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Jury Composition Reform: Ensuring the Right to a Jury of One’S Peers in Georgia How Does Your Firm Face Risk? Jury Composition Reform: Ensuring the Right to a Jury of One’s Peers in Georgia How does your firm face risk? Claims against attorneys are reaching new heights. Are you on solid ground with a professional liability policy that covers your unique needs? Choose what’s best for you and your entire firm while gaining more control over risk. 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As a Bar member, all of your personal information and preferences are in Intuitive “Search” field on each page of the site one place under the members only area once 2 to aid in your searches. you log in. The new site has overall better navigation, with Always find the latest news and press releases 3 submenus under the main navigation that you 6 for the State Bar. can see without leaving the homepage. The Member Directory Search, being the No. 1 The new feature area highlights important 7 used feature on the State Bar’s website, is now 4 messages, meetings, programs and State Bar prominently located on the homepage. videos. All State Bar events are available on the new 8 calendar of events. From the homepage, click “More Events” and search by category. go visit www.gabar.org today! Quick Dial Editorial Board Attorney Discipline 800-334-6865 Editor-in-Chief ext. 720 404-527-8720 Bridgette E. 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Collins, 82-84 Please address unsolicited articles to: Bridgette Eckerson, State Bar of Georgia, Communications Department, 104 Marietta Theodore H. Davis Jr., 97-99 Walter M. Grant, 79-82 St. NW, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30303. Authors will be notified L. Brett Lockwood, 95-97 Stephen E. Raville, 77-79 of the Editorial Board’s decision regarding publication. Stephanie B. Manis, 93-95 The Georgia Bar Journal welcomes the submission of news about local and circuit bar association happenings, Bar members, law firms and topics of interest to attorneys in Officers of the State Bar of Georgia Georgia. Please send news releases and other informa- tion to: Sarah I. Coole, Director of Communications, 104 Robin Frazer Clark President Marietta St. NW, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30303; phone: Charles L. Ruffin President-Elect 404-527-8791; [email protected]. Kenneth L. Shigley Immediate Past President Disabilities Patrise M. 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Wilson Administrative Assistant per year (February, April, June, August, October, December) with a special issue in November by the State Bar of Georgia, 104 Marietta St. NW, Suite 100, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Copyright State Bar of Georgia 2012. One copy of each issue is furnished to members as part of their State Bar dues. Subscriptions: $36 to non-members. Single copies: $6. Periodicals postage paid in Atlanta, Georgia and additional The opinions expressed in the Georgia Bar Journal mailing offices. Opinions and conclusions expressed in articles herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the are those of the authors. The views expressed herein Editorial Board, Communications Committee, Officers or Board are not necessarily those of the State Bar of Georgia, of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia. Advertising rate card will be furnished upon request. Publishing of an advertisement its Board of Governors or its Executive Committee. does not imply endorsement of any product or service offered. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to same address. 12 30 GBJ Legal Departments 12 4 From the President Jury Composition Reform: 8 From the YLD President Ensuring the Right to a Jury 34 Bench & Bar of One’s Peers in Georgia Office of the General by Catherine Fitch Lotti 40 Counsel 20 42 Lawyer Discipline Settlement Agreement Basics 44 Law Practice Management by John K. Larkins Jr. 46 South Georgia Office 40 GBJ Features 48 Section News 28 52 Member Benefits Georgia Bar Foundation Awards 54 Writing Matters $642,000 in Grants 56 Professionalism Page by Len Horton 62 In Memoriam 30 66 CLE Calendar The Grand Old Courthouses 68 Notices of Georgia: The Decatur County 71 Classified Resources Courthouse at Bainbridge Advertisers Index by Wilber W. Caldwell 72 32 Notice of Expiring Board Terms 48 56 From the President by Robin Frazer Clark Photo by Zach Porter Photography Legal Trailblazers: Women in Leadership s I said upon taking office as only the sec- For now, though, on behalf of the women who serve in leadership of our State Bar and the entire legal pro- ond woman to serve as president of the fession, I would like to thank all those women who went before us so that we can practice law or work in State Bar of Georgia, this is by far the great- our businesses with freedom and enjoy the indepen- A dence of being a professional and the sheer joy of being est honor of my career as a lawyer. a woman. Our trailblazers cleared the path for us to allow us to have Coincidentally, the same week that “If you are one of the it all, to experience equality in the profession and not to have to I prepared to write this President’s fortunate ones who have apologize for being ourselves, for wanting to have a career and also Page article, in appreciation of the stepped through that door have a family. Let me share with you some women who blazed the trail for to success that was opened amazing trailblazer stories: those of us now serving as leaders for you by those women n Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg graduated first in her class at of the legal profession, some other Columbia Law School in 1959, but before you, reach your Justice Felix Frankfurter refused to history was made here in Georgia. hire her as a clerk because she was hand back through the a woman. She was a pioneer for The Augusta National Golf gender equality at a time when Club announced that former U.S.
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