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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell
& Berkowitz, PC
Supreme Court of Georgia
Jane Hansen, Public Information Officer
244 Washington Street, Suite 572
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, has garnered
151 first-tier metropolitan rankings in the 2013 U.S. News – Best
Lawyers "Best Law Firms" list, earning the firm a spot among the
top 20 firms nationally with the most first-tier metropolitan rankings.
Baker Donelson earned a Tier 1 national ranking in five practice
areas and was also named "Law Firm of the Year" in Education
Law. Additionally, Baker Donelson achieved five Tier 1 metropolitan
rankings in Atlanta.
Carlock, Copeland & Stair
JUSTICE NAHMIAS APPOINTED
TO U.S. COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RULES
Atlanta, December 5, 2012 – Chief Justice John G.
Roberts, Jr. of the United States Supreme Court has
appointed Georgia Supreme Court Justice David E.
Nahmias to the U.S. Judicial Conference Advisory
Committee on Civil Rules.
The Judicial Conference is the principal policymaking body
for the administration of the federal courts. Its advisory
committees on the federal appellate, bankruptcy, civil,
criminal, and evidence rules review and recommend
amendments to those rules, which apply to proceedings
in federal courts and serve as a model for the similar
rules of many states, including Georgia. The Advisory
Committee on Civil Rules focuses on the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure, on which Georgia’s Civil Practice Act,
which governs civil proceedings in Georgia courts, is
based. (Similarly, Georgia’s new Evidence Code, which
will take effect on January 1, 2013, is based on the Federal
Rules of Evidence.)
Each advisory committee consists of federal judges,
prominent lawyers and law professors, a U.S. Justice
Department representative, and one state Supreme Court
justice. Justice Nahmias will serve a three-year term.
Justice Nahmias was appointed to the Supreme Court
of Georgia in August 2009 by then-Gov. Sonny Perdue.
He was elected in 2010 to a full six-year term. Prior to
serving on the Court, he served as the U.S. Attorney for the
Northern District of Georgia and as a senior U.S. Justice
Department official, and he also worked as a law clerk
for a federal judge and for U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Antonin Scalia.
“I am honored by this appointment and look forward to
serving on this important committee, whose work has a
direct impact on civil lawsuits in Georgia and across the
country,” said Justice Nahmias. “I will look to Georgia
lawyers for recommendations on how the Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure, and the state rules that mirror them,
should be amended to reflect developments in legal
practice.”
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THE ATLANTA LAWYER
December 2012
Carlock, Copeland & Stair congratulates William P. Jones on
being selected to serve as the Firm’s General Counsel. As General
Counsel, Bill will be responsible for the overall management of legal
concerns and services for the firm. Specifically, he has primary
responsibility for management of the firm’s professional liability
processes and risk management and will advise the firm on a wide
variety of issues.
Miller & Martin PLLC
Miller & Martin attorney Shelby R. Grubbs has been appointed
to the International Business Advisory Board of The University
of Alabama Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business
Administration. Founded in 1992, the Board has been comprised of
business and campus leaders bound by a commitment to assisting
the College of Commerce in furthering its international initiatives.
Culverhouse College is recognized as the premier business school
in the state and one of the leading programs in the Southeast and
nationally.
Miller & Martin PLLC attorneys Charlie Brake, Joe DeLisle, Bill
DuPre, Charles Forlidas, Danny Griffin, Leah Knowlton, Chris
Parker, Tim Silvis, Jim Tramonte and Dave Whitlock have been
selected to Georgia Trend magazine’s Legal Elite, 2012.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC
The recently released 2013 “Best Law Firms” rankings from
U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers includes Stites &
Harbison, PLLC, among the top 50 law firms surveyed in regards
to the total number of metropolitan rankings. The firm’s overall
results include 89 metropolitan rankings and two national first
tier rankings in Litigation – Construction and Trademark Law. In
Atlanta, Stites & Harbison earned metropolitan first tier rankings
for both Construction Law and Litigation – Construction, with the
latter being a new honor
Warner, Bates, McGough & McGinnis
The family law firm of Warner, Bates, McGough & McGinnis (www.
wbmfamilylaw.com) has been awarded a Tier 1 Ranking in the
2013 edition of U.S. N