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Stites & Harbison, PLLC
Corporate INTL magazine has selected attorney Paul Durdaller and Stites & Harbison, PLLC as recipients of the 2016 Corporate INTL’ s Global Awards. Durdaller and the firm won in the category of Asset Restructuring Law Firm of the Year in Georgia. This is the fourth year that Corporate INTL has honored the firm and Durdaller in this area of law. Durdaller is a Creditors’ Rights & Bankruptcy attorney and the primary contact for the firm’ s asset restructuring practice in Georgia. He is a Member( Partner) in the firm’ s Atlanta office.
Paul Durdaller is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association’ s Bankruptcy section, Litigation Section and Real Estate Section.
The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
Maggie Vath, Atlanta Bar Association secretary and senior lecturer at Georgia State University School of Law, ranks among the 1 percent of lawyers in the United States who are members of The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation( ABF). The Fellows is an honorary organization of attorneys, judges, law faculty and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession.
GEORGIA APPLESEED— 2016 Good Apple Awards
In 2015, Nelson Mullins’ Atlanta Office( an Atlanta Bar Association 100 % Club member) fielded a team of 29 lawyers and 3 paralegals to conduct extensive legal research and coordinate a massive statewide stakeholder interviewing initiative, which ultimately informed Georgia Appleseed’ s recently published report: Seeking the Beloved Community – Fostering Crucial Conversations about Race, Law Enforcement and the Law. Nelson Mullins partner, Atlanta Bar Dispute Resolution Section Board Member-at-Large, and Georgia Appleseed board member, Taylor Daly, was a critical part of the firm’ s involvement. Nelson Mullins knows how to collaborate to produce outstanding results. For this spirit of collaboration, Georgia Appleseed was pleased to honor Nelson Mullins as the Law Firm Honoree of the 2016 Good Apple Awards. Georgia Appleseed Young Professionals Council Honorees were Atlanta Bar members Rachel Platt and Craig Friedman.
Atlanta Bar Association President Harold Franklin( L), also a board member of Georgia Appleseed, with Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard( R) at the 2016 Good Apple Awards. Howard presented the award to Nelson Mullins for their staff’ s pro bono work on Georgia Appleseed’ s“ Race, Law Enforcement and the Law project.
L-R: Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard; Nelson Mullins’ Anita Wallace Thomas( and Atlanta Bar Association Board of Directors Member-at-Large), Maria Branch Turner and Suhail Seth; Georgia Appleseed Executive Director Sharon N. Hill and Georgia Appleseed Board Chair David Sneed.
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