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GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW

FALL 2001 The Supreme Court from Warren to Rehnquist A. E. Dick Howard era was marked by deci- session begun in October. delivered the 29th sions such as enforcing Howard speculated that lecture in the Henry J. population as the basis for the tragic events of Miller distinguished lecture districting, the federaliza- September 11 could series on Thursday, tion of criminal justice and influence the types of case October 4, before an the protection of the civil this Supreme Court will audience that included rights movement. face, with issues such as Supreme Court Justice When President Nixon terrorism, civil liberties Norman Fletcher, Georgia was elected he had four and security. State University President vacancies to fill on the Director of Develop- Carl V. Patton, Dean Supreme Court. This led to ment and Alumni Affairs Emeritus Ben F. Johnson, the Burger court, which is Alleen Deutsch rated Jr., members of ’s associated with cases on Professor Howard “one of legal community, law controversial issues such the best speakers in the school faculty and students. A.E. Dick Howard as abortion and the death series. He had the ability The lecture series, sup- ating from the law school penalty. to make practical points ported by the Loridans at the University of The Rehnquist court, about the implications of the Foundation, is named for Virginia. Professor Howard beginning in 1986, incor- Supreme Court decisions.” the late Henry J. Miller, stated that he was inter- porated three new justices whose distinguished career ested in lecturing at under President Ronald IN THIS exemplified the values of Georgia State University Regan and two under service and morals. because it has “one of the President George Bush. ISSUE Professor Howard is best up and coming law Professor Howard pointed the White Burkett Miller colleges.” out that there are no Alumni Profile ...... 3 Professor of Law and The first half of the justices from the Warren Law Review Public Affairs and the Roy lecture focused on the Court serving on the current Symposium ...... 4 L. and Rosamond W. Mor- Warren court, which was Supreme Court. Benchmarks Summer Academy ...... 5 gan Research Professor at marked by a period of of the Rehnquist court Mock Trial Teams ...... 5 the . “judicial activism” unpar- include a rediscovery of G.L.C. Public He read philosophy, politics alleled in history. “The federalism, the use of the Service Award ...... 7 and economics as a Warren court’s liberal 11th amendment, and dis- FY2001 Annual Rhodes Scholar at Oxford agenda can be summed taste for affirmative action. Report by Class ...... 9 University and clerked for up in two words: fairness The lecture concluded U.S. Supreme Court Justice and equality,” stated with an acknowledgement Donor Recognition .... 10,11 Hugo L. Black after gradu- Professor Howard. This of the new Supreme Court

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW 1 Law Letter Fall 2001

The Law Letter is published by the Office of Development three times a year for graduates, students, faculty, staff and friends of the College of Law. Please send address changes, graduate news, comments and DEAN’S MESSAGE requests to: Christine M. Hill, Editor Georgia State University College of Law he College of Law welcomed 235 program and our tax clinic, this course Office of Development T P.O. Box 4037, Atlanta, GA 30302-4037 new students in August 2001, our provides a field placement with a Phone: 404/651-4360 • Fax: 404/651-4155 largest class to date. The growing repu- Georgia General Assembly committee. E-mail: [email protected] tation of the law school and enhanced Working with the chair of a committee, Office of Development recruitment efforts undoubtedly each student will complete a significant Alleen Deutsch, Director Phone: 404/651-2142 Fax: 404/651-4155 contributed to a yield higher than the written legal analysis of an issue the E-mail: [email protected] 200 students we expected. A survey of committee plans to address during the Delita M. Ashby, Alumni Relations Coordinator our entering class revealed that they upcoming legislative session. Once Phone: 404/651-2040 Fax: 404/651-4155 E-mail: [email protected] chose Georgia State for several reasons: the session begins, the student will Receptionists reasonable in-state tuition, ties to the continue to provide research and Student Services, 404/651-2048 area, our campus setting and the analysis on that issue and other Faculty, 404/651-2096 reputation of our programs. In pending legislation. Law Library Circulation Desk, 404/651-2478 researching information about our law Reference Desk, 404/651-4143 school, 94% of our first-year students Given the technological sophistica- Administration used the Internet, and the college’s tion required of today’s law graduates, Janice C. Griffith, Dean 404/651-2035 Steven Kaminshine, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs web site served as the initial contact the college must continue to integrate 404/651-2044 point for 69% of them. technology into all college operations. Bob Shuford, Associate Dean for Administrative Services Last year, we redesigned the college’s 404/651-4161 Cheryl Jackson, Admissions Director 404/651-4162 This year the college will continue web site to add “portals” for easier Vickie Brown, Career Services Director 404/651-2705 a process of self-examination and navigation and search engines to make Nancy Johnson, Law Librarian 404/651-4140 planning for the future. We aim to information easily accessible. This year Board of Visitors Dom Wyant, Chair, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue develop a more comprehensive vision we will strive to make more online Miles J. Alexander, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP of where the law school should be in resources available to our students Randall Allen, Alston & Bird Representative Kathleen B. Ashe, District 46 2006 and beyond. The college seeks to and graduates. Ranked by the National Byron Attridge, King & Spalding reach consensus on more definitive Jurist Magazine as the eleventh “most Dorothy Toth Beasley, Senior Judge, State of Georgia priorities than our strategic plan wired” law school in the country, the Marva Jones Brooks, Arnall, Golden & Gregory W. Lee Burge, Retired Chairman of Equifax Inc. presently provides. Because most of college received top ratings for its use Joel Cowan, Chairman, Metropolitan North Georgia the action steps established five years of information technology in course Water Planning District Larry M. Dingle, Wilson, Brock & Irby ago are completed, new goals will instruction and the online resources it Gail H. Evans, Consultant be formulated. provides students, such as web space Allen E. Hill, Vice President, United Parcel Service for student organizations, online Thomas D. Hills, Atlanta City President, Wachovia Bank, N.A. The college continues to expand registration, online career placement Ben F. Johnson III, Alston & Bird the role it can play as a downtown services and free e-mail. Judge Edward H. Johnson, Georgia Court of Appeals Joia M. Johnson, Rare Hospitality International, Inc. urban law school offering multiple Richard Jones, Vice President & General Counsel, programs of high quality. This year, The college will enroll its twentieth Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Paul Kilpatrick Jr., Pope, McGlamry, for the first time, the college will offer class in Fall 2002. We will celebrate Kilpatrick & Morrison a legislation clinic and practicum. this special anniversary next year. Plan- Judge Phyllis Kravitch, U.S. Court of Appeals, Modeled, in part, on our externship ning has begun for several community 11th Circuit Paula Lawton-Bevington, Chairwoman, Servidyne Inc. events. Please send us your thoughts Joey M. Loudermilk, General Counsel, American on possible festivities. You can stay in Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus John T. Marshall, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy touch with us by regularly visiting our Representative Jim Martin, Martin Brothers P.C. web site at http://law.gsu.edu. Charles R. Morgan, Executive Vice President & General Counsel, BellSouth Corporation Susan Neugent, President and CEO, Fernbank Museum of Natural History Mary Margaret Oliver, Joyner, Burnette, Oliver & Quinn John R. Parker Jr., Vice President and General Counsel, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. Stephanie Parker, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue W. Scott Petty, King & Spalding Daniel S. Reinhardt, Troutman Sanders LLP Patricia Tate, Long, Aldridge & Norman Randolph W. Thrower, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan Judge Peggy H. Walker, Juvenile Court, Douglas County Gene Mac Winburn, Winburn, Lewis & Barrow

