lifelong Atlantan, Seydel is a partner in the law firm of Lawson, Davis, Pickren & Seydel and is active in the firm’s fast growing real estate, franchising and business transactions practices. A graduate of the University of Georgia and the Mercer University School of Law, Seydel is a director and vice-chairman of The Conservation Fund, co-founder and CEO of the Upper Chattahoochee RiverKeeper Fund, Inc. and is a member of the Georgia State Properties Commission. He also sits on the board of directors of Southern Environmental Law Center and Turner Environmental Law Clinic at Emory University School of Law, the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and the Atlanta Sports Council. Seydel has been a season ticket-holder of the Hawks for almost 20 years and of the Thrashers since the team’s Inaugural Season in 1999. He and his wife, Laura, have three children, John, Laura Elizabeth and Vasser. |