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Congratulations To R. Javoyne Hicks White


Judge Barbara A. Harris and R. Javoyne Hicks White

Hicks White (right) accepts GABWA's Barbara A. Harris Award for Service to the Community on July 18 at the Atlanta Ritz Carlton.

Press Release Hicks-White Award.pdf

Tom Wardell, Founder; Joel Peddle, Director; Sam Matchett, Past President

Spring 2008 Feedback Skills Training at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Spring 2008 Guideposts: The Keys To Success Professionalism Training at King & Spalding LLP


Thanks to Ray Pearsons and Jill Harrison, ALDC Presenters

Fall 2008 Interpreting Documents Presenter, Joseph Blanco, Partner, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Fall 2008 Interpreting Documents Professionalism Training at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

Spring 2009 Feedback Skills and Communicating With Partners Professionalism Session at King & Spalding LLP


Sam Matchett leading the discussion

Guideposts: The Keys To Success, Spring 2009 Presenters at Alston & Bird LLP


Brent and Angela STAR Lawyer Presenters

Guideposts: The Keys To Success, Spring 2009 Professionalism Training at Alston & Bird LLP

Spring 2009 Professionalism Training at Alston & Bird LLP
Thanks to Rosalie Chamberlin, Brent Wilson, and Angela Payne James for an excellent session

"Guideposts: The Keys to Success"

PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIALS
Presenters: Sam Matchett, Esq. & Jill Harrison, Esq.

Participant Testimonial Sampler:

The presentation provided exactly what I needed at this time in my legal career.  Thank you. 

The practical "guideposts" that you and Jill provided from a partner's perspective are certainly valuable to younger attorneys in navigating our legal careers.

"Guideposts: The Keys To Success"


Jill Harrison & Sam Matchett teleconference from Dow Lohnes PLLC

Paticipant Testimonial Sampler:

I found the event interesting and informative and I appreciated your candor in responding to participant's questions. 

This program was very insightful.  It is good to know what partners are thinking in certain sensitive situations.

"Feedback Skills and Communicating With Partners"


Presenters, Karen Fultz, Esq. and Steve Bernstein, Esq.

Participant Testimonial Sampler:

This training was very helpful.  [It was a] very comfortable discussion and focused on critical points that we often forget about in our busy daily lives.

Very useful practical advice

"Feedback Skills and Communicating With Partners"


"Feedback skills are not merely intuitive, they are learned."

Participant Testimonial Sampler:

 [This session] encouraged me to work harder. 

 [The training] provided realistic guidance in steps to take in obtaining feedback. 

"Feedack Skills and Communicating With Partners"


Presenters, Steve Bernstein, Esq. and Sheryl McCalla, Esq.

In Appreciation:

Thanks to our participants for their feedback

Thanks to Fisher & Phillips LLP for hosting and providing lunch for two STAR Lawyer Training sessions on March 12 and April 16. 

Thanks to our ALDC Presenters:

Sheryl McCalla of Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine LLC

Karen Fultz of Cozen & O'Connor LLP

Steve Bernstein of Fisher & Phillips LLP

 

 

"Interpreting Documents: 'Oh, Now I Get It.'"


Presenter, Tom Wardell, Esq. "Good documents add clarity, not ambiguity."

Participant Testimonial Sampler:

 [This training] was very helpful as it got to the heart of what we need to master to become STAR lawyers.

 

"Interpreting Documents: 'Oh, Now I Get It.'"


"We are word merchants, we trade in logic."

Participant Testimonial Sampler:

 [Tom Wardell is an] engaging and energetic speaker with helpful practical tips.

 This was a very useful and practical class with instruction on how to read a document to capture understanding.

The presentation was insightful and helpful even to us litigators.  Thank you.

In Appreciation:

Thanks to Laura Ruttan and Talibah Modupe of McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP for their valuable assistance on March 19 and April 30.

Thanks to Tom Wardell and McKenna  Long & Aldridge LLP for hosting two training sessions  and providing two excellent dinners.

 

ALDC Founder, Tom Wardell and Current President, Sam Matchett

Star Awards - Sidebar

CONGRATULATIONS TO SAM MATCHETTT AND AASIA MUSTAKEEM, Recipients of the 2010 State Bar of Georgia Commitment to Equality Awards.

    CONGRATULATIONS TO TOM WARDELL. A recipient of the 2009 State Bar of Georgia Commitment to Equality Awards.


    Click pdf to see event pictures and read speaker remarks

    Tom Wardell Tribute.pdf

    CONGRATULATIONS TO ALLEGRA LAWRENCE-HARDY, Recipient of the 2008 State Bar of Georgia Commitment to Equality Awards.