Jeremy Berry Named City Of Atlanta Attorney

Score one for the good guys.  Mayor Kasim Reed has named Jeremy Berry of Dentons to be the new City Attorney for the City of Atlanta.  Per Meridith Hobbs of the Fulton County Daily Report:

Dentons partner Jeremy Berry is the mayor’s pick for Atlanta city attorney. Mayor Kasim Reed announced today that he’s naming Berry as the new city attorney. Cathy Hampton, the current city attorney, announced April 18 that she will be stepping down on May 19. Reed said at the time that he’d name her successor by next week.

Other than that he’s an Emory grad, there’s not much wrong with this pick. While well established in Democratic political circles, Berry is also very active in the community, and I’ll state for the record he works quite well across party lines. The Mayor made a good pick.