January 2016 Features

  • UGA Law Students Gain Valuable Work Experience in the Atlanta Market

    January 25, 2016

    Students at the University of Georgia School of Law can now earn full-time professional experience in the Atlanta market while continuing to work toward a degree from the state’s flagship institution. The Georgia Law Atlanta campus is located at the Terry College of Business Executive Education Center, across from the Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead.

  • “Where Soul Lives”, Macon’s New Destination and Community Brand

    January 22, 2016

    The wait is over. The Macon-Bibb County Convention & Visitors Bureau officially unveils our new destination and community brand, “Where Soul Lives.” Over the coming months, we will be working with local partners to integrate the new brand throughout the community.

  • Middle Georgia State Students Put Knowledge to Work

    January 20, 2016

    Packed bookcases and clusters of desks create several compact learning areas in a large, colorful classroom at the Georgia Academy for the Blind. Helping Middle Georgia State students decide what they want to do with their education is one of the primary goals of Knowledge@Work, the University's new initiative in experiential learning.

  • Constangy Law Firm Proactively Partners with Clients to Ensure Beneficial Workplace Compliance

    January 19, 2016

    The partners at Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, LLP believe in using a singular, forward thinking approach to workplace law. While eminently prepared to provide aggressive litigation representation as a defense team, a key strategy for the 160-attorney, nationwide firm is to preemptively and properly position clients to navigate legal, regulatory and diverse environments of the changing workplace.

  • Georgia Chamber of Commerce “Eggs and Issues Breakfast” Draws Over 2,000 Business Leaders to World Congress Center

    January 14, 2016

    An agenda featuring Georgia’s senior government officials—U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, Governor Nathan Deal, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle and House Speaker Dennis Ralston—drew over 2,000 business and community leaders to the annual Georgia Chamber of Commerce “Eggs and Issues Breakfast on Tuesday.

  • Former State Bank Executives Join James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP

    January 08, 2016

    James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP, a full-service law firm with offices in Atlanta and Macon, today announced two significant personnel additions, with Lisa Lane and Dan Speight, both from State Bank and Trust Company, have joined the firm’s banking and financial institutions practice group.

  • Will 2016 Usher In “5G” Mobile Internet Technology? AT&T Expert Weighs in

    January 04, 2016

    The year 2015 brought us everything from the "hover board" to widespread use of "wearable" devices and "connected cars." Will 2016 also ring in the already well-publicized and much-buzzed about "5G" mobile Internet speeds? AT&T's Tom Keathley, Senior Vice President, Wireless Network Architecture & Design, breaks down the facts vs myths of 5G, where we are now - and where we still need to go before the new standard of "fast" really takes hold.