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Chairs
Editorial Board
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Lisa K. Liang
Enjoliqué Aytch
Ben Byrd
Richard Caplan
J. Wickliffe Cauthorn
Sam Crochet
Michael L. Goldberg
Megan Hodgkiss
Michael Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Christopher P. Lightner
Brian McEvoy
Jim McDonough
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Abbey Morrow
Rachel L. Platt
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
Dawn Smith
Ian E. Smith
Mark Wortham
Kristin Zielmanski
Advisors
James D. Blitch IV
Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
Student Liaisons
Erik Provitt
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Atlanta Bar Association
President
Immediate Past
President
Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS
James D. Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
King & Spalding LLP
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Krevolin & Horst LLC
Vice President/
President-Elect
ACYL President
C. Joseph Hoffman
Kitchens Kelley
Gaynes, PC
Rita A. Sheffey
Emory University
School of Law
Legal Counsel
M. Gino Brogdon, Jr.
Brogdon Champion, LLC
Lisa K. Liang
Hon. Judge Susan E.
Edlein, State Court
of Fulton County
Caren Cloud
Truancy Intervention
Project Georgia
Stephen T. LaBriola
Fellows LaBriola, LLP
Atlanta Bar Foundation
President
Margaret H. Vath
Georgia State University
College of Law
Secretary
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University
College of Law
Treasurer
Ryan K. Walsh
Jones Day
Matthew Simmons
Shepherd Law, LLC
Members at Large
A. Craig Cleland
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,
Smoak & Stewart P.C.
W. Michael D’Antignac
Deitch & Rogers, LLC
Rachel E. Spears
Pro Bono Partnership
of Atlanta
ABA Delegate
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland LLP
Christopher P. Lightner
Alston & Bird LLP
Michael B. Terry
Bondurant, Mixson &
Elmore, LLP
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch LLC
Gate City Bar
Association President
Cheryl F. Turner