Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has distinguished and successful private corporate experience. Reed was a partner at Holland & Knight LLP, an international law firm with offices in Atlanta and a state senator. He is seen as a rising star within the Democratic Party, though his alleged aspirations for governorship of the state of Georgia took a serious hit with a snow scandal — and Reed’s response to it — that shut down the entire metro area for an accumulation that totaled a mere 3 inches.
