Celebrating Service
Shown from left to right at the 2014 Celebrating Service Luncheon &
Pro Bono Fair are Melanie Velez (Southern Center for Human Rights),
Shown from left to right at the 2014 Celebrating
Rita A. Sheffey Public Interest Award recipient Lisa Liang (Atlanta
Service Luncheon & Pro Bono Fair are Nekia
Legal Aid Society, Inc.) and Rita A. Sheffey (Hunton & Williams LLP).
Hackworth Jones (United States Attorney’s Office)
and Jarvarus Gresham (Alston & Bird LLP).
Shown from left to right at the 2014 Celebrating Service Luncheon & Pro Bono Fair are The Hon. Susan E. Edlein (State
Court of Fulton County), The Hon. Shawn Lagrua (Superior Court of Fulton County), Executive Director Terri Beck (Atlanta
Bar Association), President of the Atlanta Bar Association Jacquelyn Saylor (The Saylor Law Firm LLP), Guest Speaker
and MacArthur Genius Award Winner Jonathan Rapping (Associate Professor, Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School and
Founder, Gideon’s Promise), and Melody Richardson (Pachman Richardson, LLC)
24 THE ATLANTA LAWYER
November 2014
The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association