The news that former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is jumping into the race for the Democratic presidential nomination may remind readers of Patrick’s days as a rather important lawyer in Atlanta—general counsel to The Coca-Cola Co. Here is what we wrote in our affiliate publication, GC South, under the headline, “Coke Isn’t It; The inside story of GC Deval Patrick’s brief, tumultuous time at Coca-Cola.” It ran June 1, 2004.

By Jonathan Ringel