- Led a trial team to a $95 million jury verdict in federal district court in Miami, Florida, against Deutsche Bank on behalf of Ponzi scheme victims.
- Achieved dismissals of multiple class actions on behalf of one of the world’s largest airlines, successfully defending the victory on appeal in the Eleventh Circuit.
- Representing one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies in the Georgia state courts to pursue environmental coverage claims against over 50 national and international insurers.
- Obtained a courthouse-steps $112 million federal antitrust settlement on behalf of a group of independent insulation contractors.
- Core member of the trial team securing a multi-billion-dollar products liability verdict.
- Achieved multiple antitrust recoveries on behalf of one of the world’s largest retailers based on cartel allegations across multiple industries.
- Secured the right of an international materials manufacturer to open factory lines for a new product, defeating a rival’s attempt to shut down production through contractual and trade secret challenges.
- Represented multiple employers and employees in injunction proceedings arising from non-competition agreements in various financial services industries.
- Obtained Eleventh Circuit reversal of summary judgment eliminating hotel owner’s insurance coverage for structural damage (retained only for appeal).
- Obtained Eleventh Circuit reversal of dismissal of internet ad agency’s antitrust claims against Google (retained only for appeal).
- Obtained recovery for an international wastewater treatment company from a municipality for breach of a design-build-operate agreement, successfully defending the result on appeal in the Eleventh Circuit.
- Obtain dismissal of multiple COVID-19 tuition refund class action cases against a university system.
- Chambers USA, Band 1, Antitrust, Georgia
- Chambers USA, Band 1, General Commercial Litigation, Georgia
- Benchmark Litigation, Litigation Star, 2025
- Best Lawyers, 2010 – 2026
- Georgia Super Lawyer, 2006 – 2025
- Georgia Rising Star, 2005
Education
- Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1992
- First Honor Graduate
- Myron Penn Laughlin Award for Best Student Law Review Comment
- Haynsworth Award for Excellence in Federal Practice and Jurisdiction
- Articles Editor, Emory Law Journal
- Order of the Coif
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Emory University, B.A., 1989
Previous Experience
- Law Clerk, Judge Stanley F. Birch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1992-1993
Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- State Bar of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- “Evaluating ‘Superiority’ in Class Actions Brought to Recover Statutory Damages,” Georgia ICLE Class Actions Seminar, September 5, 2014
- “Avoiding Traps in Business Litigation,” ACC Value Challenge, April 2014
- “Winning High Stakes Litigation,” Fulton County Daily Report’s In-House Counsel Seminar Series, September 25, 2013
- “Recent Important Class Action Decisions by the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals,” ICLE Class Actions Seminar, September 6, 2013
- “Value Challenge” Panelist, Association of Corporate Counsel, Georgia Chapter, April 25, 2013
- “Value Challenge” Panelist, Association of Corporate Counsel, Georgia Chapter, March 29, 2012
- “Government Challenges to Hospital Acquisitions and Mergers,” Georgia ICLE Antitrust Seminar, December 2, 2011
- “What Hath The Supreme Court Wrought?” Georgia ICLE Antitrust Seminar, December 3, 2010
