Biographical Information of Participants - Listings of Participants

• Jurisdiction: United States,Federal,Georgia
• Publication year: 2005
• Citation: Vol. 56 No. 3

The Walter F. George School of Law And Mercer Law Review present

Judicial Professionalism in a New Era of Judicial Selection

October 22,2004

Walter F. George School of Law

Mercer University

Macon, Georgia

Pictured at the Symposium,Judicial Professionalism in a New Era of Judicial Selection at the Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, in Macon, Georgia, on October 22, 2004 from left to right: Row 1: Daisy Hurst Floyd, Dean, Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University; Drew N. Lanier, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Central Florida; Elizabeth A. Price, Partner, Alston & Bird LLP; Mary Klenz, Co-President of the League of Women Voters of North Carolina; Patrick Emery Longan, William Augustus Bootle Chair in Ethics and Professionalism, Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University. Row 2: Murk S. Hurwitz, Professor of Political Science, State University of New York at Buffalo; Barbara E. Reed, Attorney and Public Policy Consultant working with nonprofit organizations and governmental entities; Seth D. Kirschenbaum, Partner, Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, LLP; Walter E.Jones, Editor in Chief, Mercer Law Review; Darcy L. Jones, Lead Articles Editor, Mercer Law Review. Row 3: Seth S. Andersen, Project Manager, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Judicial Independence; Cheryl Fisher Custer, Executive Director of the Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission;Eric P. Schroeder, Partner, Powell Goldstein, LLP; David W. Clark, Partner, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP. Row 4: William Weisenberg, Assistant Executive Director, Public Affairs and Governmental Relations for the Ohio State Bar Association; Hon. Ben Studdard, State Court Judge, Henry County, Georgia; Alfred P. Carlton, Jr., Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina; A James Elliott, Associate Dean, Emory University School of Law.

Judicial Professionalism in a New Era of Judicial Selection

Biographical Information of Participants

Seth S. Andersen ... Project Manager, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Judicial Independence ... Works with bar leaders,judges, the media, and non-legal organizations promoting greater public understanding of the importance of an independent judiciary ... Committee assists state and local bar associations in the implementation of the ABA policies on state judicial selection and response to criticism of judges and works collaboratively with other national, state, and local organizations to enhance the independence of the judiciary ... Member, National Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Judicial Campaign Conduct ... Publications: Examining the Decline in Support for Merit Selection in the States, 67 Albany Law Review 793, State Constitutional Commentary (2004); Judicial Retention Evaluation Programs, 34 Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review 1375 (2001); Co-Author, The Role of the Organized Bar in Promoting an Independent and Accountable Judiciary, 64 OHIO state law journal 341 (2003); Co-Author, Diversity and the Judicial Merit Selection Process: A Statistical Report, research on Judicial Selection, American Judicature Society (1999) ... Education: University of Kansas (B.A., 1993).

Alfred P. Carlton, Jr. ... Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Raleigh, North Carolina ... Past-President, American Bar Association ... Chairman, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Board of Trustees ... Former Chair, ABA House of Delegates ... Founder and Foundation Counsel, North Carolina Community Foundation, Inc. ... Vice Chairman, Board ofTrustees of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington ... Member, Attorneys' Division of the North Carolina Bankers Association; Member and Founding Member, Board of Advisors, University of North Carolina School of Law, Center for Banking and Finance; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Founding Chairman, State Law Resources, Inc. ... Honors: Selected to Business Leader's "Impact 100" list for 2003 that profiles members of the Triangle's business community and their greatest accomplishments over the last year ... Listed in Who's Who in American Law and Who8 Who in America ... Education: University of North Carolina (J.D., 1975); University of Dayton (M.P.A., 1973); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 1969); Stetson University (LL.D., 2002); University of Denver (LL.D., 2003).

David W. Clark ... Partner, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White LLP...