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A SECTION-BY-SECTION
GUIDE TO THE LSAT
FALL 2010
VOL. 14, NO. 2
LAW
With tuition up and lawyer
salaries stagnant, it's more
important than ever to choose a
law school that delivers a good
value. We crunched the numbers
to identify the cream of the crop
for value.
LS
With tuition up and lawyer salaries stagnant, it's
more important than ever to choose a law school that
delivers a good value. We crunched the numbers to
identify the cream of the crop for value.
BY REBECCA LARSEN
Even though Jennifer Kce~n had gone
to Florida State as an undergraduate, she
wasn'r. ready ro enter law school at the same
un iversity without looking around at other
places.
"J had a long list of 15 schools including private schools and schools outside rhe
state, because I like rrying new th ings,"
she said. "Bur when I looked at all the facrors - actual cost, the amount of career
placement, the bar passage rare - I crossed
many of the places off my list. FSU had all
rhc things I wanted ar an incredibly good
COS(. "
She's now a first-year law student at
Florida State.
Kara Wilder, also a first year, was accepted ar nine law schools she applied m and
thought she wanted to leave Georgia for
New York or California. Bur then she
experienced sticker shock. Her firsr year ar
one of the other schools could have cosr
her more than $70,000. She chose Georgia
State University instead, where she thinks
she can save at least $30,000 a year in
c:xpcnses. She also said Georgia State wa.s
ranked at abou t the same level academically
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as other schools she was consid<~ring.
More rhan ever bdore, law srudcnrs
should be concerned abour rhe value of a
J.D. Tuition and cost-of-living expenses
have been rising quicker than entry-level
salaries for lawyers. The recent recession
has slowed hiring, making ira challenge for
graduates with large debt loads.
To help prospective studen ts, prelaw
magazine has crunched the numbers co
identify rhc best value law schools. This
year's lis r has 60 Besr V.'llue schools, wirh
each assigned a letter grade of A, A-, B+ or
B. The schools that received an A are also
ranked - with Georgia Srare ar rhe rop.
law schools make the Best Value rankings if they meet three criteria: Their bar
pass rate is higher than the stare average;
their average indebtedness after graduation
is below $1 00.000; and r.heir employmem
rate n ine months after graduation is 85 percem of the class or higher. We chen weighr
the schools using the same three factors
plus in-state tuition costs. (See sidebar on
how we did the rankings for more derails.)
Although most schools are publicly
funded, II of rhe 60 schools this year are
privare, including Brigham Young
University and Phoenix School
of Law, a school that received full
ABA accredir;Hion in June.
T he Best Value study is nor designed to
identifY the schools where students can get
their greatest return on invesrmenr. While
such a 'financial investment' approach may
be imporranr for some, rhis ranking is
designed for srudcnrs who wam a qualiry
legal education at an affordable price.
T he vast majoriry of law school graduates either work for a small, regional law
firm or in public service. This ranking
idcnrif1es rhc law schools that provide the
best value for rhose graduares.
For example, The University of
Connecticut's tuition is approximately
$20,000, while Yale Law School, just
down the road, is more rhan $48,000.
The median privare starting salary for
each school ($120,000 for UConn and
$160,000 for Yale) would suggest that Ya.le
is a better return on investment. Bur that
is only true if the student is inreresred in
landing a job at one of the nation's largest
continued on page 27
law firms.
2010 Best Value Law Schools
School
Georgia State University
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Statewide b;n
Graduates
passage rate
known to be
fo1 filst-time
test takers
Median private Median
public se1vice
starting salary
employed nine sal?')'
months alter
graduation
Tuition
Average
Indebtedness
sector starting
(20081
t:$.;
89.27°/o
97·30%
$80,000
Sst,ooo
$11,838
$22,129
98.70%
$120,000
$50,25 0
$9.980
$44,035
8].96%
85.58%
8).08%
93.50%
Sss.ooo
$44,000
$14,632
$26,177
94·19%
91.15°/o
2
Brigham Young University
3
University of Louisville
4
Univ. of Nebraska·Lincoln
92.85%
88.64%
90.50%
$55,ooo
$44.100
$12,154
$49.946
5
6
University of Kansas
95·14%
92.05%
89.17%
85.10%
$62,500
$46,ooo
$14,478
$44.000
St2,62o
$J9,099
$51,685
University of Mississippi
90.00%
9 3·30%
90.50%
$ 6'1,000
7
8
91·59%
88.oo%
$9.350
$60,121
rlorida State University
86.87%
80.76%
9$.10%
570,000
$42,000
$14,239
$52,969
9
University of Memphis
93.10%
88.10%
88. 20%
Ss9.281
$47,ooo
$13,710
$49.737
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Florida International
88.oo%
80.70%
92.oo%
$12,800
$58,119
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University of Tennessee
89.66%
88.10%
91.30%
$76,250
$48.750
$13,118
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University of South Carolina
81.83%
91.00%
S75,ooo
S39,ooo
$19,034
$53.751
S41,6t2
90·94%
83.08%
87.]0%
$14,487
Sso,88o
93.70%
$6o,ooo
88.83%
96.so%
$130,000
$90,000
University of New Mexico
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Northern Illinois University
90·97%
96.o8%
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U~v~lty
93·70%
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o f Kentucky
U111ve1S1ty of Georg1<1
-
98.85%
.
_
$t6,020
sss.87o
Sss.ooo
$14.41,8
S6s.o47
$43.750
$14.450
Ss6,643
$15,194
$14.350
$54.373
$65.)24
S3s.ooo
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University of Alabama
87.70%
Texas Tech Univers ity
97.15%
86.6o%
88.96%
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84.50%
9o.so%
18
louisiana State Unive rsity
80.95%
67.32%
91.90%
S7s,ooo
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University of North Dakota
87.33°/o
87.03%
81.20%
$48,000
$47,100
59.461
$6],236
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Unive rsity of Rorida
88.69%
81.47%
87.)0%
$85,ooo
$44.500
$14,228
$6),509
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$44.687
2010 Best Value
Law
Schools
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Arizona State University
89.53%
84.03%
92-90%
$100,000
$]3.317
90-30%
88.09%
89.50%
$8o,ooo
$511,ooo
$49.000
$19,225
Cleveland State Un iversity
$16,764
$61,500
Temple University
89.11%
86.69%
88.90%
$125,000
S45.ooo
$17,226
$78,502
University of Arizona
91·53%
92-31%
82.49%
$n5.ooo
$52,000
$20,895
574,678
88.28%
92-30%
92.20%
S12o.ooo
Ss 2.125
$20,374
$65,224
University of Houston
91-34%
84-5 4%
96.oo%
$95,ooo
$47.400
$21,029
$70,575
Univ. of Missouri- Ka nsas City
97-62%
92-33%
88.70%
$62,500
$43.800
$14,242
$75,093
93-60%
$78,000
$56,ooo
$18,838
$130,000
$46,ooo
$16,014
S55.944
$63,621
$52,250
University of Connecticut
University of Nevada- Las Vegas
81.48%
University of North Carolina
89.84°/o
76.94°/o
82.61%
University of Oklahoma
96.27%
92.80%
90-30%
88.6o%
88.78%
87.12%
95-00%
$70,000
$4$.040
$42,$00
$t6,976
University of Toledo
$19,137
$65.775
$74,167
University of Washington
84.68%
74-40%
93-60%
$125,000
S49,ooo
$22,267
$69.945
University of Wisconsin
99-31%
96.20%
$125,000
$47.500
$ 16,426
Wayne State
95-90%
91-79%
82.13%
86.oo%
$67,655
$61,180
College of William and Mary
90-90%
83.50%
92-30%
B+
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$23.713
$zt,646
$76,155
Faulkner University
93-44°/o
89.03%
90.00%
N/A
N/A
$3o,87o
$74.674
George Mason University
88-46%
82.70%
96.8o%
$t4s .ooo
Sss.ooo
$20,556
$89,857
Indiana University-Bloomington
93-89°/o
86.69%
92.50%
$9],000
Sss .ooo
Loyola University New Orleans
67.39°/o
67.32%
91-90%
Oh io State University
90-30%
86.85%
88.09°/o
93.50%
$1oo,ooo
$46,500
Rutgers · Newarl<
84.69%
93-00%
$120,000
University of Colorado
93-28%
83.29%
92-70%
University of Iowa
93-06%
89.66%
94-60%
University of Maine
91-53%
90-74%
University of Maryland
90.05%
85.51%
Unive rs ity of Oregon
83.84°/o
$24.891
$91,142
$34,166
sso,1o3
$22,433
$23,676
$79,855
S41,000
$8 2,500
$47,000
$25.399
$74.916
$47.750
$41,000
$21,432
$81,735
87.10%
592.500
$6o,ooo
$20,702
$72,627
94-00%
89.40%
$109.999
$45,ooo
$72,500
$47,000
$23,762
$22.)28
$7].571
90-40%
$102,500
$47.000
$25,098
$83,826
$27,177
$80.)22
$29,680
$78,393
$73.244
$81,872
University of Pittsburgh
90.63%
78-53%
86.69°/o
University of Texas
89.00%
84.50%
94-60%
Will amette Unive rsity
84.89%
78.zo%
94-10%
$59,625
$45,ooo
79-89%
91.62%
76-92%
85.40%
$31,460
594,074
91.17%
88.20%
$67.500
$uo,ooo
$54,500
Hamline University
Sso.ooo
$J2,014
$92,794
$80,370
Sso,ooo
$31.934
$33,054
S9s.6o8
$65,292
$26,300
$89.906
BGonzaga University
Lewis & Oark College
80.54%
78.64%
92.60%
Michigan State University
84.16%
87.10%
Mississippi College
90.10%
S7s,ooo
Phoenix School of Law
94-28%
96.88%
83·93%
88.19%
84.00%
88.oo%
N/A
$51.500
N/A
$]4.396
St. Mary's University
87.20%
84.54%
89.00%
$ 5s,ooo
ss4. 2so
$27,904
$91.518
University of California- Davis
79.89%
78.07%
96.19%
90. ]7%
$33.949
$28,203
$72,959
University of Min nesota
95-20%
g6.5o%
University of Richmond
90.55%
82.70%
87.20%
$32.450
$93.200
$90,000
$48,000
•Bar passage rate, emp/ovmelll and tuition data derived from the Official Gui de to ABA Approved Law Schools .ZOlt edtion
•See page 31 f or how we di d /he ranking and honor roll
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$94,087
But if the srudent's
goal is w work in the public servke, then UConn's median
swring salary is $52,000, while Yale's is
$59,000 for public service. In char case,
UConn is rhe berrer value law school.
rules to follow. If you're interesred in trying
an our-of-stare public school, check out
policies carefully in advance so you won'r
be disappoinred later.
Lower tuition often means less debr to
repay after graduation . Average indebtedness ofGeorgi<l Stare graduates in 2008 was
$22,129, and only about 69 percent of dt~~
class borrowed. Debr is often a function, as
well , of the cosr of living in the area where
you go to law school, which may he the
case with many of our Top 20 law.schools.
Brigham Young Universiry, although
private, receives funding from The Chu rch
of Jesus Christ of Lacrer-day Saints to help
keep tuition low, its law school dean James
Rasband said. Less than 5 percent of the
school's 450 studenrs are non-Mormons.
"We are very welcoming w students
of other faiths," Rasband said. ''Bur many
of them find it difficult ro adhere to our
honor code rcquiremenr of no rea, coffee or alcohol. Our ruirion this fall will
be $10,5!l0 for Mormon students- and
$20,500 for those not of our faith. But
even so, ic's an awfully good deal.''
Costly tuition vs.
job prospects
Bur whar about the old theory rhar rhe
mo re coscly rhe school, the more prestige ir
has, and the more likely it is that a law student can land a high-prestige, high-paying
~J
Ranked at the top
T he rop Best Value L\w School on our
lisr for 2010 is Georgia Stare University
College of Law, which mnked tourrh last
year. Second is Brigham Young University's
J. Reuben Clark Law School, which
also ranked second last year, and third
is University of Louisville's Louis D.
Brandeis School of Law. Most schools in
the Top 20 are located in the Midwesr and
Southeast with some in the Southwest.
Almost all of our 60 Best Value schools
are public, as they have been in the past.
But due to rising economic problems in
state government, fun ding for higher education is being cut, and new tuition rates
this fall are sometimes higher than the figures used on our lisr. If you are an applicant
lucky enough to live in a state with fewer
budget problems, a public law school will
generally cost less, and you'll probably end
up with less debt.
Even if you go out-of-state and face
wirion that can often be double what instaters pay, most public schools let students
change to in-state status after the first year.
T hat's true at mp-ranked Ceorgia Stare
and at rhc University of New Mexico and
Northern Illinois University, as well as
orhers in our Top 20. Ar rhe University of
Kansas and the University of Louisville,
it's 111uch harder ro be declar~~d an insrare student, according ro school officials.
Florida Stare allows the switch and counsels
students on how to do it, as there are strict
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job? In roday's job marker rhat may be less
and less likely ro hold true.
"The amou ru of debt doesn't drive
the: kind of lawyer you will hecome," said
Steven Kaminshinc, dean of rhe Georgia
Stare University College of Law. "You're
nor compelled ro rake on debt. I underStand that people often say you get what
you pay for, bur I think they also know that
you can have a privarc school that is nor
of 1he same quality as a public one. That's
why we're getting high-qualiry students.
Why pay four or five or six rimes when you
can get as good an education her,·?"
"Value is a wtal package; it means different things to different students," said
Jcnnifer Rosato, dean of the Northern
Illinois University College of Law, a school
that is new to the Top 20 list this year. Her
sehoul is the only public law school in the
C hicago metropolitan area; all the other
schools are privare.
"Our tuition is less than half that of the
private: schools," she said. "And Sllldents
now arc really looking at what's going ro
he their indebtedness. They can do well
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and get a quality education at NIU; ir's
worth ir."
One henefir her school is proud of, as
are others in rhe Top 20 list, is its small si1.e.
N lU's law school ha.~ about 320 srudems
in all.
"We have a very warm atmosphere
with 21 full-rime faculty and professors,''
Rosato said. "T hc:re an.: very small classes.
Professors are always available; rhc:y know
the students well, and they know them hy
name."
Although low tuition and smaller debt
are importam ro graduates, students' ultimate objecrive is landing a grear job. The
Top 20 schools on our Best Value list stress
that they work hard 10 help graduates find
jobs and offer strong career services programs on campus.
Help in your job search
"\'qesrarr talking to students about being
proactive in their job search during their
second year," said Stephen Ma1.~A1, interim
dean of rhe University of Kansas School
of Law, whid1 ranked
fifth o n our Best Value
list. "They can't wair
unril rhe last minute.
The days of I 00 percent getting a job
at graduation arc
gone forever - if
rhey ever cxisrcd."
The: KU law
srudenrs who found
jobs recencly went to the
same mix of the same privare and public employment as ever, he said, but
some arc going to smaller
law firms in places that
wouldn't have been rhcir
first choice.
" Bur then again," Mazza said, "the days
of everyone graduating from Georgetown
and going co D.C. or New York ro the
firm of rheir choice isn't the case anymore
either."
Placement services are strong at Florida
State University's law school, whid1 ranks
eighth on our Rest Value
lisr. Dean Donald
Weidner said his
school, located in
Tallahassee, h as
placement
programs that rarger
b orh full- and
parr-rime srudenrs.
A key racric in
placement is helpinreracr
ing s tudents
with alumni who could
help find jobs for them.
Students arc invited ro all
alumni receptions. AJums
and so merim ~s various
'Y bar groups do special seslocal
sions wirh
srudems.
"We've srarred what we call Networking
Noshes with studcnrs, featurin g a particular alumni or practitioner who shares box
lunches wirh a group of students." Weidn er
said.
"We have increased interaction wi th
various sections of rhe Florid a Bar ro inr.ro-
duce our students," he said. "We're very
proactive in generating new opporrunirics,
and we've made inroads wirh rhe national
security age ncies, including rhe CIA and
FBI, in order ro seek our opporrunides.
"We're in a capi tol ciry of a very popular
srare, so we have a lot of internship programs an d quire a few opportunities for
srudents roger their feet wer," he said. "We
rry to do everything we can l O be welcoming to employers. We're moving into video
conferencing interviews w makt> ir more
cost-effective w in terview our students. Wt•
have a resume referral service so employers
can pick from a group of resumes.''
Do job interviews make yo u nervous?
Ar Florida Scare, the school has students
suit up for mock four- minu te interviews
with an attorney, afrer which thc:ir performanct• is critiqued hy other lawye rs. TI1cn
the srudenr tries it all over again.
Because of changes in rhc economy,
said Walter Pratt, dean of th e· University of
South Carolina School of L-lw, his school's
career services department has been holding programs for students thinking of
going our on their own to practice law.
"Members of the stare bar have come
hc.:tt' t<) talk w rhem abuur opening their
own practice," Pratt said. "We're trying to
sec up a monitoring system for yo ung lawyers ro give them advice, and we're bringi ng
in accountan ts to show rhem how ro keep
track of their finances."
Smaller schools can sometimes do better when ir comes to placement. Kevin
Washhurn, dea n of the University of New
Mexico School of Law, sixth on rhe Top
20 list, said that since his school has only
340 studentS and 11 5 third years, "It's also
easier whelp place srudenrs in jobs."
In hel ping students ge r jobs, said
Rashand of Brigham Young, his school
draws o n the help of a huge network of
anorneys from all over rhe country. The
school also has a nationwide exrernship
program.
Whcrher we're talking about Georgia
State, Kansas, Norrhern Illinois, Nc.:w
Mexico, o r any of the Top 20 law schools,
mosr students find their johs in the region
where they wem to law school, as is t rue of
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mosr law schools. \XIh~c char means is that
when you choose a law school, it mighr
be well ro consider wht•ther ir's in an area
where you wane co spend a few years, if not
your entire career. That doesn't mean yo u're
locked in, of course.
"Students from KU go all over rhe
country," Mazza said, " Bur historically,
we've had a connection with Kansas City
where many of our swdenrs work for law
firms. Bur as the economy bas conrracced,
we've had co expand ou r geographic area."
"Most of our graduates stay in New
Mexico," Washburn of New Mexico said.
"Our-of-scare swdents often end up scaying here."
About 70 percenr of the Univc:rsity of
South Carolina law school graduates scay
inside che state; 30 percenc go outside fo r
their first jobs, Pratt said.
\XIhat has helped in job placement ac
rhe University of Louisville is the school's
requirement chat every srudenr have 30
hours of public service as a condition for
graduation, said Dean Jim Chen.
"A significant number have made con-
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ncaions rhac led ro jobs when chey were
in chose public service positions," Chen
said. "Someon e mi ght have a puhlic service
placement in Legal Aid and then mighr
later become a staff lawyer rhen:. Or srudencs mi ght work in a divorce clinic and
find our that chey have skills in family law
which leads them 10 work in a firm specializing in chat area. The objective is for rhem
to get our of the classroo m and engage with
a community network of alu mni."
H e also said that rhe school's sruden cs
generally stay in rhe area after graduation,
caking johs in Louisville, Nashvi lle, and
Indianapolis, for example.
" Bur a significanr number do go far, far
away Ddaware, Pennsylvania, Ala.~ka
and to markets across the United Srares,"
Chen said.
What about passing the bar?
The har p assage race for firsr-rime test
rakers is above rhe 90th percentile for
almost all thl! Top 20 schools, with Georgia
Srare srudems scoring slighdy above rhe
94rh p ercentile. Bur law school officials are
quick to poi nt our rhar since chey choose a
great first-year class to starr with, scud encs
are likely to study hard, carch on quickly
and do well on che bar. Although clam~s
somcri mes include discussions of quescions
of law char mighr be on rhe locally administered bar exams, schools do nor offer bar
review classes and generally expc:cr srudencs
to rake rhos~:: reviews on thei r own.
"[ would say our srrong performance on
the bar exam is a reflection primarily of the
students that we admit," said Kaminshine
of Georgia State. "Thq're mature and have
a strong, broad overall program. \'</e have
no special bar preparation courses. We give
our students a terrific foundation, and rhey
have a significant work crhic. They consistently perform at the top of the state.''
"Our expectation is that all our students
will pass rhe bar exam," S<Lid Mazza of tht·
University of Kansa.~. " Bur we wam them
co be well-rounded lawyers who can go
beyond answering multiple choice questions on an exam correctly."
Chen of Louisville echoed rhac view.
"We have a highly competitive admissions process, a.nd we wind up with a class
rhac's very carefully chosen," he said. "They
have rhe ability w succeed in rhe practice
of law."
Bur even so, Louisville and orher schools
point our char they provide a high quality
learning environment with outstanding
and friend ly professors who are dedicarcd
to tht: success of their students - on rhe
bar t:xam itself and in a lifetime of the
practice of law.
For average indebrcdne.~s . we used dara
from U.S. N~ws c!r \Vorld R~port.
While bar pass dara is difficult co
compare, due co studcnrs rak ing the exam
in differenr states, we use the average
scare percent and compare chat co chr
acrual pass rare. Thus, a school wirh an
80 percent pass rate, and 78 average stare
race, will fare hetter than one with an 85
percent pass rate and an avcragc stare rare
of 85.
There were ltve law schools rhis year
char missed che bar passage curoff by les.~
chan 2 percenc. T hese schools would have
made our ranking otherwise and so we
have assigned them a B- in our grading
system.
Six schools that we re h onored last yt.-ar
did nor make the cur chis year, including
the cop-ranked school, North Carolina
Central University. Unfonunardy, North
Carolina Central's law school saw irs
employrnenr rate drop from 87 to 82.6
percent. At rhe five other schools that are
also nor on the new list, the bar pass rare
dropped below d1e stare average. •
~fLORIDA STAT E UNIVE RSITY COLLEGE OF LAW
Our scudents love our faculty members, in pare because they get to
know them. Our faculty is ranked the nation's 23rd best in terms of
per capita scholarly impact. Students appreciate that employers rend
to pay atrcntion when our faculty members recommend them.
How we did the rankings
Law schools make the Best Value rankings if rhey meet three criteria: Their bar
pa.-.~ race is higher chan the scare average;
their average indehcedness after graduation
is bdow $100,000; and rheir employmem
rare nine months after graduation is 85
percent of the cla.~s or higher. We then
weight rhe schools using the same rlm:c
factors plus in-state t uirion cos c.~.
Tuition and indehredne.~s are the most
heavily weighted crireria in our compurarion- accounting for approximately 45
percent each. Employment is approximately 7 percent and bar pass rare is 3
percenr. As a result, law schools with
lower ruirion rend to rank better. Bur
because many schools have similar
ruitions, che employment and bar
pass data help differenriare an A
school from an A- school.
For bar pass dara, employment and ruitio n, we used
rhe most currcr11 data
from the ABA. which
can be found in th~
current Official
Guide
ro
Law Schools.
www.law.fsu.edu
Fa11 2010
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INTERNATIONAL LAW
of a case."
This spring Ricco joined Jackson
Lewis LLP in Long Island, a law firm
with a strong emphasis in the labo r
and employmenr area. She works in rhe
affir marive acrion practice group, which
advises employers abou t diversity, Equal
Em ployment Opporruniry regularions
and other labor issues.
"We're proacrive problem solvers,
looking for problems before they're really
rhcrc," she said . "I like working with
diems on a lo ng-term basis and geuing
ro know them."
What has really inspired her, Ricco
said, is that "labor law applies to every·
one. We all spend so much rime in our
lives working. I like how people-driven
rhis area of law is, how peo ple interact
in the work place and rhe role that
employers play in people's lives and how
employees afTccr employe r's businesses."
