Stites & Harbison, PLLC

ATLANTA (July 20, 2005)—The law firm of Stites & Harbison received a Special Recognition Award from the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GHCC) during the organization's XVII Annual Awards Gala on June 25, 2005.

The GHCC recognized the firm for sponsorship of the chamber's Women's Networking Breakfasts and for participation in several free legal seminars and training programs on behalf of the chamber's incubator program, the Hispanic American Center for Economic Development.  Daniel Douglass, an attorney at the firm's Atlanta office, accepted the award on behalf of Stites & Harbison. 

Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue gave the keynote speech.  The Honorary Guest was Daniel Scioli, Vice President of the Republic of Argentina.  Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin also attended the event.

The GHCC was founded in 1984 and incorporated in 1991 as a nonprofit organization.  The mission of the GHCC is to promote domestic and international economic development of Hispanic businesses and Hispanic business people and serve as a link between businesses in Latin America and those in Georgia.  For more information about the GHCC, visit www.ghcc.org.

About Stites & Harbison

Stites & Harbison PLLC is a regional business and litigation firm with nearly 250 attorneys in Alexandria, Va.; Atlanta; Jeffersonville, Ind.; Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington, Ky.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Washington, DC.  Twenty-two members of the firm are named in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America™, and over 70 percent of all members and counsel to the firm are listed as AV™-rated in the current Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory™.

Stites & Harbison strives to be a preeminent law firm based in strategic Southeastern locations and sought by leading business and institutional clients nationwide for sophisticated transactions, difficult litigation and complex regulatory matters.  The firm traces its origins to 1832.

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