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Lawyers Health Law Ranked Program 10 in Top Donor GenerosityDonor Sets College New Fund-Raising Records COL Student Helps COL Student Man WrongfullyFree Imprisoned Years 22 Nationally Recognized Tax Clinic Tax Recognized Nationally Students A Biannual Publication of the Georgia StateUniversity College of Law TheLawLetter Message From The Dean The Law Letter is published by the Georgia State University College of Law his Law Letter’s theme, “Students as Lawyers,” reminds two times a year for graduates, students, us that a quality legal education program must satisfy faculty, staff and supporters. T

ter/Spring 2007 ter/Spring Please send address changes, graduate news to: an incredibly wide variety of objectives. It must capably Editor: Peri Parks, expose students to foundational and specialized legal Director of Communications Win areas, both substantive and procedural, domestic and Georgia State University College of Law

P. O. Box 4037, Atlanta, GA 30302-4037 international, common law and statutory, law-speciﬁ c and aw Phone: 404/651-1973 • Fax: 404/651-2794 interdisciplinary. It must also offer students a framework E-mail: [email protected] for understanding the evolution of law and the rule of law in a democratic society. As well, it must develop an ethos Offi ce of Development and of professionalism, the therapeutic notion of lawyer as counselor, and what it means to Alumni Relations Barbara Waters, Director enter a profession. Intertwined with these objectives is the need to nurture students in 404/651-2142 or [email protected] the development of skills and competencies – analytical and critical thinking skills and Ely Abbott, Director of Alumni Giving what is often termed “lawyering” skills – those related to written and oral communication, 404/651-2040 or [email protected] negotiation, interviewing, problem solving and multiple forms of conﬂ ict resolution, including litigation. Dean’s Offi ce Steven J. Kaminshine, Dean, Traditional classroom teaching, whether by lecture, Socratic dialogue or role play, can 404/651-2035 only go so far in meeting these diverse objectives. A critical part of legal education must Roy Sobelson, include learning by doing. That observation, though obvious and intuitive, is not fully Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 404/651-2044 Kelly Timmons, embraced by today’s law schools. The Carnegie Foundation’s recently completed two-year

Georgia State University College of L Associate Dean for Students, 404/651-4808 study of legal education, Educating Lawyers, concludes that in contrast to medical schools Dr. Bill Prigge, Assistant Dean and most other professional education, “most law schools give only casual attention to

tter tter for Administration and Finance, 404/651-4161 teaching students how to use legal thinking in the complexity of actual law practice,” and Nancy Johnson, that this unbalanced emphasis “can create problems as students move into practice.” The Law Librarian, 404/651-4140 report urges law schools to move toward a more-balanced, integrated program that better

Board of Visitors blends the teaching of legal doctrine and analysis, and skills.

The LawThe Le John T. Marshall, Powell Goldstein Like most law schools, the College of Law has not yet achieved this desired balance, but (Board of Visitors Chair) Miles J. Alexander, Kilpatrick Stockton with the opening last January of our second in-house live client clinic, we devote the cover Randall L. Allen, Alston & Bird feature of this Law Letter to “Students as Lawyers,” and the progress we are making in Representative Kathleen B. Ashe, District 56 preparing students for the varied demands of professional legal work. In the pages ahead, Byron Attridge, King & Spalding I invite you to read about the promise of our newly opened HeLP Legal Services Clinic Judge Dorothy Toth Beasley, State of Georgia and the continuing success of our nationally recognized Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic. You Joel Cowan, Cowan and Associates will also read about our extensive Externship Program and the opportunities it offers our Larry M. Dingle, Wilson Brock & Irby students to intern with leading agencies, nonproﬁ ts and members of the judiciary. With Linda DiSantis, City of Atlanta David H. Flint, Schreeder Wheeler & Flint so many outstanding students, there are always several success stories to share in any one Sharon Gay, McKenna Long & Aldridge year. We feature in this Law Letter the work of 3L Cliff Williams, whose efforts with the Cathy Henson, Georgia School Council Institute Georgia Innocence Project helped win the release of a man (Pete Williams) forced to serve Richard Jones, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta nearly 22 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Paul Kilpatrick Jr., Pope McGlamry Kilpatrick Morrison & Norwood, LLP. The development of practice skills is not just the work of clinics and externships. Judge Phyllis Kravitch, Co-curricular opportunities such as Moot Court and Trial Advocacy programs also U. S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit feature “students as lawyers,” with students engaged in legal representation in Paula Lawton-Bevington, Marcus Institute simulated advocacy settings. The Law Letter shares with you the latest news of our Joey M. Loudermilk, American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus student teams, and their continuing successes and victories in advocacy competitions Morris W. Macey, with other law schools throughout the country. Macey Wilensky Cohen Wittner &Kessler Susan Neugent, Fernbank Museum of Natural History The Carnegie Report on Educating Lawyers is a call for all law schools to examine their Representative Mary Margaret Oliver, District 83 skills curriculum and the way students are prepared for practice. As we get ready to Stephanie Parker, Jones Day celebrate our 25th Anniversary and begin the ﬁ ve-year journey toward a new law building W. Scott Petty, King & Spalding at the nearby SunTrust Plaza, we are well positioned to undertake the kind of review the Elizabeth V. Tanis, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Carnegie Report envisions. In this way, we will continue to advance our mission as a law Patricia Tate, McKenna Long & Aldridge school committed to bridging theory and practice. Judge Peggy H. Walker, Douglas County Juvenile Court Hugh W. Welborn, Attorney at Law 2 Ely Abbott Joins COL as Director of Alumni Giving online: Law of College State Georgia the Visit The College of Law welcomes a new addition to the Development and Alumni Relations department – Ely G. Abbott is on board as our new Director of Alumni Giving. Abbott comes to Georgia State from Georgetown University Law Center, where he served as Associate Director for the Annual Fund and coordinated the Law Center’s Law Firm Challenge, a peer-to-peer solicitation program designed to increase alumni participation. From the cover, 2L Jeff Phillips of the Tax A graduate of the University of Montana at Missoula, Clinic, provides a student perspective on Abbott grew up in Montana on the Flathead Reservation clinical education at the COL on page 6. of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes. Before his table of contents career in educational development began, he was a political

Ely Abbott http://law.gsu.edu fundraiser for two U.S. senators. 2 Message from the Dean 4 Students as Lawyers Although not a native Georgian, Abbott is no stranger to the Peach State. His wife, Farrar, is a special needs teacher from Columbus, where her mother is a Georgia 8 Students Spotlights State alumna, and her father is Judge Robert G. Johnston III of the Chattahoochee 11 Alumni Highlights Judicial Circuit Superior Court. 12 Speakers & Scholars “We are delighted to have Ely as part of our development team at the College of 14 News & Events Law,” said Director of Development Barbara Waters. “His work at Georgetown 16 ’05-’06 Donor Recognition Law was very impressive, and we welcome his enthusiasm and expertise for the 21 Focus on Programs many opportunities at hand here at Georgia State in our Development and Alumni Faculty Features Relations ofﬁ ce.” 22 23 Class Actions COL alums and friends are invited to contact Abbott by phone at 404.651.2040 Faculty Briefs or by e-mail at [email protected]. 26

Sobelson and Timmons Named New Associate Deans “Dean Emanuel was slated to make this institution as well as anyone. With his transition over a year ago, and again this two years as Associate Dean of Students, past summer, but being the incredible and as a member of our administrative person she is, agreed to delay the team, Dean Sobelson has moved into his transition until the end of the fall,” new role quickly and smoothly.” explained Dean Steven Kaminshine. “I Dean Kaminshine also announced that cannot tell you how fortunate the COL has Professor Kelly Timmons has been been in having Dean Emanuel to oversee named the new Associate Dean of the academic side of our operation. We all Students, effective at the end of spring have benefi ted immeasurably from her semester. deft touch, her judgment, her advice, her New Associate Deans Sobelson and Timmons discretion, her candor and her capacity to “Dean Timmons has ‘unoffi cially’ take on an unfair load.” already begun taking on some of ith the spring semester of this her new responsibilities,” Dean Dean Kaminshine said he is delighted that year, there have come changes Kaminshine said. “A former Professor W Roy Sobelson has agreed to become the in the ranks of associate deans here at of the Year here at the COL, she is new Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the College of Law. an outstanding student advocate and taking the torch from Dean Emanuel at valuable resource at the College. At the end of fall semester, Dean Anne the beginning of the semester. Emanuel stepped down as Associate “Join us in congratulating Dean Sobelson “Many of you have been fortunate to work Dean for Academic Affairs to resume and Dean Timmons on their new fi rst hand with Dean Sobelson in his role her demanding work as the offi cial appointments, and in thanking Dean as Associate Dean of Students,” he noted. biographer of legendary 5th Circuit Emanuel for her unfailing fondness and “He has great rapport with the students, Judge Elbert Tuttle. dedication to this law school,” he added. the faculty and the staff, and knows this

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aw representation of LLawyersawyers low-income children Clinical Education at the College of Law and families. New HeLP Clinic Joins Nationally Recognized Tax Clinic In our popular culture, as often deﬁ ned by television, the images we see of Professor Charity Scott clinical teaching usually depict medical interns in lab coats trailing a lead doctor during medical rounds. We all know of the teaching hospital. Less heralded but increasingly as important is legal education’s version of clinical training – students as lawyers, in business attire not lab coats, but like their medical counterparts, representing real clients with real problems, under the watchful supervision of highly skilled faculty. A recently published report from the Carnegie Foundation, Educating Lawyers, underscores the importance of such clinical training programs in preparing

Georgia State University College of L students to practice law, while chiding law schools about the need to do more – that while law schools need not emulate the business of teaching tter tter hospitals, they would do well to tailor more of their curricula to direct skills and professional training. This past year the College of Law has made important strides in this direction by opening a second in-house live client clinic, the HeLP Legal Services Clinic,

The LawThe Le that now operates along side our much-acclaimed Tax Clinic. While the subject matter of the two clinics differ, they have much in common with respect to the real-world skills training and direct client contact they offer COL students.

