DID YOU KNOW?
LEAH WARd sEARs
CARLoCK, CoPELANd & sTAIR
Leah Ward sears, former Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Georgia and current leader of Schiff Hardin’s
national Appellate Client Service Team, has been elected
a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Appellate
Lawyers. Ms. Sears has been a partner at Schiff Hardin
since 2009. She joined the firm after 17 years on the
Georgia Supreme Court.
Carlock, Copeland & Stair is pleased to announce that
Michael J. Walker has joined the firm as Of Counsel in
their Atlanta office. Michael J. Walker joins the Commercial
Litigation, Education Law, and Employment Litigation teams,
which includes the defense of public and private entities
in employment-related litigation. Before joining Carlock
Copeland, Michael served as in-house counsel for Atlanta
Public Schools for five years providing advice and counsel
and representing the school district in federal, state, and
administrative litigation matters.
MILLER & MARTIN
Miller & Martin has earned a spot on The BTI Brand Elite:
Client Perceptions of the Best-Branded Law Firms 2013
Client Recommendations Honor Roll. BTI’s research is based
solely on unaided corporate counsel feedback at more than
500 of the world’s largest and most influential companies.
The BTI Brand Elite are the law firms clients delineate as
best in the nine key factors clients rely on to differentiate law
firms. These factors include: innovation, premium value and
client recommendation.
JIM MCGINNIs
Warner, Bates, McGough & McGinnis (www.wbmfamilylaw.
com) partner Jim McGinnis has been named to the Atlanta
Volunteer Lawyers Foundation Board of Directors.
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TINA sHAdIx RoddENBERY
Tina shadix Roddenbery, partner in the firm of Holland
Roddenbery, has been elected Treasurer of the Georgia
Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Ms. Roddenbery, a fellow of the AAML for 14 years, has
practiced family law since 1987. The AAML provides
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