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EXHIBIT 10.1

                  INTEGRITY BANK AND INTEGRITY BANCSHARES, INC.
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT


         This agreement made and entered into this 23rd day of January, 2003,
between the Integrity Bank, Alpharetta, Fulton County, Georgia, ("the Bank"),
Integrity Bancshares, Inc., (the "BHC"), and Steve Skow, ("employee");

         WHEREAS, the Bank is a state bank, regulated by the Georgia Department
of Banking and Finance, insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
and the BHC, regulated by the Federal Reserve Bank, and both located in
Alpharetta, Georgia; and

         WHEREAS, the Bank and BHC want to employ the employee as President and
Chief Executive Officer of the Bank and BHC ("CEO"); and

         WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into this agreement setting forth
the terms and conditions of the employment relationship of the Bank, the BHC,
and the employee;

         NOW, THEREFORE, it is AGREED as follows:

                     I. RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AND DUTIES

         1. The Bank and the Bank Holding Company hereby will employ the
employee as President and Chief Executive Officer, to hold the title of
President and Chief Executive Officer, and to perform such services and duties
as the Board of Directors may, from time to time, designate during the term
hereof. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, employee will perform such
duties and exercise such authority as are customarily performed and exercised by
persons holding such office, subject to the general direction of the Board of
Directors of the Bank, exercised in good faith in accordance with standards of
reasonable business judgment.

         2. Employee shall serve on the Board of Directors of the Bank and the
Bank Holding Company, and shall be entitled to Directors' Fees just like any
other director, and shall serve as a member of its Executive Committee, subject
to the terms hereof.

         3. Employee accepts such employment and shall devote his full time,
attention, and efforts to the diligent performance of his duties herein
specified and as an officer and director of the Bank and will not accept
employment with any other individual, corporation, partnership, governmental
authority, or any other entity, or engage in any other venture for profit which
the Bank may consider to be in conflict with his or its best interest or to be
in competition with the Bank's business, or which may interfere in any way with
the employee's performance of his duties hereunder. Any exception to this must
be made by notification and approval of the Board.


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                             II. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

         1. The initial term of employment under this Agreement shall continue
for 5 (five) years unless such is terminated pursuant to the terms hereof or by
the first to occur of the conditions to be stated hereinafter. This Agreement
will be automatically extended each year after the initial term unless either
party gives 90 days contrary written notice to the other. The term previously
stated notwithstanding this contract shall be terminated by the earlier to occur
of any of the following:

                  a. the death of the employee;

                  b. the complete disability of employee. "Complete disability"
         as used herein shall mean the inability of employee, due to illness,
         accident, or other physical or mental incapacity to perform the
         services provided for hereunder for an aggregate of sixty days within
         any period of 120 consecutive days during the term hereof; provided,
         however, disability shall not constitute a basis for discharge for
         cause;

                  c. the discharge of employee by the Bank for cause. "Cause" as
         used herein shall mean:

                                    1) such negligence or misconduct as shall
                  constitute, as a matter of law, a breach of the covenants and
                  obligations of employee hereunder;

                                    2) failure or refusal of employee to comply
                  with the provisions of this agreement;

                                    3) employee being convicted by any duly
                  constituted court with competent jurisdiction of a crime
                  involving moral turpitude;

                                    4) at the discretion of the Board, this
                  contract may be terminated if there are acts the Board feels
                  are moral turpitude;

         Termination of employee's employment shall constitute a tender by
employee of his resignation as an officer and director of the Bank and the Bank
Holding Company. In the event of termination by the Bank other than for cause,
or in the event employee terminates the agreement for "good reason" (defined
below), then the employee is entitled to severance pay equal to one year's total
compensation plus one month's pay for each year employed by the Bank for up to
twelve years, so that the maximum severance paid pursuant to this paragraph
shall be two years' total compensation. For purposes of this agreement, "good
reason" shall mean:


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         (i) without the written consent of employee, a change in employee's
status, title, position or responsibilities (including reporting
responsibilities) which, in employee's reasonable judgment, represents an
adverse change from his status, title, position or responsibilities as in effect
at the date of this agreement or, if greater, at any time thereafter; the
assignment to employee of any duties or responsibilities which, in employee's
reasonable judgment, are inconsistent with his status, title, position or
responsibilities as in effect at the date of this agreement or, if greater, at
any time thereafter; or any other change in condition or circumstances that in
employee's reasonable judgment makes it materially more difficult for employee
to carry out the duties and responsibilities of his then-existing office;
provided that good reason under this subparagraph (i) excludes an isolated,
insubstantial and inadvertent action not taken in bad faith and which is
remedied by the Bank promptly after receipt of notice thereof given by employee;

         (ii) a reduction, without the written consent of employee, in
employee's base salary as in effect on the date of this agreement or as the same
may be increased from time to time, or any failure to pay employee any
compensation or benefits to which he is entitled within five (5) days of the
date due;

