The Atlanta Lawyer April 2016 | Page 24

LIFESTYLE IN THE COMMUNITY: GETTING TO KNOW ATLANTA By Kristin Zielmanski Zielmanski Law LLC [email protected] T he Atlanta Bar’s membership reaches far beyond the bounds of the City of Atlanta, extending to 12 counties comprising the Atlanta Metro area. These include Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry, Paulding and Rockdale Counties. For attorneys practicing inside the Perimeter, it is often necessary to travel OTP (shorthand for “Outside the Perimeter” for those of you who are new to Atlanta) to courthouses in other counties or to visit clients headquartered in the more spacious and affordable suburban cities. In light of our Bar’s expansive reach, we wanted to begin highlighting parts of the Atlanta Bar community to help familiarize members with the courthouses, organ ^