The Atlanta
The Atlanta Lawyer
Lawyer
Volume 12, No.3
Chairs
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Hon. Sara L. Doyle
Editorial Board
Enjoliqué D. Aytch
R.Scott Ferber
Michael L. Goldberg
Michael K. Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Rachel L. Platt
Jacquelyn H. (Jackie) Saylor
Eric P. Schroeder
Paul G. Sherman
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
October 2013
In This Issue:
President’s Message
Wade's Excellent Adventure: Lessons in Diversity - Remarks of
President Wade H. Watson III....................................................................
Advisors
Wade H. Watson III
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
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FEATURED ARTICLES
Atlanta Bar Association
The Bard is Back: A Courthouse Line X........................................................ 6
Behind the Curtain with the Bard Show Band............................................... 12
Bard Questions................................................................................................. 13
Remembering The Honorable Rowland Barnes........................................... 17
ATLANTA BAR ASSOCIATION NEWS AND NOTES
Minority & Diversity Clerkship Program Reception..............................................
Managing Partner Committee.........................................................................
The Legal Runaround......................................................................................
Celebrating Service..........................................................................................
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation..........................................................
Atlanta Legal Aid Society..............................................................................
Gatherings.........................................................................................................
Construction Law Section Update..................................................................
Estate Planning & Probate Section Update...................................................
Labor & Employment Section Update............................................................
100% Club.........................................................................................................
Did You Know?..................................................................................................
Truancy Intervention Project............................................................................
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President
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Vice President/President-Elect
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm
Secretary
Harold E.Franklin
King & Spalding
Treasurer
James D. (Jim) Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Immediate Past President
Lynn M. Roberson
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
ACYL President
Kristin Zielmanski
Berman Fink Van Horn P.C.
Members at Large
Louis R. Cohan
Cohan Law Group, LLC
Karen D. Fultz
Cozen O’Connor
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Foltz Martin LLC
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University College of Law
Lisa Liang
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Robert Milton Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor
Curtis Martin
Miller & Martin, PLLC
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
Michael J. Rust
Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP
Margaret H. (Maggie) Vath
Vath Law LLC
Steven A. Wagner
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Ryan K. Walsh
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
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