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Celebrating Service Award Winners
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On Friday, October 17, AVLF will honor the following 2014 award winners at the Atlanta Bar Association's Celebrating Service Luncheon. Congratulations, all!
S. Phillip Heiner Award
Mark VanderBroek
AVLF Firm of the Year
Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs LLP
AVLF Difference Makers
Lazega & Johanson LLC
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Bodker, Ramsey, Andrews, Winograd & Wildstein, P.C.
AVLF Domestic Violence Project Volunteer of the Year
Kenneth B. Franklin
AVLF Hero Award
Kristyne Seidenberg
AVLF Safe Families Champion of the Year
Nilufar Abdi-Tabari
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Fundraisers
October 2 at 6:00 p.m. 1st AVLF Brewery Tour Orpheus Brewing Click for details
October 16 at 6:30 p.m. The Supreme Cork Wine Tasting and Silent Auction 5 Seasons Westside Brewery
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Lawyer in the Library Series
October 1 at 6:00 p.m.
Expungement of Criminal Records
Wolf Creek Library, 3100 Enon Road
October 9 at 1:00 p.m.
Consumer Debt
Kirkwood Library, 11 Kirkwood Road
October 20 at 6:00 p.m.
Landlord and Tenant Issues
West End Library, 525 Peeples St SW
October 23 at 6:00 p.m.
Expungement of Criminal Records
Perry Homes Library, 2011 Bolton Road
Check our website for details and additional events.
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Join our dynamic training for our Domestic Violence Program so that you can take part in representing survivors of intimate partner violence.
When: Tuesday, October 7 from 11:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Where: Alston & Bird, 1201 West Peachtree Street
Spots are limited and registration will end on Thursday, October 2.
To register, click here.
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Win Two Tickets to the 2014 AVLF Winetasting!
If you're reading this, you're already entered in the contest. All you needed to do was open the newsletter. We'll select one lucky reader/winner at random on Friday, October 10. Good luck!
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Supreme Cork Honors AVLF for the Third Year
Nothing says fall like the October's annual Supreme Cork! Join the Family Law Committee of the Young  Lawyers Division of the State Bar atop 5 Seasons Brewing in West Midtown for their annual celebration and signature fundraiser. Imbibe, bid, and hobnob knowing that all the proceeds from the evening will benefit a wonderful cause. We are thrilled and honored that once again this wonderful event will benefit AVLF's family law programs. Every penny raised ensures that the Guardian ad Litem and Domestic Violence Projects can continue to assist thousands of families become safe and secure. Sponsorships are still available (contact jreading@avlf.org). To register, visit www.thesupremecork.org. |
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Shelter from the Winter
by Cole Thaler, AVLF Director of Housing and Consumer Programs
On September 15, AVLF sponsored a screening of the documentary American Winter. Through the stories of eight families, the documentary vividly shows how one lost job can cascade into depleted savings, utility shutoffs, eviction, homelessness, hunger, and profound hopelessness.
The film follows one woman visiting a food bank for the first time. As a worker places food in her basket, the woman breaks down crying. She explains that she's never had to turn to a food bank before; the groceries will make a huge difference to her family. The worker hugs her, touches her hand, looks in her eyes. "You can help somebody another time," the worker says.
You can help somebody another time. Around and between the structures that perpetuate poverty - low wages, underfunded social services, tax credits that help only the wealthiest - human connections thrive. In American Winter, family members reach out to each other, literally and figuratively. When one husband suggests his wife move out of state to live with her family rather than face eviction, she tells him that she loves him enough to live outside in a tent with him in the winter. "Now that's love," he responds, his eyes full of sadness and gratitude.
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PADV's Violence in the Workplace Conference - October 8, 2014
Each year, Partnership Against Domestic Violence hosts a conference for the business community to educate and collaborate with companies in understanding and combating domestic violence in the workplace. The CDC estimates that losses in work productivity equals well over $700 million each year. This year's conference is at the State Bar, and includes two legal sessions aimed at attorneys and law firms particularly.
