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GAP Meetings and Events
NOTICE: GAP’s cancellation
and payment policies
- The deadline for making or canceling a reservation is by noon on the Friday
prior to the meeting.
- If you want to pay for the dinner meeting with your credit card, you may do that
online only;
GAP cannot take credit card payments at the door. GAP will accept
cash or check at the door.To be eligible for a refund of a credit card payment, you must cancel your
reservation before the deadline. Service charges will not be refunded.
A specific request for an eligible refund should be made to the GAP office in
writing (email preferred), and the refund will be made via check drawn on the
GAP account.
Any no-shows will be invoiced in the amount of the non-member rate.
February 12, 2008
Topic: Work-Product
Doctrine
Speaker: Mary
McKay, NFPA Region III Director
Sponsors: Mariposa
Publishing
Location: Anthony's
(Directions)
Menu: Salad; Entrée –Chicken Wellington; Dessert - Chocolate Bourbon
Pecan Pie
Time: 6:00 pm
New Member Mixer
from 5:00 until 6:00 (sponsored by HIRECounsel)
Cost (No Shows will be Invoiced): Members - $30; Non-Members - $35
Printable notice
This presentation will explain the elements of the
Work-Product Doctrine, how it is different from attorney-client privilege,
where is it founded in law and how it is handled procedurally.
Mary McKay has served as NFPA’s Region III Director since May 2006. Since
GAP is part of Region III, Ms. McKay represents us on the NFPA Board of
Directors. Some of you may remember meeting her at the NFPA Leadership
Conference hosted by GAP in 2006.
Mary is employed as a paralegal coordinator and senior litigation paralegal
at Glen Rasmussen Fogarty & Hooker, PA in Tampa, Florida. She completed her
paralegal studies at the University of Miami. For nine years following
graduation, she taught paralegal studies at the University of Miami and at
Miami-Dade Community College.
Mary has served her local association, Tampa Bay Paralegal Association, in
the position of NFPA Liaison, First Vice President, President-Elect and
President. In 2005, Mary was chosen as one of two runners-up for Legal
Assistant Today’s Paralegal of the Year and won the top honor in 2007.
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April 8, 2008
Topic:
Making the Most
of ADR: Tips, Tools and Strategies for Paralegals
Speaker:
Brian Winn,
Managing Director, Kelly Law Registry; Former VP, American Arbitration
Association
Sponsor: Courtroom
Visuals
Location: Anthony's
(Directions)
Time: 6:00 pm
Cost (No Shows will be Invoiced): Members - $30; Non-Members - $35
Printable notice
This presentation will provide tips, tools and
strategies for paralegals in Alternative Dispute Resolutions and discuss the
various forms of ADR and rules governing the process.
Our speaker, Brian Winn, holds a BBA from Georgia State University. Prior to
joining Kelly law Registry, Mr. Winn was district vice president for the
American Arbitration Association in Atlanta, where he held various
management positions during his 17-year career.
Mr. Winn is responsible for the operations, strategic planning, and business
development of Kelly Law Registry’s Atlanta office, overseeing placement of
attorneys, paralegals and other legal professionals with employers in
Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, and
Kentucky.
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Date:
April 16, 2008
Lunch and Learn:
Litigation Resources from Complaint to Verdict
Sponsor: Merrill
Corporation
Location:
Merrill
Corporation's Offices - 1117 West
Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
Time: 12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
Cost: Free (lunch
provided)
Printable
notice
The first in a series of Lunch and Learn seminars
presented by GAP and our sponsors. Lunch will be provided for all
attendees at our Lunch and Learn seminars. More information will
follow in the near future.
To RSVP for this event, please email
edwina.robinson@sablaw.com no later than April 11, 2008.
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Date:
May 7, 2008
Lunch and Learn:
Depositions 2008 and Beyond, a LiveNote Seminar
Sponsor:
West Court
Reporting
Location: Trois -
1180 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
Complimentary valet at 14th Street Entrance or Peachtree Street Entrance
Time: 12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
Cost: Free (lunch
provided)
Printable notice
The second in a series of Lunch and Learn seminars
presented by GAP and our sponsors. Lunch will be provided for all
attendees at our Lunch and Learn seminars. More information will
follow in the near future.
To RSVP for this event, please email
edwina.robinson@sablaw.com no later than May 2, 2008.
