The Atlanta Lawyer January/February 2015 | Page 31

section update
Litigation Section
By Hon. Leigh May
United States District Judge,
Northern District of Georgia

T

he Litigation Section continues with a great slate of
programs for this year. On the second Friday of every
month, the Litigation Section has its breakfast and
CLE programs. They take place at 7:30 a.m. at the Ansley
Golf Club.

On December 12, at a joint meeting with the Small Firm and
Solo Practitioner Section, Randy Kessler spoke on the subject
of family law for lawyers who do not practice family law. On
January 9, 2015, we continued our breakfast series with a
joint meeting with the Dispute Resolution Section. Halsey
Knapp moderated a panel discussion with F. Carlton King, Jr.,
Jeffrey Horst, and Patrick Jones on Business Disputes and
Divorces. On February 13 in a joint meeting with the Atlanta
Council of Younger Lawyers, Chief Justice Thompson and
Paula Frederick will speak on a topic that qualifies for ethics
credit. The breakfasts continue through May.
In February, we host Take Your Adversary to Lunch.
This program encourages
collegiality in the bar by
creating a chance for litigants
to know their adversaries
better and in a more informal
setting. Participants will be
eligible to win a Buckhead
Life gift certificate.

This promises to be a great event, and we hope you plan on
attending.
Other Section events include the Meet the Judges luncheon
scheduled for March 20, 2015 at the Capital City Club, and
the Bench and Bar reception scheduled for May 12, 2015 at
Nelson, Mullins. Please mark your calendars for both events.
The Litigation Section would like to thank our sponsors for
their support. They are ATS (Applied Technology Services);
Esquire Solutions; Habif, Arogeti & Wynne, LLP; JAMS; and
The Partners Group. The Section is also pleased to announce
a new sponsor – Duplicating Products. Duplicating Products
sells, leases and services copiers for law firms.
As part of the Section’s judicial outreach efforts, we continue
to offer free admission for all judges and judicial law clerks
who wish to attend our functions.

On February 20, 2015,
beginning at 8:30 a.m.
at King & Spalding, the
Litigation Section will host
its annual CLE. This CLE
will feature a panel of federal
judges and a panel of state
court judges. Following
both judicial panels, a panel
of attorneys will discuss
the guidance provided by
the judges with the CLE
concluding at 12:15 p.m.
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