The Daily Report will host a teleconference Tuesday, Jan. 28, to answer participants' questions about the Georgia Legal Awards. Jonathan Ringel, managing editor, and Pearl Wu, ALM's recognition desk editor, will be on hand to field inquiries at 11 a.m.

The call will address eligibility, application suggestions, deadlines and technical questions, as needed. Participants will be able to type their questions.

To access the conversation, see displays and type in questions, go to https://meet.google.com/wpi-vqep-avh. To only hear the conversation, call 386-401-8310, ‪302 782‬#‬. For any preconference questions, contact Pearl Wu at [email protected].

Here is our initial announcement about the awards.

The Daily Report is accepting nominations for its 2020 Georgia Legal Awards, which recognize excellence in the legal profession. Nominations are open until Monday, March 2, at 5 p.m.

The 2020 awards include three new categories, recognizing individual and firmwide innovation and a Law Firm of the Year award that assesses the breadth of a firm's achievements. Two categories, Legal Innovators and In-House Impact, also are open to all legal professionals, not just lawyers. Winners will be recognized in special newspaper sections in June and at an awards dinner June 24 at Flourish in Buckhead.

Below are summaries of the awards and their criteria. For complete information and to submit nominations, go to https://www.event.law.com/dailyreportonline-georgialegalawards/categories.

Attorney of the Year goes to a Georgia lawyer who in 2019 had the biggest impact on the law or the Georgia legal community or who did the most to advance the cause of justice. A panel of esteemed lawyers will choose the winner from a list of finalists.

Lifetime Achiever awards honor anyone living who has left a lasting imprint on the legal community of Georgia.

Distinguished Leaders awards recognize lawyers who achieved impressive results in 2019 and demonstrated clear leadership skills that helped them achieve those results.

On the Rise awards recognize Georgia's most promising lawyers under the age of 40, as of June 1, 2020.

Best Mentors awards recognize lawyers who have helped less-experienced colleagues become better lawyers.

Best Social Mediators awards recognize lawyers with strong followings because their social media educates and, responsibly, entertains lawyers about the practice and the community.

Most-Effective Deal-makers awards recognize deal-makers who get repeat business for how they achieve their clients' goals so that both sides sign on the dotted lines.

Legal Innovators, one of the new categories, honor efforts by individual lawyers and legal professionals who have come up with game-changing ideas for their practices or organizations and who were then able to turn those visions into reality.

In-House Legal Departments of the Year awards recognize Georgia's top in-house legal departments.

In-House Impact awards recognize an in-house lawyer or legal professional who had a significant accomplishment in 2019.

Litigation Departments of the Year awards will be presented to midsize firms (between 31 and 200 attorneys total, with any-sized Georgia presence) and small Firms (under 31 lawyers, including solo practices, with any-sized Georgia presence.) Awards for both size groups will be given for these practice areas: General Litigation; Appellate; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Personal Injury; Products Liability; White Collar; and Other Specialty Practice.

Most Innovative Law Firm awards, another new category, will go to both solo practitioners/small firms and larger firms/corporate in-house legal departments that have made strides in innovation.

The Law Firm of the Year award, also new, will go to the firm that has the best and most meritorious submissions across multiple categories.

More details can be found on the nomination website, https://www.event.law.com/dailyreportonline-georgialegalawards/categories.