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BakerHostetler partner Charlene McGinty was named president of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA). McGinty has been active in AHLA for more than 17 years where she first served as vice chair of the Physician Organizations Practice group in 1999. The AHLA Board of Directors oversees the day to day operations and implementation of the strategic plans of the organization.
David J. Burge, a partner in the Real Estate Practice at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, and section head of the firm's real estate practice in Atlanta, was a recipient of the 2016 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Service Award given by the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The award is designed to recognize those individuals and corporations who have been instrumental in the development of scouting for rural, urban and suburban youth who often face challenging barriers.
Atlanta Municipal Court Deputy Chief Judge Gary E. Jackson was elected president of the Council of Municipal Court Judges of Georgia. Jackson was appointed as a judge in the Municipal Court of Atlanta by Mayor Shirley Franklin on June 30, 2005. Jackson is also a member of the Judicial Council of Georgia which is the policy-making body for Georgia's judiciary, chaired by the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Lamar W. Davis Jr. retired in June after a 30-year judicial career, the last four on "recall status." Davis went on the federal bench in May 1986. During his time on the bench, the court has grown to three full-time judges, and Davis has twice been chief or administrative judge. When he took "recall status" in July 2012, Davis said he wanted to continue to work, but that the court for the 43-county Southern District of Georgia needed a fourth judge because of growing caseload. The recall status, which is similar to a district judge taking senior status, allowed Davis to work but on a three-year term rather than the normal 14-year term.
Christopher Adams of The Law Office of Christopher W. Adams, P.C, in Charleston, S.C., was sworn in as secretary of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). A professional bar association founded in 1958, NACDL's approximately 9,000 direct members in 28 coun-tries—and 90 state, provincial and local affiliate organizations totaling up to 40,000 attorneys—include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, military defense counsel, law professors and judges committed to preserving fairness and promoting a rational and humane criminal justice system.
Hunton & Williams LLP recognized six Atlanta-based attorneys at its E. Randolph Williams award reception: Lawrence J. Bracken II, partner; Greta T. Griffith, partner; Peter F. Busscher, senior attorney; Dan B. Millman, associate; Laura Thayer Wagner, associate; and Farley Ezekiel, pro bono fellow. Recipients of the annual award, named after one of the firm's founders, each contributed more than 100 hours of pro bono legal services to indigent clients and nonprofit organizations during the firm's fiscal year ending March 31. This year marks the firm's eighth consecutive year of 100 percent pro bono participation.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP announced that associate Rho Thomas was named to the Board of Trustees of Literacy Action. Founded in a church basement, Literacy Action is now the oldest, largest and leading adult basic education nonprofit in the Southeastern United States. Literacy Action works to set the standard of excellence in the field of adult basic education and to ultimately eradicate low literacy, a root cause of poverty in the Atlanta area. Literacy Action helps build better futures for undereducated adults by teaching literacy...
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