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Attorney James 'Mac' Hunter Named Chair of Goodwill Industries of North Georgia.


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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28,2000

James "Mac" Hunter, a partner in the Atlanta office of Holland & Knight LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , has been elected Chairman of Goodwill Industries of North Georgia North Georgia is the mountainous northern region of the U.S. state of Georgia. At the time of the arrival of settlers from Europe, it was inhabited largely by the Cherokee. The counties of North Georgia were often scenes of important events in the history of Georgia. . Hunter is the first African-American to hold this post.

Goodwill Industries of North Georgia is a nonprofit provider of employment and training services for people with disabilities and other disadvantaging conditions such as welfare dependency, illiteracy illiteracy, inability to meet a certain minimum criterion of reading and writing skill. Definition of Illiteracy


The exact nature of the criterion varies, so that illiteracy must be defined in each case before the term can be used in a meaningful
, criminal history and homelessness.

Hunter, who recently joined Holland & Knight in Atlanta, focuses his practice in the areas of corporate and finance law, labor and employment law, health care law, international transactional law, and small business mergers and acquisitions. Hunter's service to the community includes serving as general counsel to the 100 Black Men of America, Inc., the First Congregational Church First Congregational Church may refer to:
  • First Congregational Church (Porterville, California)
  • First Congregational Church (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
  • First Congregational Church (Denver, Colorado)
  • First Congregational Church (Manitou Springs, Colorado)
 of Atlanta, and the National Black College Hall of Fame Foundation. He also serves on the boards of the Southeast Region of the National Alliance of Business and the Atlanta Historic Restoration and Preservation, Inc.

Holland & Knight LLP is a full-service commercial law firm with more than 1100 lawyers in 26 offices throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Mexico, Argentina, Israel and Japan. The firm is among the 20 largest law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
 in the world, providing global representation in more than 100 areas of law.

Additional information about Holland & Knight LLP is available on the firm's Web site at www.hklaw.com.
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