         (iii) the failure by the Bank (a) to continue in effect (without
reduction in benefit level and/or reward opportunities) any compensation or
employee benefit plan in which employee participated as of the date of this
agreement, or at any time thereafter, that is material to employee's total
compensation, unless an equitable arrangement (embodied in an ongoing substitute
or alternative plan) has been made with respect to such plan, or (b) to continue
employee's participation therein (or in such substitute or alternative plan) on
a basis not materially less favorable, both in terms of the amount of benefits
provided and the level of employee's participation therein relative to other
participants; or

         (iv) the Bank's requiring employee, without his consent, to be based at
any office or location other than in Alpharetta, Georgia or to travel on Bank
business to a substantially greater extent than required immediately prior to
the date of this agreement;

         (v) the failure, for any reason, of employee to be re-elected to the
Board of Directors of the Bank;

         (vi) the insolvency or the filing by any party, including the Bank or
any of its subsidiaries, of a petition for bankruptcy of the Bank or any such
subsidiary, which petition is not dismissed within sixty (60) days;

         (vii) any purported termination by the Bank of employee's employment
otherwise than as expressly permitted by this agreement; or


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         (viii) the material breach by the Bank of any provision of this
agreement.

         Employee's continued employment shall not constitute consent to, or a
waiver of rights with respect to, any circumstance constituting good reason
hereunder. Any good faith determination of good reason made by employee shall be
conclusive.

                                III. COMPENSATION

         For all services which employee may render to the Bank during the term
hereof, the Bank shall pay to employee, subject to such deductions as may be
required by law:

         1. BASE SALARY. An annual salary of $160,000 payable in bi-monthly
installments and subject to such deductions as may be required by law.
Thereafter, annual increase reviews will be done during the month of December
for a January 1 effective increase date during the term of this Agreement so
that for the 12 months beginning on each such anniversary date, the employee's
salary increases will take effect. The Board has sole discretion as to the
amount of the CEO's compensation.

         2. PERFORMANCE BONUSES.

                  a. At the option of the Board of Directors, a SAR program may
         be implemented when the bank reaches cumulative profitability, and the
         Board, in consultation with the CEO, will determine the amount of
         performance bonus to be awarded to the executive officers.

                  b. When and if the Board, in consultation with the CEO,
         determines that it is time for a SAR program to be implemented, it is
         intended that the SAR program operate in the following way:

                           Each year, a performance bonus, will be awarded,
                           based upon mutually agreed upon goals such as
                           achievement of the goals in the Strategic Plan
                           achieved before the application of taxes based upon
                           the following formula: 50% of the Impact Pool
                           allocation as identified in the Bank's Stock
                           Appreciation Rights Incentive Program ("SAR").

         3. Stock Options. Based on his satisfactory performance the Employee,
as determined by the Board using mutually agreed upon safety and soundness
criteria as well as capital adequacy, asset quality, profitability, and
liquidity, shall have the right and option to purchase an additional number of
shares of common stock of the Bank Holding Company as follows:

                  5% of the total outstanding common stock of the bank holding
                  company over the term of this Agreement not to exceed 10
                  years, at a price per share of $11.00. This stock option grant
                  shall be evidenced by a separate grant agreement between
                  employee and the bank holding company.


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                               IV. OTHER BENEFITS

         1. The employee shall be entitled to participate in any plan of the
Bank relating to stock options, stock purchases, profit sharing, group life
insurance, medical coverage, education, or other retirement or employee benefits
that the Bank may adopt for the benefit of its employees. The employee shall be
entitled to a comprehensive annual physical paid by the bank provided that the
cost of such physical shall not exceed $1,250.

         2. The employee shall be eligible to participate in any other benefits
which may be or become applicable to the Bank's executive employees, shall be
furnished a car with all expenses of maintenance to cover all automobile use, a
reasonable expense account, the payment of reasonable expenses for attending
annual and periodic meetings of trade associations, and any other benefits which
are commensurate with the responsibilities and functions to be performed by the
employee under this Agreement. Employer also agrees to pay all reasonable
expenses in connection with the attendance and participation at said trade
association meetings by employee's spouse.

         3. At such reasonable times as the Board of Directors shall in its
discretion permit, the employee shall be entitled, without loss of pay, to
absent himself voluntarily from the performance of his employment under this
Agreement, all such voluntary absences to count as vacation time, provided that:

                  a. The employee shall be entitled to an annual vacation of 4
(four) weeks per year.

                  b. The timing of vacations shall be scheduled in a reasonable
         manner by the employee. The employee shall not be entitled to receive
         any additional compensation from the Bank on account of his failure to
         take a vacation; nor shall he be entitled to accumulate unused vacation
         time from one calendar year to the next.

                  c. In addition to the aforesaid paid vacations, the employee
         shall be entitled, without loss of pay to absent himself voluntarily
         from the performance of his employment with the Bank for such
         additional periods of time and for such valid and legitimate reasons as
         the Board of Directors in its discretion may determine. Further, the
         Board of Directors shall be entitled to grant to the employee a leave
         or leaves of absence with or without pay at such time or times and upon
         such terms and conditions as the Board, in its discretion, may
         determine.

