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gatherings On November 14, 2012, the Women in the Profession Section and Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers Section held a joint luncheon at the State Bar of Georgia. Shown from left to right are Atlanta Bar Association President Lynn M. Roberson (Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP), Heather C. Wright (The Wright Firm LLC) and Member at Large Rebecca C. Smith (RC Smith, Law). On Wednesday November 14th the Corporate Counsel Section helped sponsor the Courageous Counsel seminar, to celebrate the publication of Courageous Counsel: Conversations with Women General Counsel in the Fortune 500 by Michele Coleman Mayes(Vice President and General Counsel, The New York Public Library); and Kara Baysinger (Head of the Insurance Sector Team, SNR Denton). Shown from left to right are Kara Baysinger, Beth L. Gibbs (Vice President and General Counsel, Aaron's, Inc.), Cathy D. Hampton (Atlanta City Attorney), Teri Plummer McClure (Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, UPS), Janet E. Taylor (Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc.) and three of the event hosts, Dorian S. Denburg (General Attorney, Network Operations, AT&T), Robin H. Sangston (Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer, Cox Communications, Inc.), and Virginia Wadsworth (Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Automobile Protection Corporation). 28 THE ATLANTA LAWYER December 2012 The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association