The topic for the November CLE was "How to Start and Run a Business," and was conducted by DBA members. It was held at Carpe Diem near downtown Decatur.  

by Katie Wood, Stone Mountain Circuit Post 1

The Board of Governors fell a few votes shy of the two-thirds margin required to carry a motion to oppose Amendment One on the grounds that the language on the November ballot is entirely misleading. The vote was 39 in favor of the motion and 26 in opposition.

In other action at the meeting in Panama City Beach on Oct. 16, the BOG approved proposed amendments to the Rules of Professional Conduct; made appointments to the Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency and the Judicial Qualifications Commission; backed funding of programs for victims of domestic violence and the Georgia Resource Center and a prohibition on transfer fee covenants; and chose a new auditor.

They will appear on ballots on Nov. 2, but on Sept. 21, 13 candidates for highly contested judicial races in Cobb, DeKalb and Fulton counties appeared at the Maloof Auditorium here in DeKalb county.