Henry F. O’Connor, III, a partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Transactions Practice Group in the Mobile office, served as panelist and mentor during the June 27th Small Business Association’s (SBA) Emerging Leaders class session in Mobile, Alabama. The session included small business owners and entrepreneurs from Mobile and Fairhope, Alabama and Pensacola, Florida.  The SBA Emerging Leaders Initiative is a federal training initiative that specifically focuses on executives of businesses poised for growth in historically challenged communities.