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Charles H. Battle, Jr.  Class of 1970

Charlie Battle enjoyed a distinguished career as a municipal finance lawyer at King & Spalding for 21 years before signing on as one of the “original nine” to secure for Atlanta the designation from the U.S. Olympic Committee as the U.S. city to bid for the 1996 Olympic Games.  Following Atlanta’s selection to host the games, Battle joined the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and served as managing director for International Relations.  After the games, he served as president of Central Atlanta Progress, and directed two foundations. Battle continues to consult with cities bidding to host the Olympic Games, and is presently Of Counsel at the law firm of Miller & Martin.

In addition, Battle serves on the board for Hemisphere, Inc. and is chairman of Homeward, Inc. He is on the Board of Trustees for the Southern Center for International Studies and has served on a variety of civic and non-profit boards. Battle participated in Leadership Georgia and is a member of the Rotary Club of Atlanta.

A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Battle later earned his JD with highest honors from Emory University Law School. He was honored with Emory Law School’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006.

C. Robert Henrikson      Class of 1972

During his more than 30-year tenure with MetLife, Inc., C. Robert Henrikson has held a number of senior positions in the individual and group insurance, and pension businesses.  He has been a director of MetLife, Inc. since 2005 and was named Chairman and CEO in 2006.  He is actively involved as a thought leader in the industry, and has testified at a number of congressional hearings on retirement, pension and employee benefits matters.

A frequent guest speaker on industry topics, Henrikson is a board member of the American Council of Life Insurers, the Wharton School’s S.S. Huebner Foundation for Insurance Education, the Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership, and board member emeritus of the American Benefits Council.  He is a member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Commission on Global Aging.  In addition he serves on the Board of the American Museum of Natural History and the Morehouse School of Medicine National Board of Advisors.

Henrikson earned a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to his JD from Emory University Law School, he is a graduate of the Wharton School’s Advanced Management Program.  He was honored with Emory Law School’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006.

Courtland L. Reichman        Class of 1995

Leader of King & Spalding’s global Intellectual Property Practice Group, Courtland L. Reichman is also a partner in the firm’s Franchise and Distribution Practice Group.  His practice focuses on litigation and he has acted as lead counsel for such clients as The Coca-Cola Company, UPS, and the City of Atlanta.  His appellate practice includes arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Reichman has been recognized by the National Law Journal as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” lawyers in the U.S., by Georgia Trend as one of Georgia’s “Legal Elite,” and by the Fulton County Daily Report as one of 10 Georgia lawyers predicted to make a mark on the profession.  He has been profiled by Georgia Super Lawyers as one of the state’s rising stars and, in 2001, he received the Anti-Defamation League’s Young Lawyers Award.

Reichman founded his firm’s Indigent Defense Project and leads the firm’s pro bono representation as general counsel to the Regional Commission on homelessness.  He also serves on the board of the Living Room, the Southern Center for Human Rights, and the New South Project.

Reichman graduated with honors from Swarthmore College in 1990.  He later graduated Order of the Coif from Emory University School of Law in 1995 where he was managing editor of the Emory Law Journal.  He was honored with Emory Law School’s inaugural Outstanding Young Alumnus Award in 2006.

James V. Carmichael        Class of 1934

James V. Carmichael was one of Georgia’s most prominent business leaders.  During World War II, he served as general manager of the Bell Aircraft plant in Marietta. He built Scripto, Inc. into an international leader in writing instruments, and served as the first general manager of Lockheed’s Georgia division.  A two-term state legislator in the 1930s, Carmichael was appointed as executive director of the Georgia Department of Revenue in 1943. He served on the committee that wrote the 1945 Georgia Constitution, and had a successful law practice in Marietta for many years.

Carmichael championed a true two-party system in state politics, and encouraged Georgians to embrace change. He advocated a meritocracy that would honor individuals for their achievement in bringing the South into an era of prosperity, power, and cultural influence. His record of public service included membership on the governing boards of Emory University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, the Atlanta School of Art, and the University System of Georgia.  He was the first head of the Atlanta Arts Alliance, and a Georgia governor of Kiwanis International.

After earning his JD from Emory University Law School, he became a distinguished public servant throughout his career, dying at age 62 in 1972.  He was honored with Emory Law School’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006.

Mary Margaret Oliver                      Class of 1972

Mary Margaret Oliver served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1987 to 1992 and was elected to the State Senate in 1992, where she served three terms.  She was re-elected to the House in 2002 and 2004, and is the only person to have served as chair of both the House and Senate Judiciary committees.

Oliver’s legislative accomplishments include a package of child protection reform and anti-stalking legislation.  In addition, she sponsored more than 30 pieces of business-oriented legislation, telecommunications reform, banking regulations, managed care legislation, and worker’s compensation reform.

Oliver formerly worked as a hearing officer for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Joint Examining Board and the Georgia Department of Medical Assistance, and was appointed to preside as an associate magistrate in the DeKalb County Magistrate Court.  She has served on numerous non-profit boards and was a member of the Decatur Rotary for 10 years. Oliver divides her time between her law practice and the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic at Emory University School of Law, where she is a visiting professor. 

A native Georgian, Oliver earned a BA from Vanderbilt University and a JD from Emory University School of Law.  She was honored with Emory Law School’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006.