PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
to involve you in leadership, even if you have never been
involved before. There is a common misconception that
in order to be involved as a leader, you have to be an old
grey-haired person with lots of spare time and nothing else
to do. Not true. Our leaders include lawyers young and old,
women and men, from big firms and small, deal makers and
litigators, partners and associates, judges and mediators,
conservatives and liberals, Republicans and Democrats, and
some who defy easy description. What we have in common
is the law, an ethic of service, and a desire to make lives of
meaning together.
year: Jacqueline H. Saylor, President; Harold E. Franklin,
Vice-President/President Elect; James D. Blitch IV, Secretary;
and Margaret H. (Maggie) Vath, Treasurer. These officers will
take their oaths along with the newly elected members of the
Board of Directors: Lisa K. Liang, Christopher P. Lightner,
Melissa Phillips Reading, and others who will be appointed by
the President. If you have an idea about something you want
the bar to do, or if you want to be of service, show up and let
one of these folks know. I look forward to seeing you there.
I invite you to come to our Annual Meeting on May 20, 2014 at
the Piedmont Driving Club to meet our leaders for the coming
2014
ANNUAL
MEETING
& AWA R D S LUNC HE ON
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
11:30 a.m.
Piedmont Driving Club
Please join us
as we install new
leadership and celebrate
our Association’s remarkable
members and accomplishments.
Register online at www.atlantabar.org
or contact Denisha Wise at (404) 537-4932.
The Official News Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association
April 2014
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