- Representing corporate defendants in a Georgia RICO action seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
- Defending bespoke luxury automaker against bet-the-company trademark, trade dress, and other IP claims.
- Pursuing claims on behalf of owner of utility-scale solar power projects against projects’ general contractor.
- Achieved multiple confidential settlements for sex trafficking victims against hotels that facilitated their trafficking.
- Secured the dismissal of federal RICO claims and affirmed the dismissal on appeal for a major airline.
- Obtained a jury verdict for defendants on all claims, including state RICO, in an action seeking over $15 million in damages.
- Defended the City of Atlanta’s COVID-19 mask order against a lawsuit brought by Governor Kemp.
- Represented Athens-Clarke County in defending against challenges to its COVID-related ordinances.
- Represented two whistleblowers in a False Claims Act case against a pharmaceutical company, leading to a $116 million global civil/criminal settlement.
- Obtained a confidential settlement for a woman sexually harassed by prominent on-air media personalities before filing suit.
- Served as plaintiffs’ counsel in a professional malpractice, fraud, and RICO case against a Big Four accounting firm, resulting in a confidential settlement.
- Served as plaintiffs’ counsel in a class action breach of contract/RICO case against a Fortune 100 shipping company, resulting in a $21.5 million settlement for overcharging customers.
Pro Bono
- Represented amici, including former prosecutors, in challenging the conviction of Johnny Lee Gates, which resulted from prosecutorial misconduct. Mr. Gates was ultimately released 43 years after being sentenced to death.
- Achieved a successful outcome for an inmate abused by a prison official.
- Assisted tenants facing eviction through the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation’s Eviction Defense Program.
- Led the representation of the Legislative Black Caucus of Georgia, Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, and the League of United Latin American Citizens in challenging Georgia’s 2011 redistricting plans.
- Challenged Georgia’s lethal injection secrecy act on behalf of a death row inmate, including oral argument before the Georgia Supreme Court.
- Secured a favorable result for an elected official asserting a defamation claim related to false political advertising.
- University of Georgia Law School Association Council, Member
- Clarke-Carley Inn of Court, Master
- Cooper Inn of Court, Master
- Georgia Super Lawyer, 2020 – 2025
- Leadership Council on Legal Diversity, Fellow, 2023
- “On The Rise,” Daily Report, 2021
- Atlanta Business Chronicle 40 Under 40, 2020
- Georgia Rising Star, 2016 – 2019
- LEAD Atlanta, 2014
Education
- University of Georgia, J.D., Cum Laude, 2009
- Articles Editor, Georgia Law Review
- Winner, Talmadge Moot Court Competition
- Winner and Best Oralist, Russell Moot Court Competition
- Winner, Beaird Closing Argument Competition
- Order of the Barristers
- University of Georgia, M.P.A., 2005
- University of Georgia, B.A., Magna Cum Laude, 2005
- Foundation Fellow
- Phi Beta Kappa
- President, Student Government Association
Previous Experience
- Law Clerk, Judge Richard W. Story, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2009-2011
Admissions
- State Bar of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
- Supreme Court of the United States