Where to study
Labor & Employment Law
Albany l aw School
California Western School of l aw
Chicago-Kent College of law
Golden Gate University School of law
Hofstra University School of Law
Loyola Law School, los Angeles
Marquette University Law School
Massachusetts School of law
New York law School
Northern Kentuc ky Univ. College of Law
Saint Louis Universi ty School of Law
Seattle University School of Law
Sout hwestern law School
Thomas Jefferson School of l aw
University at Buffalo Law School
University of Minnesota l aw School
University of Toledo College of law
Un iversity of Virginia School of Law
University of Wisco nsin Law School
Willamette University College of Law
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prelaw
Yverre Rcramoza, who grew up in a small
farm rown in the Monterey, Calif., area,
always knew she wanted ro work in a job
rhar had a global scale.
" I wanred co do something rhat would
have an impact on the world, and I wa.~
inrcrested in rhe econ01 nics and business
side of things," she said.
That all culminated in her taki ng a
job last r~u as an attorney in the global affitirs di vision of the Boeing Co. in
Washingwn, D .C.
As a teenager, she had spent her junior
year in high school in Brazil as an exchange
student. She had spoken some Spanish
while growing up, bu t had to pick up
Portuguese that year.
After earni ng her bachelor's degree at
California State Universi ty, Monterey Bay,
she enrered the Florida Coastal School
of Law in Jacksonville because of its international program and its Caribbean Law
C linic, in which stud ems study rhe legal sys·
telns and processes of rhe Commonwealth
Caribbean area and th,·n a.~sess legal problems confronting individual countries.
"In 200R. when I was in rhe clinic,
the attorney general of Jamaica presented
us wid• an issue 10 investigate involving
multi-lateral treaties and extradition issues.
Seven of us worked on che issue and traveled ro Jamaica co present ou r report,"
Retam07.a said.
Attorney generals rrom the Bahamas,
Trinidad an d Tobago. Barbados and the
Cayman Islands also participate in rh e clinic
at th e school, depending on the semester.
Students prepare th eir reports wirh the help
of law school l·acul ry. T he research that stu dents do rypically involves comparing how
imernarion:tl law or the law of a particular
country addresses a particular qm:srion; stu·
dcn rs chen offer possible solutions.
After gct£ing her J.D. in 2009, Reramoza
passed rhe Washington, D.C. bar exam and
found her job ac Boeing.
"] made the decision co move w D.C.
because I knew there would be many amazing opporruni ries here on a global scale,"
she said.
Rerarnoz.a sugge.~ted chat studenrs interested in imern:uional work should seek out
practical ex perience, incl uding cxternships,
and study a (()reign language.
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Where to study
International Law
Albany Law School
Un1versity of Georgia School of law
University of Virginia School of Law
American Univ. Washington College of Law
University of Kansa s School of Law
University of Washington School of law
Arizona State University College of Law
University of Miami School of Law
..
- ··
Univ. of Missouri-Columbia School of law
University of Wisconsin law School
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
California Western School of Law
Univ. of the Pac ific, McGeorge School of Law
Vermont law School
Case Western Reserve School of Law
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Willamette University College of Law
Catholic University School of Law
University of Toledo College of Law
Chicago-Kent College of Law
University of Tulsa College of law
·-
-
·--
Vand erbilt Unive rsity Law School
--Yale Law -School
-
DePau l University College of Law
Drake University Law School
Duke University School of Law
Florida Coastal Schoo l of Law
florida State University College of Law
Fordham University School of Law
Franklin Pierce Law Center (soon·to·be Univ. of
New Hampshire School of l aw)
George Mason University School of Law
Georgetown University School of Law
Golden Gate University School of Law
Hamline University School of Law
Hofstra Un~versity Sch?.ol of La~.
Loyola Univ. College of Law, New Orleans
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
..........
~
Marquette University Law School
Mississippi College Sc hool of l aw
New York Law Sch ool
Northwestern University School of Law
Pace Law School
Saint Louis University School of Law
Santa Clara University School of law
Seattle University School of Law
Southwestern Law School
Suffolk University Law Schoo l
Syracu se University College of Law
Temple University Beasley School of Law
The John Marshall Law School
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Trinity Law School
Tulane University Law School
University of Arizona College of l aw
University at Buffalo law School
University of Cali forni a Davis School of Law
Univ. of California Berkeley School of law
.
UCLA School of law
-·
University of Conne cticut School of law
University of Florida College of law
Fall 2010
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12:22 a .m. Thursday, September 23, 20 10
Editor's note: The f\.1..o men who are suing Bishop Eddie Long, claiming that he had sexual
relationships with them, are represented by Atlanta attorney B.J. Bernstein.
Bernstein is perhaps best-known for her successful representation of Genarfow Wilson, a Douglas
County teenager who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for having consensual sex with a minor
female . He was released after serving f\.1..o years.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution published this profile of Bernstein in July 2007 as the Wilson case
vvent to the Georgia Supreme Court.
Before B.J. Bernstein begins her frequent news conferences, she slowly and clearly spells her name for
reporters covering the child molestation case against her client, Genarlow Wilson.
She warns a television cameraman when he is blocking the shot of a competitor. And Bernstein, who
tops out at 5 feet, obligingly stands on an equipment box rather than force TV reporters to lower their
microphones.
She is the feisty defense lawyer taking on Douglas County prosecutors, the Georgia attorney general's
office and the state courts themselves, all through a sophisticated media blitz. She set up a Web site,
www.wilsonappeal.com. She hired a media relations company . With her help, the case has continued to
attract national news media attention. Wilson's story has appeared on CNN and ESPN and in The New
York Times .
Bernstein is seeking to free Wilson from prison, where he has spent more than two years of a 10-year
sentence for receiving oral sex from a 15-year-old girl when he was 17. His sentence, Bernstein argues ,
is cruel and unusual punishment for a teenager who had consensual sex with another teen, though the
age of legal consent in Georgia is 16.
Her media-savvy approach has invited criticism as well as attention.
"There does appear to be more of an attempt for publicity and future book and movie deals and
limousines and Web sites and publicists, that you begin to wonder whether or not Genarlow is the highest
priority , "said state Senate President Pro Tern Eric Johnson (R-Savannah), who has been outspoken in
his criticism of Wilson. "When you have a case, you try it in court. When you don't have a case , you try
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it in the media.
"That is what is going on."
Bernstein said she is not seeking publicity for herself, saying she is trying to highlight what she asserts is
an injustice in Wilson's case so it won't happen again.
"Letting the world know about what is happening to Genarlow Wilson, "she said, "is the only reason we
have a shot at saving Genarlow Wilson and protecting other kids."
Intense focus pays off
Brenda Joy Bernstein wasn't always so outspoken. She said she was shy, even "nerdy, "growing up in
Columbia , the daughter of an insurance agent and a nursing teacher. She said she rarely dated and
wasn't popular in high school, focusing on academics instead of cliques. She skipped her senior prom so
she could attend a model United Nations conference, a forum for students to debate international issues.
"It wasn't like I had a date, " Bernstein said with a laugh.
Bernstein said she got hooked on the law in the eighth grade after she participated in a mock trial with
the help of a real judge. She found she enjoyed explaining complex issues in public.
Paul Kurtz. who taught criminal law to Bernstein at the University of Georgia in 1984, said Bernstein's
media calllJaign probably played a role in a Monroe County judge's decision last month to grant Wilson's
appeal and order him freed from prison.
Attorney General Thurbert Baker is appealing that judge's decision to the Georgia Supreme Court, which
has scheduled a hearing in the case for 10 a.m. today.
After she graduated from law school in 1987, Bernstein went to work as a prosecutor for about 6 1/2
years. She spent most of that time in Gwinnett County, working under then-District Attorney Tom Lawler
and his successor, Danny Porter. For about two years, she worked on a special team assigned to childmolestation cases. invaluable experience that she said has helped her in Wilson's case.
Bernstein eventually opened her own law firm with $10,000 her parents set aside for her wedding. That
wedding never happened, she said, because she hasn't met the right man. She lives alone in a Midtown
apartment, doting over two cats, Jaedon and Yo-yo. The sometimes combative lawyer melts when she
describes how the two furballs spoon with each other in her bed.
That soft side carries over to the people she represents, particularly the younger ones.
"I definitely pay more attention to them more," she said. "I think that may be a little bit of mothering
showing up in there . . .. Maybe because I was nerdy and not the cool kid, I can understand a little bit
when they are a little out of place. And so it makes it easier to talk to them."
Bernstein's intense focus on her work paid off before she met Wilson, helping her snag several
high-profile clients, including the platinum-selling rapper Da Brat. who faced charges of aggravated
assault in connection with an early-morning brawl at a Buckhead nightclub in 2000. Bernstein also landed
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on lV as a legal commentator before she picked up Wi Ison as a client, discussing everything from Scott
Peterson's murder trial to pop music star Michael Jackson.
Bernstein said she learned how to deal with the news media from veteran Atlanta crimi nal defense
attorney Steve Sadow, who represented former Gold Club owner Steve Kaplan in his sensational
racketeering trial in 2001 . Bernstein shared an office with Sadow for eight years and considers him her
mentor, saying he showed her ''the balancing act between the public interest in needing to know about a
case and making sure that a client was able to be fairly dealt with by the courts."
Sadow praised Bernstein's grasp of the law and her ability to connect with people.
"I give her better than 50-50 odds, " Sadow said of Bernstein's chances of winning Wilson's case before
the Georgia Supreme Court. "I put my money on her."
Wilson's mother, Juannessa Bennett, hired Bernstein after hearing about her from Wilson's trial attorney.
Bernstein said she has been representing Wilson for free. A separate attorney not working on the case
is administering a legal-defense fund for Wilson to which donors have contributed more than $10,000
during the past year. Some of that money has gone to pay the media-relations firm assisting Bernstein in
the case .
"She is doing a great job, " Bennett said of Bernstein this month after attending a rally for her son at the
Douglas County Courthouse in Douglasville. "Her heart is definitely in this case.
" I don't think I could have picked anybody to do a better job."
Sen. Johnson and others have been critical, saying Bernstein's chances of winning Wilson's freedom are
extremely slim and that she should accept a plea deal Douglas County District Attorney David McDade is
offering.
Wilson would get a 15-year sentence with five years in prison including credit for time served. And he
would be able to avoid registering as a sex offender, McDade said.
"She is interested in publicizing the case for her own personal gain, " McDade said. "She has lost sight of
what is best for her client."
University of Georgia professor Donald E. W ilkes Jr., an outspoken critic of Baker's handling of the case,
said Bernstein's argument-- that 10 years in prison for consensual sex is cruel and unusual punishment
--has precedent in Georgia.
In 1997 , the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that it was cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a man
to 12 months in jail and fine him $1 ,000 for criminal trespass . McDade may have followed the letter of the
law in prosecuting Wilson, but, Wilkes said, "Constitutional rights always trump statutes."
Bernstein says she has discussed McDade's plea deal with Wilson and that he will accept nothing more
than a misdemeanor.
So the fight will continue.
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''This is not about me getting famous , " Bernstein said. "It is just the stupidest thing I have ever heard. If
people believe that, so be it.
"I have to be a lawyer, and after this is over, I am still a lawyer."
Staff writers Steve Visser and Jeffry Scott contributed to this article.
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CLASSNOTES
PROFILE
Jackie Roberts is a homeowner
now, thanks to Benham. Roberts
completed ALI's homebuyer certifiHeather Benham helps peocation class several years ago, but
ple buy a place of their own
delayed buying a home because as a
single mother with three children she
by Allyson Mann (MA '92)
was concerned about taking on extra
responsibilities. She was planning to
Heather Benham hasn't forgotmove into another apartment, but
ten her first visit to Athens' home.' .
Benham called to ask if she was still
less shelter.
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interested in buying a house.
"What I saw that shocked me
·~!
"I probably would have put it off
was how many families were there,"
·
had she not contacted me," says
Roberts, administrative manager at
she says. "They had jobs, and they
had kids in school that were doing
"'o""'''DA''~ '""""
UGA's Vinson Institute. "I thought
well, and they were living at the shelHeather Benham
the timing was just perfect when she
ter because something had happened to where they were
reached out and called me, so I j ust took that as a sign that
living."
it's time to go for it. She was definitely the factor that helped
At the time, Benham (JD '03, MHP '03) was a UGA
me make the decision."
graduate student volunteenng for the School of Law's legal
Over time, and with Benham's reassurances, Roberts
clin1c. Her experiences at the homeless shelter spurred her
became more comfortable with the idea of home ownership.
interest in housing issues, and she served as a summer in"I was just excited when I saw the colors go up on the
tern for the Athens Land Trust, a nonprofit community land
outside of the house-it was a thrill a minute. Every other
weekend I went by JUSt to look at the house and see as it
trust with a dual mission of preserving natural resources
and creating affordable housing. That was 2002, and she
developed from one stage to the next. I guess you could say
joined ALT full time the next year after finishing her degrees
I was like a house stalker," she says, laughing.
in law and historic preservation.
The night before the April ribbon cutting at her new
home, Roberts found Benham working in her yard.
Now ALT's housing director, Benham oversees new
"She was out there by herself, and it was maybe 6 or
construction- as many as eight houses a year- and renovation projects. For each project, she checks her waiting list
7ish in the evening. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I can't believe
to find the client whose needs will best be met by a particuyou're out here working.· She had planted a little flower bed
lar project. In addition to working with architects, attorneys,
at the bottom of the staircase, which I fell in love with."
bankers, clients and contractors, Benham's JOb requires
Benham's dedication shows in all aspects of her work,
that she navigate complex property issues, historic preserwhether she's landscaping, choosing fixtures or simply listenvation standards and Earthcraft certification ·a residential
ing to a client's concerns, Stangle says.
"She relates very well to people- all people, of all
green building standard for the Southeast. Sometimes she
chooses paint, flooring and fixtures for the homes, tasks
ethnicities and socioeconomic backgrounds," Stangle says.
that she takes seriously because she wants to make sure
"That's another aspect of her job that's really important
because she's able to get to know our potential homeowners
the new owners approve.
very well. They relate very well to her, and she gets to know
"That's actually what the contractors always tease me
them and what the1r needs are."
about," she says. '"You're not going to live in this house.
Why do you care so much about every little detail?'"
Often what they need is a little extra help navigating the
process of becommg a homeowner. Benham and ALT are
Benham "has a great eye for design and aesthetics, "
able to provide that assistance.
says ALT Executive Director Nancy Stangle (MEd '79). "She
"It seems like a lot of what things come down to is
gets the credit for how nice our houses look."
More important is Benham's commitment to helping
whether you have a backup support system to help you get
her community.
a leg up or if you don't." Benham says. "I had help from my
"She's very creative in coming up with ideas and ways
family-that's how I got my first house. If you don't have
to help people and make projects work, and she's very
that, then 1t's hard to get in the game."
dedicated," Stangle says. ''I'm sure she passed up many
opportunities to make a lot of money as a corporate attorney to work at a nonprofit that's trying to maintain the
Athens Land Trust
quality of life we have here in Athens. She works to help
www.athenslandtrust.org
people have a better life."
Home sweet home
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BODY :
"Schol ars ha ve l ong u nder stood t h a t t he i n s tabil it y of powe r has
ramifications f or compl i a nce wi t h int ernational l a w. Scho l ars have not, howeve r,
f ocused on how states' expe ctat i o ns about shifting power a f fect the i nit ial
des i gn of i n t e r na ti onal agr e e men ts," sc i e n tists wri t i n g i n t he Ha rvard
Interna tiona l Law Jour na l report .
"In t his paper , I i n tegrate sh ifting power i n t o an ana l ys is o f t he init i a l
design of both t he fo r mal and substantive aspects of a gre eme nts. I a r gue t ha t a
stat e expe cting to become more power ful over time incurs an opportunity c ost by
agr ee i ng to formal provis i ons t hat raise the c ost o f e xi ti ng a n agreement . Exi t
costs - wh i ch promote t h e stabi l i t y o f legal ru les-h a ve d i s t ri b utiona l
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reduction in ex i t costs thro ugh t he u se o f f ormal provi s ions such as wit hdrawa l
clauses , sun s et c laus es, and prov isions af f e cting t he l ega li ty of a n agreeme nt .
I analyze how s t a t es determi ne which concess i o n s t o ma ke i n o rde r t o r each
agreemen t with a n as ce nda n t state," wro te T. Meyer a nd co l l eag ues, Univer si ty of
Georg i a .
The researche rs conc luded : "Thi s a n a lys is he l ps expl ai n a n umber o f puz zles
i n t he i nternationa l legal litera t u re , such as wh y s t a t es wi t h poor comp l i ance
ra t es are sometimes o b served t o j o i n international agreements at t h e same or
h i g her rat es tha n states wi th good comp l i ance rates; why weak agreements o fte n
evolve into more c onstrai ning agreements; and why mul tila teral a g r eements are
more l i kely t o ha ve l ow e x it co st s than b i l a t eral ag r e emen t s."
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J o ur nal (Power, Exi t Costs, and Re negoti a t i on in I n terna tion a l Law . Harva rd
I nternationa l La w J ourna l , 20 10 ; 5 1 ( 2 ) : 379 - 425) .
Addi t i o na l in fo r mation can be obtaine d by cont acting T . Meyer , Univer s it y o f
Georgia, School La w, Athen s , GA 30602 , USA .
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ATLANTA, GA - - Jackson Lewis LLP (www .jacksonlewis.com), one of the country's largest and fastest-growing
workplace law firms, announced that two prominent attorneys have joined the firm's Atlanta office, expanding
the firm's professional resources and enhanci ng the depth of experience there. Tracie Johnson Maurer has
joined as Of Counsel and Erin L. Payne as an Associate. Both attorneys were formerly with the Atlanta law firm
Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP.
Jeffrey M. Mintz, Managing Partner of the firm's Atlanta office, said, "We are delighted that Tracie and Erin
elected to join our growing team in Atlanta. They have practiced together many years and bring to us both their
expertise and a wealth of meaningful, practical experiences counseling employers with respect to a wide range of
issues. Both have earned an outstanding reputation in the workplace law field, and we welcome the support they
will provide. I am confident their contributions in Atlanta and throughout the reg ion will be significant."
"We could not pass up this wonderful professional opportunity to join Jackson Lewis and its well-established
workplace law practice," said Ms. Maurer. "We expect to provide effective and efficient counsel to our clients due
to the firm's deep resources, specialization and extensive national footprint."
Ms. Maurer counsels clients on state and federal compliance issues as well as best pract ices for dispute
avoidance, and she frequently conducts traini ng seminars for managers, supervisors and employees on various
employment law issues. Ms. Maurer has represented employers before numerous governmental agencies,
including The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Georgia Department of Labor; Florida
Commission on Human Relations; South Carolina Human Affairs Commission; Ohio Human Rights Commission;
Tennessee Human Rights Commission; New York State Division of Human Rights; Virginia Council on Human
Rights; California Fair Employment & Housing Division; City of Champaign (IL) Human Relations Commission;
and City of Alexandria (VA) Office of Human Rights ; the Wage and Hour Division of the United States
Department of Labor; and the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs.
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AJC Exclusive: Inmate's medical bill reaches $400,000 while in Douglas County
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By Craig Schneider
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10:40 p.m. Thursday, September 2. 2010
An illegal irmigrant charged with trafficking cocaine worth millions of dollars suffered a massive stroke in
the Douglas County jail earlier this year and ran up $400 ,000 in medical bills that were charged to the
county.
Authorities in Douglas decided to dismiss the charges against Luis Luna Baro, 71 --in large part because
the county didn't want to cover his bills anymore, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned.
"He was an illegal alien," District Attorney David McDade said. "He did not have legal status to be in the
United States, and the taxpayers were going to be asked to pay for his care. Is justice served by
dismissing charges when the man has basically been sentenced by God? ... I think so."
Baro's case is an extreme example, but city and county jails all over metro Atlanta face the same
challenge: paying medical expenses for illegal immigrants who happen to be lodged in the jail when they
get sick, or who bring chronic illnesses to jail with them. Local law enforcement officials say Douglas
County did the right thing and saved its taxpayers a whopping bill.
Contacted by the AJC, immigration attorneys , however, have questioned whether county officials bent
the law to save money and abandoned an inmate who the lawyers said was the county's responsi bility.
These issues elicit strong opinions across metro Atlanta.
'We are paying too much for exactly this kind of thing," said Don Nash, 54, of Canton, who works in
horne improvement. 'They just keep coming .... We end up paying for it."
The country, Nash said, needs to tighten both is borders and its immigration policies .
Joseph Rosen, a Roswell attorney who represents illll'Mgrants, said it isn't right for authorities to drop
charges sirfl)ly to save taxpayer dollars.
"I really don't think you dismiss crimina l charges for anything other than prosecutorial reasons," Rosen
said.
Baro's situation carne to light a few weeks ago when the Douglas County Commission granted the
sheriff's office money to replenish the fund for inmate medical costs.
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Baro, described as a mid-level dealer with a record of trafficking and possession, was responsible for
putting together the metro Atlanta drug deal, said Jack Killorin, director of the Atlanta High Intensity Drug
Trafficking Area unit.
Killorin said Baro bought about 20 pounds of cocaine that would have been worth between $10 million
and $20 million on the street, depending on how it was cut.
Baro, an illegal immigrant from Cuba living in Miami, was driving through Douglas County in November.
Atlanta is a major supply point for Mexican drugs to reach Miami, rather than the other way around, said
Killorin, whose unit tracks drug dealing to uncover major sources.
Baro and an alleged accomplice, Jose Arturo Vega , were traveling in separate vehicles when they were
stopped in Douglas County on Nov. 9.
Authorities pulled over Vega's gray Volkswagen Passat on a tinted-window violation on 1-20. An officer
noticed that Vega became increasingly nervous during the stop. Then the officer spotted some tooling on
the screws to the rear seat. He asked for Vega's permission to search the vehicle , and Vega signed a
document permitting it.
Under the rear seat, the officer found 10 kilo-sized packages of cocaine , according to authorities. Each
was the size of a brick and weighed two pounds .
Baro was not carrying drugs in his vehicle; he allegedly was supervising the operation, Killorin said.
When Baro was arrested, he was denied bond.
In the spring, Baro had his stroke and was in a coma for two weeks before undergoing several surgeries.
Stan Copeland, Douglas County's chief sheriffs deputy, said he looked into the possibility of deporting
the illegal Cuban immigrant, but was told it couldn't be done.
Deporting Cuban immigrants is difficult for several reasons, according to Barbara Gonzalez, U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman. Cubans generally have an easier time becoming
legal irmigrants. Once they reach U.S. shores, they can apply for legal status after a year. A Cuban
immigrant can't become legal if he or she has a criminal record.
But deporting Cuban irmigrants is difficult, because Cuba often won't approve the paperwork, Gonzalez
said.
Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, said the days of
granting Cuban immigrants easy access to legal status in this country should end. He said the policies
were rooted in the Cold War.
"Cuba is no longer an outpost for an aggressive foreign empire ," said Krikorian, whose group supports
tighter controls on irrmigration. "It is just another sorry Third World country."
Because Baro was in Douglas custody when he had the stroke , the county was responsible for the bill.
Baro was paralyzed over much of his body and was not expected to recover his movement. He probably
needed to be in a nursing home, Copeland said.
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The sheriffs office had a catastrophic insurance policy in place for inmates. It held the county
responsible for a $100 ,000 deductible and covered up to $500,000. Baro's bills were closing in on the
cap. Once the costs exceed that, the bill would fall to the county.
Copeland said there were other reasons for dropping the charges beside the rising medical tab, notably
the fact that Baro was so incapacitated he couldn't defend himself.
McDade, the DA, said he did the right thing in dropping the charges. Other metro Atlanta sheriffs have
supported the Douglas prosecutor's action.
Gwinnett Sheriff Butch Conway estimated that inmates who are illegal imrrigrants cost Gwinnett
taxpayers up to $500,000 a year in medical costs. He said all inmates cost the county $6 million in
medical costs annually. When an inmate is set to run up a big county medical tab, the sheriffs
department looks for alternatives .
"If circumstances allow it, we try to release them," Conway said. "I 've got to look out for the taxpayers."
