Super Lawyers - Georgia 2015

2015

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GENERAL MANAGER Laura Long PUBLISHER Cindy Larson

EDITORIAL

EDITOR Erik Lundegaard

MANAGING EDI TOR Ross Pfund

CONTRIBUTING EDI TORS Amy Kates, Lauren Peck, Beth Taylor

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Jessica Tam PHO TOGRAPH Y Stan Kaady

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Candice Dyer, Jerry Grillo, Kenna Simmons

RESEARCH

RESEARCH DIREC TOR Julie Gleason

RESEARCH TEAM LEAD Laura Roepke

SENIOR RESEARCH SPECIALIST Chris Cheng RESEARCH EDITORS Caroline Daykin, Jessica Dehn, Annette Durkee, Johanna Grosse, Wendy Lees, Jill Steward

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PRODUCTION

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ADVISORY BOARD

The Super Lawyers Board of Advisors is composed of attorneys who
embody excellence in practice. The board, which provides counsel,
feedback and editorial ideas, includes lawyers from across the country
and of varied firm sizes, who have consistently appeared at the top of the
Super Lawyers lists.
hopes to make as the 59th president of
the GTLA; and Patrick O’Connor talks up
the two cases that really defined (and
saved) his career.
We think this lineup adds to the notable
attorneys we’ve featured in the past, such
as Leah Ward Sears and Tommy Malone.
Thank you for reading. We welcome
your feedback.

FROM THE PUBLISHER
How do we choose which lawyers to feature?

For starters, we pick attorneys who’ve been selected to the current year’s Super Lawyers list. Then we look at which firms and practice areas we’ve recently covered— we don’t want to play favorites or ignore deserving-but-little-known candidates.

We aim for diversity: region, gender,
ethnicity. Attorneys ranking near the
top of the list are more likely to be
included and to appear on the cover.
And the story itself is crucial. We’re
partial to lawyers who are breaking new
legal ground or have a career’s worth of
notable accomplishments.
The one thing that isn’t a factor?

Advertising. As with the Super Lawyers list, editorial is never for sale. Our magazines and editorial team have won more than a dozen journalism awards around the country.

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