Kent Antley was born and grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina. He graduated cum laude from Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, with an A.B. degree in philosophy in 1969. He then attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for several years where he did graduate work in philosophy, obtaining an M.A. degree. Mr. Antley also was awarded a Fulbright-Hays fellowship for study at University College, University of London, London, England. Mr. Antley received his legal education at Duke University, from which he graduated in 1978.

Mr. Antley began his legal career at a large Atlanta law firm, and then served as law clerk to the Honorable R. Lanier Anderson, III, United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit for two years. After serving as Judge Anderson's law clerk, he was an Assistant Professor of Law at the Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia. There he taught Constitutional Law, Uniform Commercial Code and Appellate Practice.

Mr. Antley is a member of the Corporate, Commercial and Technology Practice Groups at Miller & Martin PLLC, where he represents many mid-market companies, both high technology companies and "low tech" companies, and is familiar with the problems and financial needs typically faced by such companies. His broad experience with such companies includes company structure and formation, mergers and acquisitions, angel and venture capital investment, distribution agreements, technology licenses, strategic partnerships, bank loans, shareholder agreements, confidentiality agreements and employment agreements. Mr. Antley also has extensive experience in these areas in international transactions.