Attorney Jean Fugett to be Featured at Aug. 19th HARAMBEE D.C.
(BALTIMORE - August 13, 2008) - Jean Fugett, Esquire, the former NFL standout and brother to the late Reginald F. Lewis, is among the speakers for the August 19th HARAMBEE Dinner Club at Milton's Grill, 336 North Charles Street. The event is from 6 to 8 pm and costs a mere $20. This includes dinner.
Here's Attorney Fugett's bio:
Jean S. Fugett Jr. Esq. helped his brother Reginald F. Lewis found TLC Group in 1983. From there Fugett served as Director and Vice-Chair of the McCall Pattern Company Management Committee, as founding partner of a Baltimore law firm, and as a partner with Fanfone in Europe. After the death of his brother in 1993, Fugett took over TLC Beatrice International Foods, the largest black-owned and black managed business in the US at the time. At its peak, TLC Beatrice had $2.2 billion in sales and was number 512 on Fortune magazine’s list of 1,000 largest.
After graduating from Amherst College in 1972 with honors, Fugett was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys (1972-1975) and started in Super Bowl X before joining the Washington Redskins (1976-1979) as one of the first modern day NFL free agents. While playing in Washington, Fugett attended George Washington University Law School at night, worked as a news anchor for CBS affiliate Channel 9 WUSA and as a reporter for the Washington Post.
A highly sought after motivational speaker, who is also diabetic, Fugett spends much of his time visiting public schools, Children’s Hospitals, and taking part in football clinics for kids.
In addition to his law practice, Fugett currently serves as President of the Retired Players Steering Committee of the NFL Players Association, as legal counsel and advisor to Wall Street investment services firm GFS Acquisition Partners, and on the Leadership Council for the American Diabetes Association Maryland Chapter. Fugett is currently working on his memoirs do out in 2009.
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