The Carnegie report calls on About The New HeLP Legal Services Clinic law schools to move toward hildren’s health is often challenged by many social and legal problems a more-balanced curriculum Cthat their families face, especially when they live in poverty. With that better blends doctrine the opening of the COL’s HeLP Legal Services Clinic in January 2007, law with the teaching of legal skills. students will now provide representation to help address the underlying conditions that harm children’s health and well being. Housed in freshly renovated space on the sixth ﬂ oor of the law school, the new HeLP Legal Services Clinic provides a supportive environment for law students to develop practical lawyering skills in substantive legal ﬁ elds related to children and families. The clinic’s name, and the cases referred to it, come from the “Health Law Partnership” (HeLP), a two-year- old innovative, interdisciplinary community collaboration with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society and the Georgia State College of Law. This community collaborative operates free legal services clinics at two metropolitan hospitals, Children’s at Professor Sylvia Caley explains more about the 4 new HeLP Clinic to visitors during open house Visit the Georgia State College of Law online: http://law.gsu.edu 5 cient ndings ce. ce. the polite and professional manner, along with on-time communication student) (the has expressed. And the Tax Clinic has provided a great service to the community.” “My wife and I appreciate ce and by the Tax Section of the State State Section of the the Tax ce and by cing anything for those we serve. We We serve. those we for cing anything cant assistance in cials and after examining the Clinic’s internal the Clinic’s cials and after examining only hope to get the help get hope to only I was entitled to for my dependents. They did a great job and service to those who really need it. Thanks.” “The Clinic Tax was my rm earlier appraisals of the Clinic. Since its formation 15 Since its formation of the Clinic. rm earlier appraisals cient, fair tax administration. fair tax administration. cient, hands-on experience with the actual practice of law. of law. hands-on experience with the actual practice and high-quality representation The Clinic provides taxpayers. assistance to low-income signifi The Clinic provides effi College of Law The Clinic distinguished the Georgia State among its peers and serves clinics. other as a model for ed during the visit.” Following the audit, the Clinic’s grant for 2007 2007 for grant the audit, the Clinic’s visit.” Following ed during the

students with valuable The Clinic provides he Tax Clinic at the College of Law opened to rave reviews in 1992 and in 1992 reviews rave to opened of Law the College Clinic at he Tax low-income the bar and the students, from win applause to continues 3 4 1 2 These reports confi These reports its services from for national recognition ago, the Clinic has received years it as a model clinic, of its reputation Because Coverdell. the late Sen. Paul senior and by Commissioner of Internal Revenue the former visited by was and on Ways Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives members Offi Accounting Finance Committee and General the Senate’s Means, for some 2,000 controversies resolved have with the I.R.S., we “Working the Blasi. “Over Ron Professor Clinic Director said Tax clients,” low-income not in clients resulting of students, hundreds the Clinic has involved years has Our focus income taxes. $800,000 in federal over well pay to having effi – not litigation – as a much more resolution been on dispute always way of resolving disputes without sacrifi disputes of resolving way successful.” very are and our students, pleased that the Clinic, are the Clinic sing its by served taxpayers the low-income Most importantly, the Clinic has of the feelings of the thousands of taxpayers Indicative praises. recently: client comments received the following are the years over served College of Law Tax Clinic Continues to Draw Acclaim to Draw Continues Clinic Tax Law of College T from that audit, the director concluded the College’s Clinic “is an excellent Clinic “is an excellent College’s concluded the the director that audit, from “no issues of concern were there he stated Furthermore, Clinic.” Controversy identifi of $86,000. amount elevated at an renewed was that the review in a practice contained were of praise words Similarly strong conduct. The to Bar Association Section of the Atlanta Clinic invited the Tax students, with the Clinic staff, after interviews prepared was Section report and local senior I.R.S. offi conclude, evaluators The including its case management system. procedures, also contains report The high level.” extremely at an “the Clinic is performing observations: four taxpayers it serves. Recently received reports prepared independently by the by independently prepared reports received Recently it serves. taxpayers Offi Advocate’s Taxpayer National I.R.S.’s as an outstanding high marks extremely the COL Clinic give Bar of Georgia unmet an otherwise which addresses program, skills educational lawyer community . need in the Atlanta the I.R.S. As a from of grants a consistent recipient The Clinic has been Clinic was audit of the an all-day Program, Clinical Grant of the I.R.S.’s result In the fi director. Program National Grant the I.R.S.’s conducted by life! (The student) was excellent. She kept me up on everything. I thank you very much for your help.” “The Clinic Tax saved my

Cont’d. on Page 6 Page on Cont’d. “As important as the free legal services as the free important “As live- this new clients, HeLP’s to are school also client clinic at the law a model interdisciplinary offers explained educational program,” Charity Scott, Professor their families whose incomes are below below whose incomes are their families line. poverty 200% of the federal Ser- With the addition of the HeLP Legal able vices Clinic at the COL, HeLP is now venues. three to its coverage expand to clinic enables the the COL, the new For offer a second in-house school to law training the skills clinic and thus expand students. law to opportunities available clinic have in the new Students enrolled such basic develop the opportunity to counseling skills as client interviewing, negotiation; research and representation; and case management. and drafting; Egleston and Children’s at Scottish Rite, at Scottish Rite, and Children’s Egleston and of children hundreds and it serves Professor Lisa Bliss discusses the advantages second of the in-house COL’s clinic for students Professor Charity Scott celebrates during the HeLP Clinic Open House event in January Continued from Page 5 who directs the Center for Law, Health & Society and serves as Director of the Clinic. “We envision HeLP as an opportunity to expose future lawyers to

ter/Spring 2007 ter/Spring community-based collaboration with health professionals and to address

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aw especially those from under-served and disadvantaged communities.” The HeLP ofﬁ ces based at Children’s hospitals handle a wide variety of cases such as guardianship, Medicaid, housing, Social Security, family law, education and employment issues. HeLP staff attorneys at the hospitals, who are hired by the Atlanta Legal Aid Students, professors, attorneys and physicians work together in the College of Law’s HeLP Legal Services Clinic for the best outcomes for low-income children and their families Society, refer cases appropriate for law students to the new COL HeLP Clinic. per week. They are paired in teams Council, which meets monthly and of two and are assigned individual, has formed ﬁ ve committees to assist Law students meet weekly in formal ongoing cases to handle under HeLP with its educational mission, classes with their clinical faculty to Georgia State University College of L the supervision of the Clinic’s two fund raising, pro bono legal services, cover substantive and procedural Associate Directors, Assistant Clinical ethical considerations and public law, as well as Clinic administrative tter tter Professors Sylvia Caley and Lisa Bliss. relations. The Advisory Council procedures and lawyering skills in is broadly interdisciplinary, with general. Students also meet weekly Support for HeLP and the new leading professionals from the legal, with their assigned supervisor to Clinic has come from the generous healthcare, social work and academic discuss and evaluate their assigned donations of private donors and The LawThe Le communities in Atlanta. cases. Students are required to be in foundations. The three partners the clinic a minimum of seven hours have assembled a strong Advisory

A Student Viewpoint on the Benefi ts of Clinical Education at the College of Law “As students, we often read and discuss various legal issues and techniques. But it takes having actual clients with real problems to understand what attorneys do … and understand the dynamic environment of the legal system. The Tax Clinic provides an excellent opportunity for all students – even those who are intimidated by tax – because it focuses on foundational skills that all lawyers need to develop including interviewing, negotiating, problem solving and research. In the Clinic, students have their own clients under controlled supervision, and we learn how to solve real issues through actual experience. The Clinic is a wonderful instructional tool because it allows students to practice law with a certain degree of comfort knowing 2L Tax Clinic Student Jeff other practicing attorneys and experts are Phillips, also featured on the there to assist, counsel, work with a client, cover, works with a client. supervise and educate.” 6

Visit the Georgia State College of Law online: http://law.gsu.edu 7 ce and other rst rst years post- Many third-year students externing at students externing third-year Many Ofﬁ the U.S. Attorney’s prosecutorial placements, for example, example, for placements, prosecutorial represent the opportunity to have and civil felony clients in misdemeanor, and federal place in state trials taking as clerks for Students externing courts. have moreover, judges, and state federal pleadings, review the opportunity to attend trials and assist with dispositive the court. motions pending before placements externship Students value gain they the experience not only for that contacts but also the professional away students walk Many develop. they that last well mentors with professional the semester of employment. beyond invaluable Such connections are assistance and of great personally in the ﬁ professionally graduation. This is a typical case for HeLP attorneys HeLP attorneys This is a typical case for students who law State and Georgia opened in the newly enrolled have Services Clinic. HeLP Legal “While this case originally presented “While this case originally presented requiring medical problem as a severe the child,” said for hospitalization “its long-term solution Caley, Professor the address to a lawyer required the keep to underlying housing problem and out of the hospital.” child healthy

around Atlanta, offering exposure to offering exposure Atlanta, around and practice of law of areas a variety that the training Students report settings. engage in they and the work receive they to challenging and equivalent is exciting, attorneys. junior-level to that offered The HeLP attorney visits the apartment. The HeLP attorney visits the apartment. of is the Director The attorney - Sylvia Caley, Associate and is an HeLP project the overall of the HeLP Legal ServicesDirector Clinic at Professor Upon investigation, the law school. is Caley discovers infestation the mold so bad that it extensive - dangerously triggers asthma condition. her own She assigns the case to a HeLP staff the case who presents Yoon, Joann attorney, to the housing authority successfully and apartment a new negotiates the family. for ick kids who live in poverty have have in poverty live who ick kids problems. than just medical more For many students and alumni, the students and alumni, many For State at Georgia Externship Program point of out as the high stands Law This academic school careers. their law than 200 students more alone, year 40 sites at over legal work will perform Externships Offer Valuable Experiences for College of Law Students College of Law Experiences for Valuable Externships Offer A young child has chronic asthma, and and A young child has chronic asthma, during one particularly attack she severe hospitals. Children’s is admitted to one of Her mother tells a HeLP attorney that asthma has she worries her daughter’s worsegotten because of months in recent of mold in their presence the increasing housing. subsidized mother has complained to The child’s as occasions, on numerous the landlord and no well as to the housing authority, Over one has done anything about it. the child has months, the past several times to the been admitted several unit because of intensive care hospital’s asthma. severe What is a Typical Case for HeLP Clinic Law Students? Law Clinic HeLP for Case Typical is a What S Intertwined with their medical issues with their medical Intertwined that can and legal conditions social are worsen their health and complicate being. their well Legal in the HeLP enrolled students Law handle cases that Services Clinic now do these But how arise in this context. Consider a themselves? cases present example: recent 07 student spotlights COL Student Plays Key Role in Release of Wrongly Imprisoned Man

ter/Spring 20 ter/Spring eorgia State College of Law student “The College of Law is an incredible school

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GAtlanta when Willie O. “Pete” Williams was extensive litigation experience,” Cliff Williams

aw wrongfully imprisoned in Fulton County said. “Working with the Georgia Innocence almost 22 years ago. Project during law school has helped guide my career path signifi cantly. I defi nitely But in late January, the third-year law student‘s want to pursue a career in criminal defense, work with the Georgia Innocence Project has hopefully starting in a public defender’s offi ce helped result in the freeing of Pete Williams, somewhere in Georgia.” a man who throughout his imprisonment staunchly maintained his innocence. Cliff Williams noted his biggest infl uences have come from a collective group of mentors The release of Pete Williams, who in 1985 and faculty members including Judge John Cliff Williams was sentenced to a 45-year prison term for J. Ellington of the Georgia Court of Appeals, rape, has made major headlines. After some Aimee Maxwell (‘87) and Lisa George of 20 years of incarceration, he wrote a heartfelt “Cliff Williams is the Georgia Innocence Project, and COL letter to the Georgia Innocence Project in professors Mark Kadish and Paul Milich. a wonderful 2005, asking for their help. Since its founding

Georgia State University College of L example of how in 2002 by College of Law alums Jill Polster “Rarely have I seen such a combination (‘01) and September Guy (‘01), the Georgia of native talent and passion for the law,” tter tter our students learn Innocence Project has worked for the release commented COL alum Maxwell, the of those wrongfully sentenced to prison by executive director of the Georgia Innocence and are shaped utilizing advances in DNA testing. Project. “Cliff’s commitment to Mr. Williams’ case was unwavering. He truly exhibits the

The LawThe Le through experience “The number of innocent people in prison fi nest qualities of our profession. Our intern is impossible to quantify,” Cliff Williams working on this case before Cliff was Ashley with organizations observed. “America has the fairest criminal Tyson-Mackin (‘06), now a COL alum. Then justice system in the world, but people fall that are doing for months Cliff worked with two volunteer through the cracks. That’s why I am so grateful lawyers on the case, Bruce Harvey and COL important to have worked with an organization like the alum Sandra Michaels (‘87), to fi nally present Georgia Innocence Project, which makes sure the case to the judge in the motion for the legal work ...” those individuals do not go unnoticed. DNA testing. The judge swore Cliff in before Andi Curcio Professor and Co-director “An unrivaled and relentless commitment the hearing and later complimented him on COL Externship Program to our clients is the only way to safeguard the presentation.” against tragedies like this from occurring According to Professor Andi Curcio, again,” he continued. “The persistence and co-director of the COL Externship Program, diligence of Michael Schumacher’s (Pete Cliff Williams and Aimee Maxwell the student’s hard work showed commitment Williams’ trial attorney) representation are (’87), executive director of the Georgia to the case, and to the cause. Innocence Project what allowed the Georgia Innocence Project to prove Pete’s innocence. Watching him walk “Cliff Williams is a wonderful example of out of the Fulton County Jail as a free man how our students learn and are shaped was the highlight of law school, if not my through their experience with organizations entire future career.” that are doing important legal work,” said Professor Curcio. “We’re especially pleased A University of Georgia undergraduate with that the nonprofi t group Cliff works with, a major in fi nance and a minor in political the Georgia Innocence Project, is so closely science, Cliff Williams decided to attend law tied to our law school through its founders, school at Georgia State for a variety of reasons. its director and the COL students who intern And he credits his experience working with with the organization.” the Georgia Innocence Project as a guiding factor in his future.

