(CHARLOTTE – June 9, 2006) – The law firm of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP announced that James “Jimmy” N. Greene III has been named to the Charlotte Business Journal’s 40 under 40 list. In this 13th annual list, 40 people under the age of 40 are honored for their professional and community achievements.

Mr. Greene is a partner and the firm’s Tax Practice Group Leader. He is a member of the Board of Directors and Secretary for Speedway Children’s Charities and previously served on the Board of Directors for the Charlotte Community Health Clinic, a nonprofit clinic, and the Alumni Association Board of Governors for the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Mr. Greene received his J.D., with honors, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999 and his B.S., magna cum laude, from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1993. He is also certified as a public accountant by the North Carolina State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners.

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