2 GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW Law Letter Fall 2001 Alumni Profile: Cathy Henson Community Leader and Graduate Inspires College’s Annual Fund Drive

C athy Henson, 1989 law State Board of Education and Chair graduate, was named one of of the Rules Committee. In the past the “100 Most Powerful and Influen- she has been a president of the tial Georgians” in 1999, 2000, and Georgia Parent Teachers Association 2001 by Georgia Trend magazine. At and served on the Governor’s the end of last year, Ms. Henson also Education Reform Commission. became a leader for the law school Ms. Henson has undergraduate by pledging an anonymous $50,000 degrees in both English and speech challenge grant to match all alumni communications. annual gifts to the College of Law. An attorney by profession, Cathy Henson was identified as the Henson is a member of the school donor in August of this year, after law section of the State Bar of Geor- the challenge grant helped motivate gia. She is a graduate of Leadership college alumni to contribute more Atlanta and has served on the than $75,000 in gifts and $10,000 in boards of numerous nonprofit pledges during the 2001 annual fund organizations, including the Georgia drive, more than doubling past Partnership for Excellence in graduate giving. Education and the League of Ms. Henson is an advocate for Women Voters. the collaborative involvement of Ms. Henson has pledged a Cathy Henson educators, parents and the business second $50,000 challenge grant for community in public education in a nonprofit organization created to 2002. This one will match all dollars order to enhance and improve stu- assist and support the implementa- received above $50,000 towards the dent achievement and performance. tion of local school councils, an college’s $100,000 goal. She is the founder and president of initiative of the A+ Reform Act of

the Georgia School Council Institute, 2000. Henson is vice chair of the

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The graduates breakfast at the annual meeting of the State Bar of Georgia held June 15 on Kiawah Island, South Carolina, attracted alumni from some of our earliest graduating classes. Pictured standing from left to right are Professor Anne Emanuel, Dean Janice Griffith, Deborah Poole ’86, Rick Crawford ‘91, Jim Altmam ’86, Jeffrey M. Haskin ’85, Jessie Robertson Altman ’86, Philip Jackson ’88, and Professor L. Lynn Hogue. Seated are Rob Routman ’87 and Gwendolyn Forston Waring ’92.