"The Legal Implications for Companies Addressing Violence in the Workplace" will feature AVLF board members Dena Hong of UPS and Rebecca Shanlever of Hall, Arbery, Gilligan, Roberts & Shanlever LLP, as well as Cheryl Legare of the Buckley Law Firm LLC and Laura Bogan of Home Depot. "Pro Bono & Beyond: A Call to Action and Volunteer Opportunities for Attorneys" will be presented by AVLF's Liz Whipple and Kate Gaffney of Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Cobb County Office.
The event qualifies for 3 general CLE credits, and should provide an interesting perspective for attorneys on how to best serve their employees as well as their employers in uniquely challenging circumstances. For more information or to register, visit PADV's website.
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New AVLF Board Member: Kinshasa Williams
Whether she's providing pro bono legal aid for pregnant teens, or advocating accessible health care  and reproductive justice for women, Kinshasa K. Williams, a healthcare attorney, is typically at work on behalf of other people. And law is not the first career in which she's championed those who lack access. Before going to law school, she was an Epidemiologist with the Louisiana Office of Public Health and with the United States Department of Health and Human Services, working to achieve higher standards of care in Louisiana's family planning clinics.
Says Marty Ellin, AVLF Executive Director, "We are delighted that Kinshasa Williams has joined the AVLF Board of Directors! Kinshasa is a rare combination of talents: she is a first rate advocate, has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to public interest legal work, and she has real expertise in matters of specific interest to an important segment of the AVLF client community." Welcome, Kinshasa! READ MORE |
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| Thank You, AVLF Volunteers!
AVLF thanks the following volunteers for their service during the month of August:
The Saturday Lawyer Program
AVLF Junior Board: Sarah Zampell; Jennifer Blackburn; Shelley Anderson; Jimmy Russert; Amelia Medina; Gabe Mendel; Stephanie Oginsky; Sherida Mabon; Jennifer Bunting-Graden; Steven Moulds, Holland & Knight; Logan Millians, King & Spalding; Amy Boring, King & Spalding; Sarah Basiliere, King & Spalding; Jonas Jarvholm, Attorney at Law; Jane Warring, Clyde & Co.; Sarah Babcock, Alston & Bird; Ankith Kamaraju, Alston & Bird; Geoff Rathgeber, Alston & Bird; Eugene Fuller, Attorney at Law; Julia Latimer, Attorney at Law; Billy Peard, Georgia Legal Services Program; Christopher Sleeper, Attorney at Law; Juliana Sleeper, Attorney at Law; Adam Masarek, Attorney at Law
The Eviction Defense Program
Nathan Wood, McGuire Woods; Alan Bakowski, Troutman Sanders; Addison Draper, Troutman Sanders; Lennon Haas, Troutman Sanders; John Brittingham, Troutman Sanders The Saturday Paralegal ProgramChrista Dierckman; DeaRonda Harrison; Keli Jones Domestic Violence Program
Brianne Erwin, Atlanta Legal Aid; Edward Richardson, Atlanta Legal Aid; Jehae Kim, Georgia Law Center for the Homeless; Ken Franklin, Duane Morris; Paul Barsness, Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs; Ron Coleman, Parker Hudson Rainer & Dobbs; Steven Cayton, Cayton Legal; Rebecca Lunceford, Arnall, Golden & Gregory LLP; Theresa Beaton, Kilpatrick Townsend; Paula Rothberger, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP; Matt McNeil, Alston & Bird LLP; Joshua Weeks, Alston & Bird LLP; Danielle Walker, Emory University School of Law; Farley Ezekiel, Emory University School of Law; Jenny Evans, Georgia State College of Law; Omenka Uchendu, Georgia State College of Law; Juli Crider, John Marshall School of Law; Nilu Abdi-Tabari
Guardian ad Litem Program Greg Miller, Miller & Miller Law, LLC; Steve Gibbs, Zachary & Segraves, P.A. |
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