Exactly one week from today, members from across the state will converge on the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead for the 2017 GTLA Annual Convention & President's Gala. Have you reserved your space, yet? Follow the link below to see a full list of topics, speakers and events in the 2017 Annual Brochure, and don't forget to register at www.gtla.org! *For those who have asked, additional tables have been opened up for Friday evening's President's Gala, but these will go fast. If you would like to add a ticket to your registration, you may do so upon completing your conference registration, or, if you have already registered for the conference, email Ashley Stoe at admin@gtla.org to purchase your gala tickets.

Join AAJ as they host a Class Action CLE for plaintiff attorneys on May 11 at the Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, TN. The program is open to any Plaintiff trial lawyer with AAJ members or those who are a member of a state TLA receiving a special rate. The event will feature morning and afternoon sessions in addition to a networking luncheon with keynote speaker Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN). Follow the link below for more information and to register!

STLA April Luncheon

When: April 30, 2017 at Noon
Where: Savannah Golf Club
Program: Mark Tate and Jim Shipley of the Tate Law Group will discuss their recent excess judgment in the medical malpractice case of Hand v. Gonzalez. The case spanned nearly a decade in Toombs County, GA throughout which, Mark and Jim, on behalf of their clients, were forced to confront nearly every legal obstacle imaginable, including three trial judges, multiple Daubert and summary judgment motions, failed mediations, intoxicated jurors, a defense verdict, spoliation of evidence, newly discovered evidence at trial and, finally, the grant of a new trial. Issues in the case were argued in two Georgia State Courts, the Federal Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court. In the end, a panel of 12 jurors returned a record verdict in the amount of $3.9 million for a couple whose lives were destroyed by the negligence of a local urologist.

Cobb TLA April Luncheon

 

 

The Cobb TLA hosted University of Georgia School of Law
adjunct professor David Lefkowitz for their April meeting. 

Our LEAD Class spent the weekend of March 23-24 in Savannah hearing from former LEAD alum and fellow GTLA members and participating in team bonding exercises. As they prepare for their graduation at the upcoming Annual Convention, we know that this group of esteemed individuals will certainly be the future leaders of our association. 

 

  

 

Thank You to Our Newest GTLA Champion Members!

Charles Allen, Kelli Hooper and Paul Painter

Welcome New GTLA Members!

Matthew Parks Benson, Emily Bowen, Courtney Britt, Natasha Craft, Chris Gifford, Zack Greenamyre, Kimberly Beard Hall, Trish L. Keeney, Timothy McCubbin, Mark D. Meliski, Seth Park, Mary Lynn Paulson, Shannon Redd, Joel Schneider, Kyle Evans Smith and Lyndsey Joyce Walters