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Atlanta Bar Association
President
Immediate Past
President
Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
King & Spalding LLP
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm LLP
Vice President/
President-Elect
ACYL President
James D. Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
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Margaret H. Vath
Georgia State
University College of Law
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Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State
University College of Law
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JAMS
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Krevolin & Horst LLC
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Fellows LaBriola LLP
Robert M. Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor,
Office of the Solicitor
Lisa Liang
State Court of Fulton County,
Hon. Susan E. Edlein
Christopher P. Lightner
Alston & Bird LLP
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch LLC
Melissa Phillips Reading
Owen, Gleaton, Egan,
Jones & Sweeney LLP
Ryan K. Walsh
Jones Day
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Emory University
School of Law
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland LLP
Atlanta Bar Foundation
President
S. Wade Malone
Nelson Mullins Riley &
Scarborough LLP
Gate City Bar
Association President
Cheryl F. Turner