The Cobb County Recreation Board has appointed attorney Joseph B. Atkins to the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority. Atkins fills the unexpired term of Johnny Gresham, who passed away earlier this year. Atkins is Of Counsel at Downey & Cleveland where he represents governments, businesses, and individuals in matters involving land use, zoning, wireless telecommunications, permitting, storm water, infrastructure construction and maintenance, voting rights, redistricting, governmental ethics, insurance, personal injury, premises liability, and property damage litigation. Atkins previously practiced thirteen years in the Cobb County Attorney’s Office, where he was both a Deputy and an Interim County Attorney.
His community involvement includes serving on the Cobb County Board of Ethics, Boy Scout Troop 713 at St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church (Troop Committee and former Scoutmaster), Rotary Club of Marietta, Marietta Reads and Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.