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW 3 Law Letter Fall 2001 Hooding Ceremony 2001 Symposium

The College of Law’s hooding ceremony was held Friday, May 11, 2001, to Address in the university sports arena. This year’s guest speaker was Governor Ethics in Roy Barnes. Prior to the ceremony, a reception was held for the governor, at which he greeted faculty and guests. A catered celebration Arbitration attended by graduates, family and friends in the Urban Life Plaza followed the ceremony. he Law Review’s annual Tsymposium will be held Thursday, February 14, 2002, in the Speakers Auditorium in the student center. This year’s topic is “Ethics in a World of Mandatory Arbitration.” College of Law Dean Panels will discuss ethical consider- Janice C. Griffith ations of lawyers, arbitration dispute and Georgia State resolution providers, and arbitrators University President during the process of arbitration. The Carl V. Patton. final panel will look at the effect of arbitration on the court system. The four panels will be made up of one presenter/moderator and two discussants each, for a total of 12 participants. As of this date, confirmed speakers are: Thomas Stipanowich, director of the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution; chair of the American Bar Association’s section of dispute President Patton resolution’s arbitration committee; and Governor and co-author of the five-volume Barnes congratu- Federal Arbitration Law: Agreements, lated each new Awards and Remedies under the graduate. Federal Arbitration Act. This book was named the best new legal book of 1994 by the Association of Ameri- can Publishers. John D. Feerick, dean of Fordham Law School in New York; chair of the board of directors of the American Arbitration Association; chair of the Fund for Modern Courts (1995-1999); and president of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York from 1992-1994. Bryant G. Garth, director and Governor Roy Barnes research fellow of the American Bar with faculty members Foundation; vice president of the Andrea Curcio, Natsu International Association of Procedural Saito, Roy Sobelson Law and member of a variety of and Doug Yarn at the reception before the committees dealing with ethics for ceremony. the dispute resolution section of the American Bar Association. The symposium will begin and 9:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m.

4 GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW Law Letter Fall 2001 Summer Academy Thrives

This summer, the faculty of law Arbitration Court, the Czech Court of way. Discussions have been opened at the University of Warsaw in International Arbitration and the with the national arbitration courts Poland and the Georgia State Univer- Venice Court of National and Inter- in Zagreb, Croatia and Ljubljana, sity College of Law joined to sponsor national Arbitration located on the Slovenia, to add them to the roster the eighth annual Summer Academy Giudecca in Venice. A special feature of agencies supporting the academy in International Commercial Arbitra- of the academy this year was the next year. tion. Spanning a month in May and visit to the law school at the The major undertaking regarding June, the academy drew thirty-two University of Vienna where Professor the Summer Academy in Interna- students for a concentrated introduc- Walter Rechberger, a colleague of tional Commercial Arbitration right tion to the law and practice of Professor Lanier’s and an acknowl- now is the process of securing re- arbitration in commercial disputes at edged authority in international accreditation from the American Bar major arbitral centers scattered commercial arbitration, became Association, which must be done across central Europe. Faculty dean in January 2001. Other lectures every five years. “We are confident members, including Professors and activities of the academy, of A.B.A. approval,” notes Professor Bross, Gregory, Sobelson and adjunct including the final examinations Lanier. “The Academy has never instructor Judge Robert Leith, joined administered in each of the two been stronger in its history than it is Professor Robert Flannigan of the seminars associated with it, were at this moment, and we meet and foreign languages department at conducted in Linz, Austria, the long- exceed every criterion by which the in time home base of the academy on quality of programs such as this are accompanying the student contingent. the banks of the Danube River in measured.” A preliminary report Professor E. R. Lanier of the College upper Austria. from the ABA inspection team that of Law directed the organization and Planning for the academy for visited the academy this summer activities of the academy, as he has the summer of 2002 is well under- was quite positive and supportive. since 1994. Mona Baldwin, a rising 2L at the College of Law, served as

