TerraLex is pleased to announce that the firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP (www.sutherland.com) has become the TerraLex Member for the State of Georgia. With approximately 425 lawyers in 5 offices (including Atlanta, New York City, and Washington, D.C.), Sutherland is among the 125 largest law firms in the United States. In addition to a leading practice in the State of Georgia, Sutherland has for many years maintained a substantial presence in Washington DC.

Georgia is the ninth most populous US state. Based on GDP, Georgia's economy would, if it were a country, be the 28th largest in the world. The state’s economy includes agriculture, food processing, textiles and apparel, transportation equipment, paper products, chemical products, and electric equipment. Metropolitan Atlanta, with a population of 5.5 million, is headquarters to some of the largest U.S. companies, including The Coca- Cola Company, Delta Airlines, Georgia-Pacific, The Home Depot, and United Parcel Service.

Sutherland serves a diverse client base that ranges from small and medium-sized start-up businesses to a significant number of Fortune 100 companies. Its broad range of business legal services are organized in seven major practice areas -- corporate, energy and environmental, financial services, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, and tax -- which provide the framework for an extensive number of focus areas.

While its practice covers all aspects of business law, Sutherland has for more than eighty years had a distinctive national reputation for federal, state, and local taxation, as well as international taxation, and is one of the largest and most highly regarded tax practices in the United States.

The contact information for Sutherland is:

Atlanta Office
999 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309-3996
Tel. 1-404-853-8000
Fax 1-404-853-8806

Washington, D.C. Office
1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 2004-2415
Tel. 1-202-383-0100
Fax 1-202-637-3593

Our initial contacts at Sutherland will be Mark D. Wasserman, Managing Partner (mark.wasserman@sutherland.com, 1-404-853-8398), Robert S. Chase, Partner, Tax Group (robb.chase@sutherland.com, 1-202-383-0194), and Felice C. Wagner, Chief Client Service Officer (felice.wagner@sutherland.com, 1-202-383-0208).

Please join us in welcoming Sutherland to the TerraLex Network.