Litigation
SECTION UPDATE
Litigation
By Stephen P . Cummings King & Spalding LLP scummings @ kslaw . com
Exciting Spring Programs
The Litigation Section has put on a number of exciting programs this spring , including a program on March 11 , 2016 , which featured Cathy Hampton , City Attorney , City of Atlanta , Nancy Kumar , General Counsel Organization – Lead Attorney , Georgia Power Company , Elizabeth Robertson , Vice President-Chief Litigation Counsel , Crawford & Company , who spoke about “ Practical Advice from In-House Litigation Counsel : How Outside Counsel Can Better Serve Their Clients ’ Needs ”; a program on April 15 , 2016 , which featured Jonathan Hawkins , Krevolin & Horst LLC , who spoke about “ Negotiations : Back to the Basics ”; and a program on May 13 , 2016 , which featured Stacey Evans , S . G . Evans Law , LLC , and Wendell Willard , Law Office of Wendell Willard , who spoke about the “ 2016 Georgia Legislative Update .”
Bench & Bar Reception Honoring Judge T . Jackson Bedford – May 10 , 2016
The Section also co-sponsored an event with the Public Interest Section on April 20 , 2016 that was entitled “ A Dream Deferred ? Challenges to Obama ’ s Immigration Policies , Executive Overreach & United States v . Texas .” On May 10 , 2016 , the Section held the 2016 Bench and Bar reception , which was hosted by Nelson Mullins , and the Honorable T . Jackson Bedford , Jr ., Deputy Chief of the Superior Court of Fulton County , graciously received the Logan E . Bleckley Distinguished Service Award .
Upcoming Events
Upcoming events include a joint happy hour with the Corporate Counsel Section on June 8 , 2016 that is being hosted by Morris Manning & Martin , LLP . On June 10 , 2016 the Section is sponsoring “ Rock the Cash Bar : Law Jam 2016 ,” which benefits the Atlanta Bar Foundation , at the Buckhead Theatre . Information about both events can be found on the Atlanta Bar ’ s website www . atlantabar . org .
Next Year ’ s Members of the Litigation Board of Directors
After the recent elections , I would like to congratulate next year ’ s members of the Litigation Section Board of Directors :
Chair : Christina Baugh Vice Chair / Chair-Elect : Edward Konieczny Secretary : Robert Huestis Treasurer : Louis Cohan Members-at-Large : Elizabeth Adler M . Gino Brogdon Jr . Hon . Susan E . Edlein John D . Hadden Robert Khayat and Simon R . Malko Emeritus Member : Terrence L . Croft
Let Us Know
We look forward to next year and invite you to reach out to any member of the Board of Directors if you have events that you want the Section to consider or topics to propose for an upcoming breakfast meeting or CLE program .
We are currently accepting articles for the Section ’ s newsletter for next year , The Litigator , and anyone that wishes to submit an article should contact John Hadden at jhadden @ haddenfirm . com . As part of the Section ’ s judicial outreach efforts , next year we will continue to offer free admission for all judges and judicial law clerks who wish to attend the Section ’ s events .
The Litigation Section would like to thank its 2015-2016 sponsors for their support . They are ATS ( Applied Technical Services ); Duplicating Products , Esquire Solutions ; Habif , Arogeti & Wynne , LLP ; JAMS , and The Partners Group .
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