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GROWING A FIRM
Making up for lost time
By Alyson M. Palmer, Staff Reporter
Despite a late start, Derric Crowther is making up for lost time with big wins and big plans for his growing law firm.
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NETWORKING TO SUCCESS
Building in real estate
By Aisha I. Jefferson, Staff Reporter
Independent-spirited sole practitioner Stephanie Friese parlays networking skills into building a busy commercial real estate practice.
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DEAL MAKER
Always in demand
By Andy Peters, Staff Reporter
Harvard-educated King & Spalding corporate partner Kathryn Furman could have taken her unusual skill set to a New York firm. She chooses trees.
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 | RETURNING KINDNESS
Focusing efforts on the minority community
By Janet Conley, Associate Editor
Former capital defender Holly Geerdes makes good use of her "second life" by focusing her for-profit and pro bono efforts on the minority community.
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 | TAKING CASES NO ONE WOULD TOUCH
Defender of the damned
By R. Robin McDonald, Staff Reporter
Southern Center for Human Rights staff attorney Sarah Geraghty takes on high-profile cases for unpopular plaintiffs and defendants.
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 | GOING AGAINST THE AUTOMAKERS
Expanding to success
By Greg Land, Staff Reporter
Plaintiffs' personal injury lawyer Jeffrey Harris has gone up against two of the big three U.S. automakers, and won big verdicts for his clients.
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 | POLITICS AND THE LAW
Bringing precedent to politics
By R. Robin McDonald, Staff Reporter
Marc Hershovitz is building his practice on the legal disputes that increasingly take center stage in political campaigns.
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 | UNDERSTANDING BOTH SIDES
Energetic toward a goal
By Philippa Maister, Staff Reporter
Incoming GABWA president, labor and employment defense lawyer E. Jewelle Johnson brings her vision and energy to all her works.
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 | SUPERHERO PROSECUTOR
Taking on the bad guys
By Greg Land, Staff Reporter
Mild-mannered Fulton prosecutor Christopher Quinn, aka "Super Lawdog," battles evildoers in court and on paper.
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 | RAKING UP VERDICTS
The maverick personal injury lawyer
By Aisha I. Jefferson, Staff Reporter
In the first six months of 2006, Brian "Buck" Rogers' two-man personal injury firm garnered $8 million in verdicts for its clients.
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 | THE SELF-STARTER
Ready for the high court
By Meredith Hobbs, Staff Reporter
Colleagues are advised to "get out of the way" of Sarah Shalf, who argued—and won—her first federal appeal just one year into practice.
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 | FROM IN-HOUSE TO BIG MERGERS
Don't let the boyish appearance fool you
By Andy Peters, Staff Reporter
Troutman Sanders partner Cal Smith did a seven-month tour of duty in-house at Georgia-Pacific. He returned with a $21 billion merger under his belt.
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 | FIGHTING FOR FREE SPEECH
Protecting the First Amendment
By Meredith Hobbs, Staff Reporter
Adult entertainment lawyer Cary Wiggins found a First Amendment loophole and brought down the state's obscenity law.
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 | WINNING RESPECT IN THE M&A WORLD
Making connections and deals
By Alyson M. Palmer, Staff Reporter
Hunton & Williams corporate partner Gerry Williams wanted to be a computer programmer. Instead, he's the man with the connections.
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