Chairs
Editorial Board
The Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Lisa K. Liang
Enjoliqué D. Aytch
Karen Bain
Alice Benton
Christopher Berney
Ben Byrd
Richard Caplan
J. Wickliffe Cauthorn
Sam Crochet
Michael L. Goldberg
Megan Hodgkiss
Michael Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Christopher P. Lightner
Jim McDonough
Brian McEvoy
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Lauren Miller
Abbey Morrow
Rachel L. Platt
Bryan Ramos
Jacquelyn Saylor
Paul G. Sherman
Dawn Smith
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
Mark Wortham
Kristin Zielmanski
Advisors
James D. Blitch IV
Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
Student Liaisons
“Jay” Jang Hwan Cho
Erik Provitt
Pictured left to right on contents page: Steve
LaBriola, Atlanta Bar Incoming President Jim Blitch,
and J. Matthew Maguire, Jr.
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Atlanta Bar Association
President
Immediate Past
President
Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS
James D. Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
King & Spalding LLP
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Krevolin & Horst LLC
Vice President/
President-Elect
ACYL President
Joe Hoffman
Kitchens Kelley Gaynes, PC
Margaret H. Vath
Georgia State University
College of Law
Secretary
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University
College of Law
Treasurer
Ryan K. Walsh
Jones Day
Matthew Simmons
Shepherd Law, LLC
Members at Large
M. Gino Brogdon, Jr.
Brogdon Champion, LLC
Caren Cloud
Truancy Intervention Project Georgia
Craig Cleland
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,
Smoak & Stewart PC
W. Michael D’Antignac
Deitch & Rogers, LLC
Lisa Liang
Hon. Judge Susan E. Edlein,
State Court of Fulton County
Stephen LaBriola
Fellows LaBriola, PC
Christopher P. Lightner
Alston & Bird LLP
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch LLC
Rachel Spears
Pro Bono Partnership
of Atlanta
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Emory University
School of Law
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland LLP
Atlanta Bar Foundation
President
Michael B. Terry
Bondurant, Mixson &
Elmore, LLP
Gate City Bar
Association President
Cheryl F. Turner