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Dollars & Sense
Atlanta Bar Association
President
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm LLP
Vice President/President-Elect
Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
King & Spalding LLP
Secretary
James D. Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Treasurer
Margaret H. (Maggie) Vath
Georgia State University College of Law
Immediate Past President
Wade H. Watson III
Caldwell & Watson LLP
Features
President’s Message: The Importance of Financial Planning..........
Voting in Bar Elections..........................................................................
ACYL President
Eugenia Wooten Iredale
Fellows LaBriola LLP
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Members at Large
Michelle Edwards Crosland
Altisource
Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS
Columns
Nekia Hackworth Jones
United States Attorney’s Office
Legal Minute: 2014 Tax Return Tips................................................... 7
Law School Life: Dollars and Sense................................................... 8
From the Bench: A View From the Probate Bench........................... 10
Your Bar: Section Engagement on the Atlanta Bar Website............ 11
News & Notes
Gatherings.............................................................................................
Take Your Adversary to Lunch.............................................................
Pro Bono March Madness Schedule..................................................
Upcoming Events..................................................................................
2015-2016 Atlanta Bar Elections.........................................................
Truancy Intervention Project................................................................
100% Club..............................................................................................
Did You Know?......................................................................................
Section Updates
January/February 2015
Bankruptcy Section Update.................................................................
Criminal Law Section Update..............................................................
Estate Planning and Probate Section Update...................................
Intellectual Property Section Update..................................................
Labor & Employment Section Update.................................................
Litigation Section Update.....................................................................
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Krevolin & Horst, LLC
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University College of Law
Robert M. Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor,
Office of the Solicitor
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Lisa Liang
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Christopher P. Lightner
Alston & Bird LLP
Curtis J. Martin II
Miller & Martin, PLLC
Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
David Richards
The Richards Law Firm, LLC
Melissa Phillips Reading
Owen, Gleaton, Egan,
Jones & Sweeney, LLP
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Emory Law School
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland LLP
Atlanta Bar Foundation President
S. Wade Malone
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Gate City Bar Association President
Darrick McDuffie
King & Spalding LLP
The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association
January/February 2015
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