Dentons partner Jeremy Berry is Mayor Kasim Reed's pick for Atlanta city attorney.

Reed announced Thursday that Berry will replace the current city attorney, Cathy Hampton, who's held the post for six years. The mayor announced earlier this week that Hampton would leave the job on May 19.

Berry is well-known to the mayor's office. He advised Reed's mayoral campaign for re-election in 2013 as part of his political law practice representing elected officials and political campaigns. “He has the consummate lawyer's manner and demeanor and never gets too high or too low, so I really value him,” Reed told the Daily Report then.