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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RhS_jFxB1k 29th Annual Georgia Bar, Media & Judiciary Conference Georgia Judges, Journalists and Lawyers And the First Amendment A primer on recurring and emerging issues and the Law held at the State Bar Headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday, February 28, 2020....

NYDIA TISDALE is “Georgia’s most notorious citizen journalist,” according to the Columbia Journalism Review. Nydia rhymes with Lydia; Tisdale sounds like 'Tis the season.... Tisdale shines a light on local government via independent video recordings broadcast on YouTube and social media. She owns t...

29th Annual Georgia Bar, Media & Judiciary Conference Overall Assistance ASHLEY STOLLAR , is the Communications Coordinator at the State Bar of Georgia in Atlanta. Previously, Ashley was the head of the communications staff of the Judicial Council of Georgia/Administrative Office of the Courts from ...

29th Annual Georgia Bar, Media & Judiciary Conference Coordination of Sponsorships and Preparation of the Conference Materials LESLI GAITHER is with Kilpatrick Townsend in Atlanta, where she focuses her practice on media litigation and counseling, as well as complex commercial litigation. She is a g...

29th Annual Georgia Bar, Media & Judiciary Conference Program Chair PETER CANFIELD is of counsel to Jones Day based in the firm’s Atlanta office. A graduate of Amherst College and Yale Law School, he is a founding director of the Georgia First Amendment Foundation and nationally has chaired the bien...

AMY STEIGERWALT is a Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on the federal judicial selection process, as well as the role of courts as institutions and the differing influences on judicial and legislative operations and decision-making. She has published f...

MICHAEL L. THURMOND won a 2016 landslide victory to become chief executive officer of DeKalb County, one of the most diverse counties in the Southeast. Since his Jan. 1, 2017 swearing-in, Thurmond’s primary mission is restoring trust in county government. His other priorities include adopting a bal...

SAMUEL S. OLENS is of counsel in Dentons' Public Policy practice and is a member of the firm's State Attorneys General group, based in the Atlanta office. His practice focuses on state attorneys general and local government affairs matters. Sam was twice elected Attorney General of Georgia, in 2010...

ERIC TANENBLATT is the Global Chair of Public Policy and Regulation of Dentons, the world's largest law firm. He also leads the firm's US Public Policy Practice, leveraging his three decades of experience at the very highest levels of the federal and state governments. Mr. Tanenblatt, a renowned le...

JIM GALLOWAY has been a writer and editor with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for more than three decades and is now the newspaper’s political columnist and lead writer and founder of the Political Insider blog, the best-read and most influential political blog in the state. He is an unrepentant ...

BILL NIGUT has been a program host and producer at Georgia Public Broadcasting since November 2013. He is host and executive producer of “Political Rewind,” a political roundtable show featuring some of Georgia’s best-informed insiders weighing in on the big state and national political stories. Po...

POLITICAL REWIND RETURNS: WHAT’S THE STATE OF PLAY IN GEORGIA Georgia Public Broadcasting’s “Political Rewind” team of award winning political pundits and prognosticators return to broadcast live from the conference and try to answer what is happening and why. Host: • Bill Nigut, Georgia Public Bro...

R. ROBIN MCDONALD is the author of two true crime books, “Black Widow: The True Story of the Hilley Poisonings” and “Secrets Never Lie: The Death of Sara Tokars.” Currently a longtime reporter for The Daily Report in Atlanta, she is also a member of parent company ALM Media's national litigation te...

MARK SHERMAN has covered the Supreme Court for The Associated Press since 2006, a period that has included blockbuster decisions on health care, same-sex marriage and voting rights, and big changes in the court’s membership. He has previously written about the Justice Department, health care and na...

BILL RANKIN joined the AJC in 1989, three years after his father, Jim Rankin, retired from the paper after 26 years. For most of his time at the AJC, Bill has covered state and federal courts, specializing in civil litigation, criminal justice and the death penalty. Beginning in 2015, Bill began ho...

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Nydia Tisdale, Citizen Journalist, Roswell — biography

Ashley Stollar, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta — biography

Lesli Gaither, Kilpatrick Townsent, Atlanta — biography

Peter Canfield, Jones Day — biography

Dr. Amy Steigerwalt, Georgia State University, Atlanta — biography

Michael L. Thurmond, CEO, DeKalb County — biography

Samuel S. Olens, Dentons, Atlanta — biography

Eric Tanenblatt, Dentons, Atlanta — biography

Jim Galloway, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta — biography

Bill Nigut, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Atlanta — biography

GPB: Political Rewind Returns: What’s the State of Play in Georgia 02/28/20

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Mark Sherman - biography

Bill Rankin - biography