CAREY KERSTEN | August 27, 2015 Who, what, where? Jane Warring; Graduate of Emory University Law School; Started her career at Holland & Knight, moved to Robins Kaplan Miller and Ciresi (now Robins Kaplan) in 2008. Left in 2013 with three other colleagues to start the Atlanta office of Clyde & Co US LLP. The Clyde & Co Atlanta office now has 10 attorneys and 6 staff members. I am the current President of the Junior Board of AVLF. There are 23 jun…

Quick snapshot : Amelia Rawls Medina. I grew up in Atlanta before attending Princeton University (bachelor’s degree in public policy) and Yale Law School (J.D.). Following law school, I clerked for the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. I joined the Special Matters & Government Investigations Practice Group at King & Spalding in 2012, where I specialize in the areas of white co…

Quick snapshot: I am the Managing Attorney for Environmental Litigation and Policy at Southern Company. Prior to that, I managed a group of lawyers at Georgia Power, and I began my career as an environmental lawyer at Morris, Manning & Martin. Before working as a lawyer, I was a newspaper reporter. I graduated from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Journalism, from Columbia University with an M.S. in Journalism, and from the University of…

Quick snapshot: Tyler Wright CPA/ABV, CFE BBA Accounting – University of Georgia Master of Accountancy – University of Georgia Senior Manager – IAG Forensics & Valuations Board Member – Georgia Association of Certified Fraud Examiners How did you get involved with Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation? Subsequent to joining IAG Forensics in the Summer of 2015, I was seeking an opportunity to find an organization that did something with those that…

Quick snapshot: Rachel Fox Weitz. Received a BA in Political Science from the University of Michigan and a JD from Emory University School of Law. In between, worked in Washington, DC on presidential campaigns, as a political media consultant (made TV and radio ads for campaigns) and as a public affairs consultant. Worked in the corporate group at McKenna Long & Aldridge before moving in-house to the law department at Delta Air Lines in 2014. Mem…

Quick snapshot: Christin Camp Lumpkin. I graduated from Samford University in 1997 with a BA in English Literature, and Vanderbilt Law School in 2000 where I served as the Senior Notes Editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review. I started my career on the Corporate team at King & Spalding. After a little over five years at King & Spalding, I left to join the legal department at Global Payments Inc., which is a leading worldwide provider of payment tech…

CAREY KERSTEN | October 27, 2015 Quick snapshot (name, education, job history, any other boards you sit on, interests, etc.): Graduate of Samford University (we won’t mention the year) and have been in Litigation services/eDiscovery for 18 years now. Was a previous small business owner for 10 years prior to getting into this industry. I serve on the Samford University board and Foundations International Ministries board and am the international m…

Walt Davis is a Partner in the Atlanta office of Jones Day, the largest law firm in the U.S. and among the largest worldwide. At Jones Day, Walt’s practice principally focuses on shareholder litigation and corporate governance matters, and he regularly counsels corporate boards, board committees, and senior management in connection with internal and governmental investigations. In recent years, Walt has been named a “Rising Star” in the area of S…

Please share your quick snapshot (name, education, current and past jobs, etc.): Elizabeth Finn Johnson, Harvard University A.B. with honors in Government, University of Virginia Law School J.D. 1987; just retired as Senior Counsel, Employee Relations at The Coca-Cola Company, which I joined in 1990 as Litigation Counsel. Associate at Troutman Sanders 1987-1990. How did you get involved with AVLF? My first introduction to Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer…

Quick snapshot: Thornell Williams, Jr., BA from Morehouse College and JD with honors from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. Shareholder at Ogletree Deakins. In addition, I have been married for 17 years to the love of my life, my wife Jacqueline. We have two children together: my son Stone (15) and my daughter Samantha (8). I am a sports junkie and played nearly everything available growing up. Nowadays, however, I’m mos…

Quick snapshot: I am SVP – Business Strategy and General Counsel for United Distributors, Inc. United is one of Atlanta’s largest privately held companies and is the largest beverage alcohol distributor in the state of Georgia. Prior to joining United, I was a partner in the corporate practice group of King & Spalding and my practice focused on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and general business and securities law matters. I graduated…