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June 10, 2008
Topic: GAP Member Appreciation
Dinner
Sponsors: Legal
Eagle, Special Counsel, West Court Reporting
Location: Anthony's
(Directions)
Time: 6:00 pm
New Member Mixer
from 5:00 until 6:00 (Sponsored by HIRECounsel)
Cost: Members: FREE to first 100 reservations (Active and Student
members); Other Members $30.00; Non-members: $35.00
No Shows will be invoiced at the $35 rate
Printable notice
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Date:
July 23,
2008
Lunch and Learn:
Topic to Be Announced
Sponsor: Merrill
Corporation
Location:
Merrill
Corporation's Offices - 1117 West
Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30309
Time: 12:00 pm -
1:00 pm
The third in a series of Lunch and Learn seminars
presented by GAP and our sponsors. Lunch will be provided for all
attendees at our Lunch and Learn seminars. More information will
follow in the near future.
To RSVP for this event, please email
edwina.robinson@sablaw.com no later than July 18, 2008.
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August 12,
2008
Topic:
Understanding and Getting the Most from Your Law Firm’s Retirement
Program.
Speaker: David
Schultz
Sponsors: Anthony's
Fine Dining
Location: Anthony's (Directions)
Time: 6:00 pm
Cost (No Shows will be Invoiced): Members - $30; Non-Members - $35
Mr. Schultz will
discuss the different types of retirement plans, their rules, the effect
of current events on plan contributions and what this all means to each
plan participant.
Mr. Schultz is a Partner and Director of Tegra Financial Partners. This
is a full-service investment firm which assists its clients with
retirement planning and consulting.
Mr. Schultz graduated with honors from the University of Florida with a
degree in finance and received his JD from Georgia State University. He
is an advocate at both the state and national level lobbying for changes
in the laws and regulations governing retirement plans.
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October 7,
2008
Topic:
Special Education Law
Speaker:
Thomas Dickson
Sponsor: Esquire
Deposition Services
Location: Anthony's
(Directions)
Time: 6:00 pm
New Member Mixer
from 5:00 until 6:00 (Sponsored by HIRECounsel)
Cost (No Shows will be Invoiced): Members - $30; Non-Members - $35
Place your reservation
Printable notice
Special Education Law is a very specialized
area of law that focuses on the rights of children with disabilities. Its
leading attorneys, both plaintiff and defense, strive to ensure that children
with special needs are given a FAPE (Free and Appropriate Public Education.)
Our guest speaker, Thomas W. Dickson, Esq., will discuss his perspective and
insight as a Defense Attorney representing public school districts. Counsel
Dickson has been a partner with The Weatherly Law Firm in Atlanta, Georgia for
the past six years. His practice with the firm has included representation of
state department of education entities and school districts both locally and
across the country. In addition, Mr. Dickson has taken many cases from the
administrative court level up through the appellate level.
Counsel Dickson is a 1986 honors graduate from the University of Florida School
of Law, where he served as a Board Member and Senior Editor for the University
of Florida Law Review. He subsequently studied constitutional and civil rights
law at Columbia University School of Law, earning an LL.M.
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December 9,
2008
Topic: 11th Annual GAP Holiday Party
Installation of Board of Directors
Sponsors: Brown &
Gallo and The LawStaff Group
Location: Anthony's
(Directions)
Time: 6:00 pm
Cost (No Shows will be Invoiced): Members - $30; Non-Members - $35
Place your reservation
Printable notice
Kick-off the
holiday season with GAP! Anthony’s will be decorated for the holidays
and we have a special meal planned to make this a wonderful dinner
meeting. We will be joined by United States Marines who will collect
your donations for their “Toys for Tots” program. Also, we will be
awarding the 2008 PACE Scholarship, the 2008 Boss of the Year and
inducting the 2009 Board of Directors.
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A
New Member Mixer is held from time to time prior to membership meetings so that
new GAP members can meet and network with the Board of Directors in a smaller,
less crowded, environment.
New Member Mixers in 2008 are sponsored by HIRECounsel.
Location
Anthony's Restaurant is located at 3109 Piedmont Road in Buckhead, just south of
the intersection of Piedmont and Peachtree. Online directions can be found at
MapQuest or printed directions are available as a
Microsoft Word file
or from
Anthony's website.
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