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2007 Election Results
The 2007 State Bar
of Georgia election concluded on April 30. Following are the winners
of the contested races:
Elizabeth Price -- Atlanta Circuit Post 1
William
M. Ragland Jr. -- Atlanta Circuit Post 7
Eric A.
Ballinger -- Blue Ridge Circuit Post 2
Ron Lowry --
Cobb Circuit Post 2
Jim Thornton -- Coweta Circuit Post
2
Nicki N. Vaughan -- Northeastern Circuit Post 2
Scott R. Tolbert -- Piedmont Circuit
C. Deen
Strickland -- Waycross Circuit Post 2
John Byrd
Garland -- Towaliga Circuit
The following individuals
received the majority of write-in votes for their post:
Charles Mitchell Warnock Jr. -- Dublin Circuit
William H. Mills -- Pataula Circuit
2007 Legislative Session
The Bar once
again enjoyed a productive and successful legislative session. View
the final version of Bar-related legislation passed during the
session on the Bar's website. Review the Bar's legislative tracking document for details on each
bill.
State Bar Annual Meeting -- June 14-17
The 2007 Annual Meeting will be held at the Sawgrass Marriott
Resort & Spa in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., on June 14-17. The
early bird cut-off date is May 11; the hotel cut-off date is May 11;
and the final cut-off date is June 1. Download the brochure for more information.
Lawyers for Literacy
Everybody Wins!
Atlanta is hosting the Fifth Annual Lawyers for Literacy Trivia
Challenge on June 6. Up to sixteen teams of Atlanta’s finest legal
minds will compete for the Challenge Cup, and the ‘trivial honor’
that their firm dominates the realm of random and obscure facts.
Each team’s $1,500 entry fee directly supports the Everybody Wins!
Power Lunch. The Power Lunch serves disadvantaged public elementary
school students in Title I schools with a unique, one-on-one reading
program helping them to achieve greater academic and personal
success by reading books for pleasure for 30 minutes per week during
the student's lunch break. For more information about this event,
contact Terri Beck, Everybody Wins! Atlanta, at 404-943-0404 or tbeck@everybodywinsatlanta.org.
Assistance To Those Affected By Kansas
Tornado
Ninety-five percent of the prairie town of
Greensburg, KS, was destroyed on May 4 by an F-5 tornado. Because of
the outpouring of support from Georgia attorneys after Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita, we are once again giving our members a way to help
those who need it most. Please visit the Red Cross website for more information.
Lawyers Foundation Silent Auction
The
Lawyers Foundation Annual Silent Auction is just a month away.
Although the foundation has received some fabulous donations, we
still need more items to make this event a rousing success. Please
talk to your vendors, clients and friends and help us round up more
donations. Auction items vary widely and range from fine dining and
vacation getaways, to technological tools and sports memorabilia and
events.
The Silent Auction benefits the Challenge Grant Program of the
State Bar and the more you give, the more we can give. The deadline
for donations is June 5. For more information about the Annual
Silent Auction, call 404-659-6867, send an e-mail to lfg_lauren@bellsouth.net
or download a donation form.
Free Online Legal Research Offered Through the
State Bar
Did you know that Casemaker, an online legal
research tool, is available free of charge to all Bar members as
part of their membership? Come learn about this powerful resource at
one of our trainings. Training classes will be offered at the Bar
Center on Thursday, May 17 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., and May 31 from
10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Each session is
limited to the first 10 attendees. Download the registration form and fax it to Kim Henry at
404-287-8394. Please register for the class by 12 p.m. the day
before the class is scheduled.
The Cobb County Law Library's Lunchtime Lecture Series will
feature Casemaker Training on June 6 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m. There is a small fee of $20 for the Lunchtime Lecture Series.
This fee includes lunch and 2 CLE credits. Space is limited, so
register today by contacting the Cobb County Law Library at
770-528-1884.
Law Practice Management Enews Tip
Help Clients Build Their Files
Give a copy of all
documents in the file to the client. Give clients an expandable file
with your firm's contact information attached. Remember, files
belong to clients!
Upcoming ICLE Offerings
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list of ICLE seminars, visit http://www.iclega.org/.
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