The Atlanta Legal Aid Society kicked off its annual campaign with a target of $1.7 million at a breakfast Wednesday for fundraising captains, led this year by Stephen Forte, the chairman of Smith Gambrell & Russell, and Teresa Wynn Roseborough, general counsel of The Home Depot.

Contributions from law firms and corporate legal departments are the group’s second-largest source of funding after the federal Legal Services Corp., making up about 15 percent of its $11.5 million budget.