: Year in Review........................................................................
2014 Bench & Bar Reception Honoring The Hon. Cynthia D. Wright.........
LawJam 2014: Battle of the Atlanta Lawyers’ Bands....................................
Atlanta Bar Foundation Tribute: Sally Hogsette.............................................
2014 Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon....................................................
2014-2015 Boards of Directors Listing...........................................................
2014 Summer Law Internship Program..........................................................
2013-2014 Bar Year Accomplishments...........................................................
Atlanta Bar Foundation Fellows.......................................................................
Gatherings.........................................................................................................
Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers Section Update...................................
Estate Planning & Probate Section Update...................................................
Labor & Employment Section Update............................................................
Litigation Section Update.................................................................................
Women in the Profession Section Update.....................................................
Truancy Intervention Project: TIP Celebrates its 9,000th Case.................
100% Club..........................................................................................................
Did You Know?..................................................................................................
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Atlanta Bar Association
President
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm, LLP
Vice President/President-Elect
Harold E. Franklin
King & Spalding
Secretary
James D. (Jim) Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Treasurer
Margaret H. (Maggie) Vath
Vath Law
Immediate Past President
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
ACYL President
Eugenia Wooten Iredale
Fellows LaBriola LLP
Members at Large
Michelle Edwards
Smith Gambreel & Russell, LLP
Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS
Nekia Hackworth Jones
United States Attorney’s Office
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Krevolin & Horst, LLC
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University College of Law
Robert M. Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor
Lisa Liang
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Christopher P. Lightner
Alston & Bird LLP
Curtis J. Martin II
Miller & Martin, PLLC
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
David Richards
The Richards Law Firm, L.L.C.
Melissa Phillips Reading
Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, LLP
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The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association
June/July 2014
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland
Atlanta Bar Foundation President
Elizabeth (Liz) Price
Alston & Bird, LLP
Gate City Bar Association President
Meka B. Ward
Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins LLP
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