Multi-Bar Leadership Council
2014 DIVERSITY AWARD
Presented to Avarita L. Hanson
O
n Tuesday, September 9, 2014, the Multi-Bar
Leadership Council (MBLC) presented the Seth
D. Kirschenbaum Diversity Award. The Seth D.
Kirschenbaum Diversity Award recognizes any member in
good standing with the State Bar of Georgia, a law firm’s
corporate law department or law-related organization that
embodies the MBLC mission of fostering meaningful and
positive interaction among diverse members of the Bar by
its leadership in programs and efforts that support diversity
and inclusion. This year’s award was presented to Avarita
L. Hanson for her work promoting diversity in the legal
profession.
Shown seated left to right are MBLC Co-Chair Shiriki L. Cavitt, Avarita L. Hanson (Chief Justice’s Commission on
Professionalism), MBLC Past Chair Dawn M. Jones (The Firm of Dawn M. Jones, LLC). Shown standing left to right are
MBLC Immediate Past Co-Chair Robert M. Lewis Jr. (US Department of Labor, Office of Solicitor), Shatorree Bates (Bates
Law Firm, LLC), MBLC Past Chair Lauren L. Barrett (Tremayne & Barrett), MBLC Past Chair Denise M. Warner (DeKalb
County Superior Court), MBLC Past Chair Charles B. Hess (Office of the Mental Health Advocate) and Todd H. Ashley
(Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia).
22 THE ATLANTA LAWYER
October 2014
The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association