Minority Partners in Majority/Corporate Law Firms Online Directory View Partners Alphabetically - By Specialty - By Location - By Firm Name: Charles S. Johnson III Law Firm: Holland & Knight LLP Address: Suite 2000, One Atlantic Center 1201 West Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30309-3400 Phone Number: 404.817.8530 Email: cjohnson@hklaw.com Specialty Areas: Commercial litigation (including class action defense, employment litigation, tax litigation, civil RICO and qui tam litigation, eminent domain litigation, zoning litigation, litigation of commercial disputes, and institutional reform litigation), antitrust litigation and counseling, public law, and administrative and regulatory representation. Licenses: Georgia Education and Honors: Bard College, B.A., 1970; Boston College Law School, J.D., 1973. Member, Boston College Law Review. Recognized as one of Ten Outstanding Young People of Atlanta, 1985. Recognized as one of Forty Top Atlantans under Forty by Atlanta Magazine, September, 1984. Recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace and Justice Award, presented by the King Center, 1985. Professional Background: Practiced with Alston & Bird from 1973-1986, becoming in 1979 the first African-American partner in a major law firm in the Southern United States. Served as Adjunct Professor of Antitrust Law at the University of Georgia, 1976, becoming the first African-American member of the Law School faculty. Practiced from 1987-1992 with Neely & Player, and with Peterson Dillard Young Asselin & Powell from 1992-1997. Practiced with Holland & Knight since 1997. Obtained defense jury verdicts, dismissals and summary judgments as lead trial counsel in numerous complex cases. Successfully convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to permit trial courts to consider the quality of education in determining whether a local school board has attained unitary status. Mills v. Freeman, 503 U.S. 467 (1992). Major Clients: General Electric Medical Systems, Intel Corporation, Georgia Higher Education Assistance Corporation, Grady Health System, City of East Point, Atlanta Board of Education, American Skandia Life Insurance Company, Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Student Loan Marketing Corporation. Public Service/Community Affairs: Chairman of the Board of the Southern Regional Council (1999-present), the Atlanta Urban League (1992-1994), the Atlanta Exchange (1984-1986), the Atlanta Legal Aid Society (1984), and the Atlanta Region Open Housing Coalition (1975-1977). Chairman of the Atlanta Judicial Commission (1977-1997) and the Georgia State Board of Bar Examiners (1987). President, Gate City Bar Association (1978). Vice President, National Bar Association (1984-1986). Board Memberships and/or Corporate Directorships: Board member, Techwood Park, Inc. and the Atlanta Bar Association. Served on of the boards of Bard College, Simon's Rock College, the Metropolitan Atlanta Red Cross, the Alliance Theater/Alliance Children's Theater, Jomandi Theater Company, the Southern Christian Home for Children, the Young Democrats of Georgia, Holland & Knight LLP and Leadership Atlanta.   View Partners Alphabetically - By Specialty - By Location - By Firm