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FACULTYBRIEFS

Mark Budnitz’ book Consumer standards of the profession, Jurgensmeyer lectured to Georgia Ellen S. Podgor co-authored a Banking and Payments Law was which continues to monitor the State University Law School’s 2001 supplement to her casebook, published over the summer, as pilot “Transition into Practice” European Program in Linz, Austria, White Collar Crime: Law & Practice well as the latest supplement project for new lawyers. Professor on “Alternate Dispute Resolution (West) and a teacher’s manual to to his book The Law of Lender Girth also made a presentation and Environmental Controversies.” her co-authored book, Interna- Liability. His article on teaching entitled “Personal Bankruptcy In June and July, he participated tional Criminal Law: Cases and consumer protection was pub- Options for U.S. Debtors” at the in the graduation ceremonies of Materials (Lexis). This past lished in The Consumer Advocate. fall meeting of the American Bar the Center for American Law at summer she spoke on jurisdiction He presented a paper entitled Association’s Family Law Section. the University of Warsaw, Poland, issues related to computer fraud “Legislative Issues” before the and conducted 160 student crimes at the Southeastern Asso- Privacy Working Group of the William Gregory delivered interviews for applicants to the ciation of American Law Schools. Georgia Electronic Commerce several lectures at Georgia State Center’s 2001-2002 Program. This fall 2001, Professor Podgor Association. He was a member of University’s Summer Academy in is at the a panel discussing “Hot Topics in Linz, Austria, in June on the topic School of Law as the John S. Consumer Arbitration” at the of international arbitration. His E.R. Lanier joined Professor Stone visiting endowed chairholder. annual meeting of the American third edition of Law of Agency & Doug Yarn in early May at the Bar Association. Partnership is being published by spring workshop of the Gruter Charity Scott was recently ap- West Group this Fall. The second Foundation in Tuebingen, pointed as chair of the American Andi Curcio led a workshop edition of Cases and Materials on Germany, where he addressed Bar Association Health Law entitled “Incorporating Writing Agency & Partnership(with Hurst) the conference on the integration Section’s group on Medical and Real Life Context into Sub- will be published shortly thereafter. of student training programs into Research, Biotechnology, and stantive Courses” at the Institute the work of the foundation. They Clinical Ethics. She was a for Law School Teaching’s eighth Janice Griffith spoke at the then traveled to The Hague, contributing author to two annual summer conference in National Conference of Bar Netherlands, where they were chapters in a book entitled Joint July. She also was appointed the Presidents annual meeting, in involved in discussion with the Ventures in Health Care: An reporter for the Georgia Supreme August, on “Instilling Professional- Secretary of the Permanent Court Antitrust Analysis. Professor Court Commission on Equality to ism in Law Students From Start to of Arbitration on the expansion Scott spoke on the recent work work with the commission in its Finish: Bar and Academy Partner- of the arbitral activities of that of the Georgia Collaborative to examination of Georgia’s sexual ships.” In June, Dean Griffith was court. Professor Lanier was once Improve End-of-Life Care at an violence laws. a presenter and moderator at the again active as director of the Emerging Issues in Health Care Seminar for New Law School Summer Academy in Interna- 2001 conference in Orlando. William Edmundson will present Deans. She spoke on “Working tional Commercial Arbitration, She also was a panel speaker on a paper, “Contextualist Answers with Senior Staff” and “Managing which was co-sponsored this year teaching health care law at the to Skepticism and What a Lawyer Technology.” by the University of Warsaw and annual health law teachers Cannot Know,” to the Florida convened at venues in Poland, conference in Boston. State University College of Law Nancy Johnson spoke at the Hungary, Italy, the Czech Repub- faculty forum in November. American Association of Law lic and Austria. In June, Lanier Jack Williams recently com- He will moderate a panel on Libraries Annual Meeting in July researched Georgia legal history pleted a series of lectures on capital punishment at the annual on “Law Librarianship Education at the British Publics Office in bankruptcy and business meeting of the eastern division for New Realities, New Roles.” Kew, U.K., just outside London. reorganization to the U.S. of the Amercian Phiosophical She also coordinated a program He attended the conference of Environmental Protection Agency Association in Atlanta in December. on the escalating costs of legal the Southeast Association of and the Small Business Adminis- publications. During the year, she American Law Schools on Hilton tration. He completed a series of Victor Flatt was a visiting served as chair of the American Head Island in mid-July. In lectures in New York City at the professor at the University of Association of Law Libraries Task August, Lanier participated in Cornell Club on “Financial Washington’s School of Law this Force on the Economic Study of the University System Board of Distress, Use of Financial Experts summer, and is a visiting professor Law Book Pricing. Regents faculty development in Bankruptcy, Solvency Analyses, at Seattle University this fall. program in Cuba, where he and Measuring Commercial Professor Flatt was elected to a Julian Jurgensmeyer spent a lectured in Camaguey on the Damages in Litigation.” Professor second term of the national week at the Center for Social public international law implica- Williams had been named by the board of directors for Lambda Science Research on the Environ- tions of the Helms-Burton Act, editors of the Turnarounds and Legal Defense and Education ment of the University of Aarhus, which strengthened the U.S. Workouts Journal to the top ten Fund. He presented a C.L.E. Denmark where he is on the trade embargo of the Castro list of outstanding bankruptcy about the new ordinance for the Center’s Board of Advisors. While regime in Cuba. Professor Lanier academics for 2001 and the state bar, employment law section. there, he participated in the 5th categorically denies that he drank list of top bankruptcy taxation Nordic Research Conference on rum, smoked cigars, or fished for specialists for 2001. Marjorie Girth has been the Ecological Modernisation of marlin while in Cuba and asks reappointed to the Law School Society, where he presented a that he henceforth be refered to Admission Council’s audit paper on “Market Based as “Papa.” committee and to the State Bar Approaches to Environmental of Georgia’s committee on Preservation.” In June, Professor

