Georgia Legal Awards 2019 | ALM Real Estate Media Group | 21 February 2019 | Flourish Atlanta, 3143 Maple Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30305

The Daily Report is honoring those attorneys and judges who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession in Georgia - whether in shaping the law, achieving outsized results for their clients, being an outstanding jurist or assisting those in need of legal services.

This Year's Categories Include:

• Lifetime Achievement
• Attorney of the Year
• Litigation Team of the Year
• Best Mentors
• On the Rise
• Best Social Mediators
• In-House Department of the Year
• Most Effective Deal Maker
• Distinguished Leaders

ATTORNEY OF THE YEAR FINALISTS:
• Maxine Hicks, DLA Piper
• Linda Klein, Baker Donelson
• Michael Terry, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
• Charles Beaudrot, Morris, Manning & Martin
• Steve Clay, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
• Judge Myra Dixon, Fulton County State Court
• William Hill, Polsinelli
• Senior Judge Frank Hull, U.S. Court of Appeals for theEleventh Circuit
• Senior Judge Herbert Phipps, Georgia Court of Appeals
• Glen Reed, King & Spalding
• Retired Judge Juanita Stedman, Cobb County Juvenile Court
• Bill Stevens, Dentons

LITIGATION TEAMS OF THE YEAR:
• Appellate Practice (Small Firm), The Summerville Firm
• Appellate Practice (Midsize Firm), Rogers & Hardin
• Personal Injury Practice, The Bell Law Firm
• Labor & Employment, Parks Chesin & Walbert

GENERAL LITIGATION (SMALL FIRM):
• Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske

GENERAL LITIGATION (MIDSIZE FIRM):
• Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial

IN-HOUSE DEPARTMENT OF THE YEAR:
• Chick-fil-A

DISTINGUISHED LEADERS:
• Keisha Lance Bottoms, Atlanta Mayor
• Kenya Johnson, Fulton County Chief Deputy Solicitor
• Paul Weathington, Weathington McGrew
• Sally Yates, Former Acting U.S. Attorney General

MOST EFFECTIVE DEAL-MAKER:
• Althea Broughton, Arnall Golden Gregory

BEST MENTORS (MIDSIZE FIRMS):
• Clyde Mize, Morris Manning & Martin
• Bert Brannen, Fisher & Phillips

BEST MENTORS (SMALL FIRMS):
• Stephanie Friese Aron, Pursley, Friese, Torgrimson
• Dan McGrew, Weathington McGrew
• Jay Rollins, Schwartz Rollins

BEST SOCIAL MEDIATORS:
• Jennifer Gore-Cuthbert, Atlanta Injury Group
• Amy Refeca, Atlanta Wills + Trusts Law Group

ON THE RISE:
• Adam Abbate, Fulton County District Attorney’s Office
• Katie Barton, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
• Meaghan Boyd, Alston & Bird
• Geoffrey Drake, King & Spalding
• Jake Evans, Thompson Hine
• Elizabeth Fite, DeKalb County Law Department
• Craig Friedman, Jones Day
• Evan Holden, Greenberg Traurig
• Bethaney Embry Jones, The Embry Firm
• Nicole Leet, Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske
• Mark Loudon-Brown, Southern Center for Human Rights
• Shane O’Neill, Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial
• Amanda Clark Palmer, Garland Samuel & Loeb
• Alyson Pirio, GSMA
• Michelli Rivera, Fisher Phillips
• David Sarif, Naggiar & Sarif
• Jacqueline Tio, Fish & Richardson
• Darren Tobin, Butler Tobin
• Lauren Villnow, Georgia Department of Law
• Jeff Zachman, Dentons