Col. Don Bartlett of the Cobb County Sheriffs Office said if an inmate becomes incapacitated to the point
that prosecution can't go forward, the sheriff could ask the prosecutor to drop the charges or work out a
bond that allows the inmate to leave the system. At the same time, if an inmate has corrmitted a serious
crime, needs major surgery and will recover, the department often pays the medical bill, allows the inmate
to recover and moves forward with the case, Bartlett said.
Considering few inmates have their own health insurance, Rosen said the county likely shifted the costs
to some hospital, which will pass it on to other patients and taxpayers through indigent care costs.
Charles Kuck, a University of Georgia adjunct law professor, said bending the rules to remove an inmate
from a county's responsibility can border on medical abandonment.
"Just because he's illegal, the county doesn't get away with not taking care of his medical care," said
Kuck, who also is an immigration attorney.
The charges against Baro were dropped on May 14, six months after his arrest. Insufficient evidence
was the reason cited on the arrest warrant.
The next day, Baro was released from the hospital into the care of family members, said Sandra Jerkins,
Douglas sheriffs department records supervisor.
It was now up to those family members to find medical care for Baro.
Staff writer Alexis Stevens contributed to this article.
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r amifica ti ons for compl iance wi t h i n t ernationa l l aw. Scho l a rs hav e not, howev er,
focused on how s t a t es' expectation s abou t shifting power affect t he i nit i al
des i g n o f int e r na tiona l a gree men ts,'' sci e nti s t s wri ting i n t he Harva r d
I n t e rna t i o na l Law J o ur na l r epor t .
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d esign of both the for mal and s ub stan t i ve aspects of agreemen t s . I argue tha t a
s t a t e expecting t o b ecome mo r e powe rfu l o v er ti me in cur s an oppo r t u n i t y cos t by
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costs - wh i c h promote the s tabili t y o f l e ga l ru l es - ha ve d i s tr ibuti ona l
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clauses , sunse t c lause s, and p r o visions affe ct ing t he legality of a n a greement .
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rates are some t imes observed t o jo in internationa l agr eeme n t s a t t he same or
h i g h er ra t es t ha n s t ates wi t h good comp l i ance r a t es; why we ak a g r eements often
e vol v e i n to mo re constraining agreements ; and why multila t e ra l agreement s are
more l i ke ly to have l ow exi t costs t h a n b i l a t e ra l ag r eeme n t s . "
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IN THE CITY 2010 is reaching out to the next generation of music indus t ry
executives by r unning a progra mme of educational e v ent s designed to appeal to
those looking for an entry point into the business .
The In The City !live will cover topics including artist management , music
publi sh ing , understandinq the me d i a, songwciLing a nd studio production.
F.vent s already confi rmed inc l ude The Music i ans' Onion Guide To Do ing It
Yourse lf, which examines self-re l easing a record; The Mu si c Manage rs' Pane l ,
loo king at how to start ou t i. n management ; and My Genera tion , Ne xt Gene ration ,
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examine what is next on the hor izon .
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event ' s aud ience was already getting younger as more students aLLended . However,
while ITC has previously of fered a student discount on tickets, the appearance
of the Hive marks a major move into the educati onal market.
" I n The Ci t y has always adop t ed the twin t e ne t s of education and i nspi ration
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the specific needs of young p e ople looking to l earn about a nd get i n to t h e mu sic
industry," Livesey explains .
" The In The City Hive will bring together a range of respected and success ful
industry profess ionals to inspire delegates and give them Lhe tools to start
their journey into the industry ."
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eve nt from t he main conventio n, wjth pa sses p riced at £ 60 , i nc luding fre e entry
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BYLINE : Don Nelson, At hens Ba nner - Hera l d, Ga .
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Sept . 06--Before moving to the Athens area six years a go a nd joi n i ng .t h e ~ a w
pr·actice o f Fortson , Bentl e y and Grif fi n wi th its 16 attorneys, l a~vye r- Kev in
Lang had wor ked wi th an At l anta f irm t hat boasted 470 l egal professiona l s .
The workload a nd substance of his prac tice hasn 't changed much , though, said
Lang who works i n tra ns actional l aw, hand l ing bus i ness d ea l s fo r commerci a l rea l
es tate pro j ects and peopl e who buy and se l l bus inesses.
" I l i ke negotiated dea l s ... mergers and acqui sitions," Lang sa i d.
The move to Athen s was more a choice o f li f estyles fo r h im .
He and hi s wife, who bo t h a t t ended the Un i versity of Georgia, wan ted to ge t
away from the h ust l e and bustle of t he big city.
" My wi f e a nd I both went to schoo l here, and we decided Athe n s was our top
cho ice."
Since settling in to his new job and home, Lang h as cont i n ued to work hard,
putti ng in 60 t o 70 hou r s a we e k.
Whe n he's not work i ng, he's spendi ng t i me with his wife and two young
chi l dre n or he's volun t eering with t h e board of d irect ors of t he UGA Alumn i
Association or the Food Bank of North east Georgi a, where he provides legal
counsel.
ll i s associ a ti on with t he Food Ba nk has been high ly rewardi n g , he said.
" I t's been a grea t experience . The food b ank d oes a r ema rkabl e job o f ge t t i ng
f ood to people on a very e f f icient bas i s," he sald . " It se r ves a l o t of people . "
He's also a graduate of t he L . E .A.D. At hens , a communi ty l eade r ship p rogram
h eaded u p by t h e At h ens Area Chamber of Commerce.
About Lang
Age : 34
Profe ssion/place of work : At torney, Fortson, Bentl ey a nd Grif fi n ,
P .A.
Co ll ege background: Bache l or ' s degre e in fi nance, Univers i ty of Georgia,
1998 ; J . D., U.GA School o f:L aw , -20 0'1
Your· f irs t. payin g job: Cu t ting t he g rass a t home
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Chi ldhood amb ition : To p l ay o n t he PGA Tou r
Comn1uni t y involvement : Board o f directors for Food Bank of Nor theas t Ge orgia
Inc .; board o f directors f or UGA Al umni Associa tion
Favorite book : " The Match : The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever," by Mark
frost
Favorit e p as time : Golf
favo ri te movi e : " E'orr.est Gump "
Fa vo r i t e mus i cal group : R. E .M.
If you we re the chief el e c ted offLci.al of your commu nity what i mme d i a te
changes wo u l d you make? I would f ocus my aLLention on economic development ,
including attracting clean indu s t r y (including biotech companies) to build
facilitie s in Athens-Clarke County .
How would you address povert y in a county like At hens-Clarke whe r e t h e
pove r ty ra te is so high? We n eed more skill-based j obs i n our community . I do n' t
think we a re going to see much o f a change in t h e povert y rate un t il t hose
livi ng in poverly have a n a l t ernati ve to minimum a n d l o w-wage jobs . If t h e j obs
are avai l abl e, t h ey wJ l l b e fi lled by those int erest ed in develop ing the
req uisi t e ski l l seLs .
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HP.ADLINE : Br ight SLar : Janna La ndreth
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SepL . 0 6 --As an attorney wi t h t he Athens-Clarke so l i ciLor ' s of f i ce, J an na
Landret h h a s found a sense of chemistry in her job, tho u gh she rrtight no t choose
that te r minology .
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after her f irst high school chemi stry cla ss . It wa sn' t unt i l she comple ted her
anthropology degree at the University of Georgia and rea lized she d i dn ' t want to
be a professor, that s he decided to pursue a law degre e .
" I didn ' t know what I wa nted to do, but I knew a l aw degree c ou l dn' t h u rt
me," Landre t h sa id .
Af ter earning her law degree in 2001 , she interned with t he Georgia Supreme
Court in Atl a n ta before taking a job clerking in the Supe rior Court o f
Ath ens-Clarke Cou nt y .
In 200 3, former Solicitor Gene ral Ralph Powell recruited her to hjs team of
attorneys to prosecut e mi sdemeanor cases in state court and in the Athens -Cla rke
and Wi nt ervi l le municipal courts .
She real ly fo und her elemen t in municipal court .
"Once I got to mu nicipal court, I thought t his i s whe re I want to be ,"
Land re t h said.
In 200 6, a fte r giving birth to twi ns who were in the NICU for three months,
she resigned her pos ition , but was lured back in 2009 by Powe ll ' s successor ,
C . R . Chisholm, who p romised she could stay in municipal cou rt.
" I lo ve mun icipal court and l ove t raf fic cases ... it 's a very fast-paced
court with a high volume of cases and requi r es a high level of organization,
which I exce l at, " she s aid.
She takes a lot of work home and works every wee kend , but that a llows her
flexib il ity in her schedu le and more time with her chi ldre n and husband, she
said .
About La ndreth
Age : 33
Professio n /place of wo rk: At t or ne y i n Lhe Athen s-Cl ar ke Cou n ty Solic itor ' s
Of fi ce
College background : Hachelor 's degree in anthropology , the Univers ity of
Georgia , 1998; J . D. from UGA School of Law , 2001
Your firs t paying job : Cl er k in a fami ly- owned pha rmacy
Childhood ambition : To become a physi cian
Commu ni ty invo l vement : At tendi ng l ocal fes tivals and eve nts, and shoppi ng a t
locally-owned businesses
Favori te book: " The Secret Garde n ," by Fr ance s Hodgson Bu rnett ; " In t he Heart
of t he Can yon, 11 by El isabe t h Hyde ; and " The Namesa ke," by Jhumpa Lahiri
Favorite pastime: Running and cyc ling
Favorit e movie : " Fa r go ," " The Shawshank Redemp Lion ," and " Th e Breakfas t Cl ub "
Favorite musi cal group : Willie Nelson, Erasure , "Flashda nce '' soundtrack ,
Cowboy Junk ies
I I you wer.e the chief el ec Led of f icial of your commu nity wh at immed iat e
cha nges would you mak e? The first t hing I would do (assuming time , money and
resources were not obstacles) is conduct a thorough and sea rching a udit of all
governmen tal depart ments . As wiLh any big bus ines s or corporat ion ,
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ine f ficien ci es exi s t , for which Lhe community suffe r s . I do n 't sa y t his to be
cri t i cal , but merely to po i n t out that there is alwa ys room f or impr ovement and
a thorough audit would provide a starting point fo r any changes t hat might
benefi t the community at large .
How would you address poverty in a coun ty like Athe ns-Cl arke whe r e the
poverty ra t e is so high? For some folk s , it ' s a matter of being will ing to work,
but for an overwhelming number of individua l s, working 40 or more hours a wee k
i s not providing the income necessary to adequately f ina nce their l i ves . I don ' t
have an answer to t his , b ut did read a rea l ly interes ting boo k on t he topic
several years ago by Barbara Ehrenre ich called ~ Nic k el and Dimed: On (Not)
Gett ing by in 1\me rica."
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Sept . 06 - -The Col orado Navy rec r uiter who mer Adam band i n t h e d ays fo llowing
the Sept . 11 terror attacks nudged him to Na vy f ighte r planes . His decis ion to
jo in resulted in Land ' s arriving in Athens .
" I want e d Lobe a
sa i d. ''They asked me
had to look l i ke all
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crypto logis t, be a Navy computer geek, basica l ly ," Land
if I wa nted to be a pilot. I was surpri sed. l t hought you
the guys in ' Top Gun ,' be short and have perfect eye sight
fit in a ll the planes you ' re flyin g ."
Hjs officer a nd fligh t t raining spanned t h e next t h .rce-plus years . Aircraft
ca r ri er qual jfications stopped his advance .
~I was 80 percent of the way through ," Land said . '' It was real disappointing,
but Lhe way I look a t i t , I wouldn ' t trade anything fo r the way t h i ngs have
wo rked out ."
The GI Bi ll , a l ong wjth his wife, Jacquelin e , being from Atlant a , r esul ted in
Land reloca ting to Athens where he at tended the Un i vers i ty of ~QQ~ia Law School
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. The couple' s new mi ssion : To e st a b lish root s fo r da ught e r s Emme lin e ,
Jul i a, 1. (The couple ls expect i ng t heir t hird ch ild in March . )
4 , and
Land is an at torn ey with Blasingame , Burch , Garra rd & Ashley , P . C ., a nd
recent g radua te o f L . E . A.D. Athe ns . His g roup studied h o w t o connect Lh c h ea l th
de pa rtme nt ' s WIC (Women , I n f a nts and Chl l dren) rec i p i ents wi th loca l vendo rs.
Add itional ly , Land is a mentor to an at -r isk youth lhroug h the Clarke County
Mentor Program. He credi ts a fell ow l aw school st ude nt wi t h in spi ri n g him to
h e lp young peopl e soar , t oo .
" He wa s one of the fir st mentees , that was 20 y ears ago and he sti ll meets
with his mentor once a week," Land sa id . " I thought that wa s kind o f n eat ."
Abou t La nd
Age : 33
Profes s i on/place of work: At t o rney,
Bl a s ing ame , Bu rc h, Ga rrard & Ashley ,
P. C .
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Since graduating from the University of Georgia schOol of law in 1984, Andy Davis has remained
active in mentoring young law school graduates and supporting the university.
Davis is one of nine attorneys at the Rome-based Brinson. Askew, Berry, Seigler, Richardson and
Davis. LLP to graduate from UGA's law sc hool.
The fi rm has been awarded the Dean's Trophy from UGA Phyllis Cooke. director of annual giving
for UGA. said the 100-percent award goes to law firms with five or more UGA graduates who all
donate to the law schoo l, and Brinson, Askew and Berry is the first firm to ever reach such an
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The award recognizes the firm's 100-percent donor participation. The firm will be awarded with a
special ceremony today .
"We are excited because this award recognizes the law firm, but also the school: Davis said.
The firm will be awarded With a reception and a special trophy presented to them at their office on
West First Street by law school dean Rebecca Hanner White.
"It's a nice honor: Davis said.
Davis said the number of attorneys from the firm who chose to support the school through annual
giving puts them in the ra nks of larger firms with more partners and associates. Nearly half of the
firm's 19 lawyers got their law degree from UGA
"I think this makes a statement that we support the school." Davis said.
The fi rm has also worked to mentor young lawyers, not just graduates from UGA as a part of State
Bar of Georgia requirements.
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Russell l:.dwards, a Democrat and graduate of the University 's School of Law, is vying for a chance to represent
Georgia's I Oth District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is running against incumbent Rep. Paul Broun
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Edwards recently shared with The Red & Black his views on running against an incumbent, how best to serve
our district's interests in Washington, D.C., and how the outcome o f this election could affect University
students.
EDWARDS
Why do you want to represent Georgia's lOth District?
I want to represent our district because I love a ll that it has to offer. We have beautiful mountains in north
Georgia, fantastic cultural offerings in Athens, and wonderful schools throughout the district. However, we are
underserved by our incumbent congressman. I lc does nothing to support the University of Georgia or any other
part of our community. Last year, the University of Alabama received I 0 times more federa l funding than UGA
simply because our incumbent congressman does not direct any government research fundin g to us. If you're
unhappy with tuition hikes and program cutbacks, get involved with our campaign to strengthen UGA and send
responsible leadership to Washington.
What is your strategy for com1>eting with an incumbent who bas raised more money than your campaign?
We have remained competitive in fundraising against our opponent, having raised money from nearly 500
individual donors. Our campaign is a people-powered movement with the vast majority of our support coming
from individuals within the I Oth District. The incumbent' s campaign - currently nearly $100,000 in debt - is
being funded by out-of-state PACs [political action committees] and major corporations. This stark difference in
support proves that the incumbent has made enemies with his refusal to support UGA and the greater
community. It's not all about money though - we are building a broad coalition throughout the district to move
us forward beyond the useless rhetoric of hate, and we encourage students to join us.
What did you enjoy most about your time at the University's School of Law?
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The law school is a great community of professors, staff and students. I enjoyed plugging into the Athens activist
community and coordinating with important groups like the Southern Poverty Law Center. The SPLC leads the
fight against bigotry in our country by suing hate groups, like the Ku Klux Klan, when they commit acts of
violence. However, the SPLC is also currently tracking our incumbent congressman and has profiled him as one
o fthe top five enablers of hate crimes in our nation. If you find this as appalling as 1 do, I encourage you to get
involved in our campaign.
Why should University students registered in the lOth District vote for you'?
I believe in fully supporting UGA and restoring responsible leadership for our district. Not too long ago, I
attended UGA, and I recogni1.e the need for a new generation to step up and lead our commun ity. I ask all
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o f Appeals for Ve t era n s Cl a ims on Sept . 2 1 as t hey hea r a case. The h eari ng wi l l
t ake p lace i n t he l aw school 's Ha t t on Love jo y Cou r t room , l ocated i n Hirsch Ha l l,
f r om 10 :30 a.m . to 12 p.m. and is open t o t h e public .
" It is a grea t honor to we l come t hese j udges to t he School of La w, " Assoc iate
De a n for Academic and S t ude n t Affairs Paul M. Kurt z said. " The U. S . Cou r t of
Appeals f or Veterans Claims p l ays a u ni que a nd imp or tan t rol e i n t he j udicial
sys t em by specif ica l l y f ocusing on veterans ' rights . I t i s a rare oppor t un i ty
and a p rivi l ege for peopl e in our community to h a v e a chan ce to observe t he
working s of t hi s cou rt a nd s i t i n on a case . "
The Ve t erans Cl a ims Cou rt ha s exc l usive j urisdi ction to provide vetera ns an
i mpa rt ia l j ud i c i al revi ew of fi na l d e c isions by t he Board of Ve t e rans' Appea l s,
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Brief biographies are provided below :
Board of Commissioners of the Superior Cour t Clerks ' Retirement Fund of
Georgia
Kevin D. Aberna thy , 34, Atl a nta - Abernathy is an a ttorney i n the At l an t a
off ice of Ha l l Booth Smit h & S l over. He served as Deputy Legislati ve Counse l and
Specia l Deputy Legis lative Counsel to Lie utenant Governor Casey Cagl e . Aberna thy
earned a bachel or ' s degree from t he University of Georg ia and a l aw degree from
Georgi a S t ate College of Law .
Board of Corrections
M. Ashley Paulk, Jr ., 65 , Hahira- Paulk is chairman of the Lowndes County
Board of Commiss ioners and president of Valdost a El ectric and Shiloh Fa r ms . He
is a member of t he board of the Boy Scouts of America and is c hairman o f t he
board of Guardian Bank . In 2006 , he received the International Rotary Award. He
served as Lownde s County s herif f for sixteen years. Paul k and h Js wife , Gin ger ,
have f ive chi ldren and ninet een g rand children .
Boa rd of DirecLors of the Georgia Regional Transporta tion Au Lhority
Ken Stewart, 60, MarieLta - Stewart is the senior advisor for indu st ry
strategy a l Lhe Georgia Institute o[ 'l'echnology . He is treasurer of Lhe American
Forest Foundation , serves on the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Hi storica l
Socie ly a nd t he board of directors f or the Langda l e Company . lie is pas t
commissi oner of the Georgi a Department of Economic Development . Stewar t earned a
bachelor ' s degree from Mississ ippi State University and a law degree from
Woodrow Wilson College of Law . He and hls wif e , Linda, have one son .
Edward M. Tate , 34 , Atlanta - Tate is the campaign manag er for U. S . Senat or
Johnny Isa kson ' s rc-e)ection campa ign . He is Lhe director of the T .R. Mil le r
Mill Co., Inc . He served as deputy executive counsel a nd deputy chief operating
officer for Governor Sonny Perdue . Tate earned a bachelor ' s degree from Harvard
and a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law .
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Timo t h y A . Wa ll, 30, Broo klet - Wal l is a t herapeutic r ecreat ion s pec i a l ist
and a gradua te as sistant a t Geor gia So u thern Un ivers it y . He i s an associate
i ns truc tor of t he Profess i onal Tennis Reg i s tr y at t h e S t a t esbor o Bul l och County
Parks and Recreat i o n Departmen t . Wa l l e arned a b ache lor ' s degree f rom Georgia
Southern University .
Ge orgi a Environmental Faci l i t ies Author i t y
Boyd L . Austin , J r., 47, Dal l as- Austin is the ma yor of t he ci t y o f Da l l as
a nd t he d e a n o f c h ie f e lected o f f i c i als and consti t u ti onal o f f i c er s in Pauld i ng
Co unty Georgia Munic ipa l Association. lie serves as the vice chairman of t he
No r t h Georgia Wa l e .c Pla nning Di s t rict a nd is a membe r of t he board of d irectors
o f t he Nort hwest Ge org i a Regional Commis sion. Boyd e arned a bach e l or's d egree
from t he Unive r si ty o f Georgi a .
Georgi a Mus i c Hal l of Fame Au t hori ty
David Barbe , 46 , At hens - Barbe is t h e co- owner, presid e n t a nd chief e ngi neer
o f Chase Park Tra nsduction Recordi ng St udios and i s a free - l ance recording
engi neer. He i s a member of t he b oa rd of d i rector s for Nuci's Spa c e i n At hens
a nd a member of the board o f director s for At hens Litt l e Leag ue Bas e bal l . Ba rbe
earned a bache1 o r 's degree f rom the Unive r sit y of Georg i a . He and hi s wi f e, Amy,
have t h re e chi ldren .
Rob J. Gibson , Jr., 51 , Sava nna hof t he Savannah Mus ic Fest iva l . He is
Center whe re h e wor ked f o r t e n years .
Tt1 e Ju l l i a rd School . He he lped crea t e
se ci es '' J az z from Lincoln Ce nter'' for
bache l or ' s degree from t h e Univers i ty
h a ve t h ree ch i ldren .
Gibson is executive and ar ti stic d irector
the fo u ndi ng d irector o f Jazz a t Li ncol n
He served as a member of t he facul ty o f
and co- produce the Peabody Awa rd winn i ng
na tiona l public radio . Cibs on earned a
of Georgia . He and h is wife, Carol ine ,
R . Kirby Godsey , Ph. D., 74, Macon - Godsey i s chance l lor of Merce r
Un ivers i ty. He se r ved as president a nd CEO of Mercer for 27 years. He is
chairman of the Boa rd o f Bi r ch Corrununi c ation a nd a d irector o f NewTown Bui l d e rs,
LLC. He is a member of t he board of d irectors o f t he Rome Chamb er Mu sic Fest i val
i n New York a nd t h e Peyton Ande r son Foundation in Macon, Georgia . Godsey ea rned
a bache l o r's degree from Samford Universit y , a master's degree a nd a doctorate
from New Orleans Baptist Theo l ogica l Seminary , a master's d e gre e from t he
University of Alabama a nd a Ph . D. f rom Tulane Uni ver sity . He a nd his wife, Joan ,
have f ou r chi l dren and five grandchi l dren .
RoberE S. Hi gh sm~h, Jr . , 39, At l anta- Highsmi t h i s a p art ner at Ho ll and &
Knight where he p ractices l egisla ti ve , administrative, and r eg ul atory l a w,
government r e lati o n s a nd litiga t ion. He serves as t he nat i onal t eam l eader f or
the f irm's State Cap i tals Team, and l eads t h eir Georgi a Government Relations
Prac t i ce . He is p ast Depu t y Execut ive Coun se l fo r Gove r nor Sonn y Perdue.
Hi g h smi t h ea r ned a bachelor' s degree f ~om Yal e a nd a l a w d e gr ee from the
Univer sity of Georgia ' s Schoo l of Law . He and his wi f e , Kri s tl , hav e fou r
c h i ldren .
Cl a ire F . Hi l l ard, Ph .D., 52, Albany - Hi l l ard is a membe r of t he mus i c
faculty of Darton Col l ege. He serves as mu s i c d irector a nd condu c t o r f or the
Al bany Symph ony Orches tra . He is a member of t he Geo r gi a Counc i l f or t he Arts
Music Pane l and a profess ional affi l iate member o f t he American Symphony
Orch es tra League . Hi ll ard earned a bache lor's degre e from Calv in College, a
master's degree a nd a Ph. D. from t he Uni ve r si ty of Iowa . He a nd his wife, Meri
Beth, ha ve three chi l dre n .