                              V. CHANGE OF CONTROL

         1. If during the term of this Agreement there is a change of control
(COC) of the Bank, the Employee shall be entitled to termination or severance
pay in the event the

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employee's employment is terminated, except for just cause as defined in Section
II., paragraph 1, c, after the change in control. In the event the employee is
terminated as a result of COC, the employee shall be entitled to receive his
salary through the last day of the calendar month of the termination, or payment
in lieu of the notice period. In addition, the terminated employee shall receive
an amount equal to 3 (three) times his then existing annual base salary. This
payment shall be in addition to any amount otherwise owed to the employee
pursuant to this Agreement.

         2. The following items are automatically considered due and payable in
the event that change of control occurs:

                  a. Non-forfeitable deferred compensation shall be paid out in
full.

                  b. Long-term performance plan objective payments as described
         in Section III, 2, shall be declared accomplished and earned based upon
         performance up to date of the COC.

                  c. In the event that the employee is a participant in a
         restricted stock plan, or share option plan, and such plan is
         terminated involuntarily as a result of the COC, all stock and options
         shall be declared 100% vested, and distributed. The term "control"
         shall refer to the acquisition of 25 percent or more of the voting
         securities of the Bank by any person, or persons acting as a group
         within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
         1934, or to such acquisition of a percentage between 10 percent and 25
         percent if the Board of Directors of the Bank or the Comptroller of the
         Currency, the FDIC, or the Federal Reserve Bank have made a
         determination that such acquisition constitutes or will constitute
         control of the Bank. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a change in control
         shall not be deemed to include additional acquisitions of stock by
         existing shareholders unless such additional acquisitions have the
         effect of increasing such person's share holdings to at least 25%. The
         term "person" refers to an individual, corporation, Bank, bank holding
         company, or other entity.

                         VI. POST TERMINATION COVENANTS

         1. If during the term hereof employee shall cease employment hereunder
for any reason, then employee agrees that for six months if dismissed for cause
and one year without cause following such termination he will not be employed in
the banking business or any related field thereto within a 30 mile radius of the
Bank's primary office located at 11140 State Bridge Road, Alpharetta, Georgia
30022 provided that the foregoing restrictions shall only apply to positions in
which employee has duties that are the same or similar to those services
actually performed by employee for the Bank. Furthermore, following such
termination employee agrees that he will not, without the prior written consent
of the Bank:


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                  a. furnish anyone with the name of, or any list or lists of
         customers of the Bank or utilize such list or information himself for
         banking purposes; or

                  b. furnish, use, or divulge to anyone any information acquired
         by him from the Bank relating to the Bank's methods of doing business;
         or

                  c. contact directly or indirectly any customer of the Bank
         with whom employee had material contact during the 12 months
         immediately preceding the termination of employment for banking
         solicitation purposes; or

                  d. hire for any other Bank or employer (including himself) any
         employee of the Bank or directly or indirectly cause such employee to
         leave his or her employment to work for another.

         2. It is understood and agreed by the parties hereto that the
provisions of this section are independent of each other, and the invalidity of
any such provision or portion thereof shall not affect the validity or
enforceability of any other provisions of this agreement.

                            VII. WAIVER OF PROVISIONS

         Failure of any of the parties to insist, in one or more instances, on
performance by the others in strict accordance with the terms and conditions of
this agreement shall not be deemed a waiver or relinquishment of any right
granted hereunder of the future performance of any such term or condition or of
any other term or condition of this agreement, unless such waiver is contained
in a writing signed by or on behalf of all the parties.

                               VIII. GOVERNING LAW

         This agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia. If for any reason any
provision of this agreement shall be held by a court of competent jurisdiction
to void or unenforceable, the same shall not affect the remaining provisions
thereof.

                         IX. MODIFICATION AND AMENDMENT

         This agreement contains the sole and entire agreement among the parties
hereto and supersedes all prior discussions and agreements among the parties,
and any such prior agreements shall, from and after the date hereof, be null and
void. This agreement shall not be modified or amended except by an instrument in
writing signed by or on behalf of the parties hereto.

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                          X. COUNTERPARTS AND HEADINGS

         This agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument. The headings set out herein are for
convenience of reference and shall not be deemed a part of this agreement.

                           XI. CONTRACT NONASSIGNABLE

         This agreement may not be assigned or transferred by any party hereto,
in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the other, except that
the bank holding company or the bank may assign this agreement to a successor in
interest.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the year and date first above written.

                                            EMPLOYEE:

                                            /s/ Steve Skow
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                                            Steve Skow


                                            BANK:

                                            /s/ Clinton M. Day
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                                            Chairman of the Board


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