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Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers Section
Beer & CLE Series and May Party
By Jonathan Smith
Miller & Martin PLLC
[email protected]
F
ollowing a very busy winter, we are looking forward to
closing out the year with some exciting and informative
events, including our Beer and CLE Series, Mentoring Breakfasts, Saturday Lawyer Event with AVLF and May
Party with the Litigation Section.
BEER and CLE Series
Session II of our “Life of a Lawyer” seminar in our BEER and
CLE Series continued with “How to Balance Work & Life” at
Gordon Biersch in Midtown on February 18th. The seminar
was led by three outstanding speakers, including Anthony
L. Cochran of Chivilis Cochran, Lillian N. Caudle of Jones
Day and Derin B. Dickerson of Alston & Bird. We held our
February happy hour during the first hour of the BEER and
CLE Series to truly incorporate the Work/Life Balance concept
and prepare attendees for the CLE.
Session III of our “Life of a Lawyer” seminar in our BEER
and CLE Series featured Steve T. LaBriola with Fellows
LaBriola, Audra A. Dial with Kilpatrick Townsend and William
F. Smith with Schenk Smith, speaking on the topic of “How
to Market” on March 4th at Gordon Biersch in Midtown. We
received terrific feedback from the attendees. Special thanks
to ACYL Member Will Smith for helping to organize the Life
of a Lawyer Series.
The finale of our Beer and CLE Series covered “Life of
the Deal” and was held on April 15th at Gordon Biersch in
Midtown. We co-hosted with the Corporate Counsel Section
of the Atlanta Bar who, together with ACYL Member Nora
Budman, put together an excellent panel. John R. Renaud,
Senior Counsel with Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.,
Patrick Davidson, Counsel of Commercial Transactions with
Cox Enterprises, Inc., and Kristine Berry Morain, Senior Vice
President and General Counsel with Boys & Girls Clubs of
America, were our featured speakers. Additionally, there was
a Happy Hour from 5:30 and 6:30 prior to the Seminar that
included drink tickets and appetizers.
MENTORING BREAKFASTS
Our mentoring breakfasts continue to be very well attended
thanks to the excellent programming from ACYL Members
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Jamie Perez, Julia Black and Kristy Zimmerman. In March
our Mentoring Breakfast featured Gene Chapman of Giacoma
Schleicher Roberts & Daughdrill LLC, who spoke on Legal
Malpractice Pitfalls. Our April Mentoring Breakfast focused
on Job Search Tips and Tactics and was very informative
thanks to our featured guest, Susanne Tarter of Cambridge
Professional Group.
Please join us for our final Mentoring Breakfast of the
fiscal year on May 13th. The topic will be “Lawyering 101:
Interacting with Judges, Opposing Counsel, Clients, Starting
Cases, Filing Forms and Ethical Issues.” There is no cost
to attend the Mentoring Breakfasts (you pay only for your
own breakfast) and they are typically held monthly at J.
Christopher’s in Midtown from 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Please
visit the Atlanta Bar website for registration information.
SATURDAY LAWYER WITH AVLF
Please join us as we support AVLF and their Saturday Lawyer
Program on April 25th. Please visit the Atlanta Bar website
or contact Wick Cauthorn at [email protected] or Julia
Black at [email protected] for details.
MAY PARTY WITH THE LITIGATION SECTION
Last, but not least, we are joining forces with the Litigation
Section for an end of the year (Atlanta Bar year) party on
Wednesday, May 27th at Monday Night Brewery from 5:30
p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Every attendee will receive a pint glass
(with tasting tickets) and an opportunity to tour the brewery.
Additionally, Escape Vehicle, regulars at many of Atlanta’s
most popular music venues, will be playing live music
throughout the Happy Hour and into the evening. This
party will be a great opportunity to introduce your Summer
Associates to the Atlanta Bar Association community and
enjoy the great spring weather on the patio at Monday Night
Brewery. Put this event on your calendar. Additional details
will be unfolding in the next several weeks, so please check
the Atlanta Bar website for more information. Please feel
free to contact me at [email protected] for additional
information and/or sponsorship inquiries.
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