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fo l l o wi n g news r e lea se :
Georg i a House Speaker David Ra l s t on (R- Blue R.:i:<:!ge rJ. s t h e fe a tur e d spea ker at
a G ~orgi a Sou t h weste r n S t a t e Univer s ity convoca tion Wedne sday , Sept. 29 a t 1 1
a. m. Set in Ja c k s o n Pe rfo rma n c e Hall , t he convoca tion is f r e e . The c ommu n it y i s
i nvit e d a nd encouraged to a tt end.
Ra l s ton was el ected to t he Georgia St a t e Sen a te in 1 992 and served unt il 1998
when he won t he Republ ican n omina t ion fo r a t torne y ge ne ra l o f Geo rgia . In 2002,
Ra ls ton was elec ted to the Georg ia House o f Re p res entat i ves t o serve the
ci ti~ en s o f t he s e ven th distr ict , which inc l udes the cou nt ie s of Fannin and
Gilme r and par t o f Da wson. On J anuary 11 , 2010, Ral st on wa s el ect ed Spea ker o f
the Geo r g ia Hou se o f Represent at ive s.
As a member of t he Georg ia House of Represe n t ati ves , Ra l ston ha s served o n
t he f ol lowing committ e es : Approp ria t ions , Rules , Transportat ion , Government al
Af fa irs , J udi c i a ry (vice -cha i r) and J udic i a r y Non-Civll (cha ir}. Ra lst on ' s
suppor t in Lhc House was a key c omponent f or Ge org ia Sout hwe ste rn t o s ecure
s tat e f unding for it s llea lth a nd Human Scienc es Comp lex . Gro undbrea k ing f or t h e
c omp lex i s s c hedul e d for 20 1 2 .
"We a re ex c ited abou t t h e Spea ke r' s vis it and grat e fu l to Re p res en t at i ve Mi. ke
Ch e o ka s f o r ma king his v isi l possi bl e," said GSW Pres i de nt Kendal l Blanchard .
''Repres enta t i ve Ral st on 's l eadership has a lready made a d ifferen c e in t he s ta te
legi slat u r e. Hi s in f l u ence was imp ort ant to t he Unive rs ity' s g e tt ing $6 . 5
mi l l i on this y ear f or t he c ons truction of Phase I o f the Hea l t h and Huma n
Sciences Co mpl ex. We appreciate his s uppor t of Georgia Southwest ern and loo k
forward to h is comment s a t t hi s special convocat ion ."
Ra ls Lon was b orn in ~ll i j ay where he grad uated f r om Gilme r Coun t y High
School . lie e ar ned a b a c he J or's deg ree from No r t h Georgi a Co l l eg e a nd St at e
Un iversi t y a nd la ter a law deg ree from t he University of Georgia School .of Law_,
Aside f rom h i s legislative dut ies, Ra l s ton i s a n at l orney i n Bl ue Ridge . His
c ivi c a ct i viti es include pa rt icipat i on wi th the Fanni n County Chambe r o f
Commerce , t he Blue Ridge Mount ain s Art s Asso cia tion and t h e Bl ue Ridg e Li on s
Cl u b .
Ralst o n and h i s wi f e , Jane , hav e t wo ch i ldren, ~ l i za b et h and Matl . For a n y
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The tJni v e rsi ty of~Georgia School o( Law wi-i!.l host-judges from the U . S . Court
of Appeals for Veterans Claims on Sepr . 21 as they h ear a case. The hearing will
take place i n t he law school ' s Hatton Lovejoy Courtroom, located in Hirsch Hall ,
from 1 0 :30 a. m. to 12 p . m. and is open to the public .
" It is a g r eat honor to welcome these judge s to the School of Law ," Associate
Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Paul M. Kurt z said. "The U . S . Court of
Appeals for Vete r ans Claims plays a unique and important role in the judicial
system by specifically focusing on veterans ' right s. It is a rare opportunity
and a privilege for people in our community to h a ve a chance to observe the
wor kings of this court and sit in on a case ."
Th e Veterans Claims Court has exclusive jurisdiction to provide veterans an
impartial j udi c i a l review of final deci sions by t h e Board of Veterans ' Appeals ,
an entity with in t he Department of Veterans Affairs . It rule s on matters
invo lvi ng administrative decisions on service -connected disabili t ies, survivor
benefi t s, e d ucation payments, waivers of indebtedness and other benefits. For
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S ept . 09 --The new nltama ha Rlve r keepe r wi l l a rrive on the Georgi a coasL nex t
month, pa cking two d egree s f rom the Universi t y of Ge orgia .
SonJa Cox has been named the n ew Altamaha Riverkeeper , a position h eld by
fo rmer commerc ia l crabbe r James Hol l and unt i l his ret irement in May, the
environmenta l o rga n i zatio n ba sed i n Da rien wi t h the s ame Al t amaha Ri verkeepe r
name it gives i ts t op d irector announced Wednesday .
She will begin he r job in mid- Oct ober .
A nal ive of Al hens, Co x graduated magna cum l aude from t h e Grady School or
Journa lL sm at UGl\ and g n.luar~a "Cum laude from the UGA School cf Law , d ·cording
to the organi zation that advocat es for environmental p ro tect ions in the Al ama ha
wa tershed .
Cox ha s had course s i n environment al l aw, n atura l
government law and land u se law .
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ATLANTA , Sept . 8 - - Gov . Sonny Pe rdue, R- Ga ., is s ued the f o J lowlng p re ss
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Governor Son ny Perdue ann oun c ed t oday t he fo l lowi ng ex ecu ti v e app oLnt ments .
Brief biographie s a re provided b elow :
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OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT CLERKS ' RETIREMENT FUND OF
GEORGIA
Kevin D. Aber nathy , 34, Atlanta - Abernathy is an attorney i n the Atl a nta
of fi ce o f Ha lJ Boot h Smi th & Slover . He s e rved as Deput y Legi sl a tive Coun se l and
Spec ial Dep uty Legislative Counsel to Li eut e nant Governor Cas ey Cagle . Aberna thy
earned a b a chel or 's deg ree From the University o f Ge orgi a and a l a w d eg ree fr o m
Georgi a St at e Co lle ge of La w .
BOARD OF CORRECT I ONS
M. Ash.ley Paulk , Jr. , 65 , Hahi.ra - Paul k i s chai rman of the Lowndes County
Board of Commiss ione rs a nd president o f Valdost a El e ctric and Shiloh Fa rms . He
is a membe r of t he b oa r d o f the Boy Scou ts o f Ame ri c a a nd is chai rman o f the
boa r d of Guardian Bank . In 2006 , he rece ived the I nterna tional Rotary Award . He
served as Lownde s County sherif f fo r si x teen years . Paul k and h is wife , Gin ger,
have f i ve chi l dren a nd nineteen gra ndchildre n .
BOAR D Of' DI RECTORS OF 1'HE GEORGIA REGIONAL TRl\NS PORTATION AUTHORITY
Ken Stewa rL , 60 , Mariet t a - S tewa rt is the senior advi so r fo r i ndustry
st ra tegy at the Georgia InstiLute o f Technology . He is treasurer of the American
rorest foundatio n , s erve s on Lhe Roa rd o f Tru s tees of t he Georgi a Hi s torical
Soci ety and th e board of directors for the Langdale Company . He i s past
commis s i oner o f the Geo rg i a Departme nt of Economic Developme n t . St e wa r·t earned a
bachelor ' s d eg ree fr om Miss i ssippi S tat e Univer s ity a nd a l a w degree from
Woodrow Wilson College of La w . He and h i s wife, Linda , hav e one s on .
Edward M. Ta te , 34, Atlanta - Ta te i s the campaign ma nager fo r U.S. Sena t or
John ny I sakson ' s re- elec tion campaig n . He is t he director o f the T .R. Mi l ler
Mill Co ., Inc. He served as deputy e xecutive counsel and deputy chi e f o pe rating
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and a law degree from t he University of Vi rginia School of Law.
BRAIN AND SPINAL INJURY TRUST FUND COMMISS ION
Timothy A . Wal l, 30 , Brookle t - Wa l l is a t he rape utic recreatio n s pecia l i s t
and a grad ua t e assistant at Georgi a Sout her n Universi ty . He is a n associ ate
inst ructor of the Profes sional Tennis Regi s try at the Statesboro Bulloch County
Park s a nd Recreation Deparlment. Wal l ear ned a bache lor 's degree from Georgi a
Sout her n Un iver s i ty.
GF:ORGIAENVIRONMENTAL FAC ILITIES AUTHORITY
Boyd L. Au sLln , Jr ., 47 , Dallas- ~ustin i s t he mayor of t he ci ty of Dallas
and the dean of chief el ected official s and cons tit u tional of fLc e rs in Pauldin g
Coun ty Geor gia Municipal Associat ion . lie serves as t he vi ce cha irman of. t h e
Nor th Georg ia Water Planni ng Dist ri ct and is a membe r of the board of direct ors
of t he Northwest Georgia Regional Commission. Boyd ea rned a bachelor ' s degr ee
from the Universi ty of Georgi a .
GEORGIAMUSIC HALLOF FAME AUTHORITY
Davi d Barbe , 46 , Athens - Barbe is the co-owne r , president and chi ef eng ineer
of Chase Pa rk Tra n sduction Recording Stud ios and is a free - lance r ecording
engi nee r . He is a member o f t he board of d irectors for Nuci ' s Space in AL hens
and a membe r of the board of directors for At hens Little League Baseball . Barbe
earned a bachelor's degree from the Univecsi ty o f Georgia . He and his wife , ~y .
have three chi l dren .
Rob J . Gibson, Jr., 5 1, Savannaho f the Savannah Mus ic Fest i val . He is
Cent er. where he wor ked for ten years .
The Jul liard School. He he lped crea te
seri es " Jaz z trom Lincoln Center " for
bachelor's degree fr om the Univecsit y
have three childre n.
Gibson is executive and arti sti c direct or
the f ounding director of Ja zz at Lincol n
lie se rved as a member o( t he fa cult y of
and co- produce t he Peabody Award winning
nat iona l public radio . Gibson earned a
of Georgia . He and hi s wife , Caroline,
R. Kirby Godsey, Ph . D., 74 , Macon- Godsey is chance llor of Mer c er
Un i versity . He served as p re sident and CEO of Mercer for 27 years . He is
chairman of the Board of Birch Communication and a director of NewTown Builders ,
LLC . l!e is a member of the board of director-s of the Rome Cha mber Musi c Festi val
i n New York and t he Peyton And erson Fou ndat ion in Macon , Geo r g ia . Gods e y e arned
a ba chelor ' s deg ree f rom Samford University, a master ' s degree a nd a doctorat e
from New Or leans Baptist Theological Seminary , a master ' s d egree fcom the
University of Alabama and a Ph . D. fr om Tulane Univers ity . He and hi s wife , Joan ,
have fo u r c hildren and five grandchi l dre n .
Roberts . Highsmith , Jr ., 39 , ~tlanta - Highsmith is a parlner at Holland &
Knight wher e he practices leg islat ive , admini strative , and regulator y l aw ,
government re lati ons and li tjgat ion . He s erve s as t h e nationa l team leade r f or
t he firm ' s State Capi tal s Team, and l eads t heir Georgi a Government Re lat ions
Pr ac tjce . He is past Deputy Execut i ve Coun se l for Go vernor Sonny Perdue .
Highsmith eat ned a bachelor ' s degree from Yal e and a law degree from the
r n!~ersity o f Georgia's School of Law. lie and his wi f e , Kristi, have four
c hi ldren .
Claire F . Hillard, Ph . D., ~2 , Albany- Hi llard is a membe r of t he music
f aculty of Darton College . He serves as music direct or and conductor for the
Albany Symphony Orchestra . He is a member of the Georgia Co u ncil fo r the Arts
Mu s ic Pa nel and a profes siona l af fil iate memb er o f t h e American Symphony
Orchestra League . Hillard earned a b achelor' s degree from Calvin College , a
mast er ' s degree and a Ph . D. from the Unive rs ity o f Iowa . He and hi s wife , Meri
Beth , have t hree chil dren . For any q uery wi t h respec t to th is arlic le or any
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provided below:
Board of Commissioners of the Superior Court Clerks' Retirement Fund of Georgia
Kevin D. Abernathy, 34, Atlanta - Abernathy is an attorney in the Atlanta office of Hall Booth Smith & Slover.
He served as Deputy Legislative Counsel and Special Deputy Legislative Counsel to Lieutenant Governor Casey
Cagle. Abernathy earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia and a law degree from Georgia State
College of Law.
Board of Corrections
M. Ashley Paulk, Jr., 6S, Hahira - Paulk is chairman of the Lowndes County Board of Commissioners and
president of Valdosta Electric and Shiloh Farms. He is a member of the board of the Boy Scouts of America and is
chairman of the board of Guardian Bank. In 2006, he received the International Rotary Award. He served as
Lowndes County sheriff for sixteen years. Paulk and his wife, Ginger, have five children and nineteen
grandchildren.
Board of Directors of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority
Ken Stewart, 60, Marietta - Stewart is the senior advisor for industry strategy at the Georgia Institute of
Technology . He is treasurer of the American Forest Foundation, serves on the Board of Trustees of the Georgia
Historical Society and the board of directors for the Langdale Company. He is past commissioner of the Georg ia
Department of Economic Development. Stewart earned a bachelor's degree from Mississippi State University and
a law degree from Woodrow Wilson College of Law. He and his wife, Linda, have one son.
Edward M. Tate, 34, Atlanta - Tate is the campaign manager for U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson's re -election
campaign. He is the director of the T.R. Miller Mill Co., Inc. He served as deputy executive counsel and deputy
chief operating officer for Governor Sonny Perdue. Tate earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard and a law
degree from the University of Virginia School of Law .
Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund Commission
Timothy A. Wall, 30, Brooklet -Wall is a therapeutic recreation specialist and a graduate assistant at Georgia
Southern University. He is an associate instructor of the Professional Tennis Registry at the Statesboro Bulloch
County Parks and Recreation Department. Wall earned a bachelor's degree from Georgia Southern University.
Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority
Boyd l. Austin, Jr., 47, Dallas - Austin is the mayor of the city of Dallas and the dean of chief elected officials
and constitutional officers in Paulding County Georgia Municipal Association . He serves as the vice chairman of
the North Georgia Water Planning District and is a member of the board of directors of the Northwest Georgia
Regional Commission. Boyd earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia.
Georgia Music Hall of Fame Authority
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David Barbe, 46, Athens - Barbe is the co-owner, president and chief engineer of Chase Park Transduction
Recording Studios and is a free-lance recording engineer. He is a member of the board of directors for Nuci's
Space in Athens and a member of the board of directors for Athens Uttle League Baseball. Barbe earned a
bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia . He and his wife, Amy, have three children.
Rob J. Gibson, Jr., 51, Savannah - Gibson is executive and artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival. He
is the founding director of Jazz at Lincoln Center where he worked for ten years. He served as a member of the
faculty of The Julliard School. He helped create and co-produce the Peabody Award winning series "Jazz from
Lincoln Center " for national public radio. Gibson earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Georgia . He
and his w ife, Caroline, have three children .
R. Kirby Godsey, Ph.D., 74, Macon- Godsey is chancellor of Mercer University . He served as president and
CEO of Mercer for 27 years. He is chairman of the Board of Birch Com municat ion and a d irector of NewTown
Builders, LLC. He is a member of the board of directors of the Rome Chamber Music Festival in New York and the
Peyton Anderson Foundation in Macon , Georgia . Godsey earned a bachelor's degree from Samford University , a
master's degree and a doctorate from New Orleans Bapt ist Theological Seminary, a m aster's degree from the
University of Alabama and a Ph .D. from Tulane University . He and his wife, Joan, have four children and five
grandchildren.
RobertS. Highsmith, Jr., 39, Atlanta - Highsmith is a partner at Holland &K nigh ~ where he practices
legislative, administrative, and regulatory law, government relations and litigation. He serves as t he national
team leader for the firm 's State Capitals Team, and leads their Georgia Government Relations Practice. He is past
Deputy Executive Counsel for Governor Sonny Perdue. Highsmith earned a bachelor's degree from Yale and a law
degree from the University of Georgia 's School of Law . He and his wife, Kristi, have four children.
Claire F. Hillard, Ph.D., 52, Albany - Hillard is a member of the music faculty of Darton College . He serves as
music director and conductor for the Albany Symphony Orchestra. He is a member of the Georgia Council for the
Arts Music Panel and a professional affiliate member of the American Symphony Orchestra League. Hillard earned
a bachelor's degree from Calvin College , a master's degree and a Ph.D. from the Un iversity of Iowa . He and his
wife, Meri Beth, have three child ren .
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in the House, the Georgia Senate. The US House
and now the US Senate. I'm proud of what we have
done for Georgia."
Wednesday night, Mr. Thurmond spoke at the
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Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond is
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Mr. Thurmond has been a supporter and friend of
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beginn ing a t 9 : 30a . m., wi th regi stra t i on u n tiJ 4 : 30 p . m. Mjchael Page , o f Emory
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Every fall, Bulldog fans make their pilgrimage to Athens for the near-religious event held at Sanford Stadium.
The streets of downtown are filled with football patrons visiting the shops, restaurants a nd bars that help make
Athens' downtown great.
Intermingled with the hum of cheering crowds is the melody of street performers competing for tips. One of
these perfonners is bucket drummer Chris Harris, also known as "The Bucketman." But this football season,
thanks to a noise ordinance violation, he may be silent.
Harris, a resident of Tampa Bay, Fla., has traveled to Athens every fall for the last 10 years in order to perform
for the crowds downtown. His parents live in Covington, and he stays there during the fall in order to save
money.
Drummer Chris Harris has been
silenced following a citation.
Courtesy of CHRIS HARRIS
Street performing is how he makes a living to help support his wife and baby, and he travels all over the
Southeast to perform at different festivals and events.
On Sept. 4, the opening game against Louisiana-Lafayette, Harris was ticketed by Athens-Clarke County police
for a noise violation. This is the frrst ticket Harris has received in Athens.
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Harris said he was playing o n the comer of Co llege Avenue and Clayton Street downtown when a couple of
police officers walked up to him and informed him he was violating a noise ordinance. They gave him a ticket,
and told him he would have to leave.
Harris said the noise ordinance is unfair to him and is in violation of his First Amendment rights.
"A ll street perfom1ers have protection in freedom of speech," Harris said. "There are court cases that have set
precedence protecting street performers.''
Harris' claim was further confirmed by University law professor Randy Beck.
" The First Amendment protects freedom of speech which includes street musicians," he said. " Governments can
set limitations on the time, place and noise level of performing music as long as they
are not discriminating against a performer because of lyrics or style."
A no ise vio lation is defined by the Athens-Clarke County Code of Ord inances as producing a plainly audible
sound that can be heard more than 300 feet away between the hours of7 a.m. and II p.m. Sunday through
Thursday, and 7 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday. For the remaining hours, sound heard I 00 feet away is
prohibited.
Harris said the ordinance is too vague and it is not systematica lly enforced.
" I haven't been too loud for them for the past 10 years. Why did they dec ide to ticket me now?" Harris said .
Harris is not the only Athens musician to be ticketed.
Saturday, Athens-Clarke County Police issued a ticket to another street performer in the same area where Harris
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During opening statements of her murder trial Tuesday,
Assistant District Attorney John Melvin told jurors not to believe Lona Scott's contention that she
feared for her life because her husband said he was going to kill her and then charged at her. She
killed him m rage because he was hiding his considerable assets from her during their divorce, he
said.
"When you shoot a naked man to death and he's unamned. it's called a crime," Melvin told the jury.
"It's murder."
Scott's lawyer, Brian Steel, countered that his S-foot-4, 120-pound client was defending herself
when her barrel-chested, 6-foot, 200-pound husband came at her shortly after 3 a .m. on March 4,
2008.
"Lona didn't want to die," Steel told jurors. "He was agile. He was fast. He was powerful."
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This is the second time thiS year a DeKalb County jury is being asked to decide whether this is a
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Cliff Scott. an engineer, was good with his hands, trained in martial arts and lifted weights almost
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It had been the Scotts' plan for Cliff Scott to eam as much money as possible and for her to raise
their two daughters. Steel told the jury. But in October 2006, he said. lona Scott found out that her
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to the Bahamas for six months, she testified.
"He was moving his money. as much as he could, outside the United States," Arnold said.
Vlhlile he was gone. he said, the house would go into foreclosure, Arnold testified.
Arnold, who did not testify at the first trial. said she and Scott first met in 1998 and were intimate
two weeks before the Scotts' marriage. After that. she and Scott continued to talk almost daily for
months and later began having an affair, she said.
She testified that Scott often cofl1)1ained to her about his wife's lavish spending. He said he once
had to put his wife in a headlock because she had been attacking him. Arnold said.
On March 3, 2008, Cliff Scott came home for the last time. Angry about the contempt motion, he
was so rough with lona Scott in bed she went to sleep with their younger daughter down the hall,
Steel said. But she returned to the bedroom when he woke up and demanded more sex, which she
refused, Steel said.
Melvin told jurors that was when Scott executed her husband. She likely fired one shot in his upper
left chest and then two in his elbows, he said. As her husband fell and knelt before her. lana Scott
shot him in the head and then twice more in the upper back as he lay on the floor, Melvin said.
Steel disagreed, saying lhe forensic evidence wiU be consistent with his client's testimony, that
she tired the shots while he was charging at her.
In February, lona Scott testified that after her husband reentered the bedroom, she told him their
marriage was over. l ike he'd done before. he put her in a chokehold. only to release her when she
screamed out he would wake their 5-year-old daughter, she testified.
lona Scott told jurors she grabbed her .22-cafiber semi-automatic target pistol from a drawer next
to her bed and retrieved her purse and car keys so she could take thei r daughter and leave. But
Cliff Scott cornered her and said that because she was now holding a pistol. he had permission to
krll her. she testified.
Vlhlen he charged, she said. she fired once, striking him in the chest . Cliff Scott staggered but then
charged again. so she opened fire again. she said.
Otherwise. she testified in February. "I'd be dead right now."
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Twenty states have c ha ll enged whe t her the federa l government c an require
individuals to carry hea l th insu rance or face a tax p enal ty . Opponents argue
t hat refus ing Lo b u y ins u rance ls not commercia l a ctivity and t here fo re o uts ide
federal authori ly. Le<;Ja ll,Y these cases should be dismis sed as Congress has two
separat e const ' tJliona l bases to pass this law , the powe rs to re g u~ftte
inlerstace commerce and to tax .
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l n 2008 , uncompensated c are tall ied $ 56 bil lion . Th is i s not ''free '' care , i t i s
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Law , is d eputy special att orney general for Georgia in lls lawsuit aga in st the
federal h ea lth care la w
Crili cs q uestion whe t her the l aws uit has lega l meri t. I t ' s true t hat
congressiona l powers --- whether to regulate comme r ce , to tax , or t o spend
have o ften been left un checked by t he courts . But t here must log ically be some
point at which constitutiona l limit s are reached ; where the doctrine of limited
congressional power becomes real again .
The Constituti on gives Congress d i scretion to .regulate ln te rs t a t e commerce .
J t doe s not , howeve r, give Congress the power to make cit ize ns enter markets for
health ca re services t hat they choo se t o avoid . The Con stit ution al so is
supposed to restrain t he fed eral government ' s abil i ty to spend i n ways tha L
strip the st ates of their inLegrity . Heallh ca re r eform, however , forces stat es
into a no- win situation : They have no practical option but to accept the
often-clue less design of Medicaid , and spend J arge par ts of their own budget s on
iL , just t o continue the f low of fed eral funds to the poor .
Justice Benjamin Ca r dozo warned i n 1 931 tha t t he usc of the spend ing power
would become unconst itut iona l at. some p oint. when and if the fede ra l pressure on
the sta tes turned i n to compul sion . Tha t time has arr ived , and it s fa ce is health
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ATHENS , Ga ., Sept . 15 -- The University of Georgia issued the foll ow i ng news
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The Univers.iLy o f G eo rgi e;~ School of Law is part"i cipating i n th e " Robes i n -t he
School s " pro-gram , wh ich brings toge t h e r a panel of judges to share t heir
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legal profession . The program will be held in Hirsch Hall , classroom B, from
12 : 30 p . m. to 1 : 45 p . m. on Sept . 30 .
