Mayor Kasim Reed today announced the names of the three finalists for City Attorney. This slate of finalists is the result of a three-month national search conducted on the City’s behalf by an appointed search committee and Hughes Consulting, LLC, an executive search firm.
After receiving the search committee’s recommendations, Mayor Reed and Chief Operating Officer Peter Aman individually interviewed five candidates and then narrowed the list down to three. The final three candidates for City Attorney are Dwight Davis, Cathy Hampton, and Hakim Hilliard.
“These candidates have exceptional legal experience and are committed to running a municipal law department that is efficient and responsive to the complicated issues that affect our City,” said Mayor Reed.
“I am confident that we will soon have the right person in place to lead the city’s Law Department,” Mayor Reed added.
The 10-member search committee for City Attorney was chaired by Nancy Rafuse (Ashe, Rafuse & Hill) and includes Teri McClure (UPS), Beth Chandler (Asbury Automotive Group), Doug Selby (Hunton & Williams), Paula Frederick (State Bar of Georgia), Frank Strickland (Strickland, Brockington Lewis), Ernest Greer (Greenberg Traurig), K Whitner (Paul Hastings) and Jeff Bramlett (Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore). The group was tasked with working with the search firm, Hughes Consulting, LLC to interview and recommend candidates to lead the City of Atlanta's legal team.
In alphabetical order, the three finalists for City Attorney are as follows:
1. Dwight J. Davis, Senior Partner, King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia Davis is one of the nation’s leading authorities in consumer class actions. In addition to his class action expertise, Mr. Davis has litigation and trial experience in a wide range of civil matters including insurance coverage, securities fraud, antitrust, and consumer fraud, and has more than twenty-five years of experience as a trial lawyer defending clients in numerous jurisdictions across the country. Mr. Davis is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is an AV rated lawyer and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Georgia Super Lawyers and Georgia's Legal Elite. He has tried over fifty cases and successfully defended over seventy-five class actions. Davis graduated magna cum laude from The Citadel, and received his J.D. from Mercer University School of Law.
2. Cathy Hampton, Hampton Consulting Group, LLC, Atlanta, GA Hampton is a former chief legal officer, general counsel and secretary at RARE Hospitality International, Inc. Hampton’s specializes in general corporate law, including Sarbanes-Oxley and SEC compliance; acquisitions, dispositions, technology, outsourcing, intellectual property, negotiation and contract administration. She also specializes in management of litigation, employment, real estate, licensing, team development, outside counsel, cost containment measures and budgeting. Hampton earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Spelman College, attended Oxford University as a Luard and Charles Merrill International Scholar and received her J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.
3. M. Hakim Hilliard, Partner, McKenna, Long & Aldridge, Atlanta, GA Hilliard, a former Assistant City Attorney with the City of Atlanta, specializes in issues related to economic development incentives, public-private partnerships, privatization, procurement, land use, zoning, police licensing and permits. Hilliard has a Bachelor of Arts from Morehouse College, and a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
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