Plaintiffs’ Cases
- Won a $11.1 million federal jury verdict for a healthcare technology company faced with the defendant’s breach of a software contract. The eight-figure verdict was affirmed in the U.S. Court of Appeals.
- Secured multiple eight-figure settlements as lead counsel for a construction company faced with the owners’ breaches of major construction contracts.
- Secured a federal preliminary injunction enforcing restrictive covenants on behalf of a payment processing client, protecting the business from a former employee who joined a rival startup. The U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed, opening its opinion with the line: “Breaking contracts has consequences.”
- Secured a favorable settlement as lead counsel for a large company faced with a financial services company’s breach of contract.
- Represented a high-net-worth client’s trusts against a national bank involving mismanagement of investment accounts. Defeated the bank’s motion for summary judgment and favorably resolved the case.
- Appointed by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to represent an indigent Army veteran in a medical malpractice case involving care at a VA hospital. After we deposed the government’s physicians and its medical expert from Stanford University, the case settled favorably for our client.
- Appointed by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to represent an Army veteran on appeal, asserting unique constitutional challenges to veterans’ disability benefit law.
Defendants’ Cases
- Successfully defended two electronics companies in a breach of contract jury trial, securing a net verdict of over $1 million in their favor, despite being sued for millions by the plaintiff. Argued and won a directed verdict at trial against one of the world’s largest law firms.
- Defended a family-owned business in an arbitration filed by a large, international company seeking to seize ownership and control of a joint venture LLC. Won at arbitration and secured a post-arbitration settlement with an eight-figure recovery for our client, the defendant.
- Defended a Fortune 50 company in an arbitration involving alternative energy sales. Despite the plaintiff’s multimillion-dollar demand, the matter settled with a recovery for our client as the defendant.
- Won dismissal of a negligent misrepresentation claim in the Georgia Supreme Court, preserving the state’s leading role in the national payment processing industry.
- Served as lead counsel for a wastewater technology company facing eight-figure construction defect claims. Obtained partial summary judgment and then resolved the case for less than the anticipated cost of trial.
- Served as lead counsel defending significant personal injury claims brought by a contractor injured during military-related training. Secured dismissal for our government-contractor client before discovery.
- Served as lead counsel defending a leading hospital from high-profile claims regarding organ donation. Secured dismissal of our client before discovery.
- Defended an international business against confidentiality, trade secret, inventorship, and other claims related to automotive technology in the Southern District of New York.
- Defended against quiet-title claims regarding ownership of dozens of high-profile government properties.
- Won reversal of an insurance-related declaratory judgment on appeal to the Georgia Court of Appeals.
- Successfully resolved the breakup of a closely held corporation and related software ownership issues.
- State Bar of Georgia, Military/Veterans Law Section, Chair, 2019-2020
- Veteran Leadership Development Group, National Committee; Atlanta Chair, 2019-2025
- Brookwood Hills Community Club, Board of Directors
- Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Usher
- Leadership Buckhead, Class of 2018
- Fulton County Veterans Court, Mentor, 2014-2018
- LEAD Atlanta, Class of 2013
- Cooper Inn of Court
- American Bar Association, Member
- Atlanta Bar Association, Member
- Georgia Super Lawyer, 2024 – 2025
- Georgia Rising Star, 2017 – 2021
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2010
- Virginia Law Review
- Virginia Law Veterans, President
- Georgetown University, B.A., Economics and History, 2002
Previous Experience
- Law Clerk, Chief Judge W. Keith Watkins, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, 2010-11
- Captain, U.S. Army, 2002-08
Admissions
- State Bar of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- U.S. Supreme Court