6 GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW Law Letter Fall 2001

WEB News CLASSACTIONS College of Law Launches 1986 Alumni Directory Mary M. "Peggy" Brockington 1990 has left Holland & Knight to form Tami Colston has been Strickland, Brockington & Lewis. appointed to the Superior Court The College of Law is launching a new on-line in Rome, Georgia. directory featuring all of its graduates this November! Roy L. Moore is the associate The initial phase will be a basic alphabetical directory dean for graduate studies in the 1992 featuring names, year of graduation, work and home Evelyn Ashley’s Red Hot Law College of Communications contact information, and e-mail addresses. The system and Information Studies at the Group has been acquired by . During Aldridge & Norman. Ms. Ashley is password protected the spring he was acting director will head the technology and The second phase of the system will of the School of Journalism intellectual property practice. feature a personalized login and password, a search and Telecommunications and engine, the ability to execute real-time updates to the university media advisor. During 1994 Scott Anderson has joined the directory, and the ability to indicate information such as the 2001-2001 academic year he practice areas and networking information. This phase will be an American Council intellectual property group at on Education Fellow at the Alston & Bird, where he practices will launch in early Spring 2002. If you logon to the . patent law. directory and need information corrected, please e-mail Christine Hill in the development office at 1987 1996 [email protected]. If you do not want to be listed John B. Sumner was appointed Carolina Colin-Antonini was appointed pro hac vice judge for in the director or experience technical difficulties, please to the position of judge of the contact Peter Thorsett in law technology services at Juvenile and Family Court Division Atlanta City Court. She is the in Cherokee County, Georgia, as only female Hispanic judge in [email protected]. of July 1. Georgia and only the second Hispanic person currently on the 1989 bench in Georgia. Anne Lewis has left Holland & Graduate Health Knight to form Stickland, Brockington & Lewis. Law Network The College of Law is forming a network of law graduates with an interest in the health care field. Outstanding Graduate Any graduate who is interested in health law issues, opportunities, and programs may join. The Graduate to Receive Award Health Law Network will sponsor activities to foster formal and informal exchanges both among its members he Graduate Leadership Council (G.L.C.), the and with current students, faculty, and professional Tgoverning body of the graduate association will organizations in the health care field. Graduates will be award its Service to the College of Law Award at the invited to participate in a variety of activities, ranging graduates breakfast at the mid-year meeting of the from the purely social to the predominantly professional State Bar of Georgia at the Swissôtel January 11, 2002. in nature. These activities will include informal gather- This award is given to a graduate who has made ings with graduates and current students to learn about outstanding contributions to the College of Law, de- career or educational opportunities in the health-care fined by either time and/or financial resources. The field; coaching current students for the annual National recipient will have demonstrated a continuing com- Health Law Moot Court competition held in November mitment to the successful growth and development every year; and formal presentations or programs on of the college. Nominations were solicited from the timely topics in health care law, policy, and ethics. For legal community as well as faculty, alumni and stu- more information, please contact Professor Charity dents at the law school. Nominations were then Scott, at [email protected], or visit the Graduate Health reviewed by a selection committee of five G.L.C. Law Network website at http://law.gsu.edu/ghln to fill out members, one College of Law faculty member and a membership form. one member of the Board of Visitors. This year’s award will be presented to Judge Peggy Harris Walker, class of 1986. Visit our home page at www.law.gsu.edu

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW 7 Law Letter Fall 2001 Graduates Re-unite for Evening of Friends, Food and Music M ore than 100 guests attended the reunion for the classes of 1986, 1991 and 1996 held Saturday, September 8. Classmates and their guests mingled with faculty on the second floor of the Urban Life Center. Hor’s d’oeuvres and desserts were served; a caricature artist drew lots of pictures; and the sound of jazz wafted through the crowd, courtesy of Georgia State University’s School of Music. The college extends heartfelt thanks to the following graduates who served on the reunion committee. Class of 1986: Monique L. Fouque-Kirby, Lynn Shier Hassett, Andrew Lohn, William A. Pannell, Deborah J. Poole, Deborah E. Wolf and Madeline Wirt. Class of 1991: Luther Beck, Patricia Bennett Ball, Eleanor R. Benson, Robyn Ice, Michael G. Regas, II, Barbara Greer Swinton and Lori Winkleman. Class of 1996: Vicki Bell, Michele S. Brown, John Creasy, Susan Gordon, Maureen Mae McLeon, Sandra Partridge and Julie S. Porter. The office of development and alumni relations is now planning the reunion event for the classes of 1987, 1992 and 1997, which will take place late summer or early fall of 2002. If you would like to be on the committee or need further information, contact Delita Ashby, Alumni Relations Coordinator, at 404-651-2040 or [email protected].

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8 GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW Law Letter Fall 2001 College of Year Sees Record-breaking Law’s Giving

Community FY 2001 Annual Report – College of Law Donors by Class Year Gifts received July 1, 2000-June 30, 2001

Outreach year # of # of % of total gift graduates donors donors Results in 1984 7 2 29% $1,000.00 1985 55 14 26% $2,466.00 Course to 1986 126 25 20% $8,012.00 1987 136 18 13% $7,995.00 Meet Court 1988 159 16 10% $2,735.00 1989 98 17 17% $13,050.00 1990 131 15 12% $4,500.00 Requirements 1991 165 25 15% $4,855.00 1992 157 31 20% $4,610.00 1993 150 16 11% $2,585.00 Until it’s dissolution early 1994 173 34 20% $4,070.00 this year, Georgia State 1995 167 25 15% $4,387.00 University’s continuing education 1996 145 11 8% $620.00 division scheduled a course to assist 1997 199 42 21% $3,895.00 bar applicants who have had three 1998 188 34 18% $4,920.00 unsuccessful attempts to pass the 1999 193 42 22% $2,605.00 bar. The Georgia Supreme Court 2000 52 179 29% $3,735.00 requires that applicants engage in 2001 1 28 1% $300.00 a course of study before taking TOTALS 2,556 420 16.4% $76,340.00

another bar exam.

○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ The College of Law at Georgia ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ State University is pleased to announce that it has assumed Nominations Sought for Award responsibility for the administration of the course, Bar Admissions Honoring Public Service Course of Study, scheduled for six successive Saturday morning ses- sions beginning January 12, 2002. The College of Law cordially invites you to nominate an exceptional The course consists of six three- lawyer in the State of Georgia for the 2002 Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public hour sessions in the following areas Service Award. of instruction: Legal writing; mock The Ben F. Johnson Jr. Public Service Award is presented annually to a bar exam essays and M.P.T. ques- Georgia lawyer whose life and career reflects the high tradition of selfless tions; substantive law and test public service that our founding dean, Ben F. Johnson Jr., has exemplified anxiety. The majority of the course during his career. This award was established as part of the tenth anniversary will be spent in small group sessions celebration for the College of Law in 1992, and is presented in the spring. consisting of one writing instructor PAST RECIPIENTS for up to 10 participants, who will receive individual attention when 2001 - Clifford Oxford, Esq. completing the legal writing, mock 2000 - The Honorable Luther A. Alverson essay and mock M.P.T portions. 1999 - A. Paul Cadenhead, Esq. For additional information, 1998 - Randolph Thrower, Esq. contact Christine M. Hill at 404-651- 1997 - The Honorable Dorothy Toth Beasley 4360 or [email protected]. 1996 - The Honorable Harold C. Clarke 1995 - Donald L. Hollowell, Esq. 1994 - The Honorable Elbert P. Tuttle The nomination deadline is Friday, January 26, 2002. Nominations may We want you… be sent in the form of a letter to Mark Kadish, Professor and Chair of the to send us your Selection Committee, Georgia State University College of Law, P.O. Box 4037, Atlanta, Georgia 30302; by fax to 404-651-2794; or by email to e-mail address, please. [email protected]. For more information call 404-651-2040 or visit http:// law.gsu.edu/alumni/ALUM_BFJAward.htm.

