The ATlAnTA
The Atlanta Lawyer
laWYer
Volume 11, No.9
CHAIRs
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
hon. sara l. doyle
EdIToRIAL BoARd
Enjoliqué D. Aytch
R.Scott Ferber
Michael L. Goldberg
Michael K. Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Rachel L. Platt
Jacquelyn H. (Jackie) Saylor
Eric P. Schroeder
Paul G. Sherman
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
May 2013
In This Issue:
president’s Message
Thank You for the Opportunity to Serve..............................................................
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AdvIsoRs
Lynn M. Roberson
Wade H. Watson III
featured articles
Atlanta Bar Association
LawJam 2013: 4th Annual Battle of the Atlanta Lawyers' Bands..................... 8
Realizing the Dream: Equality for All! Law Day 2013........................................
l Georgia Legal Food Frenzy..............................................
President
Lynn M. Roberson
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
atlanta bar association neWs and notes
About the Cover.................................................................................................... 5
A Courthouse Line X............................................................................................ 5
Annual Meeting & Awards Luncheon................................................................. 6
lawJam 2013................................................................................................. 7
2013 Bench and Bar Reception.......................................................................... 16
Gatherings............................................................................................................. 17
Law School Outreach Committee....................................................................... 20
IP Springposium.................................................................................................... 21
Estate Planning & Probate Section Update....................................................... 22
Elder Law Section Update................................................................................... 23
Bankruptcy Section Update................................................................................. 24
PILS: Our First Year in Review......................................................................... 25
law day 2013...........................................................................................................
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100% Club.............................................................................................................. 30
Everybody Wins! 11th Annual Lawyers for Literacy Challenge..........................31
Did You Know?...................................................................................................... 32
Lawyer Referral & Information Service Attorney Spotlight: Peter Strott...........
News from the Truancy Intervention Project......................................................
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Vice President/President-Elect
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Secretary
Jacquelyn H. sayl or
The Saylor Law Firm
Treasurer
Harold E. Franklin Jr.
Caldwell & Watson
Immediate Past President
Rita A. sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
ACYL President
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University College of Law
Members at Large
Eric W. Anderson
Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP
James d. “Jim” Blitch Iv
Beal & Blitch, LLP
Louis R. Cohan
Cohan Law Group, LLC
Harold E. Franklin
King & Spalding
Karen d. Fultz
Cozen O’Connor
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Foltz Martin LLC
dawn Michele Jones
King & Spalding
Robert Milton Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
Michael J. Rust
Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP
Margaret H. (Maggie) vath
Vath Law LLC
steven A. Wagner
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, Atlanta District Office
Ryan K. Walsh
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
aba delegate
Rita A. sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
Gate City Bar Association President
Lynnette d. Espy-Williams
Cozen O’Connor
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland
May 2013
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