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GATHERINGS 1 2 1 On February 23, 2017, the Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers hosted a CLE Program at the Beer Growler in Brookhaven. L-R: Nancy Palmer (Executive Director of Georgia Craft Brewers Guild-Craft Beer’s most ardent supporter in the State), Matt Simmons (Shepherd Law, LLC), Sena- tor Hunter Hill (Drafter and champion of Senate Bill 63, better known as “The Beer Jobs Bill”), Mark Sims (Beer Growler Brookhaven owner), Taylor Harper (Taylor, Feil, Harper, Lumsden & Hess P.C.–Georgia’s "Craft Beer Lawyer”) and Adam Martin (Beer Growler Brookhaven staff). Speak- ers Taylor Harper, Nancy Palmer, and Hunter Hill spoke on "Drink Up: Law, Legislation, and Current Issues Around Craft Beer in Georgia." 2 On March 1, 2017, the Environmental & Toxic Tort Section hosted a breakfast at King & Spalding. L-R: Environmental & Toxic Tort section chair Kimberly Hale (Kazmarek Mowrey Cloud Laseter LLP), Glen Behrend (Environmental Protection Division of the GA Department of Natural Re- sources) and Brian Edwards (Conversion Tech- nology Inc. (CTI)). Speakers Glen Behrend and Brian Edwards spoke on "Georgia EPD's Revised Industrial Stormwater NPDES Permit-What's New and Why Does it Matter to You." The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association THE ATLANTA LAWYER 31