SECTION UPDATE
Litigation Section
By Leigh May
Butler Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP
[email protected]
T
he Litigation Section has been off to a great start for
this Bar year. Our signature events are our monthly
breakfast meetings. On the second Friday of every
month, the Litigation Section gathers at 7:30 am at the
Ansley Golf Club for a buffet breakfast and a CLE program.
We have an outstanding group of speakers scheduled for
this Bar year.
In September, we heard from David Walbert, and, in a meeting
co-sponsored by the Judicial Section and the Gate City Bar,
Chief Judge Phipps of the Georgia Court of Appeals spoke
in October. We were very fortunate to have had both Judge
Duffey (Northern District of Georgia) and Judge Tailor (State
Court of Fulton County) on the agenda for our November 14th
meeting. On December 12, we will hear from Randy Kessler
on the subject of family law for lawyers who do not practice
family law. This will be a joint meeting with the
Small Firm and Solo Practitioner Section. We will
continue the breakfast series through May.
The Litigation Section is also proud of our relationship with
the Truancy Intervention Project as our pro bono partner. We
scheduled a training session in October and hope to plan
another training in the spring. More information about the
Truancy Intervention Project can be found at
www.truancyproject.org.
We would also like to thank our sponsors for their support
of our Section and its activities. They are ATS (Applied
Technology Services); Esquire Solutions; Habif, Arogeti &
Wynne, LLP; JAMS; and The Partners Group.
We also have several other events planned for
this Bar year. In February, we will host Take Your
Adversary to Lunch. This program encourages
collegiality in the Bar by creating a chance for
litigants to know their adversaries better and in a
more informal setting. Participants will be eligible
to win a Buckhead Life gift certificate.
Other Section events include the Bench and Bar
reception and the Meet the Judges luncheon.
Both events will take place in the spring. We also
have a CLE planned for the first of the year.
As part of the Atlanta Bar Association’s law
student outreach efforts, the Litigation Section
has added law student board members from
Emory University, Georgia State University,
Atlanta’s John Marshall School of Law, Mercer
and University of Georgia. We continue to offer
free admission for all law students who wish to
attend our functions.
The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association
November 2014
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