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Clyde Edward Mize, Jr., Esq

Clyde E. Mize, Jr. is a Partner in the Real Estate Practice of Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
(MMM), an AmLaw 200 law firm with national and international reach. He represents cli-
ents in all phases of real estate including acquisitions, developments, financing and sales.

Reared by a single mother, Clyde benefitted exponentially from the mentorship of others,
and has dedicated his life to positively impact others. He has channeled his efforts through
organizations as varied as the Gate City Bar Association (“Gate City”), 100 Black Men of
Atlanta, Inc., the State Bar of Georgia Diversity Program, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and
the Greater Metropolitan Atlanta Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. (GMAC).
Clyde Edward Mize, Jr., Esq
Partner and Chair of Diversity
and Inclusion In 2009, at MMM he helped to establish an internship program to expose diverse high
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP school students the practice of law. The program has attracted students from across
metropolitan Atlanta and beyond. Former interns have matriculated at institutions such as
Spellman College, Georgia Tech, The University of Chicago, and the U.S. Military Academy
at West Point.

Clyde is a past recipient of the President’s Award and the My Brother’s Keeper Award from
the National Bar Association, and the Best Mentor Award from the Fulton County Daily
Report. In 2019, Atlanta Magazine included Clyde on its inaugural list of Atlanta’s 500 Most
Powerful Leaders.

A member of Leadership Atlanta’s Class of 2020 and a volunteer in the Children’s Ministry
at Elizabeth Baptist Church, Clyde earned his B.A. in Political Science and Speech Commu-
nications from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and his Juris Doctorate from
the University of Iowa College of Law. He and his wife are the parents of two children.

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