8 Visit the Georgia State College of Law online: http://law.gsu.edu 9 rst law rst Freeman Henrick Brackin Brackin Hale Bioethics Mock Trial team members include Harris and Brady Warren, Brawley, Freeman, BLSA Mock Trial members Team include Warren, Hornsby, Konan, Harris and Smith student spotlights student Congratulations To Competition Teams On Banner Year On Banner Teams Competition To Congratulations STLA Teams Make History With Outstanding National and Regional Title Wins Title Regional National and With Outstanding History Make Teams STLA Mock National Invitational Daniel William W. Annual the 10th won students Law College of the Young by The competition is hosted Atlanta. in Competition this past November Trial as an annual criminal mock jury each fall Bar of Georgia Division (YLD) of the State Lawyers invited country are the across Only 18 schools from students. U.S. law trial competition for late Judge William W. competition named in honor of the well-known compete in this to winning mock trial team State’s Georgia County. Court of Fulton Daniel of the Superior North Zach Lee, Ahlquist, Suzanne Emily Jewkes, Jordan Jason Waters, included Elinor Hale, the for the competition. Coaches for also named Best Advocate Hale was and Josh Sutton. and Brian County, in DeKalb general solicitor Alison Burleson, chief assistant team were in Douglas County. attorney district assistant Fortner, ﬁ becoming the ways, STLA teams continued their winning This semester the COL’s school in the South to win both the American Bar Association National Trial Competition National Trial win both the American Bar Association school in the South to mock trial Justice (AAJ) Regional for and the American Association Regional (NTC) competitions in the same year. Team County Courthouse. at the DeKalb in February tournament regional the NTC GSU won Anjel Burgess Hayasaka, Keith Bartholomew, Tiffany Freehauf, included Mitch members the COL’s In March Jones and Cheryl Champion-White. Tom were Coaches and Cal Leipold. members Team in Atlanta. Tournament the AAJ Southeastern Regional mock trial team won Joe Coaches were and Matt Burke. Defoor Leanne Jackie Couturier, Kappler, included Aaron (‘99). LoRusso and COL STLA alum Lance Burford Indemnity Insurance Company, a former Clayton County Assistant County Clayton a former Company, Indemnity Insurance ravelers District Attorney. The team bested 31 other groups from the Southern Region of the United the Southern Region from other groups team bested 31 The District Attorney. The in March. in Atlanta compete at the national championships here on to went They States. The the country. across all six regions from teams two the top comprised of competition was at the national level. overall honors Runner-Up First team took College of Law College of Law Boasts Best Advocates Galore Advocates Boasts Best College of Law boasted FOUR trial teams have College of Law State’s Georgia In the past academic year, feat, indeed! during competitions … an impressive Best Advocates Student during fall honors advocate top took Brackin Hedrick and Tana A. Andre Elinor Hale, named Best was Freeman and Lyndie Association mock trial competitions, Lawyer Trial Competition. the National Bioethics Mock Trial during Advocate Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Institute as an annual civil mock jury trial competition Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Law Competitors on issues in bioethics and pharmaceutical law. focusing students, U.S. law for the only team The COL team was the United States. schools all over law came from this year whether representing round, in every jury verdicts and won competition round, win every to Harris (3L), mock trial team included Katonga State’s plaintiff or defendant. Georgia also named was (3L). Freeman Freeman (2L) and Lyndie (2L), Sherrie Brady Ernessa Brawley 3L Deah Warren State Georgia coached by the competition. The team was for Best Advocate Association. Student Health Law State the Georgia by sponsored and was The College of Law won the 1st Annual NCCU Bioethics Mock Trial Competition Nov. 11 in 11 Competition Nov. the 1st Annual NCCU Bioethics Mock Trial won The College of Law University’s Central North Carolina hosted by The competition was Durham, North Carolina. COL Team Wins National Bioethics Mock Trial Competition Trial Wins National Bioethics Mock Team COL BLSA Team Wins Region, Then First Runner-Up Nationally Then First Runner-Up Region, Wins Team BLSA at the 36th Annual National honors home top brought Team Trial BLSA The College of Law’s Competition Mock Trial Marshall Thurgood Students Association Southern Regional Black Law Konan, March Hornsby, team included 3Ls Stacey State The Georgia 17-21. in Miami Jan. and attorney Harris 3L Katonga coached by The team was Smith and Deah Warren. Kairi Britt of T Adrian NTC Regional competition winners include team advocates Freehauf, Bartholomew and Hayasaka Winners of the AAJ Southeastern Regional competition include team members Kappler, Couturier, Defoor and Burke Daniel National champion mock trial National champion Daniel team members include Lee-Jackson, Waters, Jewkes, Hale, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Craig L. Schwall, Ahlquist, Northand Sutton fantastic crowd helped make this year’s Public Interest Law Association (PILA) 07 student AAuction the most successful in the history of the event. More than 380 COL students and their guests gathered at the Georgia Freight Depot in spotlights downtown Atlanta for the 2007 auction, raising nearly $18,000 in the process. Funds raised during the annual auction ﬁ nance the PILA fellowship program, which assists law students during work programs in the public sector each summer. Last year

ter/Spring 20 ter/Spring PILA Auction is Most the auction allowed the program to fund four full-time and three part-time positions.

Win Mardi Gras spirit ﬁ lled the air as guests perused silent auction items and enjoyed jazz Successful Event History,

music during the 15th annual event. Auctioneer Patrick Kunes led the bidding on items

aw Raising $18,000 including a pair of AirTran tickets, a heart-shaped cake, a pair of battery-powered socks and the chance to be dean for a day … among many others. Through the assistance 3L Nichole Hair, Dean Steven Kaminshine and Professor Michael Landau during the 2007 of hundreds of donations, volunteer support, a dedicated event team and, of course, PILA Auction at the Georgia Freight Depot generous bidders, the auction was deemed a tremendous success. The 2007 auction boasted an increase in guest capacity and was held in conjunction with the COL Alumni Reunion also under way at the Depot that evening. The pairing offered a unique opportunity for alums, faculty and students to celebrate and raise funds for PILA. A fun-ﬁ lled tradition during PILA Auctions, “Professor Karaoke,” was handled dutifully by this year’s winner,

Georgia State University College of L Associate Dean Kelly Timmons. Hats off to the 2007 auction event team, led

tter tter by Katharine Fields with assistance from Mazie Lynn Causey and members of the PILA Auction committee, and PILA faculty advisor Professor Lisa Bliss for a job well done!

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Saeed is College’s First ollege of Law student Aisha Saeed “My fellowship project is designed to Cwas recently named the recipient improve educational services and support Equal Justice Works of a prestigious Equal Justice Works to this population. I will provide legal Fellowship Recipient Fellowship, making her the COL’s fi rst representation, education and advocacy fellow from this distinguished organization on behalf of children with chronic illness for legal education. by working with the COL’s Health Law The Equal Justice Works Fellowships Partnership (HeLP).” Program was created in 1992 to address The outcomes of Saeed’s project include: the shortage of attorneys working on improved access to education for these behalf of traditionally under-served children; improved understanding by Aisha Saeed populations and causes. Each year some parents, health providers and educators of 350 law students and graduates compete the needs of ill children; improved school for fellowships, with only 50 recipients policies for these children; and development named. of best practices for addressing their Applicants fi nd an area of need in the educational needs. community they wish to work in and Equal Justice Works Fellowships seek to create a comprehensive program to develop the public interest law leaders of address unmet needs. The applications the future, whether they continue to work are evaluated by Equal Justice Works, with in the nonprofi t arena or become pro the most promising projects then sent to bono advocates in the private bar. Saeed’s sponsors, who select deserving proposals Equal Justice Works Fellowship project is for two-year funding. being sponsored by the national labor and “As a former teacher, I am acutely aware of employment law fi rm of Ford & Harrison the manner in which Georgia schools don’t LLP. Her fellowship begins this September meet the educational needs of low-income, and runs through 2009. 10 chronically ill students,” Saeed explained. Visit the Georgia State College of Law online: http://law.gsu.edu 11 cer, DiSantis was a vice president a vice president DiSantis was cer, alumni highlights alumni rst COL graduate to receive the College of Law’s the College of Law’s receive to graduate COL rst Newly mintedlawyer Patrick Callahan rm — The DiSantis Consulting Group, LLC — that focuses — that focuses LLC rm — The DiSantis Consulting Group, eld, DiSantis is the fi t PILA’s t summer PILA’s Linda K. DiSantis (‘88) left her position as City of Atlanta Attorney this past December. this past December. Attorney Linda K. DiSantis (‘88) left her position as City of Atlanta since 2002 with as city attorney member had served of Visitors The COL Board Law the city’s transformed Her work of excellence. record track an impressive legal department serving all the civil legal needs a well-respected Department into city agencies and city council. of the mayor, legal offi chief city’s her service as the Prior to and managing attorney for UPS, and an attorney at Alston & Bird. She has & Bird. at Alston UPS, and an attorney for and managing attorney launched a consulting fi business advice and decisions legal and/or in translating on assisting organizations in honors of numerous The recipient the organization. meaningful actions for into the legal fi prestigious Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award, an accolade she received in 2006 an accolade she received Public Service Award, Jr. Johnson Ben F. prestigious her life and career. public service throughout her commitment to for DiSantis Steps Down As City of Atlanta Attorney Attorney Atlanta As City of DiSantis Steps Down DiSantis The new lawyers were then introduced to various alumni various to then introduced were lawyers The new James R. by Health Network including the Graduate initiatives Jeff by Initiative Law (’94), the Intellectual Property Westbury (’03) James Hurt Jr. Society by (’93), the Oglethorpe Legal Kuester Michael Manely (’89). by and the Cobb County Alumni Group For only the second time, the event featured a swearing-in featured the event only the second time, For for memorable making the reception graduates, law for ceremony present. and staff alumni, faculty their guests, attorneys, the new who were attendees, welcomed Kaminshine Dean Steven of the Graduate Jones (’00), president Dawn by also greeted the event. Council, which hosted Leadership A crowd of more than 250 witnessed Georgia State College State than 250 witnessed Georgia of more A crowd in swear (’87), Cynthia J. Becker alum, the Honorable of Law Minted Lawyers the 8th Annual Newly during 2006 graduates Club. 15 at The Commerce Nov. Reception COL’s Newly Minted Lawyers Reception and Minted Lawyers Newly COL’s 15 Held Nov. Ceremony Second Swearing-in This year’s reunion coincided with the highly successful 15th with the highly successful 15th coincided reunion This year’s which Association (PILA) Auction, Law annual Public Interest Alums on hand Depot that evening. place at the also took benefi items to great for bid able to were stipends, ensuring COL students the opportunity to work in work ensuring COL students the opportunity to stipends, organizations. public interest Mardis Gras-Themed Reunion Brings Reunion Gras-Themed Mardis Together Back Classmates on a Mardi took Atlanta in downtown Depot Freight The Georgia Alumni Reunion annual of Law’s the College for theme Gras 17. Feb. held Celebration classes of 1986, of the joined members event This year’s with reconnecting 2002, who enjoyed and 1996, 2001 1991, included The festivities students. and current faculty classmates, on hand. crowd the spirited music for live dinner and cocktails, speakers&scholars Metro Growth Center Visiting Scholars Address ter/Spring 2007 ter/Spring Global Growth

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he Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth hosted three international Tprofessors in residence at the College this semester as part of a spring speaker series. The professors presented public lectures as part of the Metro Growth Center’s “2007 Spring Lectures on Managing Global Growth and the Law.” The professors also lectured in classes for COL students during their visits. Daniel Bonilla, Professor of Law at the Universidad de los Andes in Bogota, Colombia, spoke on “Legal Education in Latin America – Public Interest Law Clinics in Latin America: A Tool Against Legal Formalism.” His talk in January was co-sponsored by the Hispanic Law Students Association.

