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August 5, 2015

Gate City Bar Association Names Sam Matchett to its Hall of Fame


ATLANTA, Aug. 5, 2015 — The Gate City Bar Association has named labor and employment partner Sam Matchett to its Hall of Fame, the organization’s highest honor, for attorneys who have made significant contributions to the African-American community.

Matchett is one of four attorneys named to the organization’s Hall of Fame this year and will be honored at the organization’s 16th annual gala Nov. 7 at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta. The Gate City Bar Association, established in 1948, is the oldest African-American bar association in the state of Georgia. It has hundreds of members and is an affiliate chapter of the National Bar Association, the nation’s oldest and largest national association of predominantly African-American lawyers and judges. Tort and environmental partner Ray Persons is a 2013 inductee, making King & Spalding one of only two firms to have more than one attorney in the Hall of Fame.

Matchett’s practice focuses on employment relationship matters, with an emphasis on employment law litigation in state and federal courts, governmental agencies and arbitration tribunals. He also chairs King & Spalding’s Diversity Committee. Chambers USA recognized Matchett as a “fearless litigator with exceptional advocacy skills.” He has also been recognized in the Best Lawyers in America rankings and named to Georgia Trend magazine’s “Legal Elite,” a list of Georgia attorneys chosen by their peers as leading lawyers in their practice areas. Matchett received his undergraduate degree from Morehouse College and his J.D. from the University of Georgia.

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