2023 GATE CITY BAR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Kevin Coleman, Jr.
Current Position: President
Current Employer: Genuine Parts Company
Undergraduate: Morehouse College
Law School: Georgia State University
Kevin Coleman, Jr. serves as Senior Counsel – Mergers and Acquisitions at Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC), a Fortune 200, multinational retail and distribution company. In his current role, Kevin leads the legal workstream for GPC’s and its subsidiaries’ M&A matters. He also advises GPC’s business units on a variety of commercial and general corporate matters.
Prior to Joining GPC, Kevin was a Senior Associate in the Corporate/M&A practice at Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP. At Troutman, Kevin represented public and private companies in corporate and securities matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private debt offerings. In 2020, he was named one of Best Lawyers’ Ones to Watch in mergers and acquisitions. He was also named a 2022 Power 100 honoree by the National Bar Association’s YLD.
Kevin has served the Gate City Bar Association as an executive committee member for the last five years. He also donates a significant amount of time to pro bono matters. His pro bono work includes volunteering with the Georgia Justice Project’s Criminal Records Clinic and the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation’s Saturday Lawyer Program.
A second-generation Atlantan, Kevin earned his BS in Computer Science from Morehouse College and his JD/MBA from Georgia State University. While in law school, he served as President of the Black Law Students Association and Associate Research Editor of the Georgia State Law Review. Kevin was also a national champion as a member of Georgia State Law’s mock trial team.
He currently lives in Southwest Atlanta with his wife, Rae, and their son, Kevin III, and is a proud member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.