The Atlanta
The Atlanta Lawyer
Lawyer
Volume 11, No.5
Chairs
Hon. Diane E. Bessen
Hon. Sara L. Doyle
Editorial Board
Enjoliqué Aytch
R.Scott Ferber
Michael Goldberg
Michael Jablonski
Hamida Jackson-Little
Jeffrey Ray Kuester
Hon. Christopher J. McFadden
Rachel Platt
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
Eric P. Schroeder
Paul Sherman
Ian E. Smith
Gregory M. Taube
December 2012
In This Issue:
President’s Message
Advisors
Rita A. Sheffey
Wade H. Watson III
The Season of Giving ................................................................................... 4
Atlanta Bar Association
FEATURED ARTICLES
President
Lynn M. Roberson
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers
2012 Atlanta Santa Project ......................................................................... 12
Secret Santa Project Celebrating 40 years of Lawyers’ Caring ..............14
Emory Law’s Public Interest Committee Honors
Dokson, Bramlett and Caldas ............................................................. 34
Vice President/President-Elect
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson
Secretary
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
King & Spalding
ATLANTA BAR ASSOCIATION NEWS AND NOTES
Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers Update........................................ 7
Sole Practitioner/Small Firm Section Update........................................... 8
Tax Law Section Update............................................................................. 10
100% Club..................................................................................................... 11
Atlanta Bar Foundation 25th Anniversary Campaign Donors................ 16
Atlanta Bar Foundation Fellows................................................................. 17
Up on the Rooftop........................................................................................ 18
Elder Law Section Update.......................................................................... 22
Estate Planning & Probate Section Update............................................. 23
Gatherings.................................................................................................... 25
Multi-Bar Leadership Council..................................................................... 32
Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation Winetasting............................... 36
Did You Know?............................................................................................. 38
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Treasurer
Harold E. Franklin Jr.
Caldwell & Watson
Immediate Past President
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
ACYL President
Nicole G. Iannarone
Members at Large
Eric W. Anderson
Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs, LLP
James D. “Jim” Blitch IV
Beal & Blitch, LLP
Louis R. Cohan
Cohan Law Group, LLC
Harold E. Franklin
King & Spalding
Karen D. Fultz
Cozen O’Connor
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Foltz Martin LLC
Dawn Michele Jones
King & Spalding
Robert Milton Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
Michael J. Rust
Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, LLP
Margaret H. (Maggie) Vath
Vath Law LLC
Steven A. Wagner
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, Atlanta District Office
Ryan K. Walsh
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Hunton & Williams LLP
Gate City Bar Association President
L. Chris Stewart
Morgan & Morgan
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland
December 2012
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