We are proud to be a sponsor of the 2018 Georgia Employers' Workers' Compensation Association (GWCA) Summer Conference. The GWCA is scheduled for June 6-8 at the Westin in Jekyll Island. We are proud to be a sponsor of the 2018 Georgia Employers' Workers' Compensation Association (GWCA) Summer Conference. The GWCA is scheduled for June 6-8 at the Westin in Jekyll Island. To register for this event or for more information, you can visit the GWCA website. ... Continue Reading
Second Annual Women’s Retreat
Fourteen of the women attorneys at DEF held the Second Annual Women's Retreat. A gorgeous 7000 square foot home on Lake Hartwell was the setting for this year's retreat. Fourteen of the women attorneys at DEF held the Second Annual Women’s Retreat. A gorgeous 7000 square foot home on Lake Hartwell was the setting for this year’s retreat. Following a meeting discussing the firm’s new training programs for senior associates and junior partners, as well as marketing for women attorneys, the women enjoyed getting to know each other, relaxing, listening to music, watching the Royal Wedding, paddle boating and paddle boarding. ... Continue Reading
Experts Provide Best Practices on Handling a PR Crisis at ACC-Georgia Lunch
What would you do if a public relations crisis erupts at your company? Experts from Drew Eckl & Farnham, The Wilbert Group, and the former President of various news stations, tackled this topic by providing best practices on how to handle a media crisis to members of the Association of Corporate Counsel of Georgia at their Deep Dive Luncheon on May 1, 2018. What would you do if a public relations crisis erupts at your company? Experts from Drew Eckl & Farnham, The Wilbert Group, and the former President of various news stations, tackled this topic by providing best practices on how to handle a media crisis to members of the Association of Corporate Counsel of Georgia at their Deep ... Continue Reading
Come See Us at the 2018 Georgia Credit Union Affiliates Annual Convention
Drew Eckl & Farnham is proud to support the 2018 Georgia Credit Union Affiliates Annual Convention. Come see us at Booth #220 to see how our platform can streamline your collections & recovery efforts. The event will take place May 16-19 in Savannah, Georgia. This event will be four days of networking and learning with the top credit union minds around. Click here for more information ... Continue Reading
Attorney Juliana Neelbauer shares vision for sustainable women-led ventures at EnrichHer Spark 2018 Conference
(photo retrieved from Instagram @ienrichher) Drew Eckl & Farnham is proud to have been part of the 2018 EnrichHer Spark Conference. Attorney Juliana Neelbauer attended as representative of Drew Eckl & Farnham’s Diversity Committee and Corporate Transactions Group as well as a judge for the conference’s pitch competition. This conference gathered a community of funders and founders who share a vision for sustainable women-led ventures. To learn more about Enrich Her, you can visit their website at https://www.enrichher.co/ About Juliana Neelbauer Juliana Neelbauer focuses her practice on virtual general counsel for for-profit, non-profit charitable, trade organizations, ... Continue Reading
DEF will be a Sponsor for the Center For the Visually Impaired “Night Visions” event
We are proud to announce that we will be a sponsor for “Night Visions” benefiting the Center for the Visually Impaired. The event will be on Thursday, April 26, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Stave at American Spirit Works. Funds raised through Night Visions support CVI’s life changing services and programs for those impacted by vision loss, and are crucial to ensure that we can help all those in need. More Information ... Continue Reading
YOUR $1 DONATION = 4 MEALS SERVED. HELP END HUNGER!
IT'S SHOCKING: 1 in 4 children in Georgia live in households that can't regularly put food on the table. Yet donations to our Food Bank typically slow in the summer months precisely when the need among their clients is greatest. With every $1 donated to the Food Bank, they can distribute 4 meals worth of food into our community. Let's rise to the challenge and do our part to reduce hunger in Georgia! Please join our firm in fighting hunger through the 7th annual Georgia Legal Food Frenzy! Our collective effort to raise food and funds for the Atlanta Community Food Bank will mean so much to the over 80,000 people the Food Bank helps feed each week. Each dollar contributed will ... Continue Reading
Partner Jennifer Parrott to Provide a “View from the Defense Bar” to Plaintiff’s Attorneys at ICLE Seminar
On Friday, March 16, 2018, the ICLE: State Bar Series will host a 6 hour CLE event titled, "Winning Settlement Strategies". Drew Eckl & Farnham attorney, Jennifer E. Parrott, will discuss "A View from the Defense Bar." This series will provide plaintiff's attorneys the opportunity to view the settlement process from the defense perspective. She will cover the issues, strategies, and tactics used by attorneys in settlement efforts and how those affect settlement negotiations. This will include what some defense attorneys wish plaintiff's attorneys would or would not do during a settlement. To learn more about this event ... Continue Reading
DEF Corporate Transactions group tours the Georgia Tech Innovation Studio for fabrication demos and invention discussions
The DEF Corporate Transactions group engaged with the latest in fabrication advances today at Georgia Tech, from 3-D resin printing to water jet cutting to laser cutting to industrial prototyping.The DEF Corporate Transactions group engaged with the latest in fabrication advances today at Georgia Tech, from 3-D resin printing to water jet cutting to laser cutting to industrial prototyping. DEF Attorneys toured the student-run Innovation Studio and adjacent industrial prototyping lab facility to view live product fabrication, familiarize with the expanded equipment inventory, meet with student inventors and founders, and learn about the Lab’s expansion plans for ... Continue Reading
DEF sponsors the 2018 Friends of Scouting Patron Breakfast
More than 30,000 Atlanta youth take part in the once-in-a-lifetime adventures and character building programs that can only be found in Scouting. In doing so, they discover skills they never knew they had and develop into the leaders we’ll need in the years to come. Drew Eckl & Farnham is proud to support Friends of Scouting for the Boy Scouts of America by sponsoring their annual Patron Breakfast on February 22, 2018. Our attorneys, Eric Retter, Karen Karabinos, Christopher Bennett, Jack Reale, and Ryan Del Campo (pictured below left to right) attended the event hosted by Georgia Power Company. To learn more about Friends of Scouting you can visit their ... Continue Reading