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Total support to the law school $393,804 Thomas James Guzzo ADVOCATES Christopher Joseph Chan Cheryl D. Harris ($250-$499) and Melody Lyn Hunter (includes matching gifts) Martha Sikes Hartmann Aquila Kikora Austin Charles W. Chesbro Total number of donors 566 Allen E. Hill Stephen C. Bateman Sheila Kessler Chrzan and Michael Bryan Husk Cory C. Begner and David S. Chrzan Total support from law graduates $76,340 Jett & Liss Alan Begner Mark James Cicero Adam G. Jett, Jr. Marcia Weil Borowski Tambra Pannell Colston Total number of donors 420 David Victor Johnson Browning & Tanksley, L.L.C. Scott C. Commander Phyllis A. Kravitch Cleve Burton and Corless & Webster, P.C. Gifts to the College of Law support Marlo Orlin Leach and Terri L. Brown Carlos L. Corless Jonathan Leach Bryan Edward Busch Roger A. Cox and quality academic programs, scholarships, Joel I. Liss Carol A. Callaway Aileen Finerty Cox student activities and faculty scholarship. Loudermilk Family Jeremy Emanuel Citron Jane E. Cronin This report gratefully acknowledges all Christian Foundation Gregory Mark Cole Rand Jason Csehy donations received between July 1, 2000 Joey M. Loudermilk Charlotte A. Combre Victoria Melissa Davis Susan E. Neugent Kim S. Dammers Karen Lucille Dayton and June 30, 2001. Law graduates exceeded Nottingham & Husk, Inc. David Newton Dorough, Jr. Mildred Deutsch the challenge grant goal of $50,000 by Keith Alan O'Daniel Wendell Byrom Franklin Anthony Vincent Ditaranto 52.6% and more than doubled past annual William Allen Pannell and Ralph E. Gaskins, Jr. Nathaniel Dobson total graduate gifts to the college. Margaret Reece Pannell Kevin Hugh Hendrickson Heather An H. Dognazzi Stephanie E. Parker Virginia Ann Johnson Barbara Anne Donnelly Peachtree Settlement Gregory D. Luetscher Marina K. Duncan Funding Corporation Donald Peter Mandrik Sterling P. Eaves We thank you for your support. W. Scott Petty and William John McAleer and Timothy Lee Eidson Kathryn Y. Petty Felicia L. McAleer Michael Eisenstadt Bonnie Rich F. Faison Middleton, IV and William G. Esslinger, Jr. A Special Thanks Frank Slover Karin Allen Middleton Mitchel Scott Evans Timothy Joseph Trankina Rebecca Jane Miller Roslyn Sara Falk We are especially proud of the and Kimberly Kushay Lisa Harmon O’Day and Steven R.Fehlenberg support of the faculty and staff Trankina Allen O’Day Ronald Fontenot Wachovia Bank, N.A. SunTrust Bank Atlanta Carl Joseph Franzman of the College of Law, who Peggy Harris Walker and Foundation John Joseph Friedline donated an unprecedented James Wendell Davis SunTrust Bank Northeast Ginsberg Law Office, P.C. 95.3% to the law school Lori V. Winkleman Georgia, N.A. Jodi Brenner Ginsberg James Butler Yawn Thomas Wardell and Rose Eugenie Goff through the university’s annual Susan B. Wardell Glenn L. Goodhart faculty and staff campaign. Jill Wasserman Rachelle Renfro Green COUNSELORS Michael G. Wasserman and Janet M. Greene ($500-$999) Harriet King Wasserman Nancy Colleen Greenwood Audio & Video Nancy S. Whyte Kenneth C. Grim and We strive to produce a complete and accurate Contracting, Inc. Robert Ford Willis Nancy W. Grim report. Please report any inadvertent errors or John Paul Cowan Calvin Ray Wright Kevin James Guidry omissions to: Christine Hill, Development Gail H. Evans Cynthia D. Hall Assistant, PO Box 4037, Atlanta, Ga 30302, Raul Andrew Fernandez Kathleen Ingram Hall 404-651-4360/ [email protected] Scott Michael Frank SUPPORTERS Lance J. Hamilton Carol Russell Geiger and ($100-$249) Jessica J. Harper and Henry Anthony Isabel Mary Alcocer Stephen P. Harper DEAN’S TRUST DEAN’S FELLOWS Jan Holloway James S. Altman and Gerald Lee Henderson ($100,000 and above) ($2,500-$4,999) Kristin Klausen Howard Jessie R. Altman Laurel Elaine Henderson Atlanta Law School Anonymous Suzanne E. Krause-Keil Allyson W. Anderson M. Maxine Hicks Attorneys Title Guarantee and David H. Keil James Patrick Anderson Donald A. Hillsman, Sr. Fund, Inc. Law Office of R. Andrew Paul E. Andrew Joseph Wiley Hodges, Jr. DEAN’S SUSTAINERS Janice C. Griffith and Fernandez John Bailie Austin William W. Hopson ($20,000-$29,999) Richard Perles Paula Lawton-Bevington Elizabeth T. Baer Nicole Lomangino House W. Lee Burge Ben Johnson, III Mark and Evelyn Trammel James J. Bagwell and Russ House Ben Johnson, Jr. Gene Mac Winburn Foundation, Inc. Patricia B. Ball Beth Anne Howie Steven B. Najjar and Richard H. Barbe David John Hungeling Kimberly Thorsten Najjar Kenneth D. Barnes Robyn E. Ice DEAN’S BENEFACTORS DEAN’S CLUB Ann-Margaret Perkins Susan C. Barton Elizabeth Hartley Imes and ($10,000-$19,999) ($1,000-$2,499) Rich & Smith Attorneys Dorothy Toth Beasley G. Carl Imes Catherine Collins Henson Randall Lee Allen at Law Bruce Harlan Becker Douglas M. Isenberg Kathy Ashe Rosenberg Family Fund Begner & Begner, P.C. Phillip Jackson R. Byron Attridge Howard Alan Rosenberg Melodie Belcher Thomas H. Jankowski DEAN’S SCHOLARS Charles H. Battle, Jr. Eric E. Thorstenberg . Vicki Lynn Bell J. James Johnson ($5,000-$9,999) Tracey Mason Blasi Deborah Lynn Wolff BellSouth Corporation William Rockwell Joiner Charles Loridans Mary M. Brockington E. Jenner Wood, III Donald Lee Biola Mara Elise Jolkovsky Foundation Sumita Chadhury-Ghosh Fred Steven Bolding Andrea C. Jones C.L.C. Foundation, Inc. Jefferson L. Davis, Jr. Rochelle Bozman Dawn Michele Jones Larry McKenzie Dingle Alleen Deutsch Carol Kay Burns Denise Kaufman Linda DiSantis and George Sally G. Butler Lynn Stapleton Koch and Robert Kerr, Jr. Damon Davis Camp and Robert Alan Koch F. O. O'Daniel Foundation Linda Camp Christine A. Koehler Xernia Linnette Forston Carey & Dobson, L.L.C. Lawrence A. Kohn