Georgia State University College of L Raymond Young, Esquire, a partner at Lidstone, Young, Anderson (Barristers & Solicitors) and Adjunct Professor of Law and Planning at the University of British Columbia in

tter tter Vancouver, B.C., offered a presentation on “Lingle and Kelo: Right at Home in the Great White North.” His lecture in February was co-sponsored by the International and Comparative Law Society. Maria Magdalena Kenig-Witowska, Professor of Law at the University of Warsaw in

The LawThe Le Poland, addressed “Metropolitan Growth Management: A Polish Perspective.” Her lecture in March was also co-sponsored by the International and Comparative Law Society.

Loury Presents lenn C. Loury, the Merton P. Stoltz Theory.” Once again, the popular luncheon 39th Miller GProfessor of the Social Sciences at Brown and lecture format for the Miller Series saw a University, delivered the 39th Henry J. Miller standing-room-only crowd in attendance for Distinguished Lecture Distinguished Lecture Series at the College of the midday event. Law Oct. 9. The topic for Professor Loury’s Dean Steven Kaminshine, Professor Loury is a prominent social critic and lecture was “Relations Before Transactions: Professor Glenn Loury and scholar, having published over 200 articles in Professor Clark Cunningham A New Paradigm for Racial Discrimination journals of public affairs in the U.S. and abroad on the issues of racial inequality and social policy. An academic economist, Professor Loury holds a B.A. degree in Mathematics from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT. He held faculty positions at Northwestern, the University of Michigan, Harvard and Boston University prior to joining Brown University. He has been a visiting scholar at Oxford, Tel Aviv University, the University of Stockholm and the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. The Henry J. Miller Distinguished Lecture Series at the College of Law is supported by the Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc.

12 Visit the Georgia State College of Law online: http://law.gsu.edu 13 Dr. Ronan Deazley, Ph.D. Deazley, Ronan Dr.

Publishing 2004) speakers&scholars (HART (HART “Since our earliest days, days, “Since our earliest (Edward Elgar 2006). While (Edward Rethinking Copyright: History, Theory, Theory, History, Copyright: Rethinking University of Politics and Law of Politics University Economics School of Law Economics Century Britain and Language co-taught Deazley Dr. State, at Georgia seminar in international an advanced with Professor law intellectual property He also made presentations Michael Landau. and worked faculty the College of Law to papers. closely with students on research the College of Law to returned Deazley Dr. from other scholars speak along with 10 to at the GSU and Europe the United States 23. Symposium Mar. Review Law Chinese law deans visit the COL with Professor E.R. Lanier “The College of Law is no stranger to foreign foreign to is no stranger “The College of Law long- E. R. Lanier, noted Professor visitors,” Summer the College’s of time director Commercial in International Academy Arbitration. school has been a magnet for this law This and activities. international interests deans law of Chinese group large a visit by however, in terms of numbers, is a record in here interest growing a and underscores legal education in Asia.” • Finance and of Jiangxi University • University School of Yantai Law • China School of Northwest Graduate cials of law schools schools cials of law rst eminent foreign scholar as a eminent foreign rst

lmost two dozen deans and other deans dozen lmost two ofﬁ administrative his past fall the College of Law hosted the College of Law his past fall the ﬁ

Economics Examination of the Ministry of Justice in of the Ministry of Justice Examination China of Republic the People’s visiting professor in intellectual property. in intellectual property. visiting professor And along with that, came an ever-growing in IP at the COL. Joining global perspective Ronan Dr. the semester was for us in Atlanta at the University Ph.D., a professor Deazley, in Edgbaston, of Birmingham School of Law Birmingham, U.K., and an internationally scholar. copyright known

Dr. Deazley is the author of two recent books, books, recent is the author of two Deazley Dr. : Charting Copy On the Origin of the Right to in Eighteenth Law of Copyright the Movement

Intellectual Property Goes International at the COL Intellectual Property T • of Inner Mongolia University School Law • of Hunan University School Law • of Finance and Dongbei University • and Law of Politics East China University • Department of National Judicial A Chinese Law Deans Meet at College of Law at College of Deans Meet Law Chinese from across the People’s Republic of China of China Republic the People’s across from University’s State at Georgia gathered a day-long in January for College of Law issues in legal seminar on administrative States. education in the United of the seminar were at the sessions Present from: representatives 07 news&events Georgia State’s Health Law Program Ranked Among Top 10 by U.S. News & World Report he health law program at Georgia many years, culminating in the formal addition, the College of Law was ranked ter/Spring 20 ter/Spring TState University’s College of Law has establishment of the center in 2004. 60th place among a new ranking of law been ranked 10th in the country by U.S. According to Professor Scott, “health schools sponsored by the Consus Group.

Win News & World Report in their “America’s law provides a forum to bring together Finally, in a new ranking by Vault Inc., the

Best Graduate Schools 2008” edition, a host of disciplines and to promote College of Law at Georgia State is ranked

aw which hit newsstands last month. interdisciplinary collaboration across the as the 11th Most Underrated Law School. The Center for Law, Health & Society community.” Vault, a media company that provides advances the key role that law plays In other recent ranking news, the College career information, asked 500 recruiters in promoting society’s health, and of Law continues to be among U.S. at some of the nation’s top law ﬁ rms to is the only nationally ranked health News and World Report’s Top 100 Law pick 25 law schools they felt produced law program in the southeast. Law Schools, currently ranked at 82nd (up excellent graduates but didn’t always get Professor Charity Scott, the director from 97th last year). Georgia State is still proper acknowledgment. Vault surveyed of the center, has developed Georgia the youngest law school to be ranked hiring partners, corporate counsel and State Law’s health law program over among the Top 100 by the publication. In recruiting managers to devise their list.

Law Review Symposium Focuses on International Intellectual Property Law

Georgia State University College of L “IP International: Intellectual Property for the Global Marketplace” was the theme of the 2007 Law Review tter tter Symposium at the College of Law. The Mar. 23 event featured IP scholars and attorneys from across the U.S. and around the world. The day-long symposium took place at the Georgia State The LawThe Le University Student Center Ballroom, with morning and afternoon sessions. The public symposium presented by the Law Review also counted as CLE credit for Georgia Bar Association members. According to Law Review Symposium Editor Nichole Hair, Professor Pamela Samuelson of the University of California at Berkeley was the the overall theme was based around both international and keynote speaker for the 2007 Law Review Symposium domestic aspects of modern intellectual property law. “The topics for the symposium focused on intellectual property The symposium keynote speaker was Pamela Samuelson, a and its involvement in a variety of international issues,” Hair said. professor at the University of California at Berkeley with a “Topics included human rights, software and computer patents joint appointment in the School of Information Management in Europe, software and computer patents in the United States, and Systems and the School of Law. She is also Co-Director art-related issues in intellectual property, and challenges that of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. Professor new information technologies are posing for public policy and Samuelson has written and spoken extensively about the traditional legal regimes both in the U.S. and across the globe.” challenges that new information technologies are posing College of Law Professor Michael Landau assisted the Law for public policy and traditional legal regimes, and she is an Review in organizing the symposium and served as moderator advisor for the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy for most of the panel sessions. Clinic at Berkeley.

14 Visit the Georgia State College of Law online: http://law.gsu.edu 15 ways guring news&events excellent location for this undertaking,” this undertaking,” location for excellent commented. “Confi Kaminshine both for complex the site as a shared and and business will offer new law interaction opportunities for important our two between and collaboration colleges.” tting its able building befi fth in the nation for being one of the most welcoming law schools for schools for law being one of the most welcoming fth in the nation for Architectural rendering the of College of Law building in Georgia State’s new professional education center, which will be home to both the law school and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business. College of Law Dean Steven Kaminshine Kaminshine Steven Dean College of Law a said the announcement represents the law opportunity for transformative school and the University. needs a new “The College of Law and identifi an site offers and the SunTrust status, nancial aid. Additional conversations encouraged students to consider legal studies. students to encouraged conversations nancial aid. Additional COL Admissions Receives $10,000 LSAC Minority LSAC Outreach $10,000 Grant Receives Admissions COL a $10,000 received Cheryl Jester-George Dr. of Admissions Director College of Law In January, supported The grant Council (LSAC). School Admission the Law from grant minority outreach high school students to to on outreach that focused in February program day a two-and-a-half Called Path school in particular. and law in higher education in general, interest promote Bar American conducted with Georgia was program (PTTF), this collaborative the Future to schools. law Association accredited as as well of the bench and bar, members professors, students met with law Participating school campuses in Atlanta, college and law also toured They of other professions. members about information obtain able to part were and Macon. The 44 students who took Athens high school. Discussions included beyond opportunities available educational and career colleges, and professional graduate undergraduate, for on the admissions process information and fi Georgia State ranks fi ranks State Georgia Schools” Law 170 “Top Review’s So said the latest edition of The Princeton older students. age based on the average of the publication are edition rankings The 2007 this past fall. spent out of they years many of how and student reports school students, of entry of law school. in law enrolling college before noted Dean Steven Review,” The Princeton from pleased with this ranking very are “We our but it is not surprising of all our students, welcoming of course are “We Kaminshine. of especially appreciative are in our part-time program, of whom are many older students, hard and work pride in our part-time program, great take We provide. the opportunities we school experience.” offer part-time students a full and rich law to cetower ve years. ve ce and classroom space.” ce and classroom

eorgia State University President President University State eorgia Nov. announced Patton Carl V.

