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
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, Esq.
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









