| What happens when you combine three big firm | | | | need explanations and someone to shed light on their |
| associates eager to strike out on their own in an effort | | | | options…we want to help them prosper". He goes |
| to serve small and start up businesses? You | | | | on to say "…small businesses are the lifeblood of our |
| become a formidable team known as Townsend, | | | | economy". |
| Lockett & Milfort, LLC. This week, we introduce | | | | Townsend began his career at Alston & Bird in |
| you to this new firm's managing partner, Travis T. | | | | 2003 and moved to the firm Morris, Manning & |
| Townsend Jr. | | | | Martin in 2005 and now, along with his partners, he is |
| Travis T. Townsend, Jr, managing partner of | | | | one third of Townsend, Lockett & Milford, LLC. |
| Townsend, Lockett & Milfort, LLC, has always | | | | The Michigan native serves as a Big Brother through |
| envisioned owning his own firm. He and his two | | | | the Atlanta Chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters and is |
| partners have taken that vision and made it a reality | | | | the current Vice President of the Atlanta Urban |
| and are now specializing in the unique needs of small | | | | League Young Professionals and also the Vice |
| and startup businesses. And their mission? "To | | | | President and Board Member of M.E.N.S. Wear, Inc., a |
| provide that top-notch service that people would love | | | | non-profit whose mission to provide life skills and |
| to have if they could afford to pay a large law firm | | | | employment training for young men. And if his plate |
| and do it in an affordable, streamlined manner", says | | | | were not already overflowing, Townsend also |
| Townsend. Sounds like a winner to us. | | | | provides pro bono work for the Georgia Innocence |
| Townsend is a corporate and securities attorney who | | | | Project. |
| is committed to helping his clients grow their | | | | Some of his recent accomplishments include the |
| businesses in the Atlanta, Georgia area. His | | | | successful representation of an emerging technology |
| experience includes organizing, financing and growing | | | | company where $12 million in venture capital was |
| businesses, providing representation to both public and | | | | secured; representation of a publicly-traded medical |
| private companies in the mergers & acquisitions | | | | transcription company in its annual, quarterly and |
| specialty, preparing employment and consulting | | | | periodic filings to ensure compliance with federal |
| agreements, non disclosure and non compete | | | | securities laws and representation of a restaurant |
| agreements as well as drafting securities offerings and | | | | franchise company in its efforts of reorganizing its |
| filings for SEC – just to name a few. | | | | franchisees and securing $15 million in bank financing. |
| He and his partners have now raised the bar both for | | | | The University of Michigan graduate earned his B.A. in |
| themselves and the legal community as a whole. | | | | Psychology in 2000 and in 2003, graduated from the |
| Because they know the intricacies and sometimes | | | | University of Michigan School of Law. He is also an |
| overwhelming nature of small businesses, they are in | | | | author, having co-authored "When the Cops Come |
| an ideal position to provide expert guidance for those | | | | Knockin: An Illustrated Guide to Criminal Law". |
| companies in their infancies. Says Townsend, "They | | | | You can learn more about Travis Townsend, Jr. |