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EMS Technologies Names Timothy C. Reis as New General Counsel |
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ATLANTA, Aug. 17, 2005/Satnews Daily/ — EMS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:
ELMG) has announced that Timothy C. Reis has been named vice president
and general counsel, replacing William S. Jacobs who will retire after a
23-year service for the company. Reis's appointment is effective
immediately. Jacobs, 59, joined EMS in 1993 as general counsel after serving as the company’s principal outside counsel for more than 10 years. Jacobs was a key contributor to the successful growth of EMS since the 1980’s, handling financings, mergers and acquisitions important to the company’s growth. Before joining EMS, Jacobs was a founding partner of the Atlanta law firm of Trotter, Smith & Jacobs, after having begun his Atlanta legal career as an associate at the predecessor of Alston & Bird; before entering private practice, he had served as law clerk to both Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Griffin B. Bell and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist. Reis, 48, joined EMS in 2001 as assistant general counsel. Prior to joining EMS, he was counsel for four years at King & Spalding and Morris, Manning and Martin, in Atlanta, after serving as in-house counsel for 16 years at UPS, in Atlanta and Greenwich, Conn., and at Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, in New York, N.Y. Reis received his law degree from Vermont Law School in 1982, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Economics from Fordham University in New York in 1979. He was admitted to the New York Bar in 1983 and to the Georgia Bar in 2002. Reis is a member of the Georgia Bar Association and of the Association of Corporate Counsel.
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