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Jackson Baldwin Harris is a native of Rome, Georgia and a graduate of Darlington School (1971), the University of Georgia (1975) and the University of Georgia Law School (1978). Jack joined the firm’s predecessor, Smith, Shaw, Maddox, Davidson & Graham, as an associate in July, 1978 and became a partner on January 1, 1983. Jack’s practice included general corporate matters and commercial litigation and trial practice in both state and federal courts. Jack worked closely with senior management for many clients, including Georgia Kraft Company (then a Fortune 500 company for which the firm served as general counsel), the Hospital Authority of Floyd County, Trust Company Bank of Northwest Georgia, N.A., Home Federal Savings and Loan Association of Rome and Zartic, Inc.
Jack resigned his partnership in September, 1990 to become General Counsel for Zartic, Inc., which was then a rapidly growing business in the food industry. Jack served as Zartic’s Chief Operating Officer from 1993 until 2002, at which time he became Management Counsel to the company, sharing day to day responsibility for the company’s operations and serving as counsel to the president. During Jack’s tenure, Zartic and affiliates averaged roughly $200 million in annual revenues and had an average annual workforce of over 1,300 individuals. As Chief Operating Officer and as Management Counsel, Jack managed all of the company’s legal affairs as well as the day to day operations of the company, including marketing, sales, manufacturing operations, finance, administration and distribution. Jack was also responsible for developing and overseeing a strong human resource program and corporate compliance plan.
In preparing to complete his responsibilities for Zartic, Inc., during 2003 and early 2004, Jack formed Jackson Baldwin Harris, P.C. and Westward Professional Management, LLC, the former serving as a professional corporation to practice law in Georgia and the latter an LLC to provide general management consulting services. Upon the sale of Zartic, Inc. to Pierre Foods, Inc. in December, 2006, Jackson Baldwin Harris, P.C. joined the firm as counsel, effective January, 2007.
Jack has been very active in the Rome community, serving in many roles, including the following:
In Jack’s new role as counsel to the firm, his practice will be commercial litigation and trial practice in both state and federal courts, along with general corporate practice and corporate governance. Through Westward Professional Management, LLC, Jack will separately provide general management consulting services for clients in the Chattanooga – Birmingham – Atlanta triangle, with the core management practice centered on strategic planning, organizational dynamics, governance and financing.
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