In This Issue
Volume 13, No.3
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October 2014
Atlanta Bar Association
President
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm, LLP
Vice President/President-Elect
Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
King & Spalding
Secretary
James D. Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Treasurer
Margaret H. (Maggie) Vath
Georgia State University College of Law
Immediate Past President
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
President's Message
Remembering the 1960s....................................................................
ACYL President
Eugenia Wooten Iredale
Fellows LaBriola LLP
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Members at Large
Michelle Edwards
Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP
Featured Articles
Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS
Constitution Day.................................................................................. 6
Life, Liberty and Justice..................................................................... 8
Atlanta Voices............................................................................... 10
2014 Celebrating Service Award Recipients................................. 12
Nekia Hackworth Jones
United States Attorney’s Office
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Krevolin & Horst, LLC
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University College of Law
News & Notes
2014 The Legal Runaround............................................................................
MBLC 2014 Diversity Awards.............................................................
M&DCP Celebrates 30 Years.............................................................
Atlanta Legal Aid Society: Together We Can...................................
2014 Atlanta Legal Aid Society Award Recipients...........................
Atlanta Bar Foundation Fellows.........................................................
Gatherings............................................................................................
ACYL Section Update.........................................................................
Bankruptcy Section Update................................................................
Environmental & Toxic Tort Section Update.....................................
Estate Planning & Probate Section Update......................................
Judicial Section Update......................................................................
Labor & Employment Section Update...............................................
Litigation Section Update...................................................................
Women in the Profession Section Update.......................................
100% Club............................................................................................
Truancy Intervention Project..............................................................
Did You Know?....................................................................................
Robert M. Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor,
Office of the Solicitor
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Lisa Liang
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Christopher P. Lightner
Alston & Bird LLP
Curtis J. Martin II
Miller & Martin, PLLC
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
David Richards
The Richards Law Firm, L.L.C.
Melissa Phillips Reading
Owen, Gleaton, Egan,
Jones & Sweeney, LLP
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland
Atlanta Bar Foundation President
S. Wade Malone
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Gate City Bar Association President
Meka B. Ward
Thomas Kennedy Sampson & Tompkins L