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Agriculture Law


CLE Hours: 6 including 6 General, 0 Ethics, 1 Professionalism, 1 Trial Practice

Categories:
Professionalism |  Trial Practice
Original Program Date:
Mar 20, 2025


Description

 

  • Speakers, session times and credit hours are subject to change.
  • Ethics | Professionalism | Trial Practice

 

  • Presiding:
  • Campbell W. “Cam” Kirbo, Program Co-Chair; Partner, Kirbo & Kirbo, PC, Albany, GA
  • Collier W. McKenzie, Program Co-Chair; General Counsel, Amwaste, LLC, Macon, GA
  • Joel L. McKie, Program Co-Chair; Partner, Friend, Hudak & Harris, LLP, Atlanta, GA


  •  
  • 8:05
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Alista Hubbard, ICLE Programs Manager, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

  • 8:10
  • WELCOME AND PROGRAM OVERVIEW
  • Joel L. McKie

  • 8:15
  • Recent Developments from the Georgia Department of Agriculture
  • Garrett D. Hollis, Attorney, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Atlanta, GA

  • 9:15
  • Restructuring Options for Farmers in a Difficult Farm Economy
  • E. Tate Crymes, Associate, Stone and Baxter, LLP, Macon, GA
  • Walter W. Kelley, Senior Partner, Kelley, Lovett & Sanders, PC, Albany, GA
  • G. Daniel Taylor, Associate, Stone and Baxter, LLP, Macon, GA

  • 10:00
  • BREAK

  • 10:10
  • An Overview of USDA’s New Transparency in Poultry Grower Contracting Rule
  • Joel L. McKie

  • 10:55
    Post-Election Estate and Asset Protection Planning: Considerations for Family Farms
    Jeffrey L. Williamson, Founder, J. L. Williamson Law Group, LLC, Savannah, GA

  • 11:55
    LUNCH
  •  
  • 12:40
  • An Update on Federal Farm Issues from the National Agricultural Law Center
  • Harrison Pittman, Director, National Agricultural Law Center, Fayetteville, AR

  • 1:40
  • Recent Legal and Policy Developments Impacting Georgia Farm Law Practitioners
  • Campbell W. "Cam" Kirbo

  • 2:10
  • BREAK

  • 2:20
  • Professionalism Considerations for Lawyers Practicing in Rural Areas
  • Margie Alsbrook, Assistant Professor of Law, Mercer University School of Law, Macon, GA

  • 3:20
  • ADJOURN

Description vOD1, Brochure v1

 

Handouts

Speaker


Mr. Collier West McKenzie's Profile

Mr. Collier West McKenzie Related Seminars and Products

Amwaste


Collier works closely with clients regarding a wide variety of environmental matters, with a focus on agriculture and solid waste.  He also works closely with  clients regarding traditional municipal finance transactions, serving as bond counsel and in other roles for Cities, Counties and School Districts of all sizes throughout Georgia.

 

Collier has been recognized as a Rising Star by Georgia Super Lawyers® and is a member of the Georgia State Bar, Macon Bar Association, the American Agricultural Law Association and the National Association of Bond Lawyers. He previously services a Chair of the State Bar's Agriculture Law Section.  He earned his bachelor’s in agriculture from the University of Georgia and received his Juris Doctor from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law.


Mr. Joel Lee McKie's Profile

Mr. Joel Lee McKie Related Seminars and Products

Friend, Hudak & Harris, LLP


Joel McKie

Friend, Hudak, & Harris LLP

Three Ravania Drive 

Suite 1700

Atlanta, GA 30346

 

Joel grew up on a peanut, cotton, watermelon, swine and cattle farm in Abbeville, Georgia.  Instructed by those experiences on the farm, Joel now leads Friend Hudak & Harris, LLP's Agribusiness and Food group.  Joel counsels farm and agribusiness clients, both institutional and family-owned, during every stage of farmland and agriculture operations transactions, including negotiations, due diligence, closings, and post-closing integration and operations.  Joel also provides regulatory guidance and litigation services in the food, agriculture, and timber spaces, including specific expertise on the statutory trusts and regulatory framework of the Packers and Stockyards Act and the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

 

Joel is a proud Double Dawg, having earned his Jurist Doctorate and Bachelor of Science in Agricultural, majoring in Agribusiness, from the University of Georgia.  Joel also holds an Associate of Science in Agriculture from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

 

Joel is the Past President of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association and is a former member of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Dean’s Advisory Council.   He is the former treasurer and member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture.  A former State President and National Vice President for the National FFA Organization (formerly Future Farmers of America).  Joel was twice appointed by former Governor Sonny Perdue to the Agricultural Education Advisory Commission.  Joel was recognized in 2011 with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Alumni Association Young Alumni Achievement Award.  In 2022, Joel was named 40 under 40 by the University of Georgia Alumni Association.

 

Joel is active in the Georgia Agribusiness Council, a lifetime member of the National FFA Alumni Association, a member of the American Agricultural Law Association, and a member of the Agriculture Law Section and Animal Law Section of the Georgia Bar Association.  Joel has been a guest speaker for the American Agricultural Law Association, the State Bar of Georgia Agriculture Law Section, the University of Georgia School of Law Annual Red Clay Conference, the Georgia Young Farmer Association, Georgia Farm Bureau, the Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetables, and the Georgia Agritourism Association.  Joel and his wife are members of Oak Grove United Methodist Church in Decatur, Georgia.  He and his wife also own and operate Bay Branch Cattle Company, LLC, a small commercial cattle operation located in Wilcox County, Georgia.






Mr. Jeffrey Lamar Williamson's Profile

Mr. Jeffrey Lamar Williamson Related Seminars and Products

J. L. Williamson Law Group LLC


Jeffrey Williamson is the founder of J. L. Williamson Law Group, LLC. The firm specializes in elder law, asset protection, tax planning, and tax controversy. Prior to starting his own firm, Jeffrey served as an Internal Revenue Agent, and he is an expert in the audit policies and procedures of the IRS.
A frequent lecturer, Jeffrey has presented many seminars on taxation and estate planning issues to various civic groups, investment professionals, attorneys, and certified public accountants. Jeffrey received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Mercer University and both his Juris Doctor and Master of Accountancy from the University of Georgia.


Harrison M. Pittman's Profile

Harrison M. Pittman Related Seminars and Products

National Agricultural Law Center


Margaret Alsbrook's Profile

Margaret Alsbrook Related Seminars and Products


Margaret "Margie" Alsbrook is an Assistant Professor of Law at Mercer University School of Law, where she teaches agricultural law and legal research and writing. She holds a J.D. and an LL.M. (Master of Laws) in food and agricultural law from the University of Arkansas School of Law, where she was the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Food Law & Policy.

Margie has over almost two decades of practice experience, and before joining the legal academy she worked on national food & agriculture policy issues for a hunger-awareness non-profit based in Washington, D.C.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Scribes: The American Association of Legal Writers, and she also holds leadership and service positions in the Legal Writing Academy (LWI) and the Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD). She also serves on the board of directors for Middle Georgia Justice.

Margie's academic scholarship has been published in the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics, the Arkansas Law Review, the Journal of Food Law & Policy, and the Drake Journal of Agricultural Law. Margie is also a former Justice of the Peace.


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