Dr. Cheryl Jester-George Cheryl Dr. Princeton Review Ranks Princeton Review 5th in College of Law Welcoming For U.S. Older Students Patton also announced that, pending Patton the eastern approval, of Regents Board a as portion of the site will be developed the University’s center for professional J. Mack Robinson and College of Law The center will College of Business. a and business, law include buildings for building and an auditorium. classroom “As Georgia State continues to grow,” grow,” to continues State Georgia “As space more said, “the need for Patton has become crucial. The acquisition of will help alleviate property the SunTrust the University shortage the tremendous has in ofﬁ

million purchase of the two-block of the two-block million purchase ofﬁ 26-story includes the area G bank a three-story Place, at 25 Park building, annex building, a six-story building and an vacant a four-story parking deck. SunTrust eight-story the back from will lease the property ﬁ up to for University New Law Building Closer to Reality as Georgia State Foundation State Georgia as to Reality Closer Building Law New Downtown Property Bank of SunTrust Purchase Announces 10 that the Georgia State University University State Georgia that the 10 the will purchase Inc. Foundation, property Bank Atlanta SunTrust The $52 campus. the adjacent to 2005-2006 donor recognition

College of Law Development Efforts Set New Fund-Raising Records nder the new leadership of Legendary Bobby Lee Cook and Dean Steven Kaminshine ter/Spring 2007 ter/Spring Development Director Barbara Waters, COL supporters helped

Win U the College set new fund-raising marks in 2006.Overall giving to the aw College, alumni participation rates and individual class gifts all increased over previous years. New gifts and pledges of $887,000 surpassed last year’s total of $175,000. Alumni participation reached an all-time high of 23%, capping three successful programs – an e-mail outreach, a class gift effort and a law ﬁ rm campaign.

The Class of 2006 earned bragging Scholarship, thanks to the generosity partnership with Children’s Healthcare rights – 58 percent made a contribution of alumnus Keith O’Daniel, Class of Atlanta and the Atlanta Legal Aid to the Patricia Morgan Scholarship of 1991, and the F.A. O’Daniel Society. Part of the grant helped to open before graduating, while the Class of

Georgia State University College of L Foundation. This scholarship supports a the new HeLP legal services clinic at 2005 followed closely with 48 percent the education of a law student who has the College in January. giving.

tter tter been a recognized student athlete and The Intellectual Property Initiative is leader in his undergraduate years. The A spirited contest among Atlanta law experiencing tremendous growth and College of Law now boasts a total of fi rms resulted in 12 fi rms reaching serves Atlanta businesses and law 14 scholarships programs; the largest their goal of 100 percent giving from fi rms as a resource for the exchange is the Atlanta Law School Foundation, The LawThe Le fellow law alumni. In an unexpected of ideas, information, best practices which in 2006 provided 18 full tuition record, the GSU Foundation tracked and networking. Raising over $91,000 and fee scholarships to law students. the highest number of online gifts ever in 2006 and over $220,000 since its made to the University as an infl ux of Two new professorships were also inception in 2004, the group hosted several hundred electronic gifts for the announced in 2006. The Bobby Lee an IP Celebration, the fi rst IP Hot College of Law marked the fi nal days Cook Professorship in Law, established Topics Panel and a successful second of the 2006 fi scal year. by renowned attorney Bobby Lee Cook Southeastern Intellectual Property Many of the college’s fund-raising with plans to generate support for a fully Job Fair. An important new initiative, volunteers belong to the 50-member endowed chair, will ensure continued the Corporate Intellectual Property Graduate Leadership Council, which is outstanding teaching and scholarship Roundtable, brought over 50 businesses charged with conducting the peer-to- at the law school. In recognition of the to GSU’s Student Center in April and peer campaign in law fi rms and other important work of the college’s Tax signifi ed the fi rst collaborative effort organizations for the college, as well Clinic in serving low-income citizens, of the University’s College of Law and as serving as class agents. Nintey-four the Mark and Evelyn Trammell Chaired Robinson College of Business. The IP percent of the Graduate Leadership Professorship in Tax Law is being Founders group now numbers nearly Council made individual contributions created through the generosity of the 65 supporters whose gifts range from as well. Mark and Evelyn Trammell Foundation $100 to $10,000. and alumnus Tim Trankina. The Tax With a strong alumni base of support, In 2006 faculty, staff, alumni, students Clinic also received a grant for $85,000 now numbering 3,500, the goal of and friends strongly supported the from the Internal Revenue Service for the College, is to stay connected with Patricia T. Morgan Scholarship as the the 2006 academic year. College continued to build endowment its graduates and to continue to build for this fund in memory of a beloved The College’s Center for Law, Health support for a college that has in Dean professor who taught at the College & Society continued to attract dollars, Kaminshine’s words, “sprinted into its from 1998 to 2002. most notably a $750,000 grant from second generation.” the Lettie Pate Evans Foundation, an Endowment was completed for a affi liate of the Woodruff Foundation new scholarship, the F.A. O’Daniel in support of its community service 16 Alumni participation reached an all-time high of 23% online: Law of College State Georgia the Visit

Gifts to the College of Law support Lynn Stapleton Koch (’97) and George E. Duncan quality academic programs, FELLOWS Robert Alan Koch Belinda Elaine Edwards (’90) scholarships, student activities ($2,500 TO $4,999) Phyllis A. Kravitch Michael Eisenstadt (’99) and faculty teaching and Miles J. Alexander and Jeffrey R. Kuester (’93) and Ronald Jeff Freeman, Sr. (’85) research. This report gratefully Elaine Alexander Pamela J. Kuester (’84) Frommer Lawrence & Haug, LLP acknowledges all donations Alston & Bird Marlo Orlin Leach (’94) and Darryl Gilbert Haynes (’86) and received between July 1, 2005 Arnold Foundation, Inc. Jonathan L. Leach Linda Y. Bratton-Haynes (’86) and June 30, 2006. Martha Baum Carlton (’86) Elizabeth Ann Lester (’05) Laurel Elaine Henderson (’87) Linda K. DiSantis (’88) and Anne W. Lewis (’89) Hill Kertscher & Wharton, LLP We strive to produce a complete George Robert Kerr Morris W. Macey Dorothy Lynn Holliday (’90) and accurate report. Please David H. Flintz John T. Marshall and David John Hungeling (’00) report any inadvertent errors David H. Gambrell Kay W. Marshall IP Investments Group, LLC or omissions to: Georgia State Arthur Augustine Gardner (’88) Joe Massari Johnson & Freeman, LLC University College of Law, Ofﬁ ce Gardner Groff, PC Eric Gregory Maurer (’98) Maria Joyner of Development, P. O. Box 4037, Thomas James Guzzo (’98) Amy Pilat McMorrow (’04) Denise Kaufman (’98) Atlanta, GA 30302, 404.651.4360 W. P. Jensen Merchant & Gould, LLC Craig Cooper Knowles (’99) or [email protected]. Ben F. Johnson III Anthony W. Morris (’92) Paul Enrique Knowlton (’98) and http://law.gsu.edu David Victor Johnson (’89) and Grady Otto Morton Amy Knowlton DEAN’S TRUST Deana L. Johnson Needle & Rosenberg, PC Christine A. Koehler (’95) Jones Day William H. Needle Christine A. Koehler, Attorney ($100,000 and above) Jones Day Foundation Northpoint Nelson Mullins Riley & At Law Atlanta Law School Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP Scarborough, LLP Thomas J. Kowalski Bobby Lee Cook King & Spalding, LLP Parks Knowlton, LLC Law Ofﬁ ce of Denise Kaufman W. Scott Petty (’90) and Cynthia Renee Parks (’00) Michael W. McLaughlin Kathryn Y. Petty Perception Partners, Inc. Scott Richard Miller (’89) and PARTNERS Charles L. Raudonis Powell Goldstein, LLP Kim S. Dammers (’97) ($50,000 to $99,999) K. James Sangston (’03) and Susan N. Moore Community Foundation for Robin H. Sangston David Scott Moreland (’05) Greater Atlanta, Inc. DEAN’S CLUB Daniel Joseph Santos (’95) Charles Michael Morris (’90) Catherine Collins Henson (’89) ($1,000 to $2,499) Frank Slover (’85) Ralph R. Morrison (’85) and Mark and Evelyn Trammell Randall Lee Allen (’86) Southern Company Rebecca C. Morrison Foundation, Inc. Andrews Knowles & Princenthal, LLC Misty Mechelle Speake (’02) Stephanie E. Parker Quetia B. Arzu (’01) Clifford S. Stanford (’95) and Julia H. Powell (’92) R. Lawrence Ashe, Jr. and Beth Anne Stanford (’99) Adam Patrick Princenthal (’99) SUSTAINERS Kathy B. Ashe Michael Paul Stevens (’94) and Randolph Gregory Rich (’92) ($20,000 to $49,999) Harold W. Askins III (’06) and Donna Fondry Stevens (’94) Cassandra Juliet Schansman (’90) F. A. O’Daniel Foundation Kathleen S. Askins (’06) Strickland Brockington Lewis, LLP and Rodney G. Schansman Keith Alan O’Daniel (’91) Atlanta Bar Association Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, LLP Thomas Kayden Horstemeyer Scott M. Bailey (’96) Elizabeth V. Tanis & Risley, LLP Bar/Bri Law School Prep Program Patricia E. Tate (’85) Jackie Larae Toney (’01) BENEFACTORS Dorothy Toth Beasley Trishanda L. Treadwell (’02) Troutman Sanders, LLP ($10,000 to $19,999) Barry Brager and James C. Weidner (’87) and Carolyn L. Vignery (’95) AFLAC Foundation, Inc. Elina Brager Susan Weidner Winchel Vincent (’97) BellSouth Corporation Mary M. Brockington (’86) Hugh W. Welborn (’86) Richard A. Walker Charles Loridans Foundation, Inc. Deborah Kay Butler (’05) Hugh W. Welborn Attorney At Law Katherine Kimberly Wood (’99) Joey M. Loudermilk and Cantor Colburn, LLP James Richard Westbury, Jr. (’94) Jeff Z. Xie (’99) Ramona Loudermilk Christopher Joseph Chan (’98) and Scott Anthony Wharton (’90) and Scott Michael Frank (’94) Melody Lyn Hunter (’99) Bonnie Mills Wharton (’91) and Marie Frank David Martin Childs (’98) and Robert Ford Willis (’00) ADVOCATES Kimberly Anne Childs (’02) Gene Mac Winburn † ($250 to $499) Charlotte A. Combre (’97) Karen Kelley Wolter (’93) Isabel Mary Alcocer (’94) Coro Realty Advisors, LLC Womble Carlyle Sandridge SCHOLARS Mauricia Jane Allen (’02) Joel H. Cowan and & Rice, PLLC ($5,000 to $9,999) Robert Anthony Ambrose (’01) and Geraldine Cowan Woodcock Washburn Kurtz Leila Armknecht Judy K. Ambrose John Paul Cowan (’92) Mackiewicz & Norris, LLP Bennett A. Brown III Cynthia J. Becker (’87) Deep Blue Insight Group, Inc. Calvin Ray Wright (‘93) Mary Alice and Bennett Brown Marcia Weil Borowski (’88) Delta Theta Phi Foundation, Inc. Jason Edward Bring (’98) John J. Dyer (’02) and CLC Foundation, Inc. Tyler Jennings Browning (’00) Stephanie E. Dyer (’02) COUNSELORS Charlotte Brown Dixon Andrew Charles Burnett (’00) and Martin J. Emanuel Halliburton Foundation ($500 to $999) Lisa Marie Burnett Jimmy R. Faircloth, Jr. (’90) Craig Gordon Harley (’86) and Andrew H. Agatston (’93) Sean Douglas Christy (’05) Finnegan Henderson Farabow Nanette P. Harley (’86) Gary B. Andrews (’99) and Coca-Cola Foundation Garrett & Dunner, LLP Bethew Bertrand Jennings Philicia L. Andrews Gregory Mark Cole (’93) Carol Russell Geiger (’87) and A. Tom Jones and R. Byron Attridge Beverly Hartung Collins (’85) Henry Anthony Judy S. Jones Bruce Harlan Becker (’97) Cynthia M. Daley (’01) Merrilee Aynes Gober (’89) Katherine Ohlhausen Cory G. Begner (’92) and Genevieve Helen Dame (’05) Monica Hagedorn (’00) PricewaterhouseCoopers Alan Begner Jeffrey Davis (’91) and Michael Bryan Husk (’98) Foundation Kay Black (’98) Carrie Lynn Christie R. William Ide III Kelly W. Smith (’95) and Tracey Mason Blasi (’95) Denise N. DeLaRue (’95) R. William Ide III, PC Virginia Criddle Avery (’96) Thomas Eugene Bowen (’97) and Christopher Sean Dillon (’04) Douglas M. Isenberg (’96) State Bar of Georgia Janine Anthony Bowen (98) Jennifer Susan Dolde (’05) Jewish Federation of David Newton Dorough Jr. (’86) Robert F. Dow (’92) Greater Atlanta, Inc. Dougherty Clements Marial L. Ellis (’99) Belinda Duke Jones (’04) L. Craig Dowdy (’88) Creighton Frommer (’05) Benjamin Inman Jordan (’06) 17 Lynn Gavin (’92) Daniel E. Turner (’95) Augustus Bonner Cochran III (’94) Amy Lynne Haywood (’02) Glenn Hotel Anthony A. Ventry III (’04) Lisa Singer Cohen (’98) and Andrew H. Heller GSU Student Bar Association Rose Marie Wade (’93) Kent I. 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Established in the framework of a consortium with Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, in 1993, the Academy offers participating students the possibility of gaining six credit hours during the course of its program, which takes place annually between mid-May and mid-June. Based in Linz, the participants of the Summer Academy are hosted annually by the international arbitration courts operating in Prague, Czech Republic; Venice, Italy; Budapest, Hungary; and Vienna, Austria.

