Bench & Bar
| Publication year | 2021 |
| Pages | 0042 |
| Citation | Vol. 26 No. 6 Pg. 0042 |
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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, announced the selection of Janelle E. Alleyne to participate in the 2021 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Pathfinders Program, a program designed by the LCLD to train high-performing, early-career attorneys in critical career development strategies, including leadership and the building of professional networks.
Lance McMillian, a law professor at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, announced the debut of his new novel, "Death to the Chief," about the murder of the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. "Death to the Chief' is the follow-up to his 2020 novel, "The Murder of Sara Barton."
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced that Austin Franklin "Frank" Harper of Slepian, Schwartz & Landgaard was recognized with the Silver Antelope Award. Established in 1942, the Silver Antelope Award is the regional-level distinguished service award of the BSA and recognizes outstanding service to young people within one of the four regions of the BSA. Conferred by Scouting's National Court of Honor, the Silver Antelope Award is the highest award volunteers can receive at the regional level.
Merchant & Gould P.C. announced its sponsorship of a scholarship for Atlanta's John Marshall Law School and Georgia State University College of Law students seeking a career in intellectual property (IP) law and coming from diverse backgrounds. In addition to providing financial support, the firm wants to create opportunities and experiences for the next generation of Georgia IP attorneys. A cash gift of $5,000 merit aid will be awarded for the law schools' student(s) selection per year.
Michael Mears, an associate professor of law at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, announced his participation in a transnational legal education project with the National Law University in New Delhi, India. Collaborating with Dr. Bharti Yadav, assistant professor of law at the National Law University, Delhi, the project will include lectures on several selected themes, including the American legal system's adversarial system, the right against self-incrimination and the advancement of forensic evidence in the American judicial system.
Harris Lowry Manton LLP unveiled a commissioned portrait of the late U.S. Congressman and Civil Rights leader John Lewis, which hangs in the firm's Brookhaven office in honor of Lewis' landmark pursuit of equality and commitment to justice. At a special unveiling ceremony in April, founding partners Jeff Harris, Steve Lowry and Jed Manton also presented a $5,000 donation to the John and Lillian Miles Lewis Foundation, a nonprofit organization created to continue the legacy of Congressman Lewis and his wife Lillian Miles Lewis.
The firm also announced that they launched the nonprofit Banded Together to encourage COVID-19 vaccination in Georgia and to offer scholarships to support children across the state who have lost parents due to the pandemic. The Banded Together campaign is currently accepting corporate and personal donations, with 100% of donations going to fund scholarships for children across Georgia and to provide vaccination wristbands free of charge to the public. Donations can be made online at www.banded-together.org.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP announced its new podcast, Sidebars by Kilpatrick Townsend, co-founded by Atlanta partner Kimberlynn Davis. This limited podcast series showcases leading women in the patent bar. Each episode is a candid conversation between groundbreaking women legal practitioners about their career paths, the obstacles they overcame in reaching success and the steps the profession must take to close the gender gap in intellectual property law and the patent bar.
Marple Rubin Family Law, LLC, announced that founding partner Kevin J. Rubin was admitted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a national organization of leading family law practitioners across the United States. The Academy Fellows are highly-skilled negotiators and litigators who...
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