ATLANTA, Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Powell Goldstein LLP announced today the
2004 recipient of the Powell Goldstein Fellowship at the Atlanta Legal Aid
Society. Luke A. Lantta will work with Atlanta Legal Aid for a six-month
period. Recipients of the Fellowship, within the guidelines mutually
established by Atlanta Legal Aid and Powell Goldstein, work full-time as staff
attorneys at Atlanta Legal Aid for 4 to 6 months, in a program to develop
client counseling and advocacy skills while providing valuable legal services
to clients with low incomes.
James J. McAlpin, Jr., Chair of the Firm's Board of Partners and Executive
Committee, stated, "This fellowship program underscores our Firm's long-
standing commitment to pro-bono and community programs. In keeping with this
commitment, I am pleased to announce that this year's fellowship honors Frank
Love, Jr., whose long tenure and stellar career at Powell Goldstein and whose
commitment to Atlanta Legal Aid are well-known to the Atlanta community."
A former chair of the Litigation Department at Powell Goldstein, Mr. Love
also served as the President of the State Bar of Georgia. His service to the
legal profession has been recognized through his many awards.
Steve Gottlieb, Executive Director of Atlanta Legal Aid, stated that
"Powell Goldstein's creation of its Fellowship Program reasserts the Firm's
many years of faithful support of Atlanta Legal Aid's principles and its work.
It is particularly appropriate that the 2004 fellowship honors Frank Love
since he has been a trusted adviser for many years. Luke Lantta's interest in
serving as the third fellowship recipient is evidence of the success of the
program."
Mr. Lantta graduated from Duke University School of Law in 2004, where he
participated in the Hardt Cup, Moot Court Competition. He is a graduate in
International Relations and Political Theory/Constitutional Democracy from
Michigan State University's James Madison College, where his honors included
Mortar Board, Phi Beta Kappa, Michigan State University Outstanding Senior
Award, Rhodes Scholarship Nominee and Sigma Iota Rho International Relations
Honor Society.
Powell Goldstein LLP was established in 1909. The Firm employs more than
attorneys providing legal counsel in a wide variety of practices from offices
in Atlanta and Washington, DC. For further information on Powell Goldstein,
visit our web site at http://www.pgfm.com .
The Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc., begun in 1924, provides civil legal
services to persons with very low income in Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Clayton
and Cobb counties.
SOURCE Powell Goldstein LLP
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CONTACT:
David Ross of Powell Goldstein LLP,
+1-404-572-6886, or dross@pgfm.com ; or Steve Gottlieb of Atlanta
Legal Aid Society, Inc., +1-404-524-5811
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