SAIICA has recently been re-accredited by the American Bar Association, and will http://law.gsu.edu retain its accreditation until 2013. Approximately 50 students will journey to Europe for this summer’s program. Professor Ray Lanier is the Summer Academy director. The College’s innovative South American study-abroad program is now in its third year. Participants in the 2006 Summer Legal The Summer Legal and Policy Study in Rio de Janeiro is an interdisciplinary program and Policy Study in Rio de Janeiro offering courses in international and comparative human rights, corporate, trade, environmental and public health law and policy, and in cross-cultural resolution. The Rio summer study program, which is a project of the College’s Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth, is fully accredited by the American Bar Association. It is conducted in consortium with the Seattle University School of Law and The University of Tennessee College of Law. Students can earn six credits or three credits, depending on modules participated in. The program is designed with student ﬂ exibility and variety of courses and learning opportunities, and is completed between mid-May and mid-June. The Rio program features all lectures in English, with Brazilian speakers drawn from law, government and civil society. Courses are taught in collaboration with Participants in the 2006 Summer faculty from Rio’s top universities, and the program includes a mixture of learning Academy in International Commercial experiences. Professor Colin Crawford is the program director, and this year more Arbitration in Europe than 60 students will participate in the Summer Legal and Policy Study in Rio.

Intellectual Property Gains Momentum he College of Law’s Intellectual Property alumni advisory In April, the College co-sponsored the third annual IP SpringPosium Tgroup has helped the COL co-sponsor several important IP at the Georgia Aquarium, offering a one-day program focused events and programs during the past year. on updates in IP law. Coming up July 31 is the third annual Beginning last fall, the law school and the Robinson College Southeastern IP Job Fair, also hosted at the COL, at which top of Business at Georgia State entered a unique collaborative ﬁ rms from around the region will recruit talented Georgia State partnership to begin hosting Corporate Intellectual Property students interested in pursuing IP law. Roundtables. These events serve as a forum for exchange of ideas, best practices, information and networking exclusively for in-house executives in the IP law community. Some 50 companies are represented at roundtable events, now meeting 10 times annually for focused discussions on particular areas of IP in corporations. The roundtables will be highlighted this fall by the ﬁ rst Corporate IP Institute to be hosted at the COL Oct. 23-24 featuring IP experts from corporations across the country. Throughout the year, the IP alumni group assisted the College in co- sponsoring “Hot Topics” luncheon programs for practitioners and students interested in IP law. Topics included online advertising Intellectual Property Corporate Roundtable members include representatives and trademark disputes, copyright law and media distribution, from 50 major companies during events hosted by the College of Law and the among others. Robinson College of Business at Georgia State 21 07 faculty features

Edmundson is Visiting Fellow at Oxford College of Law faculty member Bill Edmundson, professor of law and philosophy,

ter/Spring 20 ter/Spring returned last fall from a prestigious stint as a visiting fellow at Oxford University in the U.K.

Win Professor Edmundson was the H.L.A. Hart Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Ethics and Philosophy of Law for Trinity term 2006. He was afﬁ liated with University

aw College, the oldest college at Oxford, and his fellowship included housing, meals and an ofﬁ ce overlooking picturesque Christ Church Meadow in the heart of the busy city of Oxford. While at Oxford, Professor Edmundson attended numerous seminars and lectures, gave three talks at Oxford and one at Cambridge University on topics including reasoning and obligation, moral responsibility and the duty to obey the law. Although Professor Edmundson had no teaching duties, writing was on the agenda during his Oxford visiting fellowship. Edmundson In addition to his recent fellowship, Professor Edmundson was named the recipient of the second annual Patricia T. Morgan Award for Outstanding Faculty Scholarship to recognize faculty excellence in scholarly research.

Georgia State University College of L Cunningham Named to Prestigious Society Professor Clark Cunningham was admitted to membership in The Society of tter tter Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet last May in recognition of his work with the Glasgow Graduate School of Law and the College of Law of England and Wales. He is only the second American to become a member of The Society, which is charged with custody of the royal seal of the British monarchy and believed to be

The LawThe Le the oldest professional association of lawyers in the world. With the Glasgow Graduate School of Law and the College of Law of England and Wales, Professor Cunningham’s work is leading to fundamental changes in the way client interviewing is being taught in Great Britain. Cunningham Curcio Awarded Fulbright Grant in China This Spring Professor Andi Curcio has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at South China Normal University in Guangzhou, [formerly Canton] China Amelia and Andi Curcio prepare for China this semester. Professor Curcio is teaching civil procedure and torts to Chinese law students. As part of the Fulbright Scholar program, Professor Curcio is lecturing on torts, civil litigation and procedural issues at universities throughout China. She will be accompanied for the spring semester by her daughter, Amelia, who was adopted from China in 1998. The pair left for China in late February, and will return in early July. “Actually, my daughter is the reason I applied for the Fulbright program,” Professor Curcio explained. “While we are in China, she will be attending school there. It will be an exciting experience for both of us.”

22 Visit the Georgia State College of Law online: http://law.gsu.edu 23 ce of Georgia Georgia magazine, a magazine, tability. tability. Frank’s accepted a position last was elected as the 2006- was Class of 2006 Class of 2002 Class of 2005 Danny Page Danny Class of 2004 ce of Disability Adjudication ce of Disability Adjudication was featured on the cover of the cover on featured was Karen Couch Cross Couch Cross Karen James Malcolm Blake III James Malcolm Blake Naiyareh Karimimanesh Naiyareh magazine as one of its “Top 40 magazine as one of its “Top IN MEMORIAM and Appeals) of the Socialce of Hearings July as attorney-advisor with the Offi July as attorney-advisor (formerly and Review Disability Adjudication Offi in Charleston, Security Administration, The Offi WV. and the hearings administers and Review the Social Security for appeals program Administration. Intellectual Asset Management on intellectualU.K. publication that focuses was Frank business. for value property highlighted in the December/January of as the president his work edition for Group, Intellectual Property BellSouth’s became a model years which in less than 10 and profi achievement for Intellectual of AT&T title is president new Property. 2007 president of the Young Lawyers Lawyers of the Young president 2007 last Bar of Georgia Division of the State became a partner of In 2000, Pope year. with a trial practice & Ball, LLP, Hasty Pope injury death and catastrophic in wrongful named by In 2004, he was cases. Trend his trial practice, Under 40.” In addition to the City of for General is the Solicitor Pope of president two-term a former Canton, Bar Association and the Blue Ridge Circuit of the of directors a member of the board County YMCA. Cherokee 1995 Hamilton Marilyn A. Pope Jonathan 1994 Scott Frank Peachtree Peachtree accepted a position accepted a position rm of McKenna, Long rm of McKenna, was honored as Georgia’s as Georgia’s honored was was recently appointed recently was a partner at Strickland a partner magazine last fall in an last fall magazine is now a Fellow of the a Fellow is now ce of the State Appellatece of the State , the longest-running play in Atlanta in Atlanta , the longest-running play to the Fulton County Arts Council. He County the Fulton to the position on the nominated for was County Fulton 15-member council by Handel. Morris is Commission Chair Karen fi a partner in the law and co-author of LLP, & Aldridge, history. theatre Battle David van der Griff David Melissa Anne Maye 1992 Morris Anthony 1990 Barry Herrin 1991 Griner M. Tammy Anne Lewis, Anne Lewis, 1989 as legislative advocate with the California advocate as legislative Association (CHA) in Sacramento, Hospital leader CHA is the statewide in December. CA, health of hospitals, the interests representing in providers and other healthcare systems on managed care, He will focus California. Prior issues. and labor and employment a policy der Griff was joining CHA, van to Assembly member State California adviser to John Laird. Brockington Lewis LLP, was featured in featured was LLP, Lewis Brockington Woman Atlanta Eagles – 20 Who Soar article entitled “Legal practice the Competition.” Lewis’ Above of public utility representation on focuses the before matters clients on regulatory Service Commission, state Public Georgia She also bodies. agencies and municipal public policy clients in various represents and education matters, and legislative In addition, Lewis issues. employment to counsel chief deputy general as serves Party. Republican the Georgia Defender in Ottawa, IL, this past January. Defender in Ottawa, with the Offi Juvenile Court Attorney of the Year at the 7th of the Year Court Attorney Juvenile lastAnnual Child Placement Conference married this She was in Augusta. November Barlow. M. Kevin Dr. past June to American College of Healthcare Executives. Executives. American College of Healthcare completing a by He earned the fellowship during a recognized was and project, fellow 18. in Chicago Mar. convocation ce rst section rst ned Offi ce of Public and Federal Bureau of Bureau Federal program director for director program authored a book this authored Corporate Governance: Governance: Corporate ng Task Force. Force. ng Task cer for Gov. Perdue. She Perdue. Gov. cer for was appointed to the Georgia appointed to was , which was published by the published by , which was

