In This Issue
Volume 13, No. 9 |
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May 2015
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
The Watson Firm, LLC
Features
President’s Message: Atlanta the Bar Amicus Brief Policy..............
Helping Our Own...................................................................................
Columns
Legal Minute: Are You Okay?..............................................................
Mental Health in the Legal Profession................................................
From the Bench: Asian Pacific Americans in the Georgia Bar........
ACYL Side Bar: Looking Out for Number One..................................
Tech Talk: The New Frontier of e-Communications (Part II)...........
News & Notes
Summary of Bills: 2015 Legislative Session Update.........................
2015 Annual Meeting: Join the Celebration.......................................
2015 Atlanta Bar Election Results.......................................................
LawJam 2015.........................................................................................
A Courthouse Line XI: North Side Story.............................................
Gatherings.............................................................................................
Truancy Intervention Project................................................................
100% Club..............................................................................................
Did You Know?......................................................................................
ACYL President
Eugenia Wooten Iredale
Fellows LaBriola LLP
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Members at Large
Michelle Edwards Crosland
Altisource
Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS
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Nekia Hackworth Jones
United States Attorney’s Office
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
Section Updates
Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers Section Update.......................
Bankruptcy Section Update.................................................................
Estate Planning & Probate Section Update.......................................
Intellectual Property Section Update..................................................
Labor & Employment Law Section Update........................................
Litigation Section Update.....................................................................
Tax Law Section Update......................................................................
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ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Emory Law School
Legal Counsel
Marc A. Rawls
Sutherland LLP
Atlanta Bar Foundation President
S. Wade Malone
Nelson Mullins R