LAWYER REFERRAL and INFORMATION SERVICE
LRIS BOARD CHANGES
As the new year starts for Lawyer Referral and Information Service (LRIS), Laurie Robbins will serve as
the Chair for 2016-2017.
Laurie Robbins was raised in Virginia and South
Carolina. She graduated from UGA with a degree
in Sociology, received a JD from the University of
South Carolina, and an LLM-Taxation from Emory
University.
Laurie has been a LRIS panel member since 2002.
She has been a Board member since 2013 and is committed to the success of LRIS. She practices personal
injury and workers’ compensation and her office is in
Sandy Springs.
As new Chair, Laurie Robbins looks forward to continuing the wonderful work of LRIS. The Immediate
Past Chair, Celia Sunne set a very high standard.
Under Celia’s leadership, LRIS received the Atlanta
Bar Association’s Distinguished Service Award at the
annual meeting in May. LRIS last year provided the
largest amount of grants in the organization’s history
and Celia Sunne was instrumental in making the grants
a reality. Thank you Celia!
And, thank you for your service to the Board Members
whose terms have expired, David Bryman and Ronald
Kaplan. They were both wonderful leaders for LRIS.
Returning Board Members are Robert E. Turner,
Honorable Kimberly Esmond Adams, Robert Hassett, Joseph H. Rosen and William H. Thomas, Jr. We
welcome the following new Board Members Shelly
Ellerhorst, Harold E. Franklin Jr. and S. Wade Malone.
The LRIS Ex-Officio Members are Celia T. Sunne,
James D. Blithch IV and Margaret H. Vath.
If you have any comments or suggestions regarding
how the Board can serve you better, please contact our
LRIS Director, Carla Brown at [email protected].
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