DeKalb County. County. DeKalb served as an assistant district attorney in district attorney as an assistant served Governmental Affairs. She also previously She also previously Affairs. Governmental Investigations of the Senate Committee onInvestigations U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on U.S. Senate Permanent the FBI, Kalisch served as counsel to the as counsel to served the FBI, Kalisch of Congressional Affairs. Prior to joining Prior to Affairs. of Congressional director for the FBI’s newly defi newly the FBI’s for director In 2003, she was appointed assistant In 2003, she was chief of the Government Relations section. Relations chief of the Government She joined the FBI’s Offi She joined the FBI’s counsel and in 2000 became the fi at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. in Washington, at FBI headquarters in 1998 as special Affairs Congressional career in 1995 as assistant general counsel general in 1995 as assistant career in the private sector. Kalisch began her FBI Kalisch sector. in the private left the agency recently to accept a position to recently left the agency Investigation congressional affairs director, director, affairs congressional Investigation Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice. Practice. Regulatory and Law Administrative Ombuds Committee of the ABA Section of Ombuds Committee of the ABA of Dispute Resolution, and vice chair of the and vice of Dispute Resolution, fellow at the law school’s Center for the Study Center for school’s at the law fellow of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, a senior of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, Professionals at the University of law associate professor past fall entitled past fall Dispute Resolution Guide for A Practical is an Reuben American Bar Association. Eleni Pryles Kalisch,

Joy C. Hawkins C. Joy 1987 Richard C. Reuben C. Richard Susan H. Colussy, Colussy, Susan H. 1986 class actions class Effective School Staffi Effective the business representative on the Georgia the business representative Volunteer Council. Hawkins also serves as also serves Council. Hawkins Volunteer Board and the Metro Atlanta Corporate Atlanta and the Metro Board for School Improvement’s Coordinating School Improvement’s for chief operating offi chief operating Institute Leadership Commission, the Georgia of Commerce, and served as the deputy and served of Commerce, Child Supportis a member of the Georgia education for the Metro Atlanta Chamber Atlanta the Metro education for Hawkins is the vice president of regional is the vice president Hawkins Commission by Gov. Sonny Perdue last fall. Perdue Sonny Gov. Commission by Career and Technical Education Advisory Education Advisory and Technical Career commitment to public interest law. law. public interest commitment to annually who demonstrate a passionateannually who demonstrate The award is presented to four attorneys attorneys four to is presented The award Committee’s Inspiration Award in February. in February. Award Inspiration Committee’s was awarded with an Emory Public Interest with an Emory awarded was immigration services with Catholic Charities, with Catholic Charities, services immigration 07 1996 on energy-related transactions. In this boutique. The fi rm’s focus will continue to national role, he is based in the Reznick be complex civil litigation, with a particular Lorraine Sanchez Hayes recently relocated Group’s Tysons Corner, VA, offi ce. Previously emphasis on real estate disputes. The Concensus Group, a practice group Ferguson served as director and general tax of Sancyhes Hayes and Associates, LLC, counsel for UPS. 2003 from Marietta to the south side of Atlanta Chay Sengkhounmany and his wife Ouday near Peachtree City. Prior to launching The Mary R. Hawk became a principal and

ter/Spring 20 ter/Spring announced the birth of a son, Eli Manivong shareholder of Porges, Hamlin, Knowles, Concensus Group, she was at associate at Sengkhounmany, Jan. 29 in Murfreesboro, Troutman Sanders and served as corporate Prouty, Thompson & Najmy, PA, in Bradenton, Win TN. Sengkhounmany is an immigration counsel for UPS and The Home Depot. FL, this past December. She continues her

attorney for the Tennessee Coalition Against practice in commercial litigation and appeals. Domestic and Sexual Violence Immigrant aw Kym (Stout) Smiley has served as special She and her husband Michael have a fi ve- Legal Clinic. counsel for Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP year-old son, Erik. in Denver, CO, since 2004. Her practice 2004 includes employment, commercial and 1999 G. Lamar Smith Jr. joined Moore product liability litigation. She and her Joyce Gist Lewis was named a Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP last fall husband Brian have two daughters, shareholder at the fi rm of Casey Gilson as an associate in the fi rm’s workers’ Katelynn (3) and Lauren (2). Leibel P.C. last year. compensation defense practice. 1997 2000 Robert A. Walker Jr. joined the Thomas E. Bowen was elected to the John Merritt left Troutman Sanders last intellectual property and litigation law District 6 seat (Stone Mountain area) of year to establish Berger, Merritt & Samuels, fi rm of Merchant & Gould as an associate the DeKalb County School Board last P.A., in Atlanta. The fi rm specializes in the attorney last year. At Merchant & Gould, November. area of commercial and business litigation Walker practices intellectual property law Kevin King was made partner at Sutherland with an emphasis on corporate bankruptcy with an emphasis on patent prosecution

Georgia State University College of L Asbill Brennan this past December. matters. relating to electrical systems. Formerly a manager of engineering with Snapping Tom Mazziotti was elected shareholder 2001 Shoals EMC, Walker also holds an MBA

tter tter in Greenberg Traurig’s litigation practice Michele Giddens was sworn in as a newly from Georgia State’s Robinson College of group, focusing on products liability licensed member of the State Bar of Texas Business. He is a member of the Institute defense and medical malpractice defense. last November. She is employed in San of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the In 2005 and 2006, he was selected as one Antonio. National Society of Professional Engineers

The LawThe Le of Georgia’s Rising Star Super Lawyers. Tom and is a registered professional engineer Robert A. Hodges was selected for inclusion and his wife Jennifer live in Sandy Springs with the State of Georgia. with their three children, Mary Elizabeth, in The Best Lawyers in America 2007 edition. Caroline and Thomas. He is an intellectual property attorney with 2005 Needle & Rosenberg, P.C., where he leads Stewart David Bratcher was married to the fi rm’s biotechnology practice. He holds 1998 Elizabeth Anne Koppany last November. He a Ph.D. in biochemistry and serves as patent Nowell Berreth has been elected as a is employed by the Cherokee Judicial Circuit counsel to technology companies and partner in Alston & Bird’s litigation and trial as an assistant district attorney for Calhoun research institutions practice group, focusing on agribusiness and and Cartersville. fi duciary litigation. In 2005, he was selected Cynthia Matthews Daley opened the law as one of Georgia’s Rising Star Super Lawyers. fi rm of Daley, Koster & LaVallee, LLC, which 2006 He and his wife Michelle live in Atlanta with she established last fall in Atlanta with Paul Christine Chen was selected for the their two daughters. Koster and Matthew LaVallee. Daley serves Consumer Union’s Esther Peterson Christopher Chan moved to the Atlanta as a magistrate judge in Carroll County in Fellowship. She will hold the position for 2006- offi ce of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP this addition to her private practice. Daley has 07 at the Consumer Union National Offi ce past November. been a featured speaker on discrimination, in Washington, D.C. The Esther Peterson fair labor standards and issues impacting the Fellow receives hands-on experience and Robert J. Coursey III was elected as a legal profession. She serves on the Georgia training in advocacy on consumer issues partner at Fisher & Phillips LLP, a national State University College of Law Graduate at the federal legislative and administrative labor and employment law fi rm, in January. Leadership Council. level. The fellowship is named after one of Coursey was also named a 2006 Georgia history’s leading consumer, women and Super Lawyers Rising Star. 2002 labor advocates, Esther Peterson. Peterson Matthew Ferguson was recently appointed Stephanie Dyer left Powell Goldstein advised three presidents (Kennedy, Johnson to lead the Reznick Group’s expansion of to start her own Atlanta law fi rm with and Carter) on consumer policy issues and its national renewable energy practice. A Simon Bloom as a partner in the new represented the international consumer principal of the fi rm, Ferguson is responsible fi rm, The Bloom Law Firm, LLP. The fi rm, movement in a leading advocacy role at the for growing the practice and advising clients which opened its doors in March, is a real United Nations. estate development and civil trial practice

24 Visit the Georgia State College of Law online: http://law.gsu.edu 25 Magazine Georgia Super Lawyers 2006: Lawyers Georgia Super Magazine Atlanta Georgia State University College of Law Alumni Named Law College of State University Georgia Rising Stars in Rising Stars ve Beth Justice Georgia , who was Georgia Super Georgia a ceremony an. ceremony a Georgia Super Lawyers Super Lawyers Georgia eme Court Chief Miles Alexander , Kilpatrick Stockton, Atlanta , Kilpatrick Stockton, , Powell Goldstein, Atlanta Goldstein, Atlanta , Powell ratings. They include: They ratings. edition. magazine annually, rating state lawyers lawyers state rating annually, magazine of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan of of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan Another accolade for a Board of Visitors member of Visitors a Board Another accolade for to went this year Supr former 30 by Super Lawyers Super Lawyers Marshall John T. in Georgia) lawyer (2nd highest-rated Miles J. Alexander in Georgia) lawyer highest-rated (3rd member of Visitors In addition, Board Tanis list and 100 the Top named to was Atlanta in the featured prominently 2007 Lawyers for Award with the Lifetime Achievement honored Benham Justice Robert Bar of Georgia’s the State his outstanding for Community Service Awards The community. the Atlanta contributions to during presented was award Benham and Court of Appeals Presiding Robert Judge G. Alan Blackburn. The honor is the selection the award by given highest recognition who or judge a lawyer for committee reserved long extraordinarily an has demonstrated and distinguished commitment of volunteer his participation in the community throughout or her legal career. Members of the Georgia State College of Law College of Law State of the Georgia Members in the tops also scored of Visitors Board COL Board of Visitors Members Visitors of COL Board Among the Best Also Recognized Ronald J. Freeman Sr. (‘85) Sr. J. Freeman Ronald Atlanta LLC, Johnson & Freeman (‘96) Hanrahan Mark V. Atlanta LLC, & Hanrahan Toler (‘95) Christine A. Koehler Lawrenceville & Riddick LLC, Koehler The 2007 edition of The 2007 legal of consumers to criteria useful strenuous by unbiased, The publication provides services. with choosing legal counsel, for ratings credible ﬁ among the top the list for candidates selected College of Law Alumni Named Alumni Law of College Lawyers Super Georgia 2007 of the publishers by is presented magazine Atlanta (which translates in the state of all lawyers percent in Georgia). lawyers 100 the top into of peer indicators on 12 evaluated Candidates are during achievement professional and recognition considerable involving selection process a rigorous polling and peer assessment. selected among who were COL alumni This year’s include: in the state attorneys the top faculty briefs

Mark Budnitz made a presentation at a William A. Edmundson spoke on Workshop: Redeveloping a Region After a University of Georgia faculty colloquium on “Copyright Disobedience from a Rawlsian Mega Disaster.” Professor Grifﬁ th served as his study of the need to regulate prepaid Perspective” at the 2007 Annual Meeting a moderator of this workshop.

