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State Bar Taps Athens-area Attorneys, Judges for Boards

Staff Report From Athens CEO

Monday, October 3rd, 2016

A number of attorneys and judges based in Athens-Clarke County were appointed to serve as members of various standing, special, program and board committees of the 48,000-member State Bar of Georgia for 2016-17.

Eleanor M. Crosby-Lanier of the University of Georgia School of Law and Athens-Clarke County Probate Judge Susan P. Tate were both appointed to the Access to Justice Committee, which works to promote the growth of pro bono legal services to those who cannot afford to hire a lawyer.

Western Circuit Superior Court Judge Lawton E. Stephens was named to the Bench & Bar Committee, which oversees the Judicial District Professionalism Program and works to identify and facilitate solutions to issues of mutual interest between the state’s judges and lawyers for the benefit of the public, and the Advisory Committee on Legislation, which prepares legislation approved by the State Bar Board of Governors for consideration by the Georgia General Assembly and monitors all legislation affecting Bar members and the practice of law.

Anna G. Bolden of Daniels & Rothman P.C. will serve on the State Disciplinary Board Investigative Panel, which is authorized to investigate allegations against attorneys for violations of the Standards of Conduct.

Anna D. Boling of UGA’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government was appointed to the Law-Related Education Committee, which oversees the program offering schools a variety of strategies for including law-related education in their social science and other curricula.

Lonnie T. Brown Jr. of the UGA School of Law was named to the Formal Advisory Opinion Board, which drafts opinions concerning a proper interpretation of the Rules of Professional Conduct or any of the grounds for disciplinary action under the Bar rules.

Russell C. Gabriel of the UGA School of Law will serve on the Indigent Defense Committee, which monitors the progress and funding for the Georgia Public Defender Standards Council and provides expertise and advocacy necessary to satisfy the state’s constitutional obligation to provide adequate counsel for indigent persons who are accused of crimes.

Douglas G. Ashworth of the Institute for Continuing Legal Education of Georgia was appointed to the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency.