In This Issue
Volume 14, No. 3 | October/November 2015
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Atlanta Bar Association
President
Harold E. Franklin, Jr.
King & Spalding LLP
Vice President/President-Elect
James D. Blitch IV
Blitch Law PC
Secretary
Margaret H. Vath
Georgia State University College of Law
Treasurer
Nicole G. Iannarone
Georgia State University College of Law
Features
President’s Message: 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act..........
Columns
Law School Life: A Student of Law......................................................
ACYL Side Bar: The Dunning-Kruger Effect.....................................
News & Notes
Truancy Intervention Project Welcomes New Volunteers................
2015 Celebrating Service Awards.......................................................
2015 Legal Runaround........................................................................
New Member Reception.......................................................................
ALAS: Volunteer of the Year................................................................
100% Club..............................................................................................
Did You Know?......................................................................................
Section Updates
Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers Section.....................................
Bankruptcy Section...............................................................................
Dispute Resolution Section..................................................................
Solo Practitioner/Small Firm Section..................................................
Tax Law Section....................................................................................
Immediate Past President
Jacquelyn H. Saylor
The Saylor Law Firm, LLP
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ACYL President
Jonathan E. Smith
Miller & Martin PLLC
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Members at Large
Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Krevolin & Horst, LLC
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Eugenia W. Iredale
Fellows LaBriola LLP
Robert M. Lewis Jr.
U.S. Department of Labor,
Office of the Solicitor
Lisa Liang
Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.
Christopher P. Lightner
Alston & Bird LLP
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Gregory T. Presmanes
Bovis Kyle & Burch, LLC
Melissa Phillips Reading
Owen, Gleaton, Egan,
Jones & Sweeney, LLP
Ryan K. Walsh
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
ABA Delegate
Rita A. Sheffey
Emory University School of Law
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
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October/November 2015
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