Experience

Rating: 10.0 (Superb)

Honors

2025

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2024

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2023

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2022

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2021

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2020

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2019

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2018

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2017

Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers

2016

Outstanding Woman in the Profession, Women in the Profession Section of the Atlanta Bar Association

2014

100 Most Influential People in Law and Accounting, Atlanta Business Chronicle

2010

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2010

Award in Business and Law, Georgia Women's Institute

2009

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2008

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2007

Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers

2004

Chief Justice Benham Award for Community Service, State Bar of Georgia

N/A

Legal Elite In Taxes, Estates & Trusts, Georgia Trend Magazine

N/A

AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell

N/A

Super Lawyer in Estate Planning & Probate, Georgia Super Lawyers

N/A

Top 50 Women Lawyers in Georgia, Georgia Super Lawyers

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Work Experience

1996 - Present

Senior Partner, The Saylor Law Firm

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Associations

2018 - Present

Atlanta Bar Association, Estate Planning and Probate Section

Chair

Atlanta Bar Association

Member

State Bar of Georgia

Member

Lawyers Club of Atlanta

Member

Georgia Association for Women Lawyers

Member

2014 - 2015

Atlanta Bar Association

President

2005 - 2013

Atlanta Bar Association Women in the Profession Section

Board

2004 - 2019

The Atlanta Lawyer, Publication of the Atlanta Bar Association

Editorial Board

2003 - 2016

Atlanta Bar Association

Board of Directors

2003 - 2004

Atlanta Bar Association Sole Practitioner/Small Firm Section

Chairman

2000 - 2002

Atlanta Bar Association Women in the Profession Committee

Member

1999 - 2005

Atlanta Bar Association

Board

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Education

1983

Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

N/A

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

MA - Masters

N/A

University of Georgia

Bachelor of Arts

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Speaking Engagements

2016

Speech for 2016 Outstanding Woman in the Profession Award

Persistence, Determination and Optimism, Words to Live By

2016

Emory Law School Extern Class

Self-Marketing and Firm-Marketing

2015

Winter Ethics Conference

Ethics and the ‘Vulnerable’ Client with Traumatic Brain Injury- Part 2: Financial Agreements for Lifelong Care

2015

Emory Law School Extern Class

Networking 101

2015

Annual Meeting

Looking Back at 2014: The Risk of Engagement and Leadership

2014

Law Day Program

Why Every Vote Matters

2014

Annual Meeting

The Risk of Engagement and Leadership

2013

Women in the Profession Section

Finding Your Work-Life Rhythm: A Discussion of Alternative Work Arrangements and Careers in this New Age

2013

ICLE

What Every Family Lawyer Needs to Know: Estate Planning and Probate

2011

Planned Giving Seminar

Estate Planning in an Era of Certain Uncertainty: The Tax Relief Act of 2010 and the Revised Georgia Trust Code of 2010

2007

Georgia Association for Women Lawyers Symposium

Going Solo/ Small Firm

2006

Women Studies Department

Women & Leadership in Law & the Judiciary

2005

May Day Program

Dialogue on Brown v. Board of Education

2004

Solo and Small Firm Institute

Probate, Beyond the Will

2004

May Day Program

Dialogue on the American Jury

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Publications

2017

The Mortmain (Atlanta Bar Association) Reliable Insights About Testamentary Special Needs Trusts

2016

The Mortmain (Atlanta Bar Association) Judge Kelli Wolk Gives Our Section an Update on the Georgia Probate Form Revisions

2016

The Atlanta Lawyer Tech Talk: Windows 10 Update

2015

The Atlanta Lawyer President's Message- The Importance of Financial Planning

2015

The Atlanta Lawyer President's Message- Atlanta Bar Amicus Brief Policy

2015

The Atlanta Lawyer President's Message- Around the Bar, Atlanta Bar Activities are in Full Swing!

2015

The Atlanta Lawyer President's Message- Do You Really Know What Pro Bono Is?

2014

The Atlanta Lawyer President's Message- A Community Commitment, the Impact of Lawyers Who Give Back

2014

The Mortmain (Atlanta Bar Association) Why and How There is an Evolution of Estate Planning in the Future for Lawyers

2014

The Atlanta Lawyer President's Message- A Look Back at 2014 and Atlanta Bar Association Leadership: African Americans and Women in the Organization

2014

The Atlanta Lawyer President's Message- Remembering the 1960s

2014

The Atlanta Lawyer President's Message- Engagement & Leadership

2011

Vitam, West Georgia Health Foundation Newsletter Caution Required for Internet Wills and other Self Made Wills

2010

The Mortmain (Atlanta Bar Association) Tips for Probate Courts in Metropolitan Atlanta

2010

The Mortmain (Atlanta Bar Association) Roth IRAs

2009

The Mortmain (Atlanta Bar Association) Probate Practice Pitfalls and Pointers Panel

2008

Atlanta Magazine Ask Super Lawyers: How Would an Estate Plan I Make With a Do-it-Yourself Kit Hold up in Georgia?

2008

The Mortmain (Atlanta Bar Association) Estate Tax Reform, Middle Class Clients, Income Taxation of Estates & Trusts

2007

The Information Exchange 2006 Year End Tax Planning for Individuals

2006

The Mortmain (Atlanta Bar Association) Recent Developments in Georgia Fiduciary Law

2001

The Information Exchange Ethical Considerations on the Internet

2001

The Information Exchange Year End Tax Planning

2001

The Information Exchange Law Practice Management

2001

The Information Exchange Financial Planning

1998

Unknown Women and the Law: An Update

1996

Unknown Women and the Law: A Guide to Women's Legal Rights in Georgia

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Languages

English

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