Five-time Legal Food Frenzy champion Habachy Law took a commanding lead Wednesday in the annual fundraising competition for Georgia food banks.

After adding $7,000 on Tuesday, by 4 p.m. Wednesday, Habachy Law had added another $11,000 to completely overtake the Georgia Tech Office of General Counsel, with Habachy at $30,981 and Tech at $20,150.

The second tier of competitors, mostly big-Atlanta based firms, didn't move the needle much on Wednesday except Arnall Golden Gregory, which jumped $3,000 and leapfrogged several spots on the leaderboard.

Alston & Bird held on to third place, at $14,410, with Arnall Golden Gregory next at $12,278, followed by King & Spalding ($11,885), Troutman Sanders ($11,646) and Kilpatrick Townsend-Atlanta Office ($10,713).

Inches behind that group stood Johnson & Ward at $10,375 and the Office of the Attorney General at $10,084, with BakerHostetler taking the 10th spot at $9,252.50.

Callie Roan, who manages corporate partnerships and communications of the Georgia Food Bank Association, noted that the legal community's donations so far will allow the food banks to serve more than 1.9 million meals to its customers.

With two more days of competition to go, she added, "We can't wait to celebrate the final impact of Georgia's legal community."

The legal community has already raised about 13% more than last year's $419,000 total for the event. That said, the needs of the food banks are heavier than ever. Before the pandemic, food bank officials estimated that 1.5 million Georgians were hungry, and since then about one million Georgians have lost their jobs.

Will Davis, the president of the State Bar's Young Lawyers Division, a Frenzy co-sponsor, said "Morgan Lyndall and Veronica Rogusky deserve so much credit and gratitude for the efforts they've put in this year, especially when faced with the COVID-19 pandemic."

Attorney General Chris Carr's office and the Georgia Food Bank Association also are co-sponsors of the event.