Chief Judge Patrici a Barron from the Magistrate Court of Athens-Clarke County
is part icipa ti ng in the program along with five Ge orgia Law a l umnj : Judge J anet
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Judge Me lod ie Snell Conner from the S uperi or Cou rt of Gwinnett Co unty , Judqe
Doris L. " Dee" Downs from the Superior Court o f Ful ton County , J udge Susan B.
Forsling from the State Court of Fulton County and Judge Stephen s. Goss from
the Superior Court of Dougherty County .
'' We are extremely proud t o host t h is program with six impre ss ive judges , f i ve
of whom are our alumni , " Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs Paul M.
Kurtz said. '' I ' m sure tha t studen ts will gain a ne w appreciat ion for and a
better understanding of the legal pro fession in general and the r ole of a j udge
in particular ."
The six- judge panel will speak to students about their path s to law school
and the bench and share stra tegies and tips for success in the l egal field . The
program wil l be moderated by Georgia La w Hosch Professor Jul ian A. Cook I I I .
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at law sc hools, colleges and high schools t hroughout the metropo l itan Atlanta
area and in select counties throughout the state o f Georgia on Sept. 30 . It is
sponsored by Just the Beg jnning Foundation, which strives to develop and nurture
interest in the law among young pe rsons from various ethnic backgrounds
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ATHENS- University of Georgia police responded with guns drawn to a campus center Thursday , but the
report of a gunman there turned out to be false, UGA officials told the AJC.
"You yell 'gun' on a college campus and you're going to get some police," said campus Police Chief
Jimmy Williamson. He said as many as 20 patrolman and detectives, some toting rifles , rushed to the
Dean Rusk Center -- part of the law school-- after someone reported seeing a gunman there.
It turns out that people thought they'd seen a former graduate student who allegedly threatened a
professor, Williamson said. The alleged threat is being investigated, added the chief. He will not identify
the individual unless charges are filed, possibly Friday.
UGA spokesman Tom Jackson told the AJC that police determined that the alleged gunman already was
in jai l.
They reached that determination after arriving at the law school, Williamson explained. "The one we
thought was the gunman wasn't even there," he said.'The rifles were out, so I'm sure people might have
thought it was a SWAT team."
The chief said the individual who was thought to be a gunman was sitting in jail for violating a bench
warrant, meaning he probably failed to appear in court. Williamson said he did not know what charge the
person was facing but said it was unrelated to Thursday morning's scare or the alleged threat.
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Attorne y Phaed (a c . Pa rks l s in ho t demand these days. She's been invited t o
spea k, s it and appea r in ever ythi ng from clas srooms to boards to television .
Recently the Georg ia -based lawyer was invited to speak to a group of
entertai nment law stude nts at .The- Unive.rs ity of Georgia Schpo l of Law in
Septembec . She has aJ so been in vi ted to ser.ve anot he r 2 yea.r:·s on Che pccst i giou s
board of Georgia's Law School Alumni Council . The university i s widely
r ecognized as one of the 50 b est l a w schools i n Lhe n ation. As a b oa rd member one
of her many dut ies is to he l p choose t he b es t s tudent s t o attend the s chool as
well as awa rd scholarships to deserving recipients . Parks beljeves action speaks
loude r than words and doesn ' t hesitate to roll up her sl eeves and get involved .
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good counsel ,'' she sha r es . Every year Parks donate s at l ea st $10 , 000 of h er own
money to schools and hardwor king underprivileged f ut ure l awyers.
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announced that. the southern intel l ectual beauty has become the late st to join
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ATLANTA - The U.S. Supreme Court has stepped into four Georgia death penalty cases in the last year or so,
and it could yet again intervene - this time over a defendant who said he languished in jail because the state
couldn't pay his lawyers.
It's the latest test for Georgia's j ustice system, which has come under scrutiny in recent years. The state's new
public defender program has had funding trouble ever since the $3 million Atlanta courthouse shootings trial,
and the Georgia Supreme Court has been criticized for not reviewing death penalty appeals closely enough.
In this case, Jaime Ryan Weis, who is accused of killing a 73-year-old woman, argues there was a "complete
breakdown" in the system when he sat in jail without an attorney for more than two years. The U.S. Supreme
Court will decide after a closed-door conference Sept. 27 whether it wants to intervene.
"It's especially surprising because this Supreme Court is not an anti-death penalty courl," said Donald E. Wilkes
Jr., a University of Georgia Law School professor who specializes in death penalty cases. "Maybe they think that
Georgia is giving the death penalty a bad name, if that's possible."
But Weis' case may not be as simple as he claims. Prosecutors said Weis was never without legal representation,
though they concede his lawyers were limited by a funding shortfall.
"The Georgia Supreme Court properly determined there was not a systemic breakdown in the indigent defense
system in Georgia," Beth Burton, a senior Georgia assistant attorney general, said in arguments.
Weis was charged in the February 2006 killing of Catherine King, by blunt force injuries and two gunshot
wounds to the head during a robbery. He has pleaded not guilty.
Two private attorneys were appointed to represent him, but when the state couldn't afford to pay them, a judge
ordered two public defenders even though they said they had overwhelming caseloads.
After Weis refused to work with them, appellate attorneys from the Southern Center for Human Rights took up
his case for free, and argued his right to a speedy trial was violated.
The Georgia Supreme Court rejected the speedy trial appeal in March in a 4-3 ruling, finding that Weis played a
key role in the delays. His new attorneys then asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in.
The case has taken a toll on Weis. He has attempted to commit suicide three times, and his attorney Steven
Bright said Weis has told the judge several times he wanted to give up the legal fight and go to trial, only to
change his mind.
"He can't sleep. He's a nervous wreck. And amid all this uncertainty, not having a lawyer just made everything
worse," said Bright, the president of the Atlanta-based center. "Even for a normal person facing the death
penalty, being able to talk to a lawyer about our legal plight would be critical. But for somebody who is mentally
ill, to go without a lawyer is agonizing."
Weis' attorneys blame the funding shortfall on the Georgia Legislature's decision to dive rt $30 million raised
from court fines and fees from the public defender system to the state's general fund .
Weis' dilemma is the most immediate in a string of capital cases scrutinized by the nation's highest court, which
sent a warning of sorts in October 2008 when Justice John Paul Stevens wrote a scathing opinion that said the
Georgia Supreme Court carried out an "utterly perfunctory'' review of a death penalty case.
In the most high-profile case, the court in August 2009 granted death row inmate Troy Davis a rare hearing to
test his claims that he was wrongfully convicted of the 1989 slaying of an off-duty police officer. After the
hearing, a federal judge ruled the new evidence amounted to little more than "smoke and mirrors," but his
attorneys are appealing and the case could again wind up before the nation's high court.
The top court also asked a federal appeals court in May to review the case of Lawrence Joseph Jefferson, a death
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Jefferson claims his lawyers failed to investigate a traumatic head injury he suffered as a child.
A month later, the Supreme Court ordered Georgia judges to consider claims that DeMarcus Ali Sears' defense
lawyers mishandled his death penalty case. Sears was sentenced to death for kidnapping and then raping and
killing 59-year-old Gloria Wilbur.
Perhaps the most unusual cases, though, came in January when a divided U.S. Supreme Court ordered the
appeals court to review a 1993 Georgia death penalty case because of allegations that a juror sent raunchy gifts
made of chocolate to the judge and a courtroom bailiff at the end of the trial.
The court ruled 5-4 to set aside an appeals court ruling that upheld a death sentence against Marcus Wellons,
who was convicted and sentenced to death for raping and strangling a 15-year-old.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has stepped into four Georgia death penalty cases in the last year
or so , and it could yet again intervene - this time over a defendant who said he languished in jail
because the state couldn't pay his lawyers.
It's the latest test for Georgia's justice system, which has come under scrutiny in recent years. The
state's new public defender program has had funding trouble ever since the $3 million Atlanta courthouse
shootings trial, and the Georgia Supreme Court has been criticized for not reviewing death penalty
appeals closely enough.
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In this case, Jaime Ryan We is, who is accused of killing a 73-year-old woman, argues there was a
"complete breakdown" in the system when he sat in jail without an attorney for rrore than two years. The
U.S. Supreme Court will decide after a closed-door conference Sept. 27 whether it wants to intervene.
"It's especially surprising because this Supreme Court is not an anti-death penalty court," saia Donald E.
Wilkes Jr., a University of Georgia Law School professor who specializes in death penalty cases.
"Maybe they think that Georgia is giving the death penalty a bad name, if that's possible."
But We is' case may not be as simple as he claims. Prosecutors said We is was never without legal
representation, though they concede his lawyers were limited by a funding shortfall.
''The Georgia Supreme Court properly determined there was not a systemic breakdown in the indigent
defense system in Georgia," Beth Burton, a senior Georgia assistant attorney general. said in
arguments.
Weis was charged in the February 2006 killing of Catherine King, by blunt force injuries and two gunshot
wounds to the head during a robbery. He has pleaded not guilty.
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Two private attorneys were appointed to represent him, but when the state couldn't afford to pay them, a
judge ordered two public defenders even though they said they had overwhelming caseloads. After Weis
refused to work with them, appellate attorneys from the Southern Center for Human Rights took up his
case for free, and argued his right to a speedy trial was violated.
The Georgia Supreme Court rejected the speedy trial appeal in March in a 4-3 ruling, finding that Weis
played a key role in the delays. His new attorneys then asked the U.S. Supreme Court to step in.
The case has taken a toll on Weis. He has attempted to commit suicide three times, and his attorney
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Steven Bright said We is has told the judge several times he wanted to give up the legal fight and go to
trial, only to change his mind.
"He can't sleep. He's a nervous wreck. And amid all this uncertainty, not having a lawyer just made
everything worse, " said Bright, the president of the Atlanta-based center. "Even for a normal person
facing the death penalty, being able to talk to a lawyer about our legal plight would be critical. But for
somebody who is mentally ill, to go without a lawyer is agonizing."
Weis' attorneys blame the funding shortfall on the Georgia Legislature's decision to divert $30 m llion
raised from court fines and fees from the public defender system to the state's general fund.
Weis' dilerrma is the most immediate in a string of capital cases scrutinized by the nation's highest court,
which sent a warning of sorts in October 2008 when Justice John Paul Stevens wrote a scathing opinion
that said the Georgia Supreme Court carried out an "utterly perfunctory" review of a death penalty case.
In the most high-profile case, the court in August 2009 granted death row inmate Troy Davis a rare
hearing to test his claims that he was wrongfully convicted of the 1989 slaying of an off-duty police
officer. After the hearing, a federal judge ruled the new evidence amounted to little more than "smoke and
mirrors," but his attorneys are appealing and the case could again wind up before the nation's high court.
The top court also asked a federal appeals court in May to review the case .of Lawrence Joseph
Jefferson, a death row inmate convicted of beating a co-worker to death in 1985 w ith a tree limb.
Jefferson claims his lawyers failed to investigate a traumatic head injury he.suffered as a child.
A month later, the Supreme Court ordered Georgia judges to consider clail11$ that DeMarcus Ali Sears'
defense lawyers mishandled his death penalty case. Sears was sentenced to death for kidnapping and
then raping and killing 59-year-old Gloria Wi lbur.
Perhaps the most unusual cases, though, carne in January when a divided U.S. Supreme Court ordered
the appeals court to review a 1993 Georgia death penalty case because of allegations that a juror sent
raunchy gifts made of chocolate to the judge and a courtroom bailiff at the end of the trial.
The court ruled 5-4 to set aside an appeals court ruling that upheld a death sentence against Marcus
Wellons, who was convicted and sentenced to death for raping and strangling a 15-year-old.
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Meredith Hobbs
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09- 17-2010
Two partners' decisions to pursue judgeships and a lease that expires in December have prompted the four partners in
Atlanta's Holland Schaeffer Roddenbery Blitch to dissolve the litigation firm founded by Charles M. Kidd in 1971. The firm will
disband at the end of the year.
David N. Schaeffer is running for an open seat on the Georgia Court of Appeals, and James D. Blitch IV is pursuing an
appointment for a vacancy on the State Court of Fulton County, which came open after the state court's chief judge, A.L.
Thompson, resigned on Sept. 6.
Gwenn D. Holland and Tina S. Roddenbery will form their own shop, Holland Roddenbery, in January. Holland handles
primarily family law as well as trusts and estates and business litigation. Roddenbery's practice is all family law.
"This is the end of our firm together, after almost 40 years," said Shaeffer. The firm updated its name from Kidd & Vaughan
to Holland Schaeffer Roddenbery Blitch at the beginning of 2009 after the retirement of Woodrow w. Vaughan Jr. Kidd died of
cancer in 1994.
"At this point in our careers, especially with my attempt to move onto the bench, it makes sense to separate out our practice
areas," Schaeffer said. His practice, like Blitch's, is business litigation and personal injury.
"To some degree that's sad, but I am very supportive of Tina and Gwenn. I wish them all the luck and success in the world,
and we will always be great friends," added Schaeffer, who has spent his career at the firm, since 1981.
Despite the crowded field, Schaeffer said his plan is to be a state Court of Appeals judge next year. "I feel like it's going very
well," he said of the race. The five other candidates for the post are Decatur, Ga., lawyer Christopher J. Mcfadden, Atlanta
lawyers James A. Babalola, Antoinette "Toni" Davis and Adrienne Hunter-Strothers and Enotah Circuit District Attorney N.
Stanley Gunter.
Blitch said he decided to pursue an appointment for Fulton County State Court after learning last month that Thompson
would be resigning. " I have for a long time had quiet aspirations to serve as a trial court judge," he said.
"At the same time, I am also excited about other opportunities in front of me to continue my business litigation practice. I
am actively pursuing those opportunities as well, not knowing at this time whom Gov. Perdue will choose to appoint," added
Blitch, who's practiced with the firm for 10 years.
"All the partners are equally excited for each other and our futures," he said. "We all are very close and have the highest
respect for each other."
Roddenbery said she and Holland are looking at office space in Atlanta 's Buckhead district. Lucy M. Martin, an associate from
Holland Shaeffer, is joining them. They plan to hire another associate, two paralegals and a secretary-receptionist.
The move will be a big change, since the two have spent their entire careers at their current firm downtown. Kidd hired
Holland in 1977 and then Roddenbery in 1987. Both had clerked there while in law school.
Holland and Roddenbery said their partners' judicial aspirations and the end of their lease sparked the decision to move to
Buckhead from their current location at 191 Peachtree Street. "It was the perfect opportuhity to practice together," said
Holland.
Buckhead is a more convenient location for their clients, Roddenbery said, adding that only a couple of family lawyers still
practice downtown and most have m igrated to the north side of town.
Holland and Roddenbery started out as general civ il litigators and their practices evolved Into family law over the years.
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Rod·-:!enbery said that when she joined the firm in 1987 from t he Un1versity of Georg1a Law School, she was the only associate
for four partners, so she worked on all their cases.
"Charles Kidd was a tremendous trial lawyer," she said. He passed on a lot of family law cases to her, she said, which is how
she developed her practice. "It's been a wonderful experience. I've been fortunate," Roddenbery said.
Holland, who is the most senior of the Holland Shaeffer Roddenbery Blitch partners, became the firm's first female lawyer
after Kidd hired her for a clerkship in 1976 while a student at Emory University School of Law. "He was an incredible mentor,"
she said. "And people who practiced against him adored him and respected him."
An unexpected tum of events caused Kidd to bring her on. Holland recalled that he had visited his alma mater, the University
of Virginia Law School, to interview prospective new lawyers. He'd put only men on his interview list, and the law school's
administrators asked him why he wasn't considering any women . Women couldn't be litigators, Kidd told them.
Holland said UVA Law tem porarily suspended him from interviewing on campus, which was upsetting to the proud UVA
graduate. To get back into UVA's good graces, she said, Kidd hired two Emory law students as clerks -- a man to do the
litigating and her to handle the other work.
Holland said her clerkship caused Kidd to change his mind about women's litigation capabilities, and he hired her as an
associate. She became a partner in 1984 and has been there ever since. "At one point he went around bragging that 50
percent of his partners were women," she recalled fond ly.
All four partners are active in the legal community. Schaeffer is the past president of the Atlanta Bar Association, and Blitch
currently serves as the chair of the Atlanta Bar's litigation section.
Roddenbery is the past chair of the State Bar of Georgia's family law section and has been a member of the bar's board of
governors since 1995. She is also a member of the board of trustees of the Atlanta Volun teer Lawyers Foundation and
involved in her children's schools, serving on the boards of Trinity School and The Schenck School.
Holland is the program chair for The Charles Longstreet Weltner Fam ily Law Ameri can Inn of Court and on the editorial board
of "The Mortmain," the newsletter of the Atlanta Bar's estate planning and probate section. She has also served several terms
on the board of her synagogue and is an avid hiker.
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ATLANTA - The US Supreme Court has stepped into four Georgia death penalty
cases in the last year or so, a nd it could intervene a gain - this time over a
defendant who said he langui shed in jail because the slate couldn ' t pay his
lawyers.
I t's t he lat est test fo r Geor gia's jus t ice system , which has come under
scru t i ny i n recent years. Th e sta te ' s n ew public defende r program has had
fu nd i ng trou ble ever since it spent $ 3 million i n 2008 de fending Brian Nichol s ,
l he man conv ict ed of killi ng a judge, court reporter, sheriff ' s deputy , and
federa l agen t during a 2005 rampage al an Atl anta court house . And t he Georgia
Supreme Court has been cri ticized for not reviewing death penalty ap peals
closely e nough .
Jn this case, Jamie Ryan We i s, who is accused of killing a 73- year- old woman ,
said there was a ··complete breakdown ' ' in the system when he sat in j a il
without a l awyer for more t han two years . The US Supreme Court could decide
after a clos ed- door conference Sept . 27 whether it wants to intervene .
' ' JL ' s especi a l ly surprisi n g because this Sup reme Co urL is not an ant i - dea t h
penally court , " '>.liJ Donald E . Wdkes Jr., a University of' Gc'orgia-r.a~ Schoo
rr,fessor who specializes in dea t h penalty ca ses. ''Maybe Lhey th i nk t hat
Georgi a is giving the death pena l ty a bad name , if that's possibJe . ' '
But We is's case may not be as simple as he asserts . Prosecutors said Weis was
never without legal represent a tion , though they concede his lawyers were limited
by a funding shortfall .
''The Georgia Supreme Court properly dete rmined t here was not a systemic
breakdown in the indigent de fe nse sys tem i n Georgi a,'' Be t h Burton , a sen ior
Georgi a assi stant attorney general, said i n argume n t s .
Weis was charged in the February 2006 kil l ing of Cat her ine King , s l ain by
blun t force i njuries and two guns hoL wounds to t he head during a robbe r y . He has
pleaded not guilty .
Two private lawyers were appointed to represent him, but when the s t a te
couldn ' t afford Lo pay them , a judge ordered two public defenders even though
they said t hey had overwhelmi ng caseloads.
After Weis refused to work with Lh em , appel l ate lawyers from t he Sout hern
Cente r f or Huma n RJghts too k up his case for fre e, and said his r ight to a
speedy t rial was violated .
The Georg i a Supreme Court rejected the speedy tria l appeal i.n Ma rch in a
4-to- 3 r uling , finding that Weis played a key role in the delays . His new
lawyers then asked the US Supreme Court to step in .
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'' He can ' t s l eep. He' s a nervous wreck. And amid a ll th is uncerta i nty, not
having a l a wyer just made everything wors e, '' said Steven Bright , his lawyer and
president of the Atlanta-based center .
''Ev en for a n o rma l person f acing t he d eath p ena lty , bei ng able to ta l k to a
l a wyer abo u t our l egal plight woul d be cr i t i cal . But fo r somebody who i s
ment ally ill, to go without a lawyer i s agonizing . ' '
Wcis ' s lawyers bl a me the f unding shortfall on the Georgia Legi sla tur e ' s
d e cision t o dJvert $ 30 mill i on raise d f rom court f ines and f e e s from the public
de fende r sys tem to t he sLate 's general f und .
Weis's dilemma is the most immediat e in a string of capit al cases scrutiniz ed
by the nation ' s highest court , which sent a warning of sort s in Octobe r 2008
when Jus tice John Paul Stevens wro Le an o p in ion t hat said t he Georgia S upreme
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Jay Mancini, the Haltiwanger Distinguished Professor of Child and Family Developmenlln the College of Family and Consumer
Sciences, studied how adolescents can best learn to adjust when one of their parents Is deployed overseas by the military.
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UGA research shows predictability, authenticity
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When a p arent who is in the military
is deployed adolescents need to .know
who they can count on, according to
findings by r esearchers at UGA and
Virginia Tech.
"Families that have a parent de-
confirmed was the pivotal role of
parents in helping their children cope.
Consequently programs targeted at
youth need to also account for their
family relationships."
The study, conducted in 2008, included interviews with 85 adolescents
ranging in age from 11 to 18, many
of whom were attending Operation
were deployed . How the participants
learned of the pending deployment,
their interactions with their parents
prior to, during and following deployment, the support of exten ded family
members, and how family roles evolved
were all discussed by the participants.
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The School of Law will host judges from the
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans C laims on
Sept. 21 as they hear a case. The h earing will
take place in the law school's Hatton Lovejoy
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"It is a great ho nor to welcome these judges
to the School of Law," said Paul M. Kurtz, associate dean for academic and student affairs. "The
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims plays
a unique and important role in the judicial system by specifically focusing on veterans' rights. It
is a rare opportunity and a privilege for people in
our community to have a chance to observe the
workings of this court and sit in on a case."
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and ways to share resources.
"MFT Ph.D. programs are designed to prepare graduate students to conduct research in the
marriage and family therapy field, in addition to
furthering their clinical skills," said Lee Johnson,
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HEADLI NE : Ca nd ida tes f or judgeship share views at f orum
BYLINE : Nev in Ba tiwa l l a, The Bruns wick News , Ga.
BODY :
Sept . 21- -For the f irst t ime in 16 years, Brunswick Jud ic i al Circui t Chief
Judge Amanda Wi lliams hea rd Monday from a n o pponent who sa ys she can do a bette r
job fr om t he bench .
The c hall enge came f rom Mary He len Moses , a n a ttorney who entered the publi c
spot l ig h t in her rol e a s co- c ounsel in t he e ffo rt to bloc k t he e xpansion of t he
Gl ynn County Jai l in downtown Brun s wick . Mos es said changes need to be made to
make t he court s ystem more e ff i cie nt and tran s parent to a l l evi a te the curren t
b ackl og of case s.
Six wee ks out from the Nov . 2 e lection , Williams, 63 , and Moses, 57, spoke to
a c rowd of abo ut 60 , mos tl y s eni o r s , a t a c andidates' fo rum on S t . Simons Island
host ed by Resident s United for Plan ning and Action , a n onprof i t, gras sroot s
community a ction group . The Brunswick Judicia l Circuit inc l udes Glynn , Appling ,
Camden, J ef f Davis and Wayne co un ti es .
Both c andida te s g ave a fi ve minute opening speech that highlighted thei r
p ersonal and professio nal b a ckgrou nds and e x pl ained why they dec i ded to run for
t he j udges hip .
Wi l li ams , a longtime re sident of Glynn Co unty with 20 years of j udicia l
expe rience, ta l ked a bout her rol e i n bringing dr ug court s to t h e ci rc ui t ln
1998 .
She c i ted an a udit , whi ch sa id drug court s saved the s tate $1 69 mi l l ion
during a three- ye ar p eriod and tha t every dol l ar spent on drug court s saved $7 .
