MEMBERSHIP
2022 Annual Meeting
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Celebrating the Atlanta Bar Association ' s Members and Accomplishments for the 2019-2020 , 2020-2021 and the 2021-2022 Bar Years .
T he 2022 Annual Meeting and Awards Breakfast was held at the Ansley Golf Club in Atlanta , GA on Tuesday , May 17 , 2022 . This year ' s event was held in a hybrid in-person / virtual format for the first time in the history of the Atlanta Bar , to ensure that members could attend in the manner of their choice . The room was full of warm greeting and long-awaited greetings from members , some who have not been in-person for the last two years , due to the pandemic .
1 - We welcomed the 2022-2023 Association Board of Directors : President Christopher P . Lightner ( Alston & Bird LLP ), Vice President / President-Elect Amy B . Cheng ( Nelson Mullins ), Secretary Emily C . Ward ( Smith Gambrell & Russell ), Treasurer Lillian N . Caudle ( Mercedes-Benz USA ), Immediate Past President Christina M . Baugh ( Barnes & Thornburg LLP ), ACYL President Kevin P . Langley ( Morris Manning & Martin LLP ); Members-at-Large Lauren W . Brenner ( Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP ), E . Tyron Brown ( Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP ), Kimberly D . Charles ( Atlanta Legal Aid ), Brooke M . French ( Kaye Lembeck Hitt & French ), Betsy C . Griswold ( Intercontinental Hotel Group ), John D . Hadden ( Penn Law LLC ), Sheena K . Khawaja ( Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz , PC ), Kenneth T . Mitchell ( Johnson & Freeman ), Kevin C . Patrick ( Kevin Patrick Law LLC ), Jerico J . Phillips ( Graphic Packaging International LLC ), JoAnna J . Smith ( Georgia Family Law Project LLC ), and Rachel E . Spears ( Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta ).
2 - The awards breakfast began with a welcome message from 2021-2022 Atlanta Bar President ,
Christina M . Baugh ( Barnes & Thornburg LLP ), followed by Kevin C . Wilson ' s performance of the National Anthem . After breakfast , remarks , accolades and laughter-filled speeches were made by presenters and speakers , including the 2021-2022 Atlanta Bar Foundation President Robert G . Wellon ( Wellon Family Law ); 2020-2021 Atlanta Bar Association President A . Craig Cleland ( Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart , PC ); the 2019-2020 Atlanta Bar President Ryan K . Walsh ( Jones Day ); and more . Hon . Cassandra Kirk ( Fulton County Magistrate Court ) completed the event with a swearing in of the 2022-2023 Officers , Board of Directors , and Section Chairs .
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