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VERNITIA A. SHANNON

**** ******* ***** *****, ** Atlanta, Georgia 30331

678-***-**** ***************@*****.***

The Employment History

Proprietor: Vernitia A. Shannon & Associates LLC

Title: Owner

Responsibilities: serve as the General Counsel of Matlock Advertising

& Public Relations, Inc.; negotiate multiyear contracts for the corporation; represent the Tax Commissioner of DeKalb County, Georgia in the Georgia State Courts

Dates of Service: 2005-2006

Employer: Fulton County Attorney

Title: Senior Attorney

Responsibilities: litigate in Georgia State Courts for Fulton County,

Georgia on issues regarding complex County finances; litigate matters

involving the taxation of real and personal property located in Fulton

County, Georgia; train the attorneys of the Fulton County Attorney’s Office to develop and implement strategies for litigating matters relating to the taxation of real and personal property located in Fulton County, Georgia; lecture to the Metro Georgia City and County Attorneys on litigating cases involving the taxation of real and personal property located in the counties of the State of Georgia; represent Fulton County, Georgia in the Federal Courts in matters involving risk management; represent Fulton County, County, Georgia in the Federal Courts in cases concerning the protection of the natural resources of Fulton County, Georgia

Dates of service: 1997-2005

Employer: Fulton County Attorney

Title: Staff Attorney

Responsibilities: represent Fulton County, Georgia in the Federal

Courts in situations relating to employee disputes; represent Fulton County, Georgia in the State Courts regarding the taxation of real and personal property located in Fulton County, Georgia

Dates of service: 1997

Proprietor: Wallace, Shannon& Francis, LLC

Title: Partner

Responsibilities: manage the business affairs of the firm; represent

the Fulton County Task Force on the Environment

Dates of service: 1992 - 1997

Proprietor: Vernitia A. Shannon Attorney at law

Title: Fulton County outside counsel, owner/solo practitioner

Responsibilities: represent Fulton County, Georgia in employment disputes

Dates of service: 1991 -1992

Employer: John Marshal Law Center

Title/Responsibilities: Adjunct Instructor on real estate closings

Dates of service: 1991

Employer: General Assembly of the State of Georgia

Title: Law Clerk of the Special Judiciary Committee

Responsibilities: research the issues regarding proposed legislation;

prepare the summaries of findings, recommendations and proposals of

the sub-committees of the Special Judiciary Committee; compile

information about policy considerations including the cost analysis

and the probability of success of the proposed programs

Dates of service: 1986, 1987

Employer: Campaign of Dick Davis for the U.S. Senate

Title: Communications Coordinator

Responsibilities: write the position papers on the candidate’s

opinions regarding the relevant current events; write the campaign

speeches; confer with the senior campaign colleagues to formulate the

positions of the candidate; develop strategies to address current events and relevant issues; develop strategies for public relations for the candidate

Dates of service: 1983

Employer: Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia

Title: Speechwriter for the Lieutenant Governor

Responsibilities: write the speeches for the Lieutenant Governor

Dates of service: 1982

Employer: Campaign for Dick Davis for Lieutenant Governor

Title: Deputy Campaign Director

Responsibilities: write speeches for the Lieutenant Governor; plan and

coordinate community activities of the candidate; supervise

volunteers; assist the candidate during campaign events; give campaign

speeches on behalf of the candidate

Dates of service: 1981

Education: Howard University School of Law, J.D.1986; Bucknell

University, B.A. 1981

Volunteer Community Activities: 2015 American Sign Language instruction; 2015 Summer Institute on Theology and Disability, American Baptist Churches of the South Disability Affairs session - International Ministries, Inc. 2014; Emory University Ethics and Servant Leadership Program 2014; Fulton County Auburn Avenue Research Library for African American Culture and History 2013; disAbilityLink,Inc. 2013, 2015; Global Summit on Medical Volunteerism 2011; World Medical Volunteerism Conference 2010; Fulton County Commission on Disability Affairs 2009- present; World Methodist Evangelism Institute, Fiji 2005; Friendship Baptist Church Deacon Board 2003- present; American Stroke Association half marathon walker/fundraiser 2003; American Baptist Churches of the South, Zambia, Africa 2002, 2003; Fulton County Task Force on the Environment 1992-1997 White House Task Force on the Environment 1992

Publications: David T. Shannon, Julia Frazier White and Deborah

Bingham Van Broekhoven, eds., George Liele’s Life and Legacy; an

Unsung Hero (Macon: Mercer University Press 2013; pages 146 – 151.

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