A local in-house attorney arrested for murder in connection with what police called a “quickly escalating” fatal traffic encounter has hired veteran criminal defense lawyer Donald Samuel, who described the charges as “disgraceful.” 

After turning himself in Monday, Bryan K. Schmitt of Sandy Springs waived his first court appearance Tuesday on charges of murder, felony murder and aggravated assault, and bail was denied, according to Fulton County jail records. The allegations against Schmitt, associate corporate counsel and director of contracts at supply chain and technology company Manhattan Associates, stem from a July 30 traffic incident that resulted in the death of Hamid Jahangard, Sandy Springs police said.

Bryan K. Schmitt arrest mugshot.