Bench & Bar
| Publication year | 2009 |
| Pages | 0050 |
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Common Cause Georgia announced the addition of Cornelia attorney B. Chan Caudell to the state board of directors. Common Cause has been a national non-partisan government watchdog group since its founding by John Gardner in 1970. The Georgia chapter has been active in state issues for over 20 years, and currently works on a wide array of reform issues for state and local government.
The Anti-Defamation League honored Michael Mears with the Elbert P. Tuttle Jurisprudence Award. Mears currently serves as associate dean for academic affairs and associate professor at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School. He is the former director of the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council and was the founder of the Multi-County Public Defender Office, Georgia's first statewide death penalty public defenders' office.
Casey Gilson P.C. announced that managing shareholder James E. Gilson and shareholder George P. Shingler were selected to Georgia Trend's Legal Elite.
The Saylor Law Firm LLP announced that C. Murray Saylor Jr. was recognized as one of Georgia Trend's Legal Elite 2008 in the category of taxes, estates and trusts.
Polly J. Price, professor of law and associate dean of faculty at Emory University School of Law, has published Judge Richard S. Arnold: A Legacy of Justice on the Federal Bench. Richard Arnold served on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals from 1980 to 2004. This biography, published by Prometheus Books and released in April, includes a foreword by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Alvah O. Smith, a founding member of the law firm of Levine & Smith, LLC, was recently elected president of the Georgia chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML). Fellows in the AAML are generally recognized as leading practitioners in the field of family law with a high level of knowledge, skill and integrity. Smith practices exclusively in the area of family law litigation, including divorce and child custody matters.
Denise Cleveland-Leggett was a recipient of the Justice Robert Benham Award for Community Service at the 10th Annual Ceremony, presented by the State Bar of Georgia and the Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism. The award honors Georgia lawyers and judges who have made significant contributions to their communities. Cleveland-Leggett works as of counsel with Baudino Law Group.
John P. Sinnott, of counsel with Langdale Vallotton, LLP, had his 2009 revision of A Practical Guide to Document Authentication published. The publication provides an up-to-date desktop reference containing the most current consular legalization requirements, explaining legalization procedures for 219 foreign jurisdictions and all 50 states plus territories. Entries in this publication include complete consular and Secretary of State contact information and signature requirements, documents to be submitted, turn-around time, with fee and payment methods.
Georgia Appleseed Center for Law and Justice announced its inaugural Good Apple Award recipients were Teri P. McClure, UPS senior vice president and general counsel, and Frank S. Alexander, professor of law at Emory University School of Law. The Good Apple Award recognizes distinguished pro bono leadership that exemplifies the values and goals expressed in Georgia Appleseed's mission, seeks to effect change by addressing difficult social justice problems with systemic solutions, and levels the playing field for children, the poor and the marginalized.
The Atlanta Business League named Fisher & Phillips LLP partner E. Jewelle Johnson to "Atlanta's Top 100 Black Women of Influence." This is the second time that Johnson has received this honor. The Atlanta Business League is an organization whose members come from successful businesses owned, operated and managed by African-Americans in metropolitan Atlanta.
The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy and Research at Stanford University named John F. "Sandy" Smith to its advisory board. Smith is a senior partner in the corporate and securities groups at Morris Manning & Martin, LLP, in Atlanta.
Kilpatrick Stockton announced that partners Miles Alexander and Al Lurey were honored at Best Lawyers 25th Anniversary Event in Atlanta for being listed in the prestigious publication since its inception 25 years ago. Alexander practices in the intellectual property and alternative dispute resolution areas. Lurey practices in the bankruptcy and financial restructuring group. The firm also announced that World Trademark Review named Miles Alexander and Chris Bussert as "trademark experts' experts—the leading trademark...
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