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Publishing of an advertisement its Board of Governors or its Executive Committee. does not imply endorsement of any product or service offered. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to same address. 10 GBJ Legal Departments 22 10 4 From the President Whose Money Is It Anyway? 8 From the YLD President How Garnishments Are Affected 40 Bench & Bar by a Bankruptcy Filing Office of the General by David A. Kleber 50 Counsel GBJ Features 52 Lawyer Discipline 18 54 Law Practice Management 32 Georgia Bar Media 56 Section News & Judiciary Conference 58 Member Benefits in Its 22nd Year 60 Writing Matters by Stephanie J. Wilson 64 Professionalism Page 22 68 In Memoriam 2012 Georgia Corporation 72 Book Review and Business Organization 76 CLE Calendar Case Law Developments by Thomas S. Richey 78 Notices and Michael P. Carey 83 Classified Resources Advertisers Index 56 30 84 Business Development Symposium: Law Partners and In-House Counsel Explain the Art of Business Development by Marian Cover Dockery 32 Meriwether County See details on the 2013 Courthouse at Greenville: Annual Meeting on the 60 The Grand Old Courthouses inside back cover of this of Georgia issue. More information by Wilber W. Caldwell is available online at 34 www.gabar.org. Georgia Legal Services Program “And Justice for All” Honor Roll of Contributors From the President by Robin Frazer Clark Photo by Zach Porter Photography All I Really Know About Professionalism I Learned in Golf ou probably recall Robert Fulghum’s popu- The game of golf is governed jointly by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club (R&A) of St. Andrews, Scotland, lar book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned and the United States Golf Association (USGA). But, as stated in the USGA’s “The Spirit of the Game” docu- in Kindergarten, which was first published ment, “Unlike many sports, golf is played, for the most Y part, without the supervision of a referee or umpire. The in 1988. Its premise was that game relies on the integrity of the individual to show con- the world would be a better “But lawyers must always bring sideration for other players and to abide by the Rules.