Atlanta Bar Association Upcoming Events

GAWL Workplace and Public Policy Committee Meeting

Wed, 01 Feb 2012

The Georgia Association for Women Lawyers Workplace and Public Policy Committee meets the first Wednesday of every month at noon at Gordon Biersch in Buckhead. For questions or more information, Contact Rachel Platt at rplatt@plattfamilylaw.com.

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Lawyers Club Whiskey Tasting

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

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GAWL Gwinnett NNB

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

GAWL Gwinnett meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 7:30 a.m. at Panera Bread (911 Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road, Lawrenceville, GA). We meet at the back of the restaurant and each participant pays for her own breakfast.

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DeKalb Bar Family Law Section February Breakfast

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

Please join the DeKalb Bar Association Family Law Section for the February breakfast. Guest speaker will be Justice David Nahamia, Supreme Court of Georgia.

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Atlanta Bar CLE: 2012 Ethics Update, Part 1 (teleseminar)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

012 Ethics Update, Part 1: 1 CLE hour, including 1 Ethics hour

This annual ethics update will cover major ethics developments and issues of increasing importance to your law practice. This two-part program will cover practical developments in conflicts of interest, confidentiality and the attorney-client privilege. The program will also focus on a series of interrelated ethics issues when using technology in law practice, including “cloud” storage for law files and data security in using your mobile and wireless devices. The program will also discuss loss prevention and billing issues, supervisory issues when outsourcing work, and how to handle “hot documents” that you should not have.

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"Get to Know GAWL" Happy Hour (Marietta)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

Join us in January for the GAWL Membership Drive! GAWL is hosting, on various dates and in various locations, a series of "Get to Know GAWL" Happy Hours! If you are considering joining GAWL, or have been a member in the past, but are unsure about whether to renew your membership, come and join us for good wine, good food, good company, and get a chance to mingle with some special guests. All events are from 5:30 to 7:30 or thereabouts. The cost is $10 which will entitle each guest to at least one free drink, and free nibbles. Non-members who join at the event will be eligible to win one of the exciting door prize(s); members who bring (or send) one or more non-members will be eligible to win prizes as well. Dates & locations are as follows:

Jan. 18 – d’Vine Wine Bar – 5486 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Atlanta, GA 30338 (Dunwoody/Dekalb) - SPECIAL GUESTS HON. DAX LOPEZ

Jan. 19 – Social – 3621Vinings Slope SE, Suite 4100, Atlanta, GA 30339 (Vinings/Smyrna/Cobb)

Jan. 23 – Manuel’s Tavern – 602 N. Highland Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 (Midtown/Downtown/Fulton) - SPECIAL GUESTS HON. SARA DOYLE, HON. SUSAN EDLEIN; HON. DAX LOPEZ

Jan. 24 - Wine Styles - 3752 Cascade Road SW, #140, Atlanta, GA 30331(Cascade/Fulton)

Jan. 25 - Pour - 1418 Dresden Ave., Atlanta, GA 30319 (Brookhaven/Dekalb)

Jan. 31 - Eddie's Attic - 515 N. McDonough St., Decatur, GA 30030 (Decatur) - SPECIAL GUEST STATE REPRESENTATIVE ELENA PARENT

Feb. 2 - Marietta Wine Market - 18 Powder Springs St., Marietta, GA 30064 (Marietta)

Watch for additional event in Gwinnett County. Click on the link above to register online.

For questions, contact Cynthia Burnside at cynthia.burnside@hklaw.com.

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STATE BAR OF GEORGIA DIVERSITY PROGRAM BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SYMPOSIUM

Thu, 02 Feb 2012

STATE BAR OF GEORGIA DIVERSITY PROGRAM BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SYMPOSIUM

“DEVELOPING BUSINESS FROM THE PARTNERS’ PERSPECTIVE”

STATE BAR BUILDING
104 MARIETTA STREET, NW
ATLANTA, GA 30303

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

PARKING IS FREE FOR MEMBERS OF THE STATE BAR OF GEORGIA.

MODERATOR:

CHRIS CHAN
PARTNER, SUTHERLAND

PANELISTS:

SAM GRIFFIN
PARTNER, KING & SPALDING

RODNEY MOORE
PARTNER, BAKER DONELSON

JUNE TOWERY
PARTNER, NELSON, MULLINS, RILEY & SCARBOROUGH

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Atlanta Bar CLE: 2012 Ethics Update, Part 2 (teleseminar)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012

2012 Ethics Update, Part 2: 1 CLE hour, including 1 Ethics hour

This annual ethics update will cover major ethics developments and issues of increasing importance to your law practice. This two-part program will cover practical developments in conflicts of interest, confidentiality and the attorney-client privilege. The program will also focus on a series of interrelated ethics issues when using technology in law practice, including “cloud” storage for law files and data security in using your mobile and wireless devices. The program will also discuss loss prevention and billing issues, supervisory issues when outsourcing work, and how to handle “hot documents” that you should not have.

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Lawyers Club Fiction Book Club

Tue, 07 Feb 2012

Fiction Book Club

Lawyers Club of Atlanta

6:00 pm

Book TBD

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EPIC Inspiration Awards

Tue, 07 Feb 2012

The annual Inspiration Awards ceremony will be held Tuesday, February 7, 2012, at 7:00 p.m. in Tull Auditorium (Emory Law School).

Mistress of Ceremonies: Judge Dorothy Toth Beasley, '08LLM, former Georgia Court of Appeals Judge

Lifetime Commitment to Public Service Award: Norman L. Underwood, Senior Counsel with Troutman Sanders LLP. From 1991-1999 Norman chaired Georgia’s Judicial Nominating Committee, which accomplished unprecedented work in diversifying the state judiciary.

Presented by: Leah Ward Sears 80L, retired chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia

Outstanding Leadership in the Public Interest Award: Jan Pratt, former Field Placement Program and Pro Bono Program Director at the law school.

Presented by: Jessica Felfoldi 11L, Equal Justice Works fellow with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society

Unsung Devotion to Those Most in Need Award: Sue Jamieson, Former Director of the Mental Health and Disability Rights Project at Atlanta Legal Aid Society.

Presented by: Talley Wells, Director of Atlanta Legal Aid Society’s Mental Health and Disability Rights Project

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