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JMLS recently welcomed its eighth cohort to the LL.M. in Employment Law Program. The program, which launched in 2010, has continued to grow and now includes current students and alumni from seventeen states and Puerto Rico. Students, who are enrolled part-time, practice in many areas including private practice, corporate counsel, local government, state and federal government, and as Judge Advocate Generals. Prior to each cohort’s commencement ceremony, the cohort convenes in Atlanta for thesis presentaLisa Robinson (’10) tions. The most recent event was held in May at the Blackburn Conference Center. Presenters included AJMLS alumna Lisa Robinson, JD (’10). Lisa’s thesis topic was Using the Expansion of the American Disabilities Act to Fill the Gaps left by Pregnancy Discrimination in the Work Place. The residential LL.M. program also continues to grow. Pursuant to a new Georgia Supreme Court ruling, attorneys trained outside of the U.S. are now eligible to sit for the Georgia bar exam after earning a qualifying LL.M. degree. AJMLS has re-structured its residential LL.M. curriculum to comply with the Georgia rule and to help such attorneys achieve their goal of practicing law in the United States. The faculty recently voted to revise the name of the program to “LL.M. for the Practice of Law in the U.S.” to reflect this. Both the online Employment Law program and residential program will continue to grow and develop to meet the needs of attorneys who are ready to take their career to the next level. The next entry point for the LL.M. in Employment Law program is May 2015 and AJMLS alumni are encouraged to apply. For more information on the LL.M. programs AJMLS offers, visit www.johnmarshall.edu/LLM or contact Lisa Kaplan at lkaplan@johnmarshall.edu or Natasha Berry at nberry@johnmarshall.edu.
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The first session of the Georgia Supreme Court was held on January 26, 1846. The three Georgia Supreme Court Justices who composed the Supreme Court reviewed 72 cases during that first term of court and reversed 44 of the lower courts’ decisions. Who was the Chief Justice at that term of court and where did the first session of the Georgia Supreme Court Meet? Answer: Talbotton, Georgia, the county seat of Talbotton County and the First Supreme Court Justice was Joseph Henry Lumpkin. Trivia Question Number
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Of the Four non-musical longest running plays ever to appear on Broadway in New York City, two of the plays were written by Georgia playwrights. Who were the playwrights and what where the names of the plays? Answer: “Tobacco Road” (3,182 performances) by Erskine Caldwell (born in Wrens, Georgia) and “Abie’s Irish Rose (2,327 performances) by Ann Nichols (born in Dales Mills, Georgia.)
Ms. Andrea Boyd (’13) is a Staff Attorney in the Litigation Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Her practice includes domestic and foreign trademark clearance, prosecution and enforcement; ex parte and inter parties proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; intellectual property licensing; copyright prosecution and enforcement; rights of publicity; domain name and UDRP proceedings; entertainment law; and client counseling. Effective March 3, 2014, DeKalb County Solicitor-General Sherry n December, Dean Lynn sponsored 7 alumni and Dean Boston appointed Sonja Brown (’04) as the new Deputy Chief of Renata Turner to be sworn into the Supreme Court of the Special Victims & Community Outreach Unit. In this role, she United States. Those alumni were Lisa Skinner (‘10), Camiel oversees a team of 15 attorneys, investigators, Victim Advocates, Reddick (‘10), Chris Grubbs (‘09), Mark Zukowski (‘10), Lisa paralegals, and legal secretaries that prosecute high-risk domestic Guerra (‘09), Alicia Mullice (‘09), and Alex Brown (‘09). This violence cases, and cases involving vulnerable victims (children, is a wonderful, once in a lifetime trip that includes an evening elderly, disabled), animal cruelty, sex crimes, stalking, unlicensed reception at the esteemed Willard Hotel. personal care homes, and vehicular homicide. Ms. Anne Bowerman (’12) and Mr. Cliff Turner (’12) started their At the 2014 State Bar of Georgia Annual meeting, Je’Nita Lane practice, Turner & Bowerman, LLC after graduation and they (’11) was elected to serve on the Executive Council as a District focus in personal injury, criminal defense, family law, and estate Representative for the Middle District of Georgia. planning. They met while attending AJMLS and plan on getting Ms. Brooke N. Puglise (’14), daughter of Michael J. Puglise (’93) married this October. Their firm is located at 636 Main Street, recently graduated from AJMLS and sat for the July bar exam. Palmetto, Georgia 30268 and can be reached at (770) 633-0007. Mr. Scott Bergman (’94) of Rockville, Maryland became an Ms. Kandice Allen (’13) was officially licensed agent with the recently published on the American National Football League Players Bar Association website with an Association in October 2013. In article on the state of law as it addition to NFL rep work, Mr. relates to federal protections for Bergman’s firm also practices transgender employees when they personal injury and business encounter workplace discrimination. collections. Visit his website at You can find the article at: http:// www.bergmanslaw.com for more www.americanbar.org/content/dam/ information. aba/administrative/young_lawyers/ Sarah Steele (’10) co-hosts “The committee_newsletters/2014/ Legal Show” on BlogTalk Radio every labor_employment_2014_winter_ Monday at 6:30 p.m. E.T. She and newsletter.authcheckdam.pdf writer Bennet Pomerantz discuss hot Ms. Mande Moyer (‘11) is pleased topics and how they relate to the law. to announce the opening of her own Shows have included discussions on Plaintiff’s Personal Injury practice. the death of Casey Kasem, the piracy Moyer Law Firm was founded in September 2013 and specializes of the “Expendables 3” movie, Jewish burial law, going off the grid in injury law, including car accidents, trucking accidents, slip/fall, and how that relates to zoning ordinances, and modern day racial and premises liability. Please visit her website www.moyer-law.com segregation. Join Sarah and Bennet as they explore the legal for more information. world in layman’s terms! Ms. Moyer (‘11) and her husband, Brandon Moyer, welcomed Gloria Franklin Wright (’13) has opened Wright Law, LLC their first child, Charlotte Anne Moyer, on March 13, 2014. specializing mainly in estate planning and QDRO’s from a virtual Charlotte weighed 8 lbs. even and surprised her parents with a law office. Contact her via phone or email at 678-862-2756 full head of hair! or gbfwright@outlook.com. Ms. Jennifer Gore-Cuthbert (’12) was the President of the Student Alumni of Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School are now eligible to Bar Association. As a law student, Jennifer was active in the SBA, receive a discount* when utilizing one of Atlanta’s top legal staffing the AJMLS Chapter of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, agencies, Robert Half Legal, for their staffing needs! was named a “Peer Mentor of the Year” and “Outstanding Student Robert Half Legal provides highly skilled and experienced of The Quarter” and worked part time in the law library and at a law professionals for a wide range of positions within the legal field, including attorney, paralegal, legal manager and administrator, firm specializing in personal injury law. Since graduating from law school, Jennifer opened her own litigation support specialist, contract administrator, and legal support law firm, The Gore Law Firm, LLC, specializing in personal staff. By drawing on our unique knowledge of the employment injury, wrongful death, and diminished value cases, located market, we are able to present you with the skilled professionals in Alpharetta, Georgia. Jennifer is a member of The North your business needs. We offer temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct Fulton Bar Association, a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers placement. Association, a board member of GAWL as the Chair of the Please contact AJMLS Alumni Monique Joshi (’11) Account Communications Committee and Leader of the “Working Moms Executive at (404) 264-0810. Lunch”. Jennifer was recently interviewed on “Atlanta Legal Gregory J. Gelpi (‘13) has opened The Gelpi Law Firm, P.C., an Experts Radio” regarding personal injury topics and continues Augusta, Georgia-based general practice law firm, focusing primarily on the areas of juvenile and family law. He can be contacted by to make a name for herself fighting for her clients’ rights. Jennifer lives with her husband, Angus and their daughter phone at (706) 434-3597 or by e-mail at greg@gelpilawfirm.com. For Julia in Roswell, Georgia. Jennifer is an active member of the more information, go to www.gelpilawfirm.com. AJMLS Alumni Association and is grateful for the opportunities * Discounts will be applied to any assignments 8 hours or longer; compensation will consist of 1 hour free for anyone mentioning AJMLS at the time of booking. that her legal education has given her.
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