Greenwood County will have a new county attorney in 2021.
Greenwood County Council voted 5-0 to hire Carson Penney as the countyâs chief legal adviser Wednesday. Council members Mark Allison and Melissa Spencer were absent for the vote.
After meeting in executive session to discuss a personnel matter related to the county attorney position, Chairman Steve Brown officially offered Penney the job on behalf of council. She accepted.
âThank you, Iâm happy to be here,â Penney said.
Brown said council thinks Penney has the training, education and experience needed to be a good county attorney.
âCarson has shown through her education and legal experience that she has a solid foundation and I expect her to do well in the County Attorney position,â County Manager Toby Chappell said in an email. âThe experience that she has obtained prosecuting Domestic Violence cases for Solicitor Stumbo, her work in personnel law, and with Federal Agencies gives her a
Husch Blackwell has elected 23 attorneys to the firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2021.
“These attorneys have earned the right to be part of our Partnership through an exceptional level of commitment to our firm and our clients,” said Chairman Greg Smith and Chief Executive Paul Eberle. “They understand the advantages of consistent collaboration with other team members and they are committed to Husch Blackwell’s continued growth.”
The Husch Blackwell Partnership Class of 2021 includes:
Andrew T. Bergman, Kansas City, Energy & Natural Resources – Drew has experience representing clients in mergers and acquisitions, restructuring transactions, negotiating joint ventures and partnerships, and financing transactions. He helps clients in the energy space with acquisition, development, and financing of wind and solar projects as well as other energy assets. He has also advised private equity firms in structuring, negotiating and managing investments in companies acr
December 23, 2020
The race for a Covid-19 vaccine isn’t over, but its first leg has finally ended. And the pharmaceutical industry hasn’t delivered just one winner: Against all odds, it’s a tie.
On Dec. 18, Moderna became the second company to have its Covid-19 vaccine receive emergency use authorization (pdf) in the US. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave it the green light a little over a week after it authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine. Britain and Canada have also authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech jab, while the European Union did so on Dec. 21, signaling the beginning of the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, as these rich developed nations take on the Herculean task of vaccinating more than 800 million people.
MARTA Board Names Former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice as General Counsel
MARTA December 14, 2020 1:52 pm
By MARTA
The MARTA Board of Directors announced recently that Leah Ward Sears, former Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and partner at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLC, will serve as its new General Counsel. Sears will provide guidance to the board on a variety of legal, statutory, and ethical matters during a five-year term.
“My fellow board members and I are excited to have such an experienced jurist and attorney to assist us,” said MARTA Board Chair Freda Hardage. “I have long been an admirer of Justice Sears and look forward to seeking her guidance and leadership during any complex issues we may face.”