Adria Perez is a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP. She focuses her practice on representing both corporations and individuals in white-collar criminal defense matters, government enforcement issues, as well as internal, criminal and SEC investigations. Her experience includes handing issues relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, False Claims Act (including government contracting, healthcare and tax matters), Civil Investigati…
Quick snapshot: Ashley Prebula Frazier Heintz. I went to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where I received a B.A. in Political Science and minors in Social & Economic Justice and Spanish. I attended The University of Georgia School Law, and thereafter clerked for Judge Clay Land in the Middle District of Georgia. After clerking, I joined Jones Day, where I now practice securities litigation. In addition to serving on AVLF’s Junior…
Quick snapshot (name, education, current and past jobs, etc.): Avital Stadler, Duke University 1993 (BA in Public Policy Studies) and Emory University School of Law 1998. Clerked for the Honorable Julie E. Carnes of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia out of law school. Served two stints each with McKenna Long & Aldridge and Sutherland Asbill & Brennan. Now, General Counsel at Esquire Deposition Solutions, LLC. H…
Note from AVLF: Raj Shah’s modesty prevents him from describing how, time and again, he has served as the legal advocate and mouthpiece for destitute clients who would have no hope for justice without Raj’s help. For example, the client he writes about below was living with his children on less than $15,000 a year – well below the federal poverty guideline. Water damage caused the apartment’s ceiling to collapse and mold to flourish; the landlord…
Please share your quick snapshot (name, education, job history, current position on board, etc.): Sarah Leopold Zampell, St. Lawrence University, B.A. with honors in history (2000); Emory University School of Law (2005); I was an associate with Holland & Knight, LLP for seven years and left the practice in 2012 to stay home with my children. How did you get involved with AVLF? I first volunteered with Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation in their…
CAREY KERSTEN | June 30, 2015 Quick snapshot (name, education, job history, any other boards you sit on, etc.): James M. (“Jimmy”) Rusert, University of Georgia, A.B.J., summa cum laude in Broadcast News with a minor in Theatre (2006), University of Georgia, School of Law, J.D., cum laude (2010). I have practiced law with DLA Piper for my entire career, specializing in commercial litigation and white collar defense and investigations. I have serv…
Quick snapshot: Jim McGinnis. I graduated from Auburn in 1979 and Mercer Law School in 1982. My first job was as an Assistant D.A. in Cordele, Georgia, working for Gary Christy. I did my first jury trial within a month of starting work. I wound up in Atlanta practicing exclusively in the area of family law. I’ve been with Warner Bates for the last five years. How did you get involved with Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation? I got involved with…
CAREY KERSTEN | July 22, 2015 Who, what, & where? Dena Hong, J.D. with honors from Emory in 1999; undergrad at Indiana University. I’ve been with UPS since 2004 and am currently Labor & Employment Counsel for the Corporate office. Before joining UPS, I was a Labor & Employment associate at Kilpatrick Stockton and a Litigation associate at Smith, Gambrell, & Russell. I’m the current Vice President of Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation’s Board of…
…nd that we will establish the AVLF Opportunity Reserve Fund. Our anonymous donor and all of the contributors to the SAFE Fund have done nothing less than re-make the future of our work. “AVLF is like a treadmill, running strong and picking up steam,” our anonymous donor told us. “But like every treadmill ever made, it is going to break, and when it does, AVLF has to have money to fix the machine and carry you through.” Of course, we will try our b…
…ie Bailey Foundation • Bank of America Foundation • CFGA SPARK Opportunity Donor Advised Fund • City of Atlanta • Criminal Justice Coordinating Council • Cousins Foundation • Georgia Bar Foundation • Glenn Family Foundation • Humana • Ida Alice Ryan Foundation • Kaiser Permanente Foundation • MailChimp • Morgens West Family Foundation • Sartain Lanier Family Foundation • Stadium Neighborhoods Community Trust • United Way of Greater Atlanta/Communi…
…eaching its goals may count as a “win” by increasing visibility, drawing a spotlight on housing inequality, and stimulating dialogue. These combined protests, lawsuits, lobbying, and public outcries were ultimately successful, and Freedom Parkway was eventually constructed as a much more limited roadway that allowed for the creation of Freedom Park. 1985: Protesters attempting to block construction of Freedom Parkway. Photograph by Dwight Ross Jr….
Volunteer Spotlight Raquel Saltzman After attending our October 2020 Guardian ad Litem training, Raquel Saltzman eagerly jumped into her first case as a volunteer Guardian ad Litem. She is currently performing an investigation with a family with neurodivergent children and parents in conflict; Raquel has shown compassion, tenacity, and dedication to her work as a first time Guardian ad Litem, and we have been impressed with her professionalism…
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