Confirmed Speakers

Marian Cover Dockery, Esq.

President/CEO

Leadership Institute for Women of Color Attorneys

 

 

Regina Petty, Esq.

Partner

Fisher & Phillips LLP

La Jolla, CA

 

Jacqueline Vidmar, Esq.

Partner

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Chicago, IL

 

Jeong-Hwa Lee “June” Towery, Esq.

Partner

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

Atlanta, GA

 

D. Billye Sanders, Esq.

Retired Partner

Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis

Nashville, TN

 

Natalie R. Kelly

Director, State Bar of Georgia Law Practice Management Program

Atlanta, GA

 

Altomease Kennedy, Esq.

Partner

McKnight & Kennedy, LLC

Silver Spring, MD

 

Regina Sledge Molden, Esq.

Partner

Molden Holley & Thompson LLC

Atlanta, GA

 

Chong Joo Kim, Esq.

Partner

Kim & Kert

Atlanta, GA

 

Judy Fortin, Esq.

Vice President

NewsCertified Exchange

Atlanta, GA

 

Lisa Chang, Esq.

County Attorney

Dekalb County Law Department

Decatur, GA

 

Wanda Pate Jones, Esq.

NLRB

Denver, CO

 

Andrea L. Foster, Esq.

Regional Attorney

Eastern Region U.S. Department of Agriculture

Atlanta, GA

 

Denise Lamaute, Esq.

Labor Markets & Workforce Development Specialist

USAID

Office of Democracy, Governance, and Social Transition

Washington, D.C.

 

Gloria J. Green, Esq.

General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer

The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta

Atlanta, GA

 

Leslie M. Turner, Esq.

General Counsel

Coca-Cola North America

 

E. Jewelle Johnson, Esq.

Partner

Fisher & Phillips LLP

Atlanta, GA

 

Tara Adyanthaya, Esq.

Associate General Counsel

Emory University and Emory Healthcare

Atlanta, GA

 

Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, Esq.

Partner

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Atlanta, GA

 

Vickie E. Turner, Esq.

Partner

Wilson Turner Kosmo LLP

San Diego, CA

 

Anandhi Soundara Rajan, Esq.

Partner

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP

Atlanta, GA

 

Imani VanNoy, M.D.

Internist

Marietta, GA

 

Judith Rochon M.D.

Kaiser Permanente

Atlanta, GA

Alise Jones-Bailey, MD

OB/GYN

Center for Anti-Aging and Vitality

Atlanta, GA

 

Windell Boutté, MD

Medical Director and Founder of

Premiere Essence MedSpa

Lilburn, GA

 

Marsha Redmon, Esq.

President

M Group Communications Training

Washington, D.C.

 

Angela K. Washington, Esq.

VP & General Counsel-Real Estate

Walmart

Bentonville, AR

 

Fredrick H.L. McClure, Esq.

Partner

DLA Piper US LLP

Tampa, FL

 

Alison Nelson, Esq.

Managing Counsel

Ford Motor Company

Dearborn, MI

 

Wilma Beaty, Esq.

VP, General Counsel and Secretary

Caraustar Industries, Inc.

Austell, GA

 

Leslie D. Davis, Esq.

Partner

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Chicago, IL

 

Horace G. Dawson, III, Esq.

Vice President & Division Counsel

Darden Restaurants

Orlando, FL

 

Belinda Shannon, Esq.

VP-Corporate Human Resources

GlaxoSmithKline

Research Triangle Park, NC

 

Trudy A. Hardin, Esq.

Vice President, Financial Services Group

Aon, Inc.

Denver, CO

  

Ami Patel, Esq.

Chief Counsel, CTO/CIO Office

McKesson Corporation

Alpharetta, GA

 

The Honorable Kimberly Esmond-Adams

Fulton County Superior Court

Atlanta, GA

 

Laverne Louise Gaskins, Esq.

General Counsel

Valdosta State University

Valdosta, GA

 

Cicely Nichole Tabb-Barber, Esq.

Owner and Principle

Litigation Training Solutions LLC

Atlanta, GA

 

 

The Honorable Keisha Lance-Bottoms

Member, Atlanta City Council

Atlanta, GA

 

Maja D. Hazell, Esq.

Director of Diversity and Inclusion

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP

New York, NY

 

Philippa V. Ellis, Esq.

Partner

Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, LLP

Atlanta, GA

 

Jane E. Smith, Ed.D.

Executive Director

Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement

(LEADS)

Spelman College

Atlanta, GA

 

Anita F. Hill

Professor of Social Policy, Law & Women’s Studies

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

 

Nancy E. Rafuse, Esq.

Partner

Ashe Rafuse & Hill LLP

Atlanta, GA

 

Karen V. Mills, Esq.

Partner

Dockery Mills LLC

Atlanta, GA

 

Genny Zhu, Esq.

Associate

Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, LLP

Atlanta, GA

 

Sarah Hawk, Esq.

Partner

Fisher & Phillips LLP

Atlanta, GA

 

Samuel Solomon Woodhouse, III, Esq.

Partner

The Woodhouse Law Firm, LLC

Atlanta, GA

 

Angela Payne James, Esq.

Partner

Alston & Bird LLP

Atlanta, GA

 

Carolina Colin-Antonini, Esq.

Immigration Defense Lawyer, Catholic Charities

Part-time Judge

Founding Board Member of GHBA

Current Co-Secretary of GHBA

 

Anita Wallace Thomas, Esq.

Partner

Nelson, Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Atlanta, GA

 

Dawn M. Jones, RN, MSN, JD

Associate

King & Spalding LLP

Atlanta, GA

 

La’Keitha J. Daniels, Esq.

President

Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA)

In-House Counsel

Harlan, Inc.

 

Avarita L. Hanson, Esq.

Executive Director

Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism

Atlanta, GA

 

Vickie M. Brown
Director of Career Services
Georgia State Law School
Atlanta, GA

Ernessa M. Brawley, Esq.
Associate
Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers, LLP
Atlanta, GA

Christi Thornton
Vice President of the
Black Law Students Association
Mercer University
Macon, GA

Chandra C. Davis, Esq.
Trial Attorney
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Former Law Clerk,
U.S. District Court Judge Vanessa Gilmore

Julie A. Seaman, Esq.
Associate Professor
Emory Law School
Atlanta, GA

Supria Kuppuswamy, Esq.
Manager of Diversity Initiatives
Chadbourne & Parke LLP
New York, NY