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4 Center: Atlanta Bar Association Rita A. Sheffey Public Inter-
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
Guardian Ad Litem of the Year Award:
JoAnna Smith
Safe Families Office Firm of the Year:
Elizabeth Finn Johnson
Family Law Program Volunteer of the Year Award:
ivory t. brown
Safe and Stable Homes Firm of the year:
Eversheds Sutherland
Safe and Stable Homes Volunteer of the Year:
Emerson W. Girardeau III
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Extraordinary Pro Bono Service Award:
Jamala McFadden
Randall L. Hughes Lifetime Commitment to
Legal Services Award:
Paula Lawton Bevington
Volunteer of the Year Award:
Jessica Jay Wood
10 October 2017
est Award Recipient Kimberly D. Charles (Atlanta Legal Aid
Society) with Atlanta Legal Aid Society colleagues.
5 L-R: Atlanta Bar Association Past President S. Wade Malone
(Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP), Atlanta Bar As-
sociation Board Member Christopher P. Lightner (Alston
& Bird) and Jarvarus Gresham (Georgia State University
College of Law).
6 L-R: Guardian ad Litem of the Year award recipient JoAnna
Smith (The Law Offices of JoAnna J. Smith, LLC) and Jamie
Perez (AVLF Safe and Stable Families Project Director).
7 L-R: Laura L. Rashidi-Yazd (Atlanta Legal Aid Society) and
Atlanta Legal Aid Society Volunteer of the Year award recipi-
ent Jessica J. Wood (Bodker, Ramsey, Andrews, Winograd &
Wildstein, P.C.).
8 Atlanta Bar Association President Margaret H. Vath (Georgia
State University College of Law).
9 Atlanta Bar Association Pro Bono service award recipient
The Bankruptcy Section of the Atlanta Bar Association. L-R:
Bankruptcy Section Chair Jeffery W. Cavender (Troutman
Sanders LLP) and Atlanta Bar Association President Margaret
H. Vath (Georgia State University College of Law).
10 L-R: Steven Gottlieb (Atlanta Legal Aid Society Executive
Director) and Atlanta Legal Aid Society Randall L. Hughes
Lifetime Commitment to Legal Services award recipient
Paula Lawton Bevington (Bevington Advisors, LLC).