Forge will host 10 four-person teams for a day of fun and camaraderie at the beautiful Cherokee Town & Country Club located at 665 Hightower Trail, Atlanta, GA 30350-1710.   There will be a shotgun start at 9:00 am.  The fee is $125 and includes box lunches, reception, giveaways, green fee and awards/prizes.  Please register on the form located in the back of this booklet. 

  

We are honored to have as our Professionalism speaker Curtis Wilkie, the author of The Fall of the House of Zeus - The Rise and Ruin of America's Most Powerful Trial Lawyer, which chronicles the meteoric rise and mythic-proportioned fall of the Mississippi trial lawyer, Dickie Scruggs.  Professor Wilkie is currently the Overby Fellow and Kelly G. Cook Chair of Journalism at the University of Mississippi, and will be joining us for the day from Oxford, Mississippi.  Fall, which was reviewed in the Summer 2011 edition of The Verdict, shows how Scruggs, arguably at one time the nation’s wealthiest trial lawyer, ends his legal career in shame as a convicted felon, largely because of uncontrollable greed.

Professor Wilkie has graciously offered to sign The Fall of the House of Zeus, which will be available for purchase in the meeting room through A Capella Books.

 

Welcome to the 2012 Annual Convention!  Relax and enjoy a cocktail in style on the beautiful terrace at the Loews.  All attendees welcome.

Join us later at Front Page News where the New Lawyers Division is hosting the ultimate late night party.  It’s walking distance from the hotel with open bar and tons of tasty treats.  Want to join the Host Committee?  Contact Emily Wring or Sheila Thomsen for more details at 404.522.8487.

 

GTLA welcomes our honored guest, Dr. Paul Voss, Founder and President of Ethikos, Inc., an ethics consulting firm, as our Ethics speaker.  Dr. Paul J. Voss is President of Ethikos and an Associate Professor at Georgia State University.  A gifted public speaker and award-winning teacher, Dr. Voss teaches courses on Shakespeare, Dante, Machiavelli, Business Ethics, Renaissance Literature, and the History of the Book.  He publishes on a wide variety of topics (for both academic audiences and for the popular press) and regularly appears on television and radio programs.  His enriching seminars include subjects such as Ethics in Safety and Ethics in Decision Making.

 

His work on business ethics, sustainable development, and corporate stewardship builds on 2,500 years of intellectual history.  His dynamic seminars, coupled with a compelling and thought-provoking curriculum, receive among the highest evaluations in the industry.

Continuing the new format from last year with no formal sit-down dinner or program, get ready for some fun, GTLA-style!  Tickets are $150 per person and include all the food and drink you can handle while getting down with the smoothness of Yacht Rock Revue!

 

Make sure your firm is listed as a Gold, Silver or Bronze sponsor – contact Emily Wring or Sheila Thomsen for more details at 404.522.8487.