Background
Hartness, Junior, John D. was born on January 8, 1949 in Sanford, North Carolina, United States.
Hartness, Junior, John D. was born on January 8, 1949 in Sanford, North Carolina, United States.
Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, 1970). University of North Carolina at Greensboro (Master of Education, 1978). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1982).
Emory University (Master of Laws in Taxation, 1988).
Worked at Morris, Manning & Martin (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in General Commercial Practice including Practice in all Courts. Administrative Law and Litigation, Asset Based Lending, Banking Regulation and RTC, Bankruptcy and Creditor"s Rights, Bond Financing, Business Litigation, Real Estate Lending, Real Estate Transactions, Construction Law, Corporate, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Employee Retirement Income Security Act and Employee Benefits, Government Guaranteed Lending, Governmental Relations, Healthcare, Insurance, Insurance Regulatory, International, Liquidation and Rehabilitation of Insurers and Reinsurers, Leasing, Patent, Partnership, Residential Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Technology and Intellectual Property, Title Insurance, Trusts and Estates. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Georgia.
Managing Editor, North Carolina Law Review, 1981-1982.
Author: "Proposals to Balance Interests of the Defendant and State in the Selection of Capital Juries: A Witherspoon Qualification," 59 North Carolina Law Review 767, 1981. Company-Author: "Business Associations," Annual Survey of Georgia Law," 36 Mercer Law Review 91, 1984 and 37 Mercer Law Review 103, 1985.
Chief, Professional Liability Section, Legal Division, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Atlanta, 1991-1996. Member: State Bar of Georgia.
American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section).
Morris, Manning and Martin, Limited liability partnership, founded in 1976, is engaged in a business and commercial practice with particular focus in the technology, insurance regulatory, real estate, health care and environmental sectors of the economy. The firm is a member of Commercial Law Affiliates, an international network of independent commercial law firms providing business clients legal services nationally and internationally. Our goal is to provide the highest quality legal services and to improve the legal and business affairs of those we serve.
Member: State Bar of Georgia. American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section).