The Atlanta
The Atlanta Lawyer
Chair
Beth T. Baer
Lawyer
Volume 9, No.2
Editorial Board
Enjoliqué Aytch
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Hon. Sara L. Doyle
Katherine Drolett
R.Scott Ferber
Michael Goldberg
Hamida Jackson-Little
Michael Jablonski
Jennifer Klos
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Byung J. Pak
Rachel Platt
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
Eric P. Schroeder
Rita A. Sheffey
Paul Sherman
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
March/April 2011
In This Issue:
President’s Message
BREAK A LEG!................................................................................................................ 4
FEATURED ARTICLES
Advisors
Michael B. Terry
Wade H. Watson III
Christopher J. McFadden
A Courthouse Line XI: Law School Musical....................................... 5
Law Firms and Bar Leaders Support Foundation.............................. 13
Everybody Wins! Host Lawyers for Literacy Trivia Challenge.......... 14
Law Day – The Rule of Law.................................................................. 15
Women in the Profession Section Update.......................................... 8
ACYL Section Update............................................................................ 10
Labor and Employment Law Section Update...................................... 11
Courthouse Bites.................................................................................... 28
ATLANTA BAR ASSOCIATION NEWS AND NOTES
The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association
President
Michael B. Terry
Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, LLP
First Vice President/President-Elect
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Court of Appeals of GA
Second Vice President
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
Secretary
Lynn M. Roberson
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
Treasurer
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Annual Meeting and Awards Luncheon............................................... 6
Leadership Awards................................................................................. 7
2011-2012 Contested Elections Results.............................................. 12
Litigation Section 2011 Bench & Bar Reception................................ 16
Sponsor Corner – When a Ceramics Expert...ESI............................ 17
Istanbul Bar.............................................................................................. 18
TIP Georgia is Turning Twenty.............................................................. 19
Gatherings............................................................................................... 20
Did You Know?........................................................................................ 30
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Atlanta Bar Association
Immediate Past President
David N. Schaeffer
Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP
ACYL President
Steven A. Wagner
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Members at Large
Eric W. Anderson
Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP
Louis R. Cohan
Weinstock & Scavo, PC
Harold E. Franklin Jr.
King & Spalding
Karen D. Fultz
Cozen O’Connor
Dawn M. Jones
King & Spalding
Robert M. Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor
Ricky B. Novak
Strategic 1031 Exchange Advisors
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm, LLP
Carter L. Stout
Stout Atwood LLC
Margaret (Maggie) Hughes Vath
Vath Law, LLC
Linsay C. Verity
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Ryan K. Walsh
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
ABA Delegates
S. Wade Malone
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
W. Terence Walsh
Alston & Bird, LLP
Gate City Bar Association President
CURTIS J. MARTIN II
Miller & Martin PLLC
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland
March/April 2011
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