ter/Spring 2007 ter/Spring telephone cards. The Loyola Consumer Law of the AALS, in Washington, D.C. Professor Wendy Hensel was an invited speaker Review published an article he co-authored Edmundson presented “Primary Rules and at the Hasting Law Journal’s National Win based on that study. The Journal of Consumer the Virtue of Sociability,” at the University of Disability Law Symposium in San Francisco,

and Commercial Law published an article he San Diego College of Law faculty colloquium. California, Feb. 3. She presented a summary wrote on recent developments in “Payment His book, An Introduction to Rights aw of her latest article, “Sharing the Short Bus: Systems Law.” He lectured on that subject (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Disability and Identity Under the IDEA,” at the national Consumer Rights Litigation 2004) has been published in Portuguese. which will be published in the Hastings Law Conference in Miami. At the invitation of the His article, “The Virtue of Law-Abidance,” Journal this summer. Professor Hensel’s Federal Reserve Board’s Consumer Advisory appeared in Philosophers’ Imprint vol.6, no.4 article “The Disabling Impact of Wrongful Council, he made a presentation on the (Dec. 2006). He also contributed a chapter, Birth and Wrongful Life Actions,” which need for uniform rules to govern consumer “Adding Reasons Up,” to Economics and the appears in the Harvard Journal of Civil Rights payment systems. Professor Budnitz also Mind, edited by Mark White and Barbara & Civil Liberties, was recently included in became a member of the board of directors Montero (Routledge, 2006). SSRN’s Top Ten download list for “Disability of a new national consumer organization, Anne Emanuel visited Beijing, Guilin Law.” SSRN (the Social Science Research Americans for Fairness in Lending. and Shanghai, China, in October 2006 Network), is an extensive database of law Clark Cunningham co-authored with as a member of an ABA Criminal Justice and social science articles used to support Gregory Todd Jones and two Scottish law Delegation. Professor Emanuel appeared on scholarly research. professors “Valuing What Clients Think: the WAIB show “In Focus” in an interview Gregory Todd Jones was Visiting Research Standardized Clients and the Assessment segment about the ABA Death Penalty Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for of Communicative Competence,” published Moratorium Assessment Report. She also Georgia State University College of L Research on Collective Goods in Bonn, in 13 Clinical Law Review 1 (2006). His appeared on Community Forum, 91.9-FM Germany. His recent scholarly works have work with the Scottish legal profession WCLK, Dec. 9, 2006, discussing the issue been published in the Tennessee Law Review, tter tter expanded with his appointment as academic of no-knock warrants with State Rep. Billy the Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public consultant to the Society of Writers to Her Mitchell and Dr. William Boone of Clark Policy, the Clinical Law Review, the Journal Majesty’s Signet in the development of a University. On Dec. 1, 2006, she gave the of Business Ethics, the Journal of Behavioral new specialty accreditation program for inaugural address for the Sutherland, Asbill Decision Making and the American Journal lawyers. In November 2006, he presented a and Brennan “Elbert P. Tuttle Courtroom,” of Public Health. He also contributed two The LawThe Le paper on India’s Supreme Court in London, and on Dec. 12 she joined death penalty chapters, on negotiation and game theory, England, at an international conference on exoneree Shareef Cousin and Dr. Pamela to The Negotiator’s Fieldbook published by Comparative Constitutional Traditions in Leonard on a panel at the First Iconium the ABA Press. He presented his research South Asia. In December 2006 he made a Baptist Church to discuss “Innocent on Death at numerous venues, including invited presentation on “Innovative Approaches to Row: An Examination of the Death Penalty.” talks at the Gruter Institute for Law and Teaching Legal Ethics” and chaired a session Marjorie Girth served as a panelist Behavioral Research and the Max Planck on “Using the Internet to Promote Justice discussing “Ethical Quagmires in Bankruptcy Institute for Research on Collective Goods. Education” at the National University of Practice After BAPCPA” at the American He was a panel chair at the meetings of the Argentina for the 4th Worldwide Meeting Bankruptcy Institute’s 2006 Southeastern American Bar Association Section of Dispute of the Global Alliance for Justice Education. Bankruptcy Workshop. She also continues Resolution. He organized and chaired the Second to serve on the American Law Institute’s Annual Workshop of the National Institute Julian Juergensmeyer was the leader of the Consultative Group for the Restatement 3d for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism, Rutgers University & U.S. Department Of of Restitution and the Foreclosure Prevention held December 15-17, 2006 at the Red Top Housing and Urban Development-sponsored Task Force of the Federal Reserve Board of Mountain Lodge near Atlanta. In September Atlanta focus group on “Land Use Regulations Atlanta. of 2006, Professor Cunningham completed and Affordable Housing,” held at the College his service as a member of the Fulton County Bill Gregory gave a presentation on of Law this past November. He made Criminal Justice Blue Ribbon Commission, “Malpractice and Fiduciary Breach” at the presentations about the issue of impact fees when the commission presented seven North Atlanta Tax Council Feb. 9, 2006. at the National Impact Fee Roundtable held major recommendations for improving the in Arlington, Virginia, in October of 2006. Janice Griffi th was a speaker at a criminal justice system to the Fulton County He was one of the three instructors for the conference on emergency preparedness Board of Commissioners. Atlanta Regional Commission’s Community for disasters sponsored by The Working Planning Academy’s Workshop on “Impact Andi Curcio’s article, “Civil Claims for Group on Property, Citizenship and Social Fees: Principles and Practice,” held in Atlanta Uncivilized Acts: Filing Suit Against the Entrepreneurism of the Syracuse University Dec. 5, 2006. Professor Juergensmeyer’s Government for American Indian Boarding College of Law. During the past year paper, ”Development Impact Fees 2006: School Abuses,” was published in 4 Professor Grifﬁ th served as chair of the A Year in Review,” was published in APA Hastings Race and Poverty Law J. 45 (2006). Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Planning and Environmental Law, Vol. 59, Professor Curcio is spending this spring Section on State and Local Government. She No.2, p.3 (2007). semester in Guangzhou, China, where coordinated with the chairs of the Property she is a Fulbright Fellow teaching civil and Real Estate Transactions Sections to Steven Kaminshine gave a presentation procedure and tort law to Chinese students produce a workshop at the AALS annual on “Disparate Treatment as Theory of at South China Normal University. meeting in January entitled “The Katrina Discrimination,” at the First Annual National 26 Visit the Georgia State College of Law online: Law of College State Georgia the Visit

Colloquium of Labor and Employment Law Paul Lombardo served as Chairman of Law for the spring 2007 and fall 2007 Scholars,” held at Marquette Law School of the Panel on Ethical, Legal and Social semesters. She recently published her in October of 2006. He has been invited Implications of a National Institute of revised volume of Bogert, Bogert, & as a panelist to speak on “Employment Environmental Health Sciences study to Radford, Trusts & Trustees (Thomson-West), Discrimination Law 15 Years after the Civil determine the feasibility of establishing a as well as her 2006 update of Redfearn: Rights Act of 1991,” at the Annual Meeting National Twin Registry for the investigation Wills & Administration in Georgia. Professor of the Southeast Association of American of genetic and environmental contributions Radford’s article on “Current Developments Law Schools this July. to complex diseases. He was Co-Principal in Georgia Fiduciary Law” was published Investigator on a National Institutes of in December in the Mercer Law Review. Mark Kadish’s article, “Sanchez-Llamas Health Human Genome project during Professor Radford gave several presentations v. Oregon and Article 36 of the Vienna a symposium to mark the Centennial of on Georgia fi duciary law and guardianship Convention on Consular Relations: the Indiana’s 1907 eugenical sterilization law law and continues to serve as the Reporter Supreme Court, the Right to Consul, and in April. Professor Lombardo has been for the Trust Code Revision Committee of Remediation,” was published in the Michigan invited to provide ongoing advice for the the Fiduciary Law Section of the State Bar http://law.gsu.edu Journal of International Law. traveling version of the U.S. Memorial of Georgia. This spring she began her duties Neil Kinkopf gave a briefi ng on Capitol Hill Holocaust Museum Exhibit, “Deadly as Secretary of the American College of for members of Congress, congressional staff Medicine: Creating the Master Race.” He Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC). Professor and the media on the subject of congressional made a presentation at the October Annual Radford will be the fi rst Academic Fellow power over war. Professor Kinkopf has made Meeting of the American Society of Bioethics to serve as an offi cer of ACTEC, which is a presentations on the National Security and Humanities in Denver on “What Non- national organization comprised of 2,600 Agency’s Domestic Surveillance Program Lawyers Need to Know about Health Law.” practitioners and law professors who are at the University of Miami Law School, at He gave the keynote address: “A History of selected for membership based on their the annual convention of the American American Eugenics – On Using a Dirty Word, expertise and achievements in the fi eld of Constitution Society and at the Georgia Bar in Context,” at a November conference trust and estates law. Association’s annual Supreme Court Update on Eugenics and Emerging Technologies: Charity Scott served on the Planning Program. He also presented a paper at a Bioethics in the Shadow of Auschwitz held Committee for the annual conference of the symposium at the William and Mary Law at the National Press Club. In September, ABA Health Law Section, at which she also School on the subject of presidential signing he was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune moderated and organized two workshops in statements. This paper will be published in for two nationally distributed articles on the February, one on confl ict resolution in health the William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal. history of eugenic legislation. care settings and the other on legal and Professor Kinkopf published several papers Charles Marvin is serving as Chair of ethical issues in end-of-life decision making. on the subject of presidential power, including the U.S. Advisory Group on Adjudication She helped to organize and facilitate a day- articles in the print and online editions of of the American Bar Association Section long workshop in January on communication Harvard Law & Policy Review. In addition, of Administrative Law and Regulatory skills and confl ict management in health a paper on presidential signing statements Practice Task Force that is preparing, in care for the Healthcare Ethics Consortium appears at http://www.acslaw.org/node/2965, coordination with European Union lawyers of Georgia. As Director of the Center for and a briefi ng paper entitled “The Congress working in Brussels, a comprehensive report Law, Health & Society, she assisted in as Surge Protector,” can be viewed at http:// and eventual book on European Union hosting a non-partisan series of community www.acslaw.org/pdf/Kinkopf-Surge.pdf. Administrative Law. He also continues to stakeholder meetings at the law school on Michael Landau authored updates to serve as Vice-Chair for Eastern European reform of Georgia’s advance directives, for the Copyright and Trademark materials Law on the European Law Committee of which proposed legislation is under current in West’s Federal Administrative Practice the ABA Section of International Law, and as consideration by the General Assembly. Handbook as well as several book chapters an external thesis advisor and reviewer for Ronald Wheeler served as both an associate and two articles in various IP publications. students at the Riga Graduate School of Law editor and contributor to a new publication Professor Landau was an invited speaker in Latvia. entitled Sexual Orientation and the Law: A at several conferences in the United Paul Milich received the Third Millennium Research Bibliography. This bibliography States and Europe, including conferences Medallion Award from the Georgia Institute was a collaborative project undertaken by at Michigan State, the University of of Continuing Judicial Education. Professor the American Association of Law Libraries California at Berkeley, the University of Milich has presented over 50 programs to (AALL) Standing Committee on Lesbian and Florida, University of Pittsburgh and John Georgia’s judges over the last 12 years. He Gay Issues of which Wheeler is a member. Marshall Law School (Chicago). This past recently presented programs on Georgia January, Professor Landau was a panelist Doug Yarn has started a blog on alternative evidence for the Superior Court, State Court, on the subject of “Termination Rights dispute resolution in Georgia to provide Juvenile Court and Probate Court Judges, as and Copyright Law” at the fi rst meeting more up-to-date news and commentary on well as judicial law clerks. Professor Milich of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. at the rapidly developing law. In October, he published the 2007 edition of his Courtroom the Princeton Club in Manhattan. Over hosted a conference on the biological roots Handbook on Georgia Evidence (Thomson - the course of this year, Professor Landau of trust and reconciliation and is writing a West) and he continues his efforts as Reporter was interviewed by several media outlets book on the topic. He has been collaborating for the State Bar of Georgia Evidence Study (Forbes, CBS, MSNBC, Yahoo and the AJC), with colleagues at Oxford and Cambridge to Committee promoting the adoption of a new on a variety of IP topics including Digital File develop confl ict management programs in set of evidence rules in Georgia. Sharing and the auction of newly disclosed higher education in the U.K. In January, the papers of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mary Radford is currently serving as a program received a substantial grant from Visiting Professor at the Phoenix School the English government. 27 The 2007 Annual Fund CAMPAIGN ENDS JUNE 30 TO GIVE ONLINE: http://law.gsu.edu/alumni

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