Representative Matters
- Represented a medical developer in a multi-million dollar breach of contract dispute against a medical device manufacturer involving a licensing agreement for multiple products.
- Served as lead counsel with respect to a national teleservices corporation in defense of nationwide class actions.
- Served as lead counsel for a national insurance company in a class action defense.
- Handled the defense of a nationwide class action brought against a magazine subscription promoter.
- Co-led the successful prosecution of a nationwide class action against a laptop computer manufacturer.
- Served as lead counsel in connection with the defense of a national petroleum company with respect to environmental matters.
- Litigated numerous real estate partnership disputes as lead counsel.
- Defended various securities fraud claims, including representation of the CEO of a national corporation.
- Acted as lead counsel in connection with the defense of suits brought under the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act.
- Served as lead counsel in connection with lawsuits involving actions by and against governmental authorities.
- Oversaw litigation involving claims by and against lending institutions.
- Lawyers Club of Atlanta, Past President
- Emory Law School Council, Past Chair
- Emory Law Journal, Board of Consultants, Past Chair
- Lamar Inn of Court, Executive Committee, Member
- Emory Law Advisory Board, Member
- Emory University School of Law, Adjunct Professor
- American Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow
- Lawyers Foundation of Georgia, Member
- State Bar of Georgia, Military Legal Assistance Program Committee, Past Vice Chair
- American Bar Association, Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee, Subcommittee Chair
- American Bar Association, Member
- Atlanta Bar Association, Member
- Lawyers Club of Atlanta, Member
- Old War Horse Club, Member
- Georgia Super Lawyer, 2004 – 2014; 2018 – 2025
- State Bar of Georgia Distinguished Service Award, 2011
- Benchmark Litigation, Litigation Star
- League of Women Voters, Good Government Award
Education
- Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1976
- Magister, Phi Delta Phi
- Member, Editorial Board, Emory Law Journal
- University of Virginia, B.A., 1970, High Honors
Admissions
- State Bar of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- The Florida Bar
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Florida
- Program Chair, 2019 Georgia ICLE Class Actions Seminar
- Program Chair, 2016 Georgia ICLE Class Actions Seminar
- Program Chair, 2014 Georgia ICLE Class Actions Seminar
- Speaker, “Access to the Courts”, 24th Annual Tropical Seminar
- Program Chair, 2013 Georgia ICLE Class Actions Seminar
- Speaker, “E-Discovery and the Use of Technology in Litigation”, 23rd Annual Tropical Seminar
- Panelist, “Effective Pre-trial Discovery” at the Atlanta Council of Young Lawyers’ “Life of a Trial” CLE series
- Presenter, “Supreme Court Class Action Update: Conception and Other Important Decisions”, 23rd Annual Tropical Winter ICLE Seminar
- Program Chair, 2011 Georgia ICLE Class Actions Seminar
- Speaker, “Five Supreme Court Cases That Have Changed the Arbitration and Class Actions Landscape”, 21st Annual Tropical Seminar
- Speaker, Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Meeting
- Speaker, “Arbitration in Technology Contracts”, 23rd Annual Tech Law Seminar
