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. Berry, who practices government, regulatory and political law, was one of the Daily Report's 2013 On the Rise picks for up and coming lawyers under age 40. He is a 2003 graduate of Emory University Law School.