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= Ernest LaMont Greer =

Ernest LaMont Greer (born September 8 1966) is a commercial litigation lawyer, and the co-president of Greenberg Traurig, an international law firm founded in Miami, Florida. Previously, Ernest served as the vice president and co-chair of the U.S. Strategic Committee, and as the managing shareholder of the firm's Atlanta office.

Early life and education
Greer was born in St. Louis on September 8, 1966, and attended the Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, graduating in 1984. He completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard University in 1988, and graduated from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1991.

Career
After graduating from Northwestern, Greer served a clerkship under Hon. Damon J. Keith of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, from 1991 to 1992. Greer also served on the transition committee for Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens in 2010.

Greer worked for multiple firms of varying sizes before joining Greenberg Traurig in 1999. In 2015, Greer was promoted to co-president of the firm, alongside Hilarie Bass. He officially assumed the role in January 2016.

After joining the Georgia Chamber of Commerce in 2007, Greer became the first attorney in the organization's history to be named chairman in 2014.

Awards and recognition
From 2012 to 2014, Greer was named as one of the "100 Most Influential Atlantans" in the Atlanta Business Chronicle.

In 2015, he was named Atlanta Tribune's Man of the Year. Greer has also been named one of Atlanta Magazine's "Atlanta 500" business leaders since 2019.