LRIS Spotlight
LRIS Board Changes
2015-2016 Bar Year
T
he torch has been passed from
our Immediate Past Chair, the
Honorable Wesley Tailor to
our long time serving Lawyer Referral
and Information Service (LRIS) board
member, Celia Sunne. Attorney Celia
Sunne will Chair the LRIS Board for
fiscal year 2015-2016.
Celia Sunne was born and raised in
Clearwater, Florida. She graduated
with an undergraduate degree in
Economics and Philosophy from the
Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.
Celia was inspired to become a
lawyer just like her father, therefore
she elected to attend Mercer
University Law School where she
earned her J.D.
Celia Sunne has been committed
to the success of the LRIS program
since joining the board in 2008.
We are excited to have her in this
leadership position and look forward
to the impact she will continue to
bring to this program.
Returning Board Members are Vice
Chair, Laurie Robbins, MembersAt-Large: David Bryman, Ronald
Kaplan and Robert Turner. We
welcome the following new board
members; the Honorable Kimberly
Esmond-Adams, Robert Hassett,
Joseph Rosen and William “Bill”
Thomas, Jr.
The board appreciates feedback
from panel members, therefore your
comments and suggestions are
welcomed by sending them to our
LRIS Director, Carla Brown.
14 THE ATLANTA LAWYER
June/July 2015
On April 27, 2015 at a LRIS Board Meeting, the Hon. Wesley Tailor passed the
torch to Celia Sunne.
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