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Doug Isenberg Speaks at November Breakfast
Secretary Handel Speaks to Section
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December 2009
Newsletter Editors: 
James A. Attwood
Clark A.D. Wilson
 
Sole Practitioner/Small Firm Section Board of Directors
 
Chair: Steve W. Hardy
Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: Scott E. Atwood
Secretary: L. Katherine Adams-Carter
Treasurer: David Michael Lilenfeld
Immediate Past Chair: Glenn Lyon

Members-At-Large
James A. Attwood
The Hon. T. Jackson Bedford, Jr.
Monroe J. Feldman
Ronne G. Kaplan
William J. Piercy
Bryan C. Ramos
David G. Richards
Beth E. Rogers
Janis L. Rosser
Robert G. Wellon
Clark A.D. Wilson
 
Upcoming Events
2010 calendar blueMark your calendars for these upcoming Section events
 
 
January Breakfast Meeting
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 7:30 am
 
"Mobile Computing: Accessing Your Mail, Files and Applications From Any Device"

Speaker: Mike C. Hammock, Atlanta Legal IT, LLC
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
   
Location: Buckhead Club, 3344 Peachtree Road
 
Please register online or return the registration form
 
 
 
January Luncheon Meeting
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 12:00 pm
 
"Roth IRA Conversions:  Tax Planning, Retirement Planning and Estate Planning Opportunities"

Speakers:
Adele Gipson, CFA, CFP, CPA, Consolidated Planning Corporation
Mike McCool, CFP, Consolidated Planning Corporation
   
Location: Gordon Biersch, 848 Peachtree Street NE

Please register online or return the registration form
 
 
 
Job Fair and Reception at Georgia State University Law School
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm

Location: Georgia State University Law School

A chance to interview Georgia State students who are looking for employment

More information to be posted soon...
 
 
Helping Families Save Their Homes Act:
The Protection of Tenants
by Beth E. Rogers and Amy M. Dowis, Rogers Law Offices
 
foreclosure"The Obama Administration, together with the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, have worked to address the problems of the widespread housing crisis and the difficulties that many Americans have had in making monthly mortgage payments.  On May 19, 2009, the House voted to pass Senate Bill 896, which President Obama signed into law on May 20, 2009.  The new law is entitled "Helping Families Save Their Homes Act" ("Helping Families") and it serves to expand the scope of the Administration's Making Home Affordable Programs."
 
 
 


Doug Isenberg Speaks at the November 19th Breakfast
 
spsf pic"Doug Isenberg, attorney and founder of The GigaLaw Firm, is a recognized leader on Internet law, a domain name arbitrator and an adjunct professor of computer and cyberspace law. The Atlanta Business Chronicle has called him an 'international authority on Internet law.'
 
Isenberg has worked with clients on domain name transactions and disputes since 1996 and today represents some of the world's largest and best-known brands with respect to their Internet legal matters. He also serves as a domain name panelist for the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Czech Arbitration Court." 
 
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Need Help?
 
reference booksGeorgia State University Law School is currently sponsoring a Short-Term Research Assistant Program
 
Qualified 2009 graduates and third-year law students are available to assist you with research projects and other tasks.  Please contact Ray English for further information at
(404) 417-9074 or [email protected]
 
 
Tell Us About Your Practice
megaphoneWe are adding a new section to our newsletter that will focus on members of our section.  If you have had a significant case, verdict, transaction, result, or any matter that you would like to highlight, please send a description to our newsletter editors, Clark Wilson or James Attwood.  We will select a few items each month to include in the newsletter.  Please try to keep the description to 500 words or less.