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GAP Meetings and Events

NOTICE: GAP’s cancellation and payment policies

  1. The deadline for making or canceling a reservation is by noon on the Friday prior to the meeting.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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
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.

 

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
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.


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.


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.


June 10, 2008
Topic: GAP Member Appreciation Dinner
Sponsors:
Location: Anthony's
Time: 6:00 pm
New Member Mixer from 5:00 until 6:00
Place your reservation

Printable notice
 

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.


August 12, 2008
Topic:
Speaker:
Sponsors:
Location: Anthony's
Time: 6:00 pm
Cost (No Shows will be Invoiced): Members - $30; Non-Members - $
35
Place your reservation
Printable notice
 
 

October 7, 2008
Topic:
Speaker:
Sponsors:
Location: Anthony's
Time: 6:00 pm
New Member Mixer from 5:00 until 6:00
Cost (No Shows will be Invoiced): Members - $30; Non-Members - $
35
Place your reservation

Printable notice
 

December 9, 2008
Topic: 11th Annual GAP Holiday Party
Installation of Board of Directors
Sponsors:
Location: Anthony's
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.

 

 

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.

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.

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