" I n t:he dr ug c ou r t p rogram , wha t you try to do i s give people a way to l earn
how t o s tay cl ean and s ober and awa y from dr u gs, " Wi l li ams sai d. " You try to ge t
life style changes you try to get t hem to have a job , safe housing , get education
and G. E . D. s and give ba ck to the c ommun i ty , a nd end up beinq taxpayers in st ead
of tax users, and ho pe f ul ly chang e lives."
Meanwhi l e , Mosc.s , ¥ihu .s -:ud.Pd al I r.e lnl •/ers1ty o h-~~O"rg ;_ a s~ ~ ' or r ,aw and
the Georget own Univers ity Law Cen ter and h as more tnan"'"'32- yea rs of expor .tence
representing plai ntif f s and de f enda nts before federal and state tri a l and
appel la t e c ourt s, said her time p r a ctic ing i n places across the country from New
Yor k to Florida gi ves h er i ns ight i nto how to i mprove t he l oca l cour t s.
''We need to institute some kind of t e chnology to make our court s more u s er
fri.endl y a nd give t hem more transpa r ency about whe re case s are going and how
they are g e tti ng t here," s aid Moses, a Glynn County r esident since 1 999, who ha s
also taught law .
Moses voi ced conce rns wi t h t he way drug co urts a re handled . Part icu lar l y , she
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b a il i mpos e s.
" Judges are gene ral l y supposed to exercise discre tion in terms of set ting
bond and i n t e rms o f s e n t enci ng ," Moses said.
" A rigid rule to be followed is not appropr iate ."
Wi l1 iams d efended Lhe manda tory minimum sen tenc es a nd s tres s e d t hat t hey only
app l y for t hose who ref us e the option for trea tment or someone dealing drugs .
That approach , Will iams a rgued, cr ea tes an "env iro nment to make drug addic t s
want to come into our sys tem and ge t t he he l p tha t t hey need ."
To see more of The Brunswic k News o r to s ubscribe to the newsp aper , go to
htlp : //www . t heb runswic kn ews . c om/ . Copyright {c) 2010 , The Brun swick News , Ga .
Distribu ted by McC latchy- Tribune Info rmation Services . Fo r more i nformati on
about the conLent services of fere d by McClatchy-Tribune I nformation Se rvi ces
(MCT) , vi sit www . mctinfoservices . com , e - mail services@mclinfoservices . com, or
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Jefferies Group Inc . announced today that Michael J . S harp ha s been named
Executive Vi ce Pr es iden t , Genera l Cou nse l , a nd Sec retary. He wi l l a ssume t hese
posi tion s f or bo t h Jefferies Gr o up , Inc . a nd i ts principal operati ng subsidiary ,
Je ffe rjes & Compa ny , Inc . effecti ve November 26 , 2010 . Mr . Sharp wil l replace
Lloyd H. Fe ller , who will retire at the end of the year fol lowi ng eigh t years of
se rvice in t he posi t i on .
"Lloyd Fe ller has pl a yed an integral role in wha t has been a very dyna mic
pe riod in o ur i ndus try dur ing wh ich our firm experie nced si gni ficant growth and
deve lopmen t . Hi s contri but ions are many, and we deeply apprecia te his ti r eles s
ef for ts , " c ommented Richard B . Handler, Cha irman and Chief Executive Off icer o f
Jefferies . " We are very p leased to welcome our new pa rtner, Mike Sharp , who
b ring s a weal t h of expe rience and knowledge to Je fferi es at this critica l time
of o ngoi ng gro wth and change for ou r fi rm and our ind ust ry . Il ls ex tens i ve and
va ried bac kg round in the securities , i nvestme nt banking and broke r -de a ler
cornmuniLie s will be inva luabl e to our capit a li zing on fut u r e oppor tuni ti es ,"
a dde d Mr . Handler .
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honor a nd pleasure for all of us a t Jef fe rie s . His wisdom a nd counsel supported
our st rategy and our a ction s, a nd we thank him for a ll h e has given us, " sa id
Brian P. Friedman , Cha irman , Executive Committee . " We welcome Mike Sharp to
J ef ferie s and look forward to continuing to build our firm wit h his guidance and
leadership."
Mr. Sha rp joi ns J ef feries from Wi l merHa le , where he had bee n a pa rt ner in t he
Secu ri ties Depar tmen t since March 200 9 and focuse d on secur it i es liti ga t ion and
e nforcement matter s relaLed to t hat fi rm's broker-dealer and fi nancia l - services
practices . Prior to that, Mr . Sharp spent 12 years at Citigroup , where he served
as General Counsel f or Global Wealth Management , Consumer nanking and Glob al
Cards .
Mr . Sharp has been in volved i n near ly a l l aspec ts of the fina ncia l-serv ices
i ndustry . After ea rning his MBA from Corne ll Univers ity, Mr . Sharp t raded US
Treasury Bonds and rela ted in struments for seven yea rs be f ore gelLing hi ~ I
f rc•I'Tl 'hr) un.: vE'r: " t y of ~ r-rJr ·-~ i a ;..uw ~- :riJol , wheo ~e he set;ved as Editor-.in-Chief..., of
t he L.)w Kev i l'W. l:"Oi low ing a clerk ship on the US Co urt o f Ap pea ls for the
Eleve nth Ci rc ui t , Mr. Sharp was a liti gation as soc i ate at Cr ava th , Swaine &
Moore for fi ve yea rs before joining Citi group .
Jeffe ries, a global securit i es and inve s tment ban king f i rm , has served
compani es and thei r investors fo r more than 48 year s . Jef f e ries & Compan y , [ nc .
is the pri n cipal us operating subsidiar y of Jeffe ri es Group , I n c . ( NYSE : JEF :
www . j c fferies. com ) , a nd Je ff eri es Inte rnational Li mited is t h e princ i pa l UK
operating s ubsidia ry . Jefferi es Internati onal Limit ed, a UK- i ncorporat ed
company, is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Se r vices Authori ty .
CONTACT : Jefferies
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NEW YORK & LONDON-- ( BUS I NESS WI RE)-J e f feries Grou p Inc. annou nced today t hat M i cha~l .J. Sharp h a s been named
Execu ti ve Vice President, General Coun se l , a nd Se cretary . He wil l ass ume these
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pos it ions f o r bot h J ef f er i es Group, Inc . and it s princ ipa l ope r a t i ng s ubs i d i a r y,
J e f fer ies & Company, Inc. effective November 26, 20 10. Mr. Sharp wi l l replace
Ll oyd H. Fe l le r , who wi l l retire at t he end of the yea r f ol l owi ng e igh t years of
servi ce in t h e pos i tion .
'' Lloyd Fel l er has Rl ~yed a n integr al r ole in wh a t ha s b~en a very dynamic
pe riod in our i ndus t ry d u ring which our firm expe ri e n ced signifi cant g r owt h a nd
deve l opmen t . Hi s contributions a re man y, and we deeply apprec i a t e his t i rel ess
e f forts," commented Richard B. Handle r , Chai r man and Ch i ef Executive Of fic er of
Je f fe ries. "We are very p l eased t o welcome our new partne r , Mi ke Sharp, wh o
b rin gs a we alth of exper i ence and knowl edge to Jefferies a t thi s c ritical time
of o n going growt h and chan ge f or our firm a nd our indu stry. Hi s ext ens i ve and
varied background i n the securit i es, i n vestment banking and broker - d ea l er
communi ties will be inva l u a b l e to our c apit a l i z i ng o n f ut u r e opportun it i es,"
added Mr. Ha ndl er.
" Wor king with Lloyd Fe l le r t hese past e ight years has been an except i ona l
honor and p l eas ure fo r a ll of us a t Jefferies. Hi s wi s d o m ~ndcounsel suppo rt ed
o u r s t r a t egy and ou r act i o n s , a nd we t hank him fo r a l l he has given us," said
Brian P. Friedman, Chairma n , Executive Committee. " We welcome Mike Sharp to
J ef f e ri es and l ook forward to continuing to bui l d our f i rm with hi s g uidance and
l eadership . "
Mr . S harp j o i ns J e f fe r ies f rom WilmerHale, where he had b ee n a partne r in t he
Secur it ies Depa rtment since Ma rch 20 0 9 and f oc u sed on securit ies lit igat ion and
enforcement ma t t ers related to t h a t f i r m's bro ker - dealer a nd f inan c i a l- services
practices. Prior t o that , Mr . Sharpspent 12 y ea r s at Ci t i g ro up, whe re he served
as Genera l Counse l fo r Globa l Wea lth Management, Consume r Banking and Globa l
Cards .
Mr . Sha r p has been i nvolved i n nea rl y al l aspect s of t he fi n ancial-servi ces
i ndustry . After ea rning h i s MBA from Cornel l Universi ty, Mr . Sh arp traded US
Treasu r y Bonds and r elated i n s t r uments for seven years before get t ing his JD
from the Universi t y of Georgia L<nv School , where h e s erved as Editor - i n -Chief o f
t he Law Review . fol l owing a c l erksh i p on the OS Cou rt of Appea ls fo r t h e
Elev enth Ci r cui t , Mr. Sharpwa s a l itiga tion associat e at Cr avath, Swa i n e & Moor e
for f i ve yearsbefore j oini ng Ci t ig r oup .
J e f feries, a g l oba l secur i t ies and inve s t ment banki ng f i rm, h as served
compani es a nd t heir i n vestors for mo r e than 48 yea r s . J e f f eri es & Company, Inc .
i s t he prin c ipa l US ope r at i ng s ubsidiary of Jef f eri esGro up , Inc . (NYSE : J EF :
www.jef f eri es.com), a nd Je f feries I n t~r na tio na l Li mi t ed i s t he p rincipal UK
operating subsidia r y . J effer i es In t erna tiona l Limited, a OK-incor porated
company, is a u thorised a nd regul a t ed by t he UK Fina ncia l S ~rvic es Au thority .
J·efferies
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Georgia Equality announced today some of Its eodorsel11e(lts in the Nov. 2 election, saying it
would make I'T'()re eodorsel11e(lts in the near future.
"The endorsed candidat es below have demonst rated t heir support of t he LGBT community
and they need your support now," sai d Jeff Graham, executive director of Georgia EQuality,
in a press release about the endorsements.
Graham said Georgia Equality is stilt accepting surveys from judicial candidates and statewide
candidates In certain races and will make additional endorsements in the near future.
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announcing Its endorsements:
Joan Garner: District 6 · Fulton County Commission hUp:/fwww.gametforcommissioner.com
"I am honored and humbl ed t o have t he early support of Georgia Equality, which serves an ln-.:>ort ant
function tor the LGBT community and f or the community at large; says Gamer in a statement, who Is
running for the seat currently held by Nancy Boxitl, who after 23 years oo the Coomissioo has announced
her deci sion not to seek a sixth term. 'This endorsement recogntzes that my worl< with the LGBT
commumty and broader conmunities can be extended, representing all of us in addressing the crucial
i ssues of Fulton County, Including public safety, public health, transportation and more."
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"One of the reasons I entered this race is to ensure t hat this dive~ community continues to prosper,·
Gamer said in the release, "and that it does so with t he active participation of people from all walks of
life across District 6 and beyond. I look forward to accomplishing t hat in partnership with Georgia
Equality. ·
A Washington, DC, native, Gamer has been in Atlanta since 1978, making her horne in various
the district. She now resides in the historic Old fourth Ward ne~hborhood with her
partner of 11 years.
ne~hborhoods across
Gamer defeated Keisha Waites in a runoff for t his seat in the Democrat ic primary and faces no
Republican opposi tion on Nov. 2. She wilt become the first openly gay Fulton County Commissioner.
Maryllne Blackburn: St at e House District 34
http:l/www.votenl<lrylineblackbum.com/homel
Marytine Blackburn has lived in Georgia for the past 24 years. She has volunteered with organlutions
such as Go Red for women, Atlanta Interfai th AIDS Alliance, Lifespan Senior Resources, March of Dimes,
Smyma Senior Citizens, Chastain Horse Pari< Therapeutic Program, Habitat of Georgia, Hands on Atlanta,
Red Cross and many others. She has worl<cd in sates, marketing, managel11e(lt fields and is currently
recording her fourth album.
In 1984, she COf1"4ll'ted in and won the M•ss Alaska Pageant Where Sarah Palin was the second runner -up.
Maryllne then "M."nt on to represent Alaska In the Miss America
• .-, ·n .. Pageant, where she won a
finalist talent award and was asked to tour with t he Department of Defense (DOD) and the USO, featuring
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Joan Gamer is a long-time community leader and non-profit executive. In addition to her non-profit
leadership career within organtzations supporting social justice, Gamer's more than 20-year civic resume
includes 12 years of d~rect service to Ful ton County, on the boards of the Atlanta-Fulton County Public
library, the Library's Foundation and on the fulton County Arts Council (on which she continues to
serve). As tong ago as 1989 she served on the transition team for Mayor· elect Maynard Jackson, who l ater
appointed Garner a senior adviser on gay and lesbian issues; In doing so, he set a precedent of gay
communi ty input directly at the mayoral leveL Recently, she advised Mayor Kasim Reed's transition
efforts.
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Stacey Evans: State House District 40
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· 1am thrilled to receive the endo~ment of Georgia Equality and I'm proud to stand with them as we
wori< toward equality for all Georgians," Evans said in a statement. Evans was born and raised in
Ringgold, Ga., and was the first person 111 her family to graduate from college and earned both her
undergraduate and l aw degrees from the
of Georgia. Stacey is a litigation attorney with Bryan
Cave Powell Gol dstein and lives in Smyma with her husband, Andrew.
She is chair of the Georgia High
Mock Trial Competition and is a merroer of the Board of Directors
of Communities In Schools Marietta/Cobb County and the Cobb Library foundation. She is also a state
commit tee rnerriler of the Democratic Party of Georgia, a member of the Cobb County Democratic Party
and the Cobb County Democratic Women, immediate Past Chair of Georgia's WIN List, a past president of
the Young Democrats of Georgia, and a former Board merriler of Red Clay Democrats.
She is a mernber of LEAD Atlanta Class of 2007, the Georgia State Bar Young Lawyers Division Leadership
Academy Class of 2007, and the Atlanta Women·s Foundation Destiny Fund Class of 2006. In 2004, Stacey
was recognized by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in its article, "Up and Comers/Under 40 and Rising: 50
of Atlanta's Most Promising Young Stars• and i s a member of the Class of 2008 of Outstanding Atlanta.
"Stacey is running for office because Georgia families deserve a Legislature that puts them first and
shares t heir priorities t o protect and create jobs and Improve the State's education and transportation
systems and She promises to make these her priorities in the Legislature," the press release states.
Darshun Kendrick: State House District 94
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Dar'shun Kendrick was born In Atlanta and raised in South DeKalb County. She attended DeKalb County
public schools and graduated from Towers High School in Decatur in 2000 at the top of her class. During
that time. she interned part· time for then·Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney at her district office in
downtown Decatur. After .
"' ·, from Towers, She attended Oglethorpe University on a partial
scholarShip and double maj ored in political science and corrmunfcatfons, graduating cum laude in 2004.
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She attended the University of Georgia School of Law and obtained her law degree f rom that university
m May of 2007. She passed the Georgia bar in November of 2007 and began wori<ing as a civil litigator at a
small downtown Atlanta law f irm. She is the corrrnunications director for Young Democrats of DeKalb and
is now the owner of Kendrick Law Practice based In Lithonia where She practices business law
exclusively. She is actively involved in the business corrrnunity in DeKalb and Rockdale counties.
Recently She has been working with Lithonia city council merroers and local business owners to revitalize
the Lithonia Business Association. Additionally She wori<s with the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce to
service business owners. She is a member of the DeKalb Chamber, DeKalb Bar Association, Georgia
Association of Black Woman Attorneys, and Decatur Business Association. She has been a Member of
Divine Fai th Ministries International, located in Jonesboro.
Stefflni Bethea: State Senate District 106
http: //www.steftinibethea.com
Steffini Bethea attended the Uni versity of Houston where She majored in biology and has lived in
Gwinnett County for more than 10 years.
She worked over 10 years in pharmaceutical sales, culminating as a manager of multiple sales territories
in the Metro Atlanta area. In 2004 she went into business full time with her husband, Dr. Sheldon Bethea,
and opened Chirofit Wellness in Snellville. Together they have been guest speakers on health and fitness
issues and participate In numerous corrrnunity and national programs. "As joint owner of a small business,
Steffini has a unique understanding of the hard work and dedication i t takes to build a business and the
need to have support for entrepreneurs," according to the press release.
Bethea lives in the Dogwood Plant ation neighborhood In Snellville . She has four children , Yasi 18,
Andrew 16, Nilou 12, and Sara· Elisabeth 5.
She served as president of the League of Women Voters of Gwinnett County and was a research int ern at
the State Capitol. She is al so an active Public Policy Commi ttee member for t he National Coalition of 100
Black Women. She was an elected delegate to t he Presi dential Nominating Convention in Denver in 2008.
She and her family are members of New Mercies Christian Church in Lilburn.
Georgia Equality supports t hese Incumbents:
John Eaves: Chairman Fulton County Commission
http: / /electj()hneav('s.com
"I am honored to receive the Endo~nt of Georgia Equality. As a county and a state, we are
strengthened by our diversity, and I will continue to do all I can to support the LGBTQ conmunity, ·· said
Eaves In a statement.
As chairman of the Fulton County Commission, Eaves chairs a commission comprised of seven members
who govern the county. Fulton County is comprised of 14 muni cipalities and is t he most populated county
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in Georgia, serving as home to an estimated population of I. 1 million residents. The 2010 operating
bud~et Is $908 million.
He is a graduate of Morehouse
· wit~ a major in mathematics and earned a maste(s degree in
Religion from Yale University and a doctorate in Educatlooal Administration from the Univernty of South
Carolina.
Prior to becoming chairman of the fulton Coonty Commission, Eaves served as Senior Program Officer of
the Southern Education Foundation. For seven years Eaves ted the Atlanta Regional Office of the Peace
Corps as a regional manager. Under his leadership, the Atlanta office moved up from the rank of 10th In
volunteer recruitment to fourth.
While attending Morehouse College, he was a program coordinator and big brother for Volunteers for
Youth, an organf~atlon that paired college athletes with middle school youth. He also registered people
to vote, volunteered in local political campaigns, was a coach tutor and a counselor for Upward Bound at
Clark College, now Clark Atlanta University.
Mike Jacobs: State House District 80
hn p: 1/repjacobs.com/
During the 2010 legislative session, state Rep. Jacobs authored and passed a stronger anti· bullying
statute and was instrumental in passing legislation that will allow gay and lesbian couples to make medical
decisions for their partners. Jacobs also sponsored a successful amendment that allows partners who are
named In an advance medical directive the rightS to hospital visitation and to ride along in an ambulance
in an emergency. For these efforts, Georgia Equality awarded Mike Its Allen Thornell Political
Advancement Award earlier this year.
Jacobs has pledged to fight any effort to ban adoptions by gay and lesbian couples. "I will not hesitate to
stand in front of that train ," he said.
"M1ke, a Republican, has been a stalwart ally of the LGBT com"OOnity," according to the press release.
He is serving his third term in the Georgia House of Representatives. His committee assignments are
Insurance, Judiciary, MARTA Oversight, and Rules. He Is the VICe Chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee and chairs one of its two subcommittees.
Jacobs received his taw degree, magna cum laude, from the Umver$ity of Georg•d School of Law, where
he served as Executive Articles Editor of the Georgia Law Review. Mike earned his bachelof s degree from
Georgetown University.
He and his wife, Evan, live In northern DeKalb County between Brookhaven, Chamblee and Dunwoody.
They have lwo children and are expecting their third in February.
Stephanie Stuckey Benfield: Sate House District 85
htlp: //benfieldbeat.con1/1ndex.<fm
Stephanie Stuckey Benfield currently represents House District 85, which Includes neighborhoods in
Avondale Estates, Candler Road, Columbia Drive, F'ernbank, Forest Hills, Knollwood, Midway, Oakhurst,
South Decatur, Wadsworth and Winona Park.
Stephanie was a partner and family law practitioner In the Decatur law firm of Stuckey and Manheimer,
LLC until the birth of her son In 2002, when she took a break from the taw to be a stay-at·home mom.
Prior to starting her own practice, she was a public defender. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree
from the University of Georgia in 1989 and graduated cum laude from the University or Georgia SchOol or
Law m 1992.
Her father, Billy Stuckey, represented the 8th District of Georgia for 10 years in the U.S. Congress, and
her grandfather, Williamson Sylvester Stuckey, served In the Georgia Legislature and founded the
Stuckey·s candy store chain which is still a family owned and operated business.
She is married to Robert H. Benfield, Jr., a local trial attorney. They are active members of Glenn
Memorial United Methodist Church on the Emory cillf1)us where they were manied. She and her husband
are the proud parents of a 4-year old son, Robert, and a 20·month old daughter, 8everly.
Curt Thompson: State Sentate District 5
http: //nlakingyourvolccwunt. com/
Curt Thompson Is a life-tong resident of Gwinnett County. Born in De<atur, Ga., in 1968, hfs family lived
in Lilburn near Lake Lucerne, and he graduated from Shiloh High School In LithOnia. After law school, he
moved to Norcross. In April of 2006, Curt was married to his wife Sascha. They currently live in the
GWlnnett portion of Tucker.
At ShilOh High, Curt was a National Merit Scholar. He went to American University in Washington, D.C.,
majoring In International Studies and Broadcast Journalism. After graduating, Curt went to taw school at
Georgia State. He passed the Bar in 1993 and has practiced taw since then, representing government
employees (including firefighters and police) and service workers. Curt currently practices law in Tucker
servmg a variety of business and private clients with a focus on administrative and corporate taw.
~son
has been active m civic affairs as varied as his neighborhood garden club, petitioning for
speed bumps, and opposition to <ertafn re-zoning applications. He worships at Chattahoochee friends
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Meeting In Norcross <l(ld All Saints Episcopal Church In Atlanta. Other affiliations include Gwinnett County
Habitat for Humanity, the Sierra Club, Norcross Cooperative Ministries, AID Gwinnett, and the Gwinnett
Philharmonic.
He has long been involved in the Gwlnnett County chapter of the Democratic Party of Georgia. He ran
for office in 2002 and won for the then ne'My·created District 69. In 2004 he ran for the state Senate,
Districts. In both campaigns his rressase to voters was, 'Your Voi~e Countsr
State Sen. Thompson Is a mentler of numerous conmfttees In the Georgia Senate including the
Committees for Appropriations, Special Judiciary, Economic De-.lelopment and Defense and Military
Affa•rs.
He currently serves as the president of the Gwinnett Village Commmity Improvement Association; the
group's goal is to form a community Improvement district to promote revitalization efforts in the Jimmy
Carter Blvd .• Indian Trail, and Buford Highway corridors. He hOsts an open· Invitation monthly gathering
called the ..Citizen Advisory Forum,· allowing mentlers of his conmuntty and others to comnmicate with
him d"ectly, regarding Issues W.lch most matter to them. In addition, Thompson has learned to speak
SpaniSh to help better serve the SpaniSh speaking members of his district.
Steve Henson; State Senate District 41
http: //www. stevehenson.netlindex .htm
State Sen. Steve Henson ts a Democrat representing State Senate District 41 since 2003 and formally
represented Senate District 55 from 1991 · 1999.
He holds the position of Secretary of the Special Judiciary Committee. He IS atso a mentler of the
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs, Natural Resources and the Environment , and Health and Human
SeiVlces Corrmittees. Sen. Henson has the distinction of being the past Chair of the DeKalb Democratic
Party.
A OeKalb resident for over 30 years, Henson graduated from the University of Georgia with a Bachelors
degree In Economics. He Is a vocational administrator and teacher at Henson Training Institute and an
officer a.nd mentler of numerous comrunlty and civic organizations such as: Tucker Jaycees. Stone
Mountain Exchange Club, DeKalb lung Association, league of Women Voters, PRISM, Georgia Advisory
Council tor the Mentally Ill, Georgia Epilepsy Board and others.