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Patrick L. Lail West Group Michael Joseph Brennan Kevin S. Little and Howard L. Sharfstein Robert William Lenzer James Richard Westbury Marial L. Ellis Lee Hamil Little Frances Maria Sheffield Michael Thomas Lesutis William E. Whitaker Miranda L. Fallen Martha Gillis Lyles Melinda C. Shepherd John David Lindholm Barry Lyndon Wood Joseph Patrick Farrell Amelia Susan Magee Edith M. Shine and Daniel William Lindsey Katherine Kimberly Wood Eleanor Tabb Fasbender Aneesah Mahdi Mark J. Sherman Andrew W. Lohn Jason Bradley Yost Federated Department Tania Shereen Malik Julie Steiner Shirley and Lowendick Speed Cuzdey Lawrence D. Young Stores Foundation Jessica L. Margolis Timothy G. Shirley Ehrman & Seta William Edgar Fields Megan Grace Mathews Leslie Vaughan Simmons Thomas Charles Lundin, Jr. Debbie W. Flesch McCamish Systems, L.L.C. Fred Robert Slotkin, Jr. J. H. Matthew Maguire, Jr. ASSOCIATES Teri Ann Forehand Michael Thomas McCulley Roslyn Michele Smackum Alison A. Main and ($1-$99) Lisa Allison Frank Jan P. McDavid Daniel Charles Smith Kenneth A. Main Abrahams Law Office, L.L.C. Elizabeth Fraser-May John Kevin McDonald Elliott Braxton Smith Lynne D. Mapes-Riordan Valrie Brown Abrahams William P. Freeman Toni Glover McDowell Franklin H. Smith, Jr. Barbara Anne Marschalk Morgan G. Adams Roger D.Futerman Michael C. McGoff Russell William Smith Cynthia F. Marx Sengsourivanh Bradley Vincent Gee Elaine T. McGruder Jean Claudio Sperling Bowdre Mays McAllister Ananthasane Heidi M. Geiger Graham McKinnon, IV Karen Sue Spurlock Corin Michael McCarthy Brian James Anderson Robert Rogers Giannini Jerome Bell McNally Jill E. Stahlman M. Elizabeth McFadyen Gary B. Andrews and Melissa Kiely Gilbert and Melanie S.McNeil Brent Derrett Stamps John M. Merritt Philicia L. Andrews Jan Parker Gilbert Nancy Fehr Meeden James Willis Standard Leslie Allen Oakes Jon Stanley Arth Merrilee Aynes Gober Vanessa T. Meikle State Farm Companies John O'Brien Alissa C. Atkins Christine M. Goetzinger Carol P.Michel Foundation Patrick O'Connor Kay Larraine Averett Michelle Renee Gozansky Karin Allen Middleton and Dane Lee Steffenson Charles C. Parker Timothy Steven Barbiarz Robert Wingate Griner and F. Faison Middleton, IV Melissa Kinsey Stewart Jody L. Peskin Bailey & Riley, L.L.P. Nancy Reba Griner Norris W. Minnis Ashley Ayers Stinson William E. Porter and Genevieve Bailey Gregory B. Grogan James M. Money Clark G. Sullivan and Leslie Martha Porter Robert Michael Barrett, II Michael D. Gruenhut Catherine Anne Monte Stewart Sullivan Julia H. Powell Allison Elizabeth Bell Warren R. Halvorson Cynthia C. Moore and Andrew James Surdykowski PricewaterhouseCoopers Mitchell S. Berger Marilyn Pusey Hamilton Kevin G. Moore David A Tansill and Foundation Joyce Wilson Bergman Amy Shulman Haney Ralph R. Morrison and Alice H. Tansill Adam Patrick Princenthal Lynn Heath Betz Barry Lynn Hardy Rebeca C. Morrison David A Tansill, Attorney Prudential Foundation Shella Wolff Blaustein and Marvin Joel Harkins Michael Robert Neuenkirch at Law, L.L.C. Michael P. Qualey, Jr. David Neal Blaustein Nanette P. Harley and Dinh Xuan Nguyen Larry Howard Tatum Richard Caryl Ritscher James Herbert Bly Craig Gordon Harley Novy, James & Vaughan Jennifer Marie Taylor Kelly R. Rixner Amy Haas Bogartz Lucas Oliver Harsh Kristine Klein Oglivie Renee L. Tedrick Stanley Wade Robbins Charles Prescott Boring Joe W. Hendricks Audrey Chinyere Ogueri Michael J. Tempel Karen Richardson Rohrer Sandra M. Bourbon Carol Ann Hendry Ogueri Law Offices Lynne Reimann Thomas Cynthia W. Roseberry Lovann Bronstein John E. Hennelly Aileen Rosemary Page Nancee Elaine Tomlinson Robert Jon Routman Daniel Conrad Brooks Anne Whiddon Henry and Amy Bergeron Panessa and Cuong Minh Truong J. Kristi Rowell Timothy R. Brown and Russell Dale Henry Brian Keith Panessa Cheryl Jane Tubach Russell Law Office Sandra T. 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UPCOMING EVENTS

LEADERSHIP-LEVEL DONORS APPRECIATION EVENT PUBLIC INTEREST LAW ASSOCIATION (P.I.L.A.) Tuesday, November 27 ANNUAL AUCTION President’s Loft – Muse Building Saturday, February 9 6:30-8:30 p.m Georgia State University Student Center Ballroom GRADUATE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL QUARTERLY MEETING Thursday, December 6 LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM Host: Clifford Stanford Thursday, February 14 Federal Reserve Bank Topic: “Ethics in a World of Mandatory 1000 Peachtree Street Arbitration” 6:30 p.m. Location: tba

GRADUATES BREAKFAST MILLER LECTURE STATE BAR OF GEORGIA MID-YEAR MEETING Thursday, March 14 Friday, January 11 Speaker: Linda Greenhouse, Washington Speaker: Professor Charity Scott Bureau Chief of the New York Times Topic: “Law and Medicine: New Directions Location: Speakers Auditorium – Student Center in Interdisciplinary Education” 6:00 p.m. Presentation of the Graduate Leadership Council’s Service Award Swissôtel, Atlanta 8:00 a.m.

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