On January 11, 2020, Jena Emory and Casey Smartt volunteered at the Atlanta Community Food Bank with the State Bar of Georgia's Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy.  The YLD Leadership Academy participated in sorting food donations, including identifying expired and damaged food products as well as sorting the items for distribution.  In only three hours, the group sorted over 22,904 pounds of food, equating to 17,950 meals total.  The Atlanta Community Food Bank utilizes over 1,700 volunteers to work alongside staff members to procure and distribute food and grocery items received from hundreds of donors in the Atlanta area. Jena and Casey were recently accepted into the State Bar of Georgia's 2020 YLD Leadership Academy.  The program helps young lawyers develop leadership skills and gives them the opportunity to learn more about the profession, their community and state in which they practice. To learn more about the Atlanta Community Food Bank, please click here.

On January 11, 2020, Jena Emory and Casey Smartt volunteered at the Atlanta Community Food Bank with the State Bar of Georgia's Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy.  The YLD Leadership Academy participated in sorting food donations, including identifying expired and damaged food products as well as sorting the items for distribution.  In only three hours, the group sorted over 22,904 pounds of food, equating to 17,950 meals total.  The Atlanta Community Food Bank utilizes over 1,700 volunteers to work alongside staff members to procure and distribute food and grocery items received from hundreds of donors in the Atlanta area. Jena and Casey were recently accepted into the State Bar of Georgia's 2020 YLD Leadership Academy.  The program helps young lawyers develop leadership skills and gives them the opportunity to learn more about the profession, their community and state in which they practice. To learn more about the Atlanta Community Food Bank, please click here.

Atlanta Associates, Jena Emory and Casey Smartt, have recently been accepted into the State Bar of Georgia's 2020 Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy.  The Academy was founded in 2006 as a program for young lawyers to help develop leadership skills and give them an opportunity to learn more about the profession, their community and their state in which they practice in.  There are more than 500 alumni members of The Leadership Academy including solo practitioners, judicial law clerks, partners in small and large firms, assistant district attorneys, public defenders and more.  Acceptance into The YLD Leadership Academy gives participants the ability to network with judges, clients and fellow lawyers, quality programming and recognition in the field of law. To learn more about The YLD or The Leadership Academy, please click here.

Jena Emory recently submitted an article to The YLD Review, a State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division publication.  Her piece, Not All Lawyers Are Professionals, was published in the December 2019 edition, Volume 61, Issue 2. Jena is an Associate in the general liability practice group of the firm's Atlanta office. She is an active member of the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia serving as the Co-Chair of the Women in the Profession Committee and as a Member at Large of the Representative Counsel. Jena was also recently selected for the 2020 YLD Leadership Academy. Please click here to read the full article. To learn more about the Young Lawyers Division, please click here.