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Atlanta Bar Association
President
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm LLP
Vice President/President-Elect
Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
King & Spalding LLP
Secretary
James D. Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Treasurer
Margaret H. (Maggie) Vath
Georgia State University College of Law
Immediate Past President
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson LLP
Features
President’s Message: Do You Really Know What Pro Bono Is?......
A Labor of Love: Following My Passion for Public Service..............
ACYL President
Eugenia Wooten Iredale
Fellows LaBriola LLP
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Members at Large
Michelle Edwards Crosland
Altisource
Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS
Columns
Law School Life: Share Your Story......................................................
ACYL Side Bar: The Lawyer as Counselor........................................
Staff Spotlight: Terri Beck.....................................................................
Tech Talk: The New Frontier of e-Communications..........................
LRIS Attorney Spotlight: Edward R. Downs, Jr..................................
News & Notes
2015 Member Luncheon.......................................................................
Gatherings..............................................................................................
Pro Bono March Madness....................................................................
Employment Litigation Seminar...........................................................
Atlanta Bar Elections 2015-2016.........................................................
LawJam 2015 Call for Bands...............................................................
A Courthouse Line XI: North Side Story.............................................
100% Club..............................................................................................
Did You Know?......................................................................................
Section Updates
Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers Section Update.......................
Bankruptcy Section Update.................................................................
Estate Planning and Probate Section Update...................................
Judicial Section Update........................................................................
Labor & Employment Law Section Update........................................
Litigation Section Update.....................................................................
The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association
March 2015
Nekia Hackworth Jones
United States Attorney’s Office
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Jonathan E. Hawkins
Krevolin & Horst, LLC
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University College of Law
Robert M. Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor,
Office of the Solicitor
Lisa Liang
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
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Christopher P. Lightner
Alston & Bird LLP
Curtis J. Martin II
Miller & Martin, PLLC
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
David Richards
The Richards Law Firm, LLC
Melissa Phillips Reading
Owen, Gleaton, Egan,
Jones & Sweeney, LLP
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Emory Law School
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Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland LLP
Atlanta Bar Foundation President
S. Wade Malone
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Gate City Bar Association President
Darrick McDuffie
King & Spalding LLP
March 2015
THE ATLANTA LAWYER
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