president’s message
privilege of serving on the Board of Directors of the Atlanta
Bar Foundation. Besides observing their efforts firsthand,
I am proud of one particular goal we were able to achieve
working together this year. As the year began, I made it a
priority to engage the leadership of the Foundation and the
Association in a series of conversations to talk about how
we can more effectively coordinate our activities and work
together to provide greater benefit to our members and our
community. As a result of our discussions over many months,
recently, Bill Ragland and I, as Presidents of the Foundation
and the Association, respectively, signed a document
memorializing the respective roles of our organizations
in fulfilling different aspects of lawyers’ civic, charitable,
educational and professional responsibilities. We are
confident this achievement will serve as an important guide
for future leaders of the Association and the Foundation,
leading to a stronger and more effective Atlanta Bar “family.”
Also, I am delighted that, for the first time, during this year’s
Annual Meeting of the Atlanta Bar Association, the members
of the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Bar Foundation will be
sworn in along with the members of the Board of Directors
of the Atlanta Bar Association and our Section Chairs. We
hope this further symbolizes our renewed collaboration and
serves as a sign of even greater things to come. In addition,
we have invited the outgoing and incoming Presidents of the
Foundation to submit remarks for the June/July 2012 issue
of this publication, to be published alongside remarks from
Lynn Roberson and me. I personally thank Bill Ragland,
Wade Malone, Liz Price, and Lynn Roberson, for their
diligence, cooperation, good humor, unwavering dedication
to the goals of the Atlanta Bar family, and for their exemplary
leadership.
I am proud to be a lawyer and even more proud to be part of
the Atlanta Bar “family.” If I could give one piece of advice
to our younger colleagues, it would be to get involved and
become a Lawyer Who Serves, both by giving of your time
and by your philanthropy. I am deeply enriched by the many
friendships I have developed and heartened by the good
we are doing together to make a positive difference in our
community. ■
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May 2012
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