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did you know? To submit information for “did you know?’, please use the link below: https://m360.atlantabar.org/admin/forms/ViewForm.aspx?id=14992. Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC Erica V. Mason of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC has been selected for the 2012 Fellows Program of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, a national organization of the legal profession’s top general counsels and managing partners. Ms. Mason joins a class of 134 attorneys selected as LCLD Fellows for 2012. A shareholder in Baker Donelson’s Atlanta office and a 2004 University of Pennsylvania Law School graduate, Ms. Mason represents companies throughout the country in complex employment litigation. The Bloom Law Firm The Bloom Law Firm celebrated its fifth anniversary by unveiling a change in the firm name incorporating all three partners, Simon Bloom, Skip Sugarman, and Stephanie Everett. The firm will be known as Bloom Sugarman Everett, LLP. Founded in 2007, the firm is a civil litigation trial boutique with a variety of practice areas including real estate, employment, workout/lender liability, restrictive covenant, product liability, and partnership disputes. The team of litigators represents developers, builders, brokers and corporations throughout the Southeast. Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC is pleased to announce it has elected nine new shareholders across the Firm, including three attorneys in its Atlanta office: Erica V. Mason, Damany F. Ransom and Scott N. Sherman. Ms. Mason is a member of the Firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. Mr. Ransom is a member of the Firm’s Product Liability and Mass Tort Practice Group. Solutions was voted Mr. Sherman is a Securities and Business Litigation attorney. Cascade United Methodist Church Cascade United Methodist Church is pleased to announce its Law and Justice Day program on May 20, 2012 “Celebrating 31 Years of Legal Ministry: No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom”. The Law Day speaker will be R. David Ware, Fulton County Attorney and this year’s honoree will be The Honorable Marvin S. Arrington, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Retired. Cascade UMC is located at 3144 Cascade Road, SW, Atlanta, GA 30331. For further information, contact Denice Brue-Clopton/Dbrueclopton@ bellsouth.net ition Reporting Service of 2011” - The Daily Report Warner, Bates & McGough, P.C. Warner, Bates & McGough, P.C., is pleased to announce that ou to all of James J.and employees joined the firm as a partner. Jim has our clients McGinnis has practiced family law for 30 years, trying divorce and custody cases before judges and juries throughout Georgia. He is a graduate of the Mercer University School of Law and has been an adjunct professor at the Georgia State University School of Law since 1995. Jim has maintained an “AV” rating with Martindale-Hubbell for over 20 years. 77 | www.esquiresolutions.com Founded in 2001, FirmTech began as an IT services company focused on the Atlanta legal market. Eleven years later, FirmTech has firmly established itself as Atlanta’s legal industry leader for professional IT services. Our expertise ranges from your network’s firewall to legal-specific software applications that you rely on every day to make your firm an efficient enterprise. tlight on e Level Sponsor For some firms, we are an entire IT department—full network installations, upgrades, integrations and day-to-day network support. For others, we function in a purely consultative role—ensuring firms are making informed decisions on technology investments, while keeping them on the cutting edge of technology. Whatever your IT need is, Firm Tech will fill that gap. We also offer a full range of print management service, toner and printer service backed by a staff of IT professionals—a truly unique value-added offering in the Atlanta market. Each of our staff of 16 employees focuses his career on partnering with your business. We leverage our expertise with a full understanding of how our services affect your bottom line. Fast, affordable, reliable IT support. IT’s what we do. THE ATLANTA LAWYER 34 THE ATLANTA LAWYER May 2012 27 The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association