Forward Push backs Cobb Bar family hike on work-life balance

Forward Push Law Firm Marketing is sponsoring a Cobb County Bar Association family hike on Sept. 19 at Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield after a client’s comments about attorney work-life balance helped inspire the event. The outing is meant to give Cobb Bar members and their families an easy, low-lift way to connect outside the office.

Why it matters: - The hike turns a discussion about attorney work-life balance into a concrete event for Cobb County lawyers and their families. - Forward Push is using its sponsorship to support a social gathering that fits the Atlanta legal community it serves. - The event reflects growing interest in attorney wellness, retention and time outside the office.

What happened: - Forward Push Law Firm Marketing brought the idea for a Fall Family Friendly Hike to the Cobb County Bar Association after hearing 2025-2026 CCBA President Amanda M. Riedling speak about work-life balance. - Riedling is with Georgia Wills, Trusts & Probate Firm and is a Forward Push client. - The hike is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield in Atlanta. - The event is open to Cobb Bar members and their families. - Attendees will meet at the Cheatham Hill Drive/Illinois Monument parking lot and walk a 2-mile trail that takes about 45 minutes. - Forward Push is providing drinks and snacks.

The details: - Parking at the trailhead costs $5 and is credit card only. - Registration runs through Sept. 19, 2026, at cobbcountybar.org. - Marc Apple, founder and partner at Forward Push, said the company did not want to just agree with the work-life balance message; it wanted to put an event on the calendar. - Meg Garavaglia, director of client growth at Forward Push, said she identified with Riedling’s comments after leaving a three-hour commute years ago to have more family time. - The Cobb County Bar Association was organized in 1953 and has served Cobb County attorneys for more than 70 years through membership meetings, social events and a lawyer referral service.

Between the lines: - Forward Push is positioning itself as more than a vendor to law firms and bar groups. - The sponsorship also reinforces the agency’s focus on the Atlanta legal community. - The company’s involvement suggests a marketing strategy built around visibility, relationships and in-person legal industry events.

What's next: - Cobb Bar members and their families can still register before the Sept. 19 hike. - Forward Push will attend the event and continue its bar association outreach across Georgia. - The company says its broader work with law firms centers on firms generating $500,000 or more in annual revenue.

The bottom line: - A simple family hike became a visible example of how law firms and legal marketers are trying to make attorney wellness more practical, not just rhetorical.