Slideshow: Atlanta Bar Launches New Year, Presents Awards
The Atlanta Bar Association launched its new year on June 1 after holding its annual meeting on May 23.
June 13, 2024 at 08:15 AM
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- President: Emily Ward of Continuum Legal Group
- Vice-president/president-elect: E. Tyron Brown of Hawkins Parnell & Young
- Secretary: Betsy Griswold of Intercontinental Hotel Group
- Treasurer: Kevin Patrick of Kevin Patrick Law
- Immediate Past President: Amy Cheng of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
- Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers President: Samantha Skolnick of Alston & Bird
- Brock Brockington of the U.S. Department of Justice
- Kimberly Charles of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society
- Tawny Mack of Smith Gambrell & Russell
- Marcella Ducca of Greenberg Traurig
- Taylor T. Hanks of Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske
- Judge Scott McAfee of Fulton County Superior Court
- Ariel Fenster of Seyfarth Shaw
- Lisa McNary of Cash Krugler & Fredericks
- Danielle Simpson of the Georgia Public Defender Council
- Atlanta Bar Foundation president Joel Neuman of the Georgia Justice Project and Emory University School of Law
- Gate City Bar Association president N. John Bey of Bey & Associates
- American Bar Association delegate Louis Cohan of Cohan & Levy
- Distinguished Service Award: Louis Cohan of Cohan & Levy
- Professionalism Award: Georgia Court of Appeals Presiding Judge Yvette M. Miller
- Charles E. Watkins Jr. Award: Fulton County State Court Judge Diane E. Bessen and Harry Winograd of Bodker, Ramsey, Andrews, Winograd & Wildstein
- Small Section of the Year: Estate Planning and Probate Section, chaired by Hamida Jackson-Little of the Law Offices of H.J. Little
- Large Section of the Year: Litigation Section, chaired by Kevin Patrick of Kevin Patrick Law
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