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Tate, a 49-year·Oid ttial
aUomey. •s a pa1111cr in the
cartersville firm of Akin &
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actions, arbitrates international
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Trouunan Sanders who
jOined the firm in t999 alter
an e~<leosi\le legal career..,
state government.
oil and gas disputes and has
wdS the first femate African·
Amtotican to sit on the
federal bench in Georgia.
Marl<et Authority in the development of the country's first
liQuefied natural gas te<ml0.31,
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GEORGIA'S T\\'0 REI'U BUC.'\N
U.S. senator> have recommended a
partner at T routman Sando.:rs, a Cart·
ers ville lawyer who i~ president of the
State Bar of Georgia. and a federal
magistrate judge l tl the While \lnuse
for I wo o pen judgc,hips un the U.S.
D i;trict Court here.
U.S . Scus. Saxby Charrrhli" and
J uh nny Is akson h ave rccnmmendcd
Maxwell Chambets.
Daniel R. Rogers, a partner
handling internaiiOnal uansactions. 1-.as m.:.ved to S ingapore
from the fnn's Houston office.
The Singapore offiCe is King
& Spalding's first incurSIOn into
Asia. Tho firm's o ther fC)(eign
offices aro in l ondon. Paris,
Geneva. Frankfurt, Abu Dhal>•,
OuOOI and Riyadh ian affi~atu).
Its u.s. otl•ces ar~ in Atlanta,
Washington, Ntow York. Charlotte, Houston , Ausun. S an
Francisco and S~icon Valley.
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20 Georg1a Supreme Court ruling thai a ffirmed a
lower court's gmnt <>f a lump-sum child support paymentlOeo\0\!f 13)\!ar.iofcare sets a "<.langcrous" precedent because it grants one parent a large sum of ~ash
without 0\\!rsight. Butlhc court said no thing in the
child support statute precludes lump-sum payments.
The ruling ensures thatlhc custodia l p;rrcot in the
case will n: ecivc s uppon forthceoupk:'s two children
wh il.: her former husband~ in pri'iOn.
··tthin k the cou rt was right that it haO to he left
with thc:tri~ljudb~ tolk:ci<k.":.aid' lcn.-&1 A . Mann of
Mann & Mln.... n. who represented the custodia l par
c nt hcfon.: the G<X1rgiu Supn.•mc: Cuun rn the case.
GEORGIA'S SENATORS REJECT most of Democratic
advisory committee's proposed nominees
national a rbitration practice,
fro m She arman & Sterling,
whe<e he headed the Asia d is·
pules practice and was tht vice
chair of inwrnaiiOnalarbibation.
Two large dispute resolutiOn
centers aru located in Singa·
pore -the Singapore International Afl>itration Ccmre and
that the Whit~ H ()us.: cousido.:r U.S .
Mugi.str;1le Judge Li nda T. Walko.:r,
Troutm an Sander> pa rtner M a rk II.
Coh,:n , ami Cartersville auorn~y S.
L ester Tate Ill. presiderll of the State
Bar of Georgia. for two open s lots in
<l eorgia's Nort hern D istrict. accordingwsixpe{)plc with k nowledge of the
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prvcess, none of whom would speak_)
for anrihution to tho.: Daily Rt·port.
Th e trio we re re c\lmlllc n dcd
after Georgia's Republican s..:nator.;
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post is located in Singapore's
central business district and is
staffed by ltvee lawyers.
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rejected all but on~ ~1ft he recommendations
for the North.:rn District bench made hy a
Democratic nomina ting commiuee hcad·
c:d by McKenna Long & Aldridge pa rtner
and former U.S. Rep. Gcwrgc W. MDuddy"
Darden, the Daily R eport learned while
conducting mon: than a dozen interviews
forth is story with pct1ple familiar with what
has been-and remains - a largc!ly secret
process.
Chambliss and Isakson have: largely t<~kc:n
cha rge of recommending cand idates for
federal judicial seats in Georgia since the
Office of White Hou.~e Counsel told thc two
Republican s.:nators that President Barack
Obama doesn't intend to put forth any
nominations in the state that they oppose:.
sources with knowledge of the nominating
process tell the Daily Rep()rt.
NominatinRjudgcs traditionally has heen
a function of each statc:'s ~cnators. with
rcsponsibility usually assigned to the senator who sh:.rc:s a political party affiliation
with the presidc:nt.
But Gt!orgia is one of a handful of
"orphan" statt!s that has no Dc:mocraticscnators. Shortly after Ohama's election. the
Democrats in Georgia's U.S.I-Iouse dclcgu·
tion tried to a:.sumc control of rccomm~.:n­
dations for fcd~.:ral judicial post~ hy forming
a comrniuec 10 vc:t and recommend candidatt!S to the White House:. Cohen. Walker
and ·nttc wen: not on a li>t the Democratic
committee wnt to the Whit.: House iu 200'J,
according to t ht! newspaper's sources.
Darden did not return calls from tht!
Daily·R.;port for this story, but the nt!wspapcr bas learned that be was in Washington
this week sec.k.ing instructton either from
the Whitc i-l()use or Gl!orgia's Democratic
congressmen as to whether his committee
should reconvene: and what role , if any. it
should havc in the ongoing nominating process.
Earl ier this year. a six-man ad hoc com·
mittel! of Georgia lawyers and judges that
had previously advised Chambliss and Isakson on judicial nominations during George
W. Bush's administration reconvened at tht!
senators' re4uest to vet Georgia Ot!mocrats'
federal judicial picks.
The senators' committee has approv.:d
only one of 11 candidates- Atlanta attorney Amy M. Totenberg-put forward forthe
Northern District vacancies by the Democratic advisory committcc,tht! Daily Report
has learned . The senators· comm iuee
approved a second candidate! for the Northern District bench - Clarke County Superior Court Judge Steve C. Jom:s -who was
on a slate of names the Democratic advisory
committee had recomm.,nded for a single
vacancy in the state's Middle District. 8oth
Totcnberg and Jones subsequently were
nominated by the White House for federal
judgeships in Georgia.
Totenberg's nomination is pending, and
she a ppeared last week at a confirmation
hearing in fro nt of the U.S. Senate Judiciary
Commince in Washington.
Jones is stiU waiting for a hearing befon:
the Senate Judiciary committee.
Chambliss' appointees to the ad hoc senators· advisory committee are Macon attorney Frank C . Jones. a former partner at
King& Spalding in Atlanta who is currently
representing Gov. Sonny Perdue in a chalkngc to the new li:dt!ral health care reform
gia Attorney General Michael J. Bowers.
who succeeded Dolton.
Former Gov. Zell Miller appointed Cohen
IJw: Atlanta auorney William U Norwood as the stale's ritsl chief state administrative
llJ o( Pope, McGiamry. Kilpatrick. 1\.lorri- law judge. In rhat post, Cohl!n fonnc:d the
son & Norwood; and H. Arthur McLa ne. Office of State Administrutiv.: 1-lt!arings,
a senior judge in the Superior Court of the which conducts licc:nsing and rc:gulatory
Southern Judicial Circuit in Valdosta, com- hc:arings for most of t.he state's agcncic:s.
Cohc:n also served on Miller's staff as execmittee members con firmed last spring.
utive counsel and as c.h ief of staff during
Isakson's appointees are Ronald l.. Carl
son, a prulcssora1 the Univer>tty ol Gc:orgia Miller's second term.
Sehoul ul Law in Athens; Marietta attorSine" joining Troutman Sandc:rs, Cohen
ney Ro bert D. lngram of Moore Ingram oftc:n has received appointments as a special
Johnson & Steele, a formcrprcsident of the a~sistant attorney general - both in Re pubState Bar of Gt!orgia ;md a member of the: lican and Democratic administrations- to
slate Judicial Qualifications Commission; handle litigation on behalf of the stattl.
In that role, Cohcn has argued success·
and Statc:sboro atto rney and former State
Bar prc:sidcnt James 8. - Jimmy" Franklin fully for the Slate before the U.S. Supreme
of Franklin, Taulbee. Rushing. Snipes&- Cuurt in Padue v. Ktmny A .. winn ing a
Marsh, Carlson told the Daily l?eport car· reversal carlit!r this year of a 2006 ruling hy
licr this year.
U.S. Senior DistrictJudge Marvin H. Shoob
in Atlanta that attorneys who sued the slate
to st!curc major rdorms of the: foster care
Nominating judges
systc:m should be awarded a $4.5 millio n
traditionally has been a
bonus-on top of $6 million in fees and
function of each state's
cxpenst!s-for thdr work on the long-runsenators, with responsibility
ning and often contentious case. A s a
usually assigned to the
special assistant anorney g~ncral. Cohen
senator who shares a political
also dt:fc:ndcd tht! stale: against constitu·
party affiliation with the
tionalchallc:tlSCS to the state's controversial
president. But Georgia is one
voter photo lD law. Cohen's appointment
of a handful of states that has
10 defend the constitutionality of the state
no Democratic senators.
voter photo I D law placed him on the o pposite side of the counsel table from current
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Roy
For the! two remaining open federal judi- E. Barnes ir1 2007. Barnes. on behaH uf a
cial slot> on the Northern District bcnch, ruhon County voter who was disabled and
t he senators· commiuee scoured sevc:ral lacked a valid photo I U. sued the state and
lists of candidatcs that Darden's commit- the Stale Elt!ction Board, clitiming t hat the
tee had interviewed for multiple posts, s.:t- law's n.:quircmcms effectively stripped her
tling on Walker. who was interviewed hut Of hcr right 10 VOlC.
did not make the Democratic eomonitt.:c·s
In 2004, Cohen- as a special assistant
short list. according to the Daily Rt<port 's attorney general-had defended then-Gov.
sources. The senator~· advisory committc:e Dames against state Republicans who had
also cullc:d Tate's name (rom the Darden challenged a legislative rcdi~tricting map
committee's list of interviewees, accord- that Barnes had approved.
ing to the nt!wspapcr's sources. Tate was
l n 2008. Cohen served as Georgi a
int erviewed by Darden's committee as a Supreme Court Chief Justice Carol W.
candidate! for U.S. anorney of the North- Hunstcin's campaign treasurer. Hunstein
ern DistriC·t - a slot that eventually went wo n against challenger J. Michad Wiggins,
to longtime First Assistant U.S . Allorney a former lawyer in the U.S. Justice DepartSally Quillian Yates.
ment and Dcpartmc:nt of Homeland SecuThe S<:nators· committee also has recom- rity during the administration of George W.
mended Cohen, who has served as a spe- Bush.
.:ial assistant state attorney general under
Tate. a 49-yt!ar-old trial attorney, is a
both Democratic and Republican gover- partner in the:: Cartt!rsville firm of Akin &
nors in Oeorgia but who had not applied to Tate. According to the firm's website, Tate
Darden's committCt!, according to the news- has tried hundreds of cases in Georgia's
state, federal and appellate courts, winning
paper's sou.rces.
Reached at his Cartersville office this several personal inju ry verdicts exceeding
Wt!t!k, Tate told the Daily Report, "l don't Sl million. Tate also has handled criminal
think it would be appropriate Cor me to
comment."
Cohen also told the Daily R eport this
week that he had no commenL
Walker was on the bench as the duty magistrate this week and did not return two calls
to her office.
Neither Isakson's nor Chambliss's pres.~
secretaries responded to the Dt~ily Report's
...and increase your vistbility by
request for comment. The White Ho use
and the U.S. Justice Departmt:nt also did
cross-posting on these sites:
not respond to calls.
WorkPiaceOrversity.com, Oiversityln<.com,
Cohen. 55, a graduate of Emory University School of Law, joined Troutman in 1999
CanWest.com, or the National Network .
after an extensive legal career in state government, according to Troutman's website.
For more detail, visit our sile 01 contact:
Hir.:d by former Georgia Attorney Gencassandra Hnness
eral Arthur K. Bolton in 1981, Cohen spent
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assistant attorney general for former Geor·
d efense casc:s and defended the board of
directors and chairman of the Cobb Electric Membership Corporat ion in a member
derivative: suit a lleging board mismanage·
mc:nt . bn:ach of fiduciary duty and selfenrichment. That suit was setth.:d in 2001!.
Dt:spitc the set t lement, the mc:mber
plaintiffs appealt!d the case to the Gcorgia
Court of Appeals in 200'J. alleging that the
EMC board had violated the: sctllement
order rc({Uiring the board to make its election prCJccss more democratic. T he Court of
Appeals rulc:d in favor of tho.: member plaintiffs. The case currently is awaiting a ruling
on a writ of certiorari by the! Stale Suprt!me
Cou rt.
Before his election as president to the
State Bar. Tate st!rvcd as tht! State Bar's
treasurer and was appointed hy the Georgia Supreme Coun to the Bar Disciplinary
Board's lnvc~t igative l'ancl. which he later
ch.aired. Tate also was elected by the federal judges of the: No rthcm District to the
Federal Dt:l'ender Board. which ove;:rsecs
t he fl!dcntl public dcfcndt!rs· office, where
he also sc:rved a term as president.
Tate g raduated fro m tbc Univc:n>ity of
South Carolina School of Law in 191:17 after
earning an undt!rgraduate degree from the
Gcorgi<t I nstitule of Technology in 191!2.
Prior to attending law :>ehool, he workc:d for
U.S. Scn. Sam Nunn and, later, for Darden.
then a U.S. rcprt!scntativc:. as Darden's prt!SS
secrc:tary.
Walk..:r. who turns 50 on Friday. has
been a U.S. magistrate judge in Atlanta
since January 2000, a post to which she was
appointed hy a vote nfthc Northern District
judges. When Walker wa~ appointed U.S.
magbtrulc~ she bccaruc the nr~t t\.a 'n "k
Afriean -Amcric;ul 10 sit o n tho: federal
bench in Georgia.
Prior to that, Walkc.:r sc:rved bmh as a
deputy county attorney and, for a ye<tr.
as county attorney for Fulton County. A
191!9 graduato: of the University of Georgia
School of Law, Walkt:r earm:d hcr undergraduate degrce at Southern University
in Daton Rouge in 1'}~3. Arter law school,
Walker clerked for U.S. District Senior
Judge G . Emcst Tidwell. who was appoint·
ed to the bt!nch by Presidc;nt Jimmy Carter
in 1979.
Walke r has bo.:en involved as a magistrate in somc oft he district's highest profile
C3St!S, including the federal investigat ion of
rapper Clifford " T.I." Harris' home. Walker
signed the search warrants for Harris' home
in 2007 during the illegal firearms investiga·
tion by the: U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, 'Ibbac·
co. Firearms and Explosives. @
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Nuckolls, a partner in the Washington , D.C.,
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represents clients on public policy matters and
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25 years on the Georgia 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees, which he has made a priority in spite of
resid ing in the Washington area. During his stint as foundation chair, Nuckolls led Georgia 4-H to
new levels of accountability and fund development.
He served as legislative counsel for former U.S. Sen. Herman Talmadge and was later chief counsel
and legislative director for former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn. He has remained involved in many Georgia
activities, serving on the boards of the Georgia Agribusiness Council and the State Bar of Georgia.
He served as president of the Georgia State Society in Washington and as chairman of the
Atlanta-based Society of International Business Fellows. He currently serves on the Board of Visitors
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Nuckolls has served on all four Georgia 4-H Gala committees and has been a champion in
Washington for not only 4-H but all of Cooperative Extension, the UGA College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences, and the University of Georgia. He has received UGA's College of Agriculture
Distinguished Alumni Award and the state and national award from the Cooperative Extension Agents
professional society for his support of cooperative extension agents and programs.
Nuckolls is a personal donor to the Georgia 4-H Foundation, and he recently crafted and presented
proposals in Washington resulting in the receipt of sign ificant federal dollars to enhance the 4-H
Centers on Jekyll Island and Tybee Island. His interest in Georgia 4-H has continued th rough his
support of the Georgia 4-H Washington intern program by helping place interns in jobs on Capitol
Hill and by raising funds to support the 4-H intern program.
Nuckolls is married to former Whitfield County 4-Her Suzanne Griffin, also of Tun nel Hill. Randy and
Suzanne have two children -Emily, a UGA graduate now working as alumni d irector of UGA's
Warnell School of Forestry, and Caroline, a senior at New York University in New York City.
The state winner in the Georgia 4-H Citizenship Project receives a scholarship named in honor of the
Green Jacket Award winner. Past recipients of the Georgia 4-H Green Jacket Award include Gov.
Sonny Perdue and Comm issioner Mike Beatty of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
As a program of the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Cooperative Extension,
Georgia 4-H is part of the nationwide Extension network and serves nearly 156,000 youth in Georgia
each year.
The mission of Georgia 4-H is to assist youth in acquiring knowledge, developing life skills and
forming attitudes that will enable them to become self-directing, productive and contributing
members of society. This mission is accomplished through "hands on" learning experiences focused
on agricultural and environmental issues, agriculture awareness, leadership, communication skills,
foods and nutrition, health, energy conservation and citizenship.
For more information about the prog rams offered by Georgia 4-H please visit www.georgia4h.org or
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ATLANTA -- Roy Barnes learned life lessons helping out at his father's general
store in Mableton. It was a spot where locals gathered to talk about the issues of
the day as they picked up shoes. tractor parts and animal feed in what was a
mostly ru-al encla~~e of south Cobb Colrty.
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It was where Barnes teamed to spin a yarn. And also where he became hooked on politics.
Barnes has gone on to an adult life largely spent in
plblic office. Now. eight years after voters turned
Nm out as go~~ernor after a single term. the
62-year-old Democrat is angling for a comeback.
It's a tough order under any circumstances - the last
Georgia go~~ernor to win re-election after being
ousled was Eugene Talmadge in 1946. And
Democrats seem to ha11e the wind in their face this
elecuon year. In a Republican-lea111ng state like
Georgia that makes the climb even steeper.
To win. Barnes must run not just against GOP
opponent Nathan Deal but against the national
Democratic Party establishment and President
Barack Obama. whose approval ratings in Georgia trail the national a~~erage.
With his rumpled hair and folksy drawl, Barnes can turn on the backslapping Southern charm. But he's also
a stvewd trial lawyer and politician. And while he calls himself a "poor of' country lawyer." Barnes -who's
been a banker. a lawyer and a politician - is alSo a millionaire.
He has a net worth of S16.6 million.
"I'm a capitalist ttvough and through, and I make no apologies for that," he says, adding that he also
believes people "should pay their fair share" in taxes.
Barnes may ha11e grown up on a modest dairy farm. but 611es these days 1n a sprawling VICtorian home in
Marietta. He hasn1 gillen up his farming roots completely: se~~eral cows roam a pastu-e adjacent to his
home. His three children and six grandchildren allli11e nearby.
Barnes worked six days a week and Sundays were for chu'ch so there wasn't much time for family travel
When he got out of his father's pickup truck at the University of Georgia in the 1g6os. 1t was his first time 1n
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Barnes blazed through his undergraduate stud1es and went straight into the Un111ersity of Georgta Law
School.
In college he was a Republican. saying he was turned off to the state's ruing Democratic Party by
then-Gov Lester Maddox's hardtine segregationist views.
After earning his taw degree. Barnes returned to Cobb County and took a JOb as a prosecutor in the Cobb
County DistriCt Attorney's Office. He married his first love. Marie, a school teacher.
Barnes was elected to the state Senate 1n 1974 at 26. the yot.ngest person to sefiiE! in the chamber. He
became known as smart and ambitious. In the mid 1960s, Barnes and four of Ns state Senate coUeagues
became known as the Gang of Five. They angered top officials by bypassing the traditional seniority
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CoLUMNS ACADEMIC AffAIRS
Listening in
L& at t
A USAToday article
about how new
media such as cell
phones and Internet social networking sites are
redefining the concept of eavesdropping quoted
W. Keith Campbell, professor and department
head of the social psychology program.
"It's a generational and cultural change," said
Campbell. "That old image of sticking your ear
to a keyhole- we don't need to do it anymore.
Our personal lives are much more open."
Oil seep
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An MSNBC article
focusing on the nature of
the Gulf of Mexico oil spill
quote UGA marine scientist
Samantha Joye.
"What we found today is
not a natural seep," Joye said. "The near shore
sediments contained grayish muddy clay and a
thin layer of orange-brown oil at the surface.
Oil seeping naturally would create an oily
stain throughout the sediment cores, but these
samples only had oil at the top. ·The oil obviously came from the i:op, not the bottom."
Extinction predictions
An article about predicting the extinction of
species carried in India's Daily Nws and Analysis
quoted UGA ecologist john Drake. The article
focused on Drake's research.
"We have shown that critical slowing down
can happen in populations- that is all. The real
world is a lot 'noisier' than the lab. Using early
warning signals to predict approaching tipping
points could eventually be a powerful tool for
con_servati()n planning, though, and for better
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UGA welcomes new faculty
Below is an alphabetical listing of new
tenured and tenure-track faculty who have
'arrived at the university this semester.
They are in departments spread across
13 schools and colleges plus the Faculty of
Engineering.
The information was supplied by the
Ellen Evans
Associate Professor,
Kinesiology
Stephanie Lunden
Assistant Professor,
Sophia Tambudzai Anong
Assistant Professor, Housing
and Consmner ~conomics
Vanessa Ezenwa
Assistant Professor, Odum
School of Ecology
Cody Marrs
Assistant Professor,
English
Berrak. Bahadir
Assistant Professor,
Economics
Frank Flanders
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education
and Communication
Christina Marsh
Assistant Professor,
Economics
Daniel Bara
Professor, Hugh Hodgson
School of Music
~Michael Baxter
Pro essor, Large Animal
Medicine
Photos from left: Timothy
Adams is a professor and
percussion area chair in the
Hodgson School of Music.
Shanta Dhar is one of two new
fema~e assistant professors
joining the chemistry
department this fall. Gary
Baxter Is a professor of equine
medicine and director of the
Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
Office of Faculty Affairs, which acts as a
liaison between the university and the USG
board of regents on matters related to faculty
appointment, promotion and tenure.
For more information about that office,
see the Key Links section of the Provost's
Office website: provost.uga.edu.
Tunothy Adams
Professor, Hugh Hodgson
School of Music
Lorgia Garcia-Pena
Assistant Professor,
Romance Languages
Bridget Gamer
~~t Professor,
Jessica Mueller Rodell
Assistant Professor,
Management
English
Valija Cynthia Rose
Assistant Professor, Lifelong
Education, Administration
and Policy
Bin (Richard) Mei
Assistant Professor, Forestry
and Natural Resources
Tunothy Lanier Meyer
,Assistant Professor, Law
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KathrynJill Rucker
Assistant Professor, Agricultural Leadership, Education
and Communication
.Tma Salguero
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry
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Bugs approaching
Wayne Berisford, an entomology professor emeritus at UGA, was quoted in an a.rticle
about the declining population of Georgianative eastern hemlocks due to an insect called
the hemlock woolly adelgid, in Nursery Management and Production magazine.
"Hemlock woolly adelgids are working their
way to the western extension of the state," said
Berisford. "They haven't occupied ·all of the
possible range yet, but they are approaching."
it}e Wttstrtngton J)ost
Vine finds
An article in The Washington Post about how
the recent excess carbon in the Earth's atmosphere may explain the current bumper crop
of poison ivy quoted Jacqueline Mohan, an
assistant profe$SOr at UG& Odum School of
Ecology.
"Vmes are particularly adapted to take
advantage of high er CO in the atmosphere,"
said Mohan, since they •1can increase their rate
of photosynthesis to make more green leafy tissue," which allows cl1em to grow more and put
out even more leafy tissue. Trees, on the other
hand, "have to devote much of their photosynthetic carbohydrate to creating woody, nonphotosynthetic support tissues such as trunks
and branches, which do not lead to further
increases in photosynthesis."
Seeking forgiveness
A Chattanooga, Tenn. Times-H·ee Press article about the Georgia's governor's race quoted
UGA political scientist C harles Bullock. He
was asked about the role teachers may play in
the election, which he said may be problematic
for former governor Roy Barnes.
