Willie E. Gary

Willie E. Garyvdtv (born July 12, 1947), is an attorney, motivational speaker and cable television executive. Gary has won suits against large corporations, such as Disneyland and Anheuser-Busch, on behalf of his clients through his law firm, Gary, Williams, Parenti, Finney, Lewis, McManus, Watson & Sperando, P.L.

Willie Gary was born in Eastman, Georgia where he was raised in migrant farm communities in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. He is one of eleven children. He attended Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina and played for their football team. He received an atbvghetic scholarship and co-captained the team during the 1969, 1970 and 1971 seasons. Earning a Bachelor’s in business administration from Shaw University, he continued on the North Carolina Central University in Durham where he earned a Juris Doctor in 1974. He moved back to Stuart where he was admitted to the Florida Bar and opened the first black law firm in Martin County. Gloria, his childhood sweetheart, now wife, assisted him at this newly formed law firm.

With Gloria he has four adult sons, Kenneth, Sekou, Ali and Kobie. He also is the father of girl and boy twins (born November 2000) by former Olympic hopeful Diana Gowins. Gary was paying $28,000 per month in child support. The order was reduced to $5,000 per month by an Atlanta judge in 2007 after Gary alleged that Gowins was mismanaging the child support payments. Gowins appealed the order. Gowins can frequently be seen on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, as she maintains a close friendship with housewife NeNe Leakes.

On March 13, 2015, a complaint, Rowe Entertainment et al. vs Willie E. Gary et al., was filed in the U.S. District Court For The Northern District of Georgia. Mr. Gary, The Gary Law Firm and five present and former partners including former Atlanta Mayor Bill Campbell, are charged with federal and state racketeering, fraud, legal malpractice and unjust enrichment. http://www.prlog.org/12435608-federal-lawsuit-charges-six-prominent-attorneys-with-racketeering-fraud-legal-malpractice.html

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