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June 19, 2003 | Daily Report Online

By Julia Gray Smith

7 minute read

April 26, 2001 | Law.com

Linda Sloan-Young and Melba N.G. Hughes were once so close they shared an office and were profiled in a book, "I Know Just What You Mean: The Power of Friendship in Women's Lives." The two founded a legal recruitment firm in 1988, Atlanta's Hughes & Sloan Inc. So what led these two business partners -- and friends -- to reduce their relationship to a buy-out contract?

By Julia D. Gray

5 minute read

August 08, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Gov. Roy E. Barnes has named Tonny S. Beavers to the Superior Court of the Paulding Judicial Circuit and Horace Jerome Johnson Jr. to the Alcovy Judicial Circuit Superior Court. Beavers, 52, now serves as chief magistrate of Paulding County and practices law as a sole practitioner. He also serves as a judge pro tem of the Probate Court of Paulding County.

By Julia Gray Smith

3 minute read

November 14, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Congressman Gary A. Condit to L. Lin Wood Jr.'s list of media-beleaguered clients. Condit, a California Democrat who was defeated in the March primary, hired the high-profile libel lawyer about two months ago to investigate possible defamation claims against several media outlets, writer Dominick Dunne and a former member of Congress.

By Julia Gray Smith

6 minute read

May 21, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] P. Collins, formerly a partner at Birmingham, Ala.'s Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin McKnight, has joined Alston Bird as counsel. Collins, 40, is a litigator whose practice includes securities work, consumer class actions and complex commercial litigation. In March, Collins worked with Alston attorneys in securing a $50 million jury verdict for Torchmark Corp.

By Julia Gray Smith

3 minute read

October 08, 2002 | Daily Report Online

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

May 14, 2002 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] Emory University School of Law waits for an announcement from its dean search committee, Mercer University School of Law will embark on its own dean search this summer. R. Lawrence Dessem, Mercer's law dean since 1995, resigned in February and will become dean of the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law on July 1.

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

January 18, 2001 | Law.com

It probably never occurred to Samuel B. Kellett Jr. that he would become the subject of an Internet soap opera when he founded eAttorney. But that's what happened after eAttorney laid off staff and shelved its ASP product. Lately, eAttorney has been targeted on an irreverent Web site that uses the "F" word as its URL. Should the company resign itself to potential investors seeing the site?

By Julia D. Gray

5 minute read

May 08, 2003 | Daily Report Online

Julia D. [email protected] U. Albert, chief of staff to Sen. Zell Miller, will join McKenna Long Aldridge on May 19 as managing director of government affairs. A native of Augusta, Albert said he began looking for another position when Miller announced he would retire at the end of his term. The "Georgia connection" drew him to McKenna Long, he said.

By Julia Gray Smith

5 minute read

February 02, 2001 | Law.com

At the ripe old age of 30, Richard E. "Chip" Thompson II is the youngest of Atlanta-based Troutman Sanders' newly minted partners. He's also the sole beneficiary so far of Troutman's decision to junk its seven-year-plus partnership track. Of the 17 new partners, only Thompson would have been ineligible under the old system. So does Thompson signify the wave of the future? Are partners getting younger?

By Julia D. Gray

7 minute read