Navan Ward, his wife Bridget, and sons Roman (left) and Jaxon (right) march to the Georgia governor's mansion on June 7, 2020. 'It's a Moral Issue': Plaintiffs Attorney Navan Ward Talks About George Floyd Protests
For Ward, a principal at Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles and African American, the issue of racial justice is personal.
June 10, 2020 at 08:54 PM
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As nationwide protests continue over the death of George Floyd, Navan Ward was on the phone this week with the other officers of the American Association for Justice, where he is set to become president-elect next month. For Ward, who is an African American, the issue is personal. A principal at Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, Ward and his wife took their 9-year-old twin boys to a protest on Sunday in Atlanta.
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