Ann Woolner

June 16, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Born to a schoolteacher and a Baptist minister who moved around the rural South to preach, Oscar N. Persons had a plan. Inspired at age 10 by a chemistry set, he'd go to Georgia Tech, become a chemist, run a company.

By Ann Woolner | Special to the Daily Report

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June 16, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Clay C. Long's best year in his professional life happened at his first law job, 52 years ago. He clerked for Justice Hugo Black the year Black wrote the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that says states must provide lawyers for poor people charged with crimes.

By Ann Woolner | Special to the Daily Report

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June 16, 2015 | Daily Report Online

The idea of throwing herself into bar activities didn't come quickly to Linda A. Klein, slated to become president-elect of the American Bar Association this year and president in 2016.

By Ann Woolner | Special to the Daily Report

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June 16, 2015 | Daily Report Online

Looking through enormous windows from the office of Morris, Manning & Martin, one of the firm's deals is hard to miss: Tower Place, a 35-story multi-use development in Buckhead.

By Ann Woolner | Special to the Daily Report

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June 14, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Ann Woolner

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November 09, 2009 | Daily Report Online

Thomas Petters had no idea a device on his assistant's key ring was recording him when he said not to worry about the "crime" they were committing. He had a plan to shut it down, he told her. But, if "worst came to worst," he said, "you wouldn't go to jail. I would." Worst came, and now Petters, who founded his own wholesale business, is trying to turn his prediction on its head.

By Ann Woolner

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November 16, 2010 | Daily Report Online

By Ann Woolner

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June 23, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By Ann Woolner

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January 29, 2010 | Daily Report Online

When it comes to forcing a little humility, a spark of gratitude, a tiny payback from financial firms that taxpayers rescued, President Barack Obama and Congress walk a thin line.They can keep on stoking the fury of Americans who lost their jobs, their homes, their retirement cushions while they bailed out banks that pay seven-figure bonuses.

By Ann Woolner

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March 30, 2005 | Daily Report Online

By Ann Woolner

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