Newsroom - March 2009

Ty Morrison was appointed to serve on the Public Service Project Team for the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association. Ty's one-year term will begin in August. As a Public Service Project Team member, Ty will assist will the implementation of a school curriculum project designed to teach students about the little known role of children in the Civil Rights Movement. Based on the film project "They Had A Dream Too: Young Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement," the project is intended to educate and inspire students to be active in their community and stand up for their rights and issues that concern them.

Upcoming Events

9/30/2010 - Jay Rankin will be teaching a class on intercreditor issues, use of cash collateral and post-petition financing in bankruptcy at Emory University School of Law on September 23, September 30 and October 21, 2010.

10/18/2010 - Eric Taylor will be speaking at the 5th Annual Advanced Forum on Residential Mortgage Litigation & Regulatory enforcement in Dallas for the American Conference Institute on October 18 and 19, 2010. Eric is giving two speeches: "Regulatory and Legislative Responses to the Turmoil in the Residential Mortgage Industry"; and "Master Class on Insurance Coverage and Litigation Issues in Subprime Mortgage Litigation."

12/7/2010 - Ed Dobbs will participate in the Atlanta Bar Association's annual Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Year in Review at the Capital City Club.

1/26/2011 - Eric Taylor will be conducting a two hour breakout session on the topic "The Current MDL Practice Landscape - What Is and Isn’t Working for Defendants?" at the 10th Annual Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation on January 26, 2011 in New York City.

During the conference, Eric is also a panelist, and will be discussing the topic "Managing the Current and Future Waves of Discriminatory and Predatory Lending/Servicing Cases" on January 27, 2011.