Atlanta Bar Association
Celebrating Service Pro Bono Award Recipient
Jeffrey J. Nix
Jeffrey J. Nix
Troutman Sanders LLP
Jeffrey J. Nix, a partner with
Troutman Sanders LLP, is the
2011 recipient of the Atlanta Bar
Association’s 2011 Celebrating
Service Pro Bono Award. The
Pro Bono Award is presented
to a member of the Atlanta Bar
Association in good standing
who has made significant
contributions to providing pro
bono legal services to indigent
individuals or non-profit
organizations on matters or
projects adopted, created or
sponsored by or through the
Atlanta Bar Association or one
of its sections.
Mr. Nix has tirelessly donated his time and talents to Atlanta
Legal Aid by assisting cancer patients prepare and execute
wills, advance directives, and guardianships, helping indigent
cancer patients put their final affairs in order. Mr. Nix was also
instrumental in expanding the Troutman Sanders Advanced
Directives project to a team of dedicated Troutman Sanders
lawyers and paralegals who visits DeKalb Medical’s oncology
wing once a week, armed with laptops and flash drives.
Mr. Nix has also worked with Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers
Foundation’s Wills for Emergency Personnel Project, drafting
wills for police officers, firefighters and other first responders.
Mr. Nix’s compassion for his clients, his sense of humor, and
his professionalism have earned him the respect of his peers
in the legal community at large, those at Troutman Sanders
and Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, specifically, and
the staff at DeKalb Medical Center, all of whom appreciate and
admire his dedication.
Mr. Nix’s legal service to the community extends beyond
preparing and executing wills and advance directives. Mr. Nix
also volunteers for Project Salute, a legal clinic that assists
veterans in claiming the benefits due them; and Georgia
Appleseed’s Effective Student Discipline: Keeping Kids in
Class project, a study conducted to provide a comprehensive,
objective assessment of public school student discipline policy,
practice and outcomes in Georgia, and identify any action
recommendations that would benefit all of Georgia’s students
in light of the phenomenon that arguably excessive school
disciplinary action negatively impacts the success of students’
academic achievements.
Congratulations to Jeffrey J. Nix, the 2011 recipient of the
Atlanta Bar Association’s Celebrating Service Pro Bono
Award! ■
Atlanta Bar Association
Celebrating Service Community Service Award Recipient
Women in the Profession Section
T
he Women in the Profession Section of the Atlanta Bar
Association is the 2011 recipient of the Association’s
Celebrating Service Community Service Award.
The award is given to an Association member or section
that has made significant contributions to the community
by participating in or coordinating a community service
project that is adopted, created or sponsored by or
through the Atlanta Bar Association or one of its sections.
The Women in the Profession Section has made many
significant contributions to the community through Atlanta
Bar Association projects.
During the last year, the members of the Women in the
Profession Section (“WIP”) have volunteered in numerous
community service projects. WIP members have volunteered
as elves at the DFACS Christmas Party for the Atlanta Santa
Project, held a canned food and clothing drive for Hosea
Williams’s Feed the Hungry program, and helped MedShare
The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association
International inspect and package donated medical supplies
sent to health clinics around the world. Additionally, WIP
members designed shoeboxes filled with toiletries provided
to homeless families at the Gateway Transition Center in
Atlanta through the United Way Shoe Box project, and
participated in Hands on Atlanta’s Service Juris day by
cleaning a creek along a new neighborhood nature preserve
in the Kirkwood community.
WIP made numerous other volunteer activities available to its
members, who volunteered their time freely. WIP has done
an outstanding job creating and continuing a tradition of
service. The Atlanta Bar Association is proud to present the
Women in Profession Section with the Celebrating Service
Community Service Award. ■
August/September 2011
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