Leaders attending the organizational meeting for the Atlanta Multi-Bar Leadership Council on June 28 were (from left) Roodgine Bray, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys president-elect; N. John Bey, Gate City Bar Association president; Mercedes Ball, Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys inter-bar relations representative; Cherise Challenger, DeKalb Lawyers Association president; Jill Pope, DeKalb Lawyers Association president-elect; Seth Kirschenbaum, MBLC founder and Atlanta Bar Association past-president; Emily C. Ward, Atlanta Bar Association president; Benjamin Torres, Stonewall Bar Association president; Eliyahu Wolfe, Jewish Bar Association treasurer; and Vy Vu, Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association managing director. (Courtesy photo)
Responding to “a need for civility and open demonstrations of all kinds of people working together and putting politics aside, doing our jobs and helping the community,” the Atlanta Multi-Bar Leadership Council is being revived, said Atlanta Bar Association president Emily Ward.
On June 28, leaders from a range of bar groups met over lunch at Greenberg Traurig, where the council’s meetings will be held this year. The council is not a new entity but one that is being revived after fading during the pandemic, Ward said.
