SECTION UPDATE
LITIGATION
By Christina M. Baugh
Fellows LaBriola LLP
[email protected]
The Litigation Section bar year has gotten off to a great
start. Our first breakfast, held on Friday, September 9,
2016 featured litigation power-house, family team Jim
Butler and Jeb Butler focusing on closing arguments.
We also learned that the oft-used phrase a family that
tries cases together, stays together is true. What? Never
heard that one? Well, according to this father-son
team, it is true.
Our second breakfast, “Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Who Now
Hears Your Appeal?”, held on October 14, 2016, was a
timely and informative panel discussion on the Judicial
Jurisdictional Reform Act. The panel featured Justice
Blackwell, Chief Judge Doyle, Darren Summerville,
and was moderated by Michael Terry.
The Section will continue to hold its monthly breakfasts throughout the year on the second Friday of the
month, at 7:30 a.m. at the Ansley Golf Club. Keep an
eye out for announcements regarding our upcoming
breakfast titles. In November, we will hear from Professor Milich regarding the 2015 changes to the Georgia
Evidence Code (now that time has passed allowing
appellate review and input regarding the changes).
In December, we will hear from Julian Fortuna and
Amanda Farahany regarding navigating challenging
situations in settling employment cases.
Save the Date
On October 27, 2016, the Litigation Section will cohost a happy hour at Eventide Brewery, 1015 Grant
Street, NE, Atlanta GA 30315, from 5:30-8:30pm.
Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. We
will be enjoying and sampling Eventide’s unique beer
offerings on its tasting tour while mixing and mingling
with members of the ACYL Section and the Public
Interest Section.
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October 2016
In honor of October’s Celebration of Service, it serves
noting that the Litigation Section has continued to be
active in the community this bar year. In September,
the Section sponsored and participated in the Atlanta
Bar’s Legal Run Around 5k race. Our Section has agreed
to team up with the Bankruptcy Section to promote its
Adversary Proceeding pro bono project. The Section
is also happy to continue to support AVLF through its
upcoming Winetasting on November 3, 2016.
Hopefully you had a chance to read the informative
articles in our Section’s newsletter, The Litigator, which
was sent by email on September 28, 2016. Anyone
wishing to submit an article for our next issue should
contact John Hadden at [email protected].
As always, the Litigation Section loves its judges and
is happy to invite all judges and judicial law clerks to
attend our Section events for free.
We would like to give a special thanks to our Section
sponsors from the 2015-2016 Board year. Without
them, we would not be able to put on the wonderful
programing we do or make the same impact in our
community.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
Applied Technical Services
Counsel on Call
Duplicating Products, Inc.
Esquire
Habif Arogeti & Wynne
JAMS
We hope to see you soon at an upcoming breakfast
and/or our happy hour!