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Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Lisa K. Liang
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James D. Blitch IV
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On the cover: 2016-2017 Atlanta Bar Association President James D. Blitch IV passing
the gavel to 2017-2018 Atlanta Bar Association President Margaret H. Vath.
Atlanta Bar Association
President
Margaret H. Vath
Georgia State University
College of Law
Vice President/
President-Elect
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University
College of Law
Secretary
ACYL President
C. Joseph Hoffman
Kitchens Kelley
Gaynes, P.C.
Members at Large
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Brogdon Champion, LLC
Caren Cloud
Truancy Intervention
Project Georgia
Ryan K. Walsh
Jones Day Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS
Treasurer Robert Lewis, Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor
A. Craig Cleland
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,
Smoak & Stewart P.C.
Immediate Past
President
James D. Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Krevolin & Horst LLC
Stephen T. LaBriola
Fellows LaBriola LLP
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Lisa K. Liang
Hon. Susan E. Edlein, State
Court of Fulton County
Christopher P. Lightner
Alston & Bird LLP
J. Mathew Maguire
Parks, Chesin &
Walbert, PC
Melissa Redmon
Fulton County District
Attorney's Office
Shawn Shepard
Smith & Carson, Inc.
Ashley Wilson
Shingler Lewis LLC
Jessica J. Wood
Bodker, Ramsey, Andrews,
Winograd & Wildstein, PC
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
Shawntel Hebert