Business Disputes
- Lead counsel in an enterprise software dispute, securing an $11 million federal jury verdict in the Northern District of Georgia, exactly matching the sought damages.
- Lead counsel in a business fraud arbitration, resulting in a $5 million arbitration award for the client.
- Lead counsel for chemical manufacturer in suit for tens of millions of dollars against former executives for fiduciary duty breaches, fraud, and RICO violations.
- Lead appellate counsel in a breach-of-contract case for a nursing home operator, successfully overturning a $12 million judgment.
Intellectual Property Litigation
- Represented an international medical products developer in a patent lawsuit, successfully protecting patents for a novel filtration device.
- Successfully defended a plastics and medical products manufacturer and its senior executives against claims of trade secrets misappropriation and breach of confidentiality.
Professional Liability Litigation
- Defended a prominent Atlanta law firm in a malpractice action alleging over $100 million in damages, successfully filing a Daubert motion that excluded the plaintiff’s damages expert analysis and facilitated a favorable resolution.
Employment
- Represented a finance executive in successfully voiding non-compete terms in an employment agreement.
- Represented a senior university leader in a wrongful termination case under Georgia’s Whistleblower Statute, securing a settlement that included full relief, lost wages, and attorneys’ fees.
- Successfully defended against multi-million dollar claims for unpaid commissions by a former sales rep of a foreign exchange trading company.
- Regular representations of financial services and other companies seeking to enforce (or avoid enforcement of) employment-related restricted covenants.
Healthcare
- Represented a Fortune-50 healthcare provider defending a major False Claims Act/whistleblower lawsuit.
- Lead counsel in a high-stakes, expert-heavy domestic dispute, securing a favorable ruling from the DeKalb County court, despite adverse testimony from the court’s appointed neutral expert, after an eight-day bench trial.
Environmental
- Litigated before the Georgia Public Service Commission and the Georgia Supreme Court in support of citizen groups challenging Georgia Power Company’s process for selecting sites for electrical substations.
- Represented a class of approximately 2,000 property owners in a nuisance and trespass action against an animal waste facility, involving the EPA, the Georgia Department of Agriculture, and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division.
