A pioneer in technology law, Partner John C. Yates launched the firm���s technology practice more than 35 years ago and has practiced exclusively in this area since that time.

Kara E. Adler is an Associate in the firm's Commercial Real Estate Development & Finance Practice. Ms. Adler focuses her practice on the representation of clients engaged in the acquisition, development, disposition, financing and leasing of commercial real estate. She is also experienced with creditors' rights and bankruptcy issues, representing creditors in state and federal court.

Tara L. Adyanthaya is Special Counsel in the Firm���s Healthcare Practice. Ms. Adyanthaya represents hospital systems, physician practice groups, and other healthcare providers in a range of regulatory and business matters. Tara���s areas of expertise include:

Scott L. Allen is partner in the firm���s Corporate and Securities Practices.�� His practice focuses primarily on representing clients in middle-market corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance.�� Mr. Allen regularly represents private equity firms and their portfolio companies, as well as venture capital-backed and founder and family-owned businesses, in a wide range of corporate matters, including platform acquisitions, bolt-on acquisitions, sell-side transactions and debt and equity financings.�� For many of his clients, he also serves as outside general counsel, providing legal support across the organization and coordinating legal advice from other skilled attorneys within the firm.

Bob Alpert is a Partner in the��Commercial, Class Action and Products Liability Litigation Practices. Mr. Alpert��has represented clients in a wide variety of complex, high exposure��litigation matters throughout the United States, including the following:

Tracy Heard Brown is a Senior Environmental Specialist in the firm���s Environmental and��Sustainability Practices. Ms. Brown performs technical evaluations and risk analyses of environmentally-impacted properties for the firm���s environmental and real estate groups. She serves as a liaison between clients and environmental consultants and provides project oversight. She also conducts environmental research into various state programs to determine the requirements and appropriate steps to enter voluntary cleanup and brownfield programs and to reach regulatory closure.

Dick Dorsey retired from the American Insurance Association ("AIA") in December 2002, following a 28-year career in representing the AIA and its 410 member companies in legislative and regulatory forums in the Southeast. As a regional vice-president for AIA, he frequently testified before legislative committees and in regulatory hearings on matters of importance to the property and casualty insurance industry. Prior to joining AIA, he was a Deputy Insurance Commissioner for the State of Georgia and he was also associated with a major insurer and insurance agency early in his insurance career.

Brian Blythe will speak at the Land and Water Law: Ownership and Access seminar organized by HalfMoon Education, Inc. in Atlanta. Brian will speak on the topic of "Understanding Riparian Rights and Landowner's Access and Use of Surface Water."

Paul Arne advises clients in legal and business issues involving computer technology and the internet, with a special emphasis on complex transactions and difficult legal issues. His practice focuses on the law and business of technology, privacy, security and revenue recognition worldwide:

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