Sandy Springs design business gives back
Garden and interior design business, chair in the air designs, inc. celebrated its 10th anniversary in business with an unusual “open house”. Owners Tammi Kosack and Deborah Garrard, along with 35 volunteer clients, contractors and vendors, spent a recent Saturday painting, sawing, caulking and cleaning a local Habitat for Humanity house.
Additionally, the Sandy Springs company raised over $11,000 towards the Habitat house, and donations are still being received. “We planned the work day in order to give back to the community that has provided us such an abundant and diverse roster of clientele,” says Kosack. “We could not have done this without the generosity of our clients and contractors,” adds Garrard.
The house, located in southwest Atlanta, is scheduled for its final workday on Oct. 20th, at which time chair in the air designs will be back to help add finishing.
Isenberg & Hyman Assoc. and Veracor merge
Sandy Springs-based Veracor Consulting Group and Isenberg & Hyman Associates have merged their insurance and benefit services businesses and will operate as Veracor.
Martin Isenberg and Barry Hyman have been associates since 1969, helping families and businesses with insurance needs. In addition to Isenberg and Hyman the four other partners of Isenberg & Hyman Associates, located at 6151 Powers Ferry Road in Sandy Springs, are Chris Broyles, Ryan Coker, Frank Cochran and John Ellard.
Veracor also has provided group insurance, disability coverage and retirement planning to companies for a number of years. Veracor’s offices are at 7000 Central Parkway N.E. in Sandy Springs, where the newly merged firm will consolidate its operations in November.
UBS Financial names 3 to management posts
UBS Financial Services, Inc., which has offices in both Sandy Springs and Buckhead, has announced three Buckhead residents to the management team of its Atlanta office.
Tom Pair has been named first vice president in private wealth management, Carla Wright has been named vice president of investments for advisory and brokerage services and Linda Willis has been named executive director/branch office manager of the Atlanta office.
UBS Financial Services is an international leader in wealth management, global asset management and private banking. It has offices at 1200 Abernathy Road in Sandy Springs and at 3060 and 3455 Peachtree Road in Buckhead.
Law firm honored for human rights work
Howard Manchel, principal of the Buckhead law firm of Manchel Wiggins Kaye, has been informed that his firm will be the recipient of the Frederick Douglass Human Rights Award at the Southern Center for Human Rights’ annual dinner in Washington D.C. on Nov. 1.
The award, which is presented annually, honors those “who have made outstanding contributions to the protection of human rights.” This year the award is being presented to those who have represented persons detained at Guantanamo Bay.
The letter Manchel received informing him of the award stated: “As a non-profit law firm that fights to protect the human and civil rights of the most vulnerable in the criminal justice system, the Southern Center for Human Rights is honored to celebrate your stalwart commitment and dedication to the human rights of these detainees.”
Manchel Wiggins Kaye has offices at 729 Piedmont Ave. N.E.
Defense attorney Howard Manchel is married to Janet Manchel, a prosecutor in Sandy Springs.