The Litigation Section continued its monthly breakfast meeting tradition with the 2021-22 theme “Back on Track.” A special thanks to Sections Director Karen English and the other dedicated Atlanta Bar staff who made every event possible whether in person or on Zoom!

• September 24, 2021 - The Back on Track Series | The State of the Judiciary. Panelists: Judge Timothy C. Batten (U.S. District Court for the NDGA), Chief Judge Christopher S. Brasher (Superior Court of Fulton County), Judge Susan E. Edlein (State Court of Fulton County), and Chief Justice David E. Nahmias (Supreme Court of Georgia).

• October 8, 2021 - The Back on Track Series | Products Liability Claims involving Medical Devices. Panelists: Geoffrey M. Drake (King & Spalding), Stephen G. Lowry (Harris Lowry Manton LLP), Michael C. McGlamry (Pope McGlamry), and Robert K. “Bobby” Woo, Jr. (King & Spalding). Moderator: Halli D. Cohn (Troutman Pepper).

• October 13, 2021 - The Litigation Section gathered at Nelson Mullin to present the Logan E. Bleckley Award for Judicial Excellence to The Honorable Harold D. Melton, former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia, for his leadership of the judiciary through the first year of the pandemic.

• November 12, 2021 - The Back on Track Series | Credibility: How to Earn It and How to Lose It. Panelists: Jim D. Blitch, IV (Blitch Law PC), Judge Shukura L. Ingram (Superior Court of Fulton County), Brandee J. Kowalzyk (Nelson Mullins), Bethany Schneider (Schneider Injury Law), and L. Chris Stewart (Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys). Moderator: S. Wade Malone (Nelson Mullins).

• December 10, 2021 - The Back on Track Series | Offer of Judgement, Apportionment and Proving Attorneys’ Fees. Panelists: Daniel J. Huff (Huff Powell Bailey LLC), Kevin P. Race (The Race Law Firm), Judge Gail S. Tusan (JAMS), and Chief Judge Paige Reese Whitaker (Superior Court of Fulton County). Moderator: James M. Sherman (Stanley Esrey & Buckley LLP).

• January 14, 2022 - The Back on Track Series | Trials in 2022 – A New Year & (Post?) Pandemic Outlook. Panelists: Miguel A. Dominquez (Morgan & Morgan), Judge Leigh Martin May (U.S. District Court, NDGA), Chief Judge Robert C.I. McBurney (Superior Court of Fulton County), David L. Rusnak (Drew Eckl & Farnham LLP). Moderator: Chief Judge Shukura L. Ingram (Superior Court of Fulton County) and Mari L. Myer (The Myer Law Firm).

• February 11, 2022 - The Back on Track Series | Medical Funding: Discoverability, Admissibility, and Revisiting the Collateral Source Rule. Panelists: Gillian S. Crowl (Swift Currie); Elissa Haynes (Drew Eckl Farnham); Brandon Smith (Brandon Smith Law); Maxwell K. Thelen (Ashby Thelen Lowry). Moderator: Ashley G. Rice (Waldon Adelman Castilla Hiestand & Prout).

• March 4, 2022 - The Back on Track Series | The Truth About Judicially Hosted Settlement Conferences. Panelists: Chief Judge Philip F. Etheridge (Former Superior Court of Fulton County), Terrence Lee Croft (JAMS), and Judge Catherine M. Salinas (U.S. Magistrate Judge). Moderator: Frank A. Lightmas, Jr. (The Law Offices of Frank A. Lightmas Jr. LLC).

• April 1, 2022 - The Back on Track Series | Training, Forging Relationships, and Building Firm Culture with Younger Lawyers in the New Normal. Panelists: Amy B. Cheng (Nelson Mullins), Michael J. Eshman (Eshman Begnaud LLC), Matthew A. Gass (Stites & Harbison PLLC), Christina M. Graham (Morris Manning & Martin LLP), Ben W. Thorpe (The Home Depot). Moderator: Hillary K. Lukacs (Morris Manning & Martin LLP).

• May 13, 2022 - The Back on Track Series | 2022 Georgia General Assembly Legislative Update. Panelists: Kade Cullefer (Troutman Pepper), Chuck P. Efstration (House District 104, and McGarity & Efstration), Robert L. Fortson (McGuireWoods), City Councilwoman Madeleine Simmons (City of Brookhaven), Matthew Wilson (House District 80 and Wilson Law Firm). Moderator: Kevin C. Patrick (Kevin Patrick Law). The Litigation Section gave more than $27,000 in the 2021-2022 bar year to the Atlanta Bar Foundation's Summer Law Internship Program, Whiskey Tasting, and The Legal Run Around; Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, and Pro Bono March Madness. The Litigation Section is grateful to the generous support of its sponsors - Applied Technical Services; Aprio; CodexTen; and JAMS – and dedicated Section membership.