Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Selects 2020-2021 LEAD Program Class 

ATLANTA – The Georgia Trial Lawyers Association has announced the selections for the 2020-2021 Leadership Education & Advanced Direction (LEAD) Program. Now beginning its eighth year, the widely-acclaimed LEAD Program serves to train and equip GTLA members who have been identified as potential leaders in the association with the necessary tools to take the next steps in their legal careers, both in and out of the courtroom.

After an extensive application review and selection process, 18 attorneys were chosen to participate in the 2020-2021 GTLA LEAD Program. They are as follows:

Jasper Abbott

Warshauer Law Group, Atlanta 

Beth Brooks

Harris Lowry Manton, Savannah 

Jared Easter

The Weinstein Firm, Acworth 

Chase Elleby

Williams Elleby, Kennesaw 

Lindsay Forlines

Forlines Law, LLC, Avondale Estates 

Andrew Hagenbush

Morgan & Morgan, P.C., Atlanta 

Jordan Josey

McArthur Law Firm, Macon

Lindsey Macon

McArthur Law Firm, Atlanta

Ashley Mitchell

Schneider Hammers, LLC, Atlanta 

Nathan Nicholson

Cook Law Group, LLC, Gainesville

Philip Pendergrass

The Pendergrass Law Firm, Peachtree Corners 

Kara Phillips

Deitch & Rogers, Decatur 

Donovan Potter

Beasley Allen, Atlanta

Philip Potter

Westmoreland, Patterson, Moseley & Hines, Bonaire 

Utrophia Robinson

Trophy Robinson Law, Jonesboro 

Mike Roth

Stewart Trial Attorneys, Atlanta 

Shea Schulman

Litner Deganian, Atlanta 

Patrick Wheale

Wheale Law Firm, Cedartown

"The GTLA LEAD program is one of the single-best sources for identifying and honing the talent in our association” remarked Lyle Warshauer, President of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. "These 18 attorneys were chosen from one of the most competitive selection processes in the program’s history, and I know that they will uphold the successful legacy of the LEAD program as they work toward becoming the future leaders of our association.” 

The GTLA LEAD Program consists of qualified applicants with less than 10 years of legal practice experience or those who are 35 years of age or younger. The 2020-2021 LEAD Program will feature six sessions beginning at the end of August with the kickoff event and concluding with graduation at the GTLA Annual Convention & President’s Gala in the Spring of 2021.

"The LEAD Program was one of the best personal and professional development programs in which we have participated,” stated LEAD Program Co-Chairs Dustin Davies and Michelle King. "This is one of the most geographically diverse classes in program history, representing 12 different cities across Georgia and covering a wide-range of practice areas. This group will certainly enhance GTLA through their program year and beyond, but we know that the real benefit will be the relationships that they form with each other.”