"I think [Barnes] has a sense of that, too, and
that's why he's seeking their forgiveness," he
said. "V/ hat is unknown is the degree to which
iliose apologies arc being accepted."
Assistant Professor,
Pharmaceutical and
Biomedical Sciences
Kerstin Gerst
Assistant Professor, Healili
Policy and Management
Nicholas Berente
Assistant Professor,
Management Information
Systems
Richard Gooner
Assistant Professor,
Marketing and Distribution
Chalandra Mattice Bryant
Professor, Child and Family
Development
Joshua Bynwn
Assistant Professor, Hugh
Hodgson School of Music
Jon Calabria
Assistant Professor,
Environment and Design
John Campbell
Assistant Professor, T ull
School of Accounting
Anindita Chakravarty
Assistan~ Professor,
Marketing and Distribution
Robert Christensen
Assistant Professor, P ublic
Administration and Policy
Brandon Cra.~ell
Assistant Professor, Hugh
Hodgson School of Music
Rabindranath
De La Fuente
Associate Professor,
Physiology and
Pharmacology
Andrea Dennis
Assodii't~Profc.5S.or,
Shanta Dhar
Assistant.Professor,
Chemistry
Don Mark Estes
Professor,
Infectious Diseases
Timothy Michael Gupton
Assistant Professor,
Romance Languages
JieHe
Assistant Professor,
Banking and Fmance
Law1
Logan J!.verett ~awy~
Assistant Professor, Law
Margaret Morrison
Assistant Professor, Lamar
Dodd School of Art
Ian Schmutte
Assistant Professor,
Economics
Nicolas Morrissey
Assistant Professor, Lamar
Dodd School of Art
Shane Singh
Assistant Professor,
International Affairs
Kate Myrna
Assistant Professor, Small
Animal Medicine
Margaret Snkder
Assisrapt Pro essor, Hugh
Hodgson School ofMusic
Aliki Jrini Nicolaides
ChanMin Kim Spector
Assistant Professor,
Educational Psychology and
Insttuctional Technology
Sara Bryant Holland
Assistant Professor,
Banking and Finance
Assistant Professor,
Lifelong Education,
Administration and Policy
J;Jrian Hopkinson
Assistant Professor,
School of Marine Programs
Darius Parke Omston
Assistant Professor,
International Affairs
Darcey Dickinson Terris
Miriam]acobson
Assistant Professor, English
Roberto Perdisci
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science
Amrit Tiwana
Associate Professor,
Management Information
Systems
Jennifer Lynn James
Assistant Professor,
Elementary and Social
Studies Education
Jayani Jayawardhana
Assistant Professor, Health
Policy and Management
Arthur Lee Jones
Assistant Professor,
Population Health
.,
Matllematics and
Science Education
Andrew Kaikati
Assistant Professor,
Marketing and Distribution
Eileen Jeanne Kennedy
Assistant Professor,
Pharmaceutical and
Biomedical Sciences
Vera Elisabeth
Lee-Schoenfeld
Assistant Professor, Germanic and Slavic Languages
Christopher Pizzino
Assistant Professor,
English
Keith Poole
Professor, Political Science
Neelam Poudyal
Assistant Professor, Foresny
and Natural Resources
Sheela Ramamoorthy
Assistant Professor,
Infectious Diseases
Ramaraja Ramasamy
Assistant Professor,
Engineering
Assistant Professor, Healili
Policy and Management
Ana Vtvancos
Assistant Professor,
Romance Languages
Maria Viveiros
Assistant Professor,
Physiology and
Pharmacology
William Vogt
Associate Professor,
Economics
Susm Wude
Assistant Professor, Foresny
and N atural Resources
Akela Reason
Assistant Professor, History
Guiyang Xiong
Assistant Professor,
Marketing and Distribution
Alex Reed
.Assistant Professor,
Legal Studies
UmitYtlmaz
Professor, Environment and
Design
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September 29 , 2010 Wednesday
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ATLANTA
GS U' s law school ranked No. 1 in value
Nat ional Juri st magazine, a publication a imed at law schooJ st udents, ranked
the College of La w a t Georgia Sta te Univers ity No . 1 in va lue , up f rom its
fourth-pl ace ranking last year.
Br igham Young Un ivers i ty ' s J . Reub en Cl ark La w School ranked second ,
unchanged from l ast yea r, whi le the University of Louisvil l e' s Loui s D. Brandeis
School o f Law ranked third .
The Unjversity of Georgia School of Law , the only o t he-r schooJ. from the Pe ach
Stat e to make t he list, r anked 1 5th . The maga zine ba sed i ts s elec tion on Bar
passage rates, tui tion cos ts , ave rage stude nt debt after g rad uat i on and
post-graduation employment rates . PERALTE PAUL
ATLANTA
Some ticket scof flaws wi ll be given amnest y
Re sponding to a computer virus t h a t a t t acked Atlanta 's Mun icipal Court
syst ems th i s summer, any unpa id parki ng ticke ts i ssued by t he Atl anta Pol ice
Department between July 17 and Sept . 14 will be gra nted amne sLy for late fees if
p a id by De c . 31 .
However, t his order does not apply to parking tickets is s ued by PARKa tlanta,
t he city 's c ontracted par king enf orcement u ni t . Tickets issued e lec tronica ll y by
PARKatlanta's en f o r cement personnel were n ot affected and PARKa t lanta ' s payment
syst ems have been a nd a rc fun ctioning properly , city offi cials sa y .
So , late fees on PARKatla nta tickets remain valid a nd wi l l cont i nue to be
enforced . To det ermi ne whethe r a parking ci ta tion was issued by the APD o r by
PARKatlanta , log on to
ht tp: //at l anl aga . gov/government/courts/samp lepar king ticket s 11 - 1~-0 .a spx . ERN IE
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GWlNNETT COUNTY
Busine ss deve lopment g ro u p wins award
A coal iti on o f Gwinnett County g overnme nts and businesses has won
international accl aim for i ts economic devel opment e fforts .
Pa rtne rs hip Gwinne Lt t his wee k wi l l acce p t the In terna tional Economic
Devel opment Council ' s Award of Excellence f or best mul ti -year economic
development prog ram for a community of more than 500 , 000 people.
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The i nte r nati onal group's chai rma n sa i d Partne rsh ip Gwinnett i s a t the
f orefront o f the eco n omi c d evelopment pro fes sion a nd its p rac tices c a n be
replicated elsewhere.
The pa r t n ership focuse s on marke ting coun ty as sets li ke s chool s, roads and
pa rks to compa n ie s t hat might re locat e he re. It has marke t ed Gwinnett Coun ty a nd
met ro Atl a nta overseas and in this nation 's Rust Be lt.
Though it doesn ' t take full credit , the partne rs hip rece ntly announced
Gwi n nett Count y had see n mo r e t han 9, 200 ne w j obs fr om 112 bu si ness r eloca tions
and expans ions since 2007 .
Led by the Gwinnett Cha mber of Commerce, Partners hip Gwinnett i s a coalition
o f 1 60 g o v ernmen t s and businesse s.
DAVID WICKERT
OBITUARI ES
Commi tted to chu rch , God, troubled chil d ren
For mor e than 31 years , Virginia Sanders served as chairman or co- chairma n of
t h e United Method is t Children ' s Ho me auxil i ary , a volunte er corps that manages
a nn u al fl ea mar ke ts. BS·
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By Jan Skutch
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Savannah attorney Edward M. "Toby" Buttimer Jr. was killed Monday night in a two-car
wreck near Statesboro, a Georgia State Patrol official said Tuesday.
Jan Skutch
Savannah attorney Edward M. "Toby" Buttimer Jr. was killed Monday night in a two-car
wreck near Statesboro, a Georgia State Patrol official said Tuesday.
The 42-year-old attorney was driving a 2009 Toyota Corolla south on Lakeview Road in
Bulloch County about 7:45p.m. when his car was struck in the passenger's side by a
2006 Nissan Exterra driven by Tammy Ann Johnson, 49, of Gwinn , Mich., said Craig
Minor, chief communications officer with the GSP Post 45 in Statesboro.
Visitation: 5 p.m.-7 p.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church , 1707 Bull St.
Rosary: 6 p.m. Thursday at Sacred Heart
Funeral Mass: 11 a.m. Friday at Sacred Heart
Burial: Catholic Cemetary
Fairhaven Funeral Home, Hubert C. Baker Chapel.
Buttimer was partially ejected from his car, Minor said.
His father, attorney Edward M. Buttimer, said Tuesday his son was returning to Savannah
after an appointment with a client when the wreck occurred.
An autopsy was scheduled Tuesday, Buttimer said.
Johnson was taken to East Georgia Regional Medical Center in Statesboro, where her
condition was unavailable Tuesday.
Blood tests and charges are pending , Minor said.
Minor said the wreck is being investigated by the GSP's Specialized Collision
Reconstruction Team 4.
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Those teams investigate all prosecutable fatalities, he said.
That report, which he said will be quite detailed , will take some time to complete, he said.
"It can be months before their report is ready," Minor said.
Toby Buttimer was a 1986 graduate of Benedictine Military School and a 1991 graduate
of Armstrong Atlantic State University.
He earned his law degree in 1995 from the University of Georgia law school.
He practiced law with his father in The Buttimer Law Firm, handling real estate and
business matters.
He was a past president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Monsignor Daniel J. Bourke,
Division One.
He had a 10-year-old son, Conor. Fairhaven Funeral Home, Hubert G. Baker Chapel, will
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A blog providing a periodic revi ew of topics relat ed to corpora t e and busi ness
l aw that impacts India.
lOQ DeLective
By David Phill ips
In this blog , David Phi l l ips see s it as his job as t h e " lOQ Detective ," to dig
t hrough bus i nesses ' 8-K and 10-Q SEC f i lings , look i ng for f i nancial sta tement
' soft spo ts,' (deprecia tion polici es , war ra nly reserves, and r est ructuring
charges, etc . ) Lhat may materially impact Qua lit y of Earnings .
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The lOb-5 Da i.ly
By Lyle Roberts
Ne ws and events r e l a ted to s ecuri tie s cl ass action litigatio n.
p r ovides commentary on s ecuri LJe s matte r s .
Lyl e Robe rts
Race to the Bot tom
By J . Robert Brown, Jr .
Race to t he Bot tom is a faculty a nd studen t col l a borative b l o g that p rovides
analysi s o f t he l aws a nd regu lat ory measures governi ng Leda y ' s co rporation s.
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Seve n La w Pr ofes sor s b log a bou t b us j ncss , law, eco n o mics and soc iety , i n cl udi ng
Gordo n Smi t h, BYU Law Sch ool , Chris Linc HurL, Univ . of I l linoi s Coll ege of Law,
Vi c ~ · lci sche r , Univ . of Co l o rado Law School , !:"red Tung , Emory Law School , Li sa
Fai rfax , Ge orge Was hington Univ . La w School, David Zaring , Wharton School Le gal
S t udies and Busin ess Ethi cs Department , and Uo;;l-8 Rodri'.JUes , University :Of
G eor~1a School of Law .
WS J Law S l og
13y The Wal l Stree t Journal
This is t he Wal l Street J o u r nal 's on- li ne p ublica t i o n dedica ted to c u r rent l e gal
issue s , pending l i tigat ion a nd t he lega l indus try .
Commercj a l Law Blog
By Mult ipl e Authors
Comp iled commentary by Jen nifer S . Martin , L . Ali Khan , J ason J . Kilborn , Robyn
Meadows , Mari e T . Rei ll y , Ma rc L . Roa rk , Keit h A Rowl e y , St e ven Semera ro ,
AnL hony Schutz a nd J im Che n discuss ing a v a riety o f Comme rcia l La w re l ated
t opics .
Cred it S lips
By Multipl e Authors
A b log o n a l l thing s abou t credit ,
ba nkru p tcy ,
c o n s umers, and fi nancial
in s titution s.
Nine academics claim to use the blog to discu s s and debate issues
not just for specia lists but for anyone who cares a bout c reating good poli cies
in t hese areas .
Busi ness La w Prof Blog
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Re The Audi t ors . com
By Franci ne McKenna
Special iz ed news s ite aboul the business of t he Big 4 audi L firm s.
Stories
expJore the role , respon sibjli ty and regulation of the aud iL/accounting indust r y
in the gl obal c api tal market s i n an indepe nden t , objective , and usually cri ti ca l
way .
Als Lon & Bird Mergers & Acqu isi t ion s Bl og
By Als ton & Bird ' s Corporate Transact ions and Secu rit ies Practice
This blog focuses on current i ssues a nd event s re lat ing to merge r and
acqujsition act ivity in the U.S . and around t he worl d and discusses a wide range
of d omes t i c and in ternation al b us ine s s , requla tory and li t igation issues in thi s
arena .
Pe rkins Co i e Merger Viewp oin ts
Publi sher , Scolt B. Joa chim
Corrunentary on middl e-market priva te equi ty and mergers and a cqui sitio ns fr om
Perkins Coie's Private Equity Group .
The Corpora te Library Blog
By Nel l Minow ,
Rat ing s '!'cams
Paul llodgs o n , Dr . Ki mbe r ly Gl a dma n, Corp. Lib . Resea rc h and
The Corpo ra te Library Bl og is d es igne d t o e n gag e rea ders i n a con versation about
c ur r ent even ls a nd trends in c orpora te governance , r isk analy si s and sustainable
inve s LJng .
Boacdmember. com &
The Tally Sheet
By T. K. Ke rstet ter
Boardmember. com is a resource for sen ior o ffi cers and dire ctors of publ i cly
traded corpo r ations , top privat e compan ies , a nd Global 1000 firms . The Tally
S he et is wri t ten by Eric W. Hi lfer s o f Cravat h, Swai ne & Moore , LLP and
d iscusses financial reform, compl iance and rel ated issue s .
Co rpo rate Compl iance Insights
By Mullipl e Authors
Corporate Compli a nce Insi ghts is a knowledge - sharing forum designed to educaLe
and encourage informed interact ion wi t hin the corpora te compl i.ance community .
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By Mul tiple Aut hors
Commentary a nd anal ysis of bu siness l a w iss ues , from seve r a l c ontributors
i ncluding Professor J . Scott Col e santi of Hofst ra Uni v . School of Law , Pro f .
J os h ua P . Forshee of t h e Uni v . o f Nort h Dako t a School of La w, a nd Prof . S tefan
J. Padf ie l d of the Univ. o f Akron Sc hoo l of La w.
WS J Deal Journal
Le a d Wri t er , Micha e l Corkery
Dea l Jou rnal is a n up-to - t he - min ute ta ke on t he dea ls a nd d eal make rs t ha l s hape
t he l andscap e of Wall S treet , inc luding mergers a nd a cquis i ti ons,
capital -rais ing , pr i va te equit y a nd bank r uptcy .
Trut h o n t he Ma rket
By Geoffre y Manne a nd Multip l e Authors
A g ro up o f law profes sors and economis ts who wri te about busine ss l a w topics
i nc l udi ng a n l .i trus t, i ndus tri a l o rgan i z a t ion and c orporate l a w/ corpo ra te
governa nce .
Mea n SL reet
By Evan Newmark
Opinjon and commentary about bus iness and Wa ll St reet .
Consume r Law & Pol icy
Coordi nators ,
Deepak Gupta a nd Je f f Seve r n
Con sume r La w and Po l icy is t he b l o g s ponsor e d by the Pu blic Citi zen ' s Con sume r
Jus tice Pr o j e ct .
Scot usB.log
Edilor , Tom Goldst e i n
The stat ed goal of t h e Supreme Court of t he UnjLed Sta les Blog is to
comprehensive l y c over t h e work of t h e Supreme Cou r t. The bl o g st rive s to be a n
i mpa r t i al jo u r na l j sti c e n tj t y prov i d i ng obj ecti ve info r ma tion a nd l i mj t ed
comment ary.
Risk Mel rics Corpo ra te Gov e rnance Blog
By Risk Metri cs Co rp .
This is t h e r isk and governance and secu riti es l itiga tion b l og of Ri sk Met rics
and is de signed t o o f f er ongoing and time l y post s o n r isk a nd governance topics .
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Uniform Commerciul Code Litjga tion
By Robinson & Robinson LLP
focusi ng on new deve l opments in l i t igation invol vi ng the Unifor m Commercia l
Code . A res ource for l awyers who l itiga te issues involving t he UCC . Share tips,
slratcgie s, lega l theori e s, succes sful r ulings , a nd recent deve l opments in
lawsuits concerning any aspect of the UCC .
UCC Food Industry-Food Liability Law Blog
By Ken Od z a and Ric k Goldfa rb
Disc uss i ng emergi ng lega l t h reats to t he food indust ry including recalls ,
insurance issues, e nvironmental and commercia l l itigati on .
The Metropolitan Corpora te Counsel
Publishe r, Martha Dri v er
The Metropolitan Corpora te Counsel is dedicated to servi ng Lhe i n te rests of
corporat e counsel by providing informa tion about substanti ve developments in the
law and ways to enhance delivery of l egal services , suppor tjng corpora te
counsels ' goals, and encouraging o rgani zat ions serving corporate counsel.
Northwest Bus iness Li tigat i on Blog
By Ater Wynne LLP
The Northwest Bus iness Li ti gation b log is a resource for in-house counsel,
busine ss executives , h uman resource manage rs and others who monito r litiga tion
and lega l issues affecting business es.
Commercial Contra ct s Prof BJog
By Frankl in G. Snyder
'T'he official blog or t he Association o f American La w Sch ools sect i on on
contracts , a group of law professors p rovide Uniform Commercial Code leg is lative
updates and discuss recent conLract law and breach of contract l itigation .
North Carol ina Busines s Litigation Repor t
By Mack Sperl ing
Mack Sper li ng of Brooks Pierce LLP reports on judicial decision s of significance
Lo businesses and shareholders .
Workpl ace Pro f Blog
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By Richard Ba l es & MuJ tiple Au t hors
Law school professors teaching employme nt l aw, labo r la w, discrimination law and
related courses provide daily i nformation and updates and discuss perlinent news
and legal developments in these areas of law .
New York Small Busines s Law
By Imke
Ra tschko
Th is blog f ea ture s d i s cussions about share holde r agreements , operati ng
a g r eements , limited liability c ompanies , f ounder a greements , buying a nd selling
business and other genera l business law topics .
Ohio Pra c t ica l Bus i ness L·aw
By Teri Rasmussen
Guidance and ins ight s i nto bus iness law t opics fo r
non -lawye r s .
both attor n eys and
Nancy Ra p oporL ' s Bl o gSp oL
By Nancy Ra poport
This blog discusse s governance in h i gher educa tion ,
busines ses, and in law
f irms , bankr uptcy ethics , popular culLu r e & the l aw , current corporation news
a nd profess ional ce spo n sibil ity general ly.
Indiana Commercial For eclosure Law
By John Wa ller
A blog dedicaLed t o p arties t ha t foreclo s e commerci a l morLgages , enforc e Liens
and collect bus ine s s deb ts .
Small Bu si nes s Tre nds
By Anita Campbell
Small Business Trends updates y o u on trends affe c tin g the sma ll busine ss market .
U. S . PIRG
By Ed Ml e r z wi ns ki
U. S . PIRG , the fede ration of state Publi c Interest Research Groups (PIRG s ) ,
s tands up to powerful special interesls on behalf of the Ame r ican public .
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Pro f esso rBainb ridge .com
By Stephen M. Bainbridge
Se lf -de scr ibed as
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jou rn al '' o f a Corpo rat e Law
Ca lifo r n i a Corporat e & Secu rit i es Law
By Keit h Bi s hop
Ke i t h Bi s h op , a p a r tne r wi t h the Ca l i for n i a l a w f i r m Al len Ma t k ins , c overs
Ca l iforni a s e c uri ties l a ws a nd r e g ulations , corpora te governanc e , the Cali forni a
Departmen t o f Corp orat ions , t he Califor ni a Public Employees ' Retireme nl S ystem ,
the Cali f o r nia Sec re ~ a ry of S t a l e, pending Jegi s l a t ion and r uJ e making , q uirky
Ca l i for ni a l aws , and o ther topics .
No Funny Lawyers
By J im 'I'homa s
A h uman vie w o f l aw f o r h uman - owned business es , J im ' s blog cover s lega l is sues
r·elevan t to p riva tel y - held compa nies i n a s traight - f o r ward , and sometimes even
humorou s , fa shion .
Secu r iLj e s Law P rof Bl og
By Barba ra Bl ac k
Covers c orpo r ate l a w news ,
securiti es law .
i ssue s and r egulatory deve lopments re lating to
Th e Rmcrging Busi ness Advocate
By Sea t o n M. Da l y I II
Dedicat e d t o a ddre ss ing c ur ren t is sues t hat a ffec t e merging companie s i n a
g lobal e conomy .
New Yo r k Bu siness Law
By Frederi c R Abrams o n
The b log cove rs New Yor k Business l a w, l egal is sues re l a t ing to s o ci a l medi a and
c i vi l l iti gatio n .
Hed g e fu nd Law Bl og
B y BarL Ma l l on
De voled to t he dis semination o f b asic hedge fund i nformation Eor hedge fund
managers , hedge fu nd s lart - ups and hedge f und inv e s t o r s .
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New York Bus ine s s Lit i g a ti o n a nd Employme n t Attorneys Sl og
By Da vid S . Rich
Feat ures q ue st ion s and answe r s about bu sine ss litiga tion a nd emp l oyment l aw and
u pda tes a nd commentary o n nat ional , Ne w York , and Ne w Jersey d e v e lopment s i n
t he s e same area s o f l aw .
Wh a t
By
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Cl ient s
Dan Hull
News and i d eas f or doi ng b us ines s g l obal l y .
Con fer ence Board Gove rnanc e S l og
Editor , Ga ry La r kin
Worldwi d e b u sin e ss i ns jgh ts from the Confe re nce Boa r d .
Co r p Gov Ne t
By J a mes McRitchie
De signed to fa ci l i t ate t he a b i l i ty of i nstit ut iona l a nd i ndividua l s ha r e owne rs
to be tte r g ove r n c orporat ions , e nhanc i ng both corpor ate account a bility a nd the
c rea t ion o f wea lt h .
Ma r ks on Governanc e
By Norman Marks
lntern al Aud i t o r 's gove r nance p er s pec t i ves c o l umn .
PLI S ecu d ties Law Prac tice Cent er
By Ka ra 0 ' Brien
The Secu r it i es La w Pra ct ice Cen t e r p r o vide s t he la t est s e curi Li e s n e ws , anal ys i s
a nd r esou r ce s , f e a tur ing frequ e ntly u pdated conten t cover i ng the la t es t
deve l opments i n the secur ities fjeld .
Marl e r !H o g
By Bi 11 Mar ] er
Bil l Marl e r discu s s es f ood i ndus try a nd foo d - borne illne ss l itigation and t he
issues surr ounding it . He has testif ied befor e Cong ress as we l l as Sta te
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LFNP !Hog
By Arthu r Ryman
This blog s pecialize s i n non-pro fit l aw a nd t he c ha lleng es f aced by non- p r ofits .
Busines s La w Post
By Arina Sh u l ga
Thl s b l og foc uses on l egal aspects o f opera ting new ond growi ng b u si nesse s.
Hedged .bi z
f3y Br yan Goh
A Look at inve stmen ts, hedge fund s, economics and f ina nce .
Reverse Me rger Blog
By David Fe l dma n
Tnsig hts on re verse me rgers, SPACs, other alterna tives to traditional in i tial
publ i c o ffering s , the smal l and microca p markets a nd the economy .
J im Ha milton ' s Wo rl d o f Securities Reg ulat ion
By Jim Ha milton
This blog describes itse lf as commenta ry and mu sings on the complex, fascina ting
and pecul iar world Lhat is secur)ties regulaLion .
BD Law Hlog
By Joel Beck
News, updates and Lhoughts regard i ng bro ker -dea l er and investment advi ser
r egula t ion a nd lega l a nd compl iance i ss ues in t he U. S .
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