Carlock, Copeland & Stair, one of Atlanta’s largest litigation firms, has chosen Shannon Sprinkle as its first female managing partner since the firm was founded in 1970, before she was even born.

Sprinkle, 39, quickly established herself as a leader at Carlock after joining in 2001, right out of law school at Tulane University School of Law. She made partner in just five years, at age 29.