speaking roster of dar'shun kendrick
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[email protected] BIO Attorney Dar'shun N. Kendrick was born in Atlanta, Georgia to 2 parents that were Georgia entrepreneurs and small business owners. She was raised in South DeKalb, Georgia and graduated from DeKalb County public schools. She received 2 bachelors' degrees from Oglethorpe University and her law degree from the University of Georgia. While in law school, she was on a Member and Editor of the International and Comparative Law Journal and started the law school's first ever Business Law Society which prepares law students to practice transactional business law as opposed to business litigation. In August of 2011, she received her Master’s in Business Administration from Kennesaw State University. She is now the owner of Kendrick Law Practice, a private securities law firm that handles legal compliance and investor agreements and negotiations for private placement offerings. She is also certified FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) non-public arbitrator, arbitrator contact disputes between investors and non-public companies. After law school and passing the Georgia bar, she was employed at a litigation firm in downtown Atlanta, Georgia serving as counsel for large corporations like American Express, the City of Atlanta, Dell, Avis Rent-A-Car Systems, Clarke Atlanta and other large entities. Her practice is exclusively business law, with a focus on transactional law including document drafting, document reviewing and negotiating services as well as strategic planning and business counseling services and training. Dar'shun is admitted to practice law in the state and superior courts of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Middle District of Georgia. She is a Member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Young Lawyers Division (YLD) of the State Bar, the Business Law Committee of the YLD of the State Bar, the DeKalb and Rockdale Chamber of Commerce. She is also a founding Board Member/attorney for the Stonecrest Mall Business Alliance, Inc. She received the “30 under 30 Awards” in the spring of 2011 and is a finalist for the “Under 30” Awards in Atlanta by Under30FTV Magazine.
Dar'shun was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in November of 2010 to represent over 50,000 residents in East DeKalb and Rockdale counties in the Georgia General Assembly. She now represents over 54,000 Georgians from DeKalb and Gwinnett counties and serves on the following committees: Small Business Development and Job Creation (ranking Democrat), Judiciary Non-Civil, Juvenile Justice and Interstate Cooperation. In the spring of 2016, she chaired a series of public hearings of an ad hoc committee made of House members to discuss private capital investments in Georgia. She was also an Adjunct Professor at Oglethorpe University teaching business law to undergraduate students. In January of 2016, Dar’shun started Minority Access to Capital, Inc., which is a non-profit committed to EDUCATION and EMPOWERMENT of minorities on how to access private capital to grow their business and create generational wealth. In March of 2016, she was appointed by the Chairs of the Economic Development and Tourism Committee and Small Business Development and Job Creation Committee to Chair hearing for an ad-hoc committee. The purpose of the committee is to conduct a series of hearings throughout the state of Georgia on private investment policy in Georgia.
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SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Past Speaking Engagements
Name of Event Sponsored By Topic Date
Meet Up Association of Black Engineers, Scientists and Technologists
Raising Business Capital: Crowdsource and Private Capital
October 2015
Minority Access to Capital, Inc. General Meeting
Minority Access to Capital, Inc
Intro to Private Capital February
Minority Access to Capital, Inc. General Meeting
Minority Access to Capital, Inc.
How to Choose Investors March 2016
Radio broadcast Investor Town Hall (Skype)
The future of GA investment policy
April 1, 2016
Public Hearing on Private Investments in Georgia
Ad-Hoc Committee of Georgia House of Representatives
Public Hearing (Chairing Hearing)
March 31, 2016
Business RadioX Broadcast Business RadioX The Changing Landscape of Private Capital
April 6, 2016
First Look Equities Spring Conference
First Look Equities The Future of Georgia Investment Policy
April 26, 2016
Crowdfunding Technology Association of Georgia
Crowdfunding in Georgia May 5, 2016
Business Radio X Broadcast Business RadioX The New Federal Crowdfunding Rules: Raising Capital the NEW way
May 24th, 2016
2nd Public Hearing on Private Investments in GA
Ad-Hoc Committee of the Georgia House of Representatives
Public Hearing (Chairing Hearing)
May 26th, 2016
General Meeting Minority Access to Capital, Inc.
The New Federal Crowdfunding Rules: Regulation Crowdfunding
May 26th, 2016
Investment Policy Public Meeting
Office of State Representative Dar’shun Kendrick
Investment Policy in GA: Now and in the future
June 28th
Economic Justice Forum: How to Use Our Dollars to Make Sense
Office of State Representative Dar’shun Kendrick and Minority Access to Capital, Inc.
Panel September 8th
Lunch and Learn Herzing College Panel discussion generally on entrepreneurship and access to capital
September 15th
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Name of Event Sponsored By Topic Date
Women of Global Change Event
Women of Global Change (Atlanta Chapter)
Panel for entrepreneurs
November 16th
Kingdom Connections Network Event
Bronner Business Institute
The Power of Crowdfunding
December 13th
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