Game Changers: The Conscious Culture Men With Vision 2020 Edition | Page 22

MEN WITH VISION 2020
Eddie L. Key
Body & Brains
THE COUNSELOR
The old adage is that the best time to talk to a lawyer is when you don’t actually need one.
Well this may be one attorney you need for reasons other than just legal counsel. Read on to find out
why.
Interview By Lydia Pierre
Eddie Key is the founder of E.L. Key Law Group, a
Business and Entertainment firm located in
downtown Atlanta.  Eddie is a well established
Business and Entertainment Attorney having
practiced in the city for over ten years. 
Mr. Key graduated magna cum laude from Southern
Arkansas University with a degree in Criminal
Justice.  While attending Southern Arkansas Mr. Key
played football and received numerous awards
including: First Team All Conference, First Team All
Region, First Team All-American, First Team
Academic All-American, Auburn Smith Award (Most
Outstanding Student-Athlete At the University), The
Commissioner’s Trophy (Most Outstanding Student-
Athlete in the Conference) and Academic Athlete of
the Year. 
Mr. Key was also inducted into the National College
Football Hall of Fame and the Southern Arkansas
University Hall of Fame. During his tenure at SAU Mr.
Key joined Kappa Alpha Phi Fraternity Inc. where he
received the award for Greek Male Highest G.P.A. in
2000, 2001, and 2002 and served as President of his
fraternity. In addition, he had the pleasure of
receiving the Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship and
was inducted into the prestigious Greek honor
society of Phi Alpha Delta. 
Mr. Key received his juris doctorate at the University
of Arkansas where he finished fourth in the Nation in
the Thurgood Marshall Trial Competition and 1st in
the University of Arkansas’s Negotiations
Competition. Mr. Key Graduated from the University
of Arkansas in 2005 and began his legal career at
King & Spalding where he specialized in discovery in
the practice areas of Torts & Litigation. After leaving
King & Spalding in 2009 he started his own firm
where currently represents some of the most well
known Entertainment and Business clients in the city.
With all these accomplishments, it is no wonder that
Eddie is where he is today. For his interview, we
decided to go the Q&A route. This way you can see
for yourself how well spoken, articulate and
intelligent he really is.