Sex Trafficking Survivor Advocacy
- Under the Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act, a federal law, Tiana and Bondurant’s innovative advocacy paved the way for sex-trafficking survivors to seek relief under the law against those who profited from their exploitation. Cases resulted in multiple confidential settlements, including a settlement secured during a landmark federal trial against a national hotel franchisor.
Class Actions
- Represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of class action litigation, including cases involving race discrimination, shareholder securities class actions related to concealing information and manipulating stock prices, shareholder securities class actions related to concealment of payments in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and consumer claims brought in class arbitration before the American Arbitration Association.
Professional Liability Litigation
- Successfully represented numerous high-net-worth individuals in resolving fraud, Georgia RICO, and malpractice claims against their accountants and tax preparers, resulting in over $100 million in settlements and awards.
Technology and Software
- Obtained a $11.1 million jury verdict in a software contract dispute case in the Northern District of Georgia.
- Represented Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. (now Greenway Health) as national litigation counsel in various commercial disputes and provided counsel on employment matters. As lead counsel, obtained a favorable summary judgment for Greenway on a counterclaim for breach of contract in PSS World Medical, Inc. v. Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc., Civ. Action No. 3:09- CV-01019-TJC-JRK (S.D. Fla.).
- Represented local wholesalers of copier toner and printer cartridges in a case against the Hong Kong subsidiary of a multinational Chinese conglomerate. As co-lead counsel, secured a favorable verdict in the case of Innotex Precision Limited v. Horei Image Products, Inc. and ITM, Inc., Civ. Action No. 1:09-CV-0547-TWT (N.D. Ga.).
- Represented a national processor and distributor of scrap metal in a dispute arising from a sale to a Chinese buyer in J&D Int’l Trading v. Omnisource Corporation, Civ. Action No. 1:13-CV-2526- RWS (N.D. Ga.).
- Served as local counsel in multiple patent litigation proceedings for clients spanning diverse industries before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Complex Fraud
- Successfully defended a $500 million RICO case against multiple defendants worldwide. Tiana led a team of Bondurant lawyers in persuading the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to stay the case based on international abstention, citing related litigation in foreign courts. Subsequently, the team secured the dismissal of all plaintiff’s claims in both the district court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
- Successfully defended a private corporation and its outside counsel in a series of malicious prosecution cases alleging RICO claims, conspiracy, and violations of the plaintiff’s constitutional rights. Alongside a team of Bondurant lawyers, she obtained dismissals for two federal court cases and one case in Fulton County State Court. She also successfully defended these dismissals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Georgia Court of Appeals.
- Represented a Singapore resident in a suit brought against them by a Saudi Arabian Sheik relating to a private investment fund in Amana I SA v. Cairnwood Group, LLC, Civ. Action No. 06- CV-114931 (Sup. Ct. Fulton County).
Pro Bono
- Served on the legal team alongside the ACLU of Georgia, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Center for Reproductive Rights, and SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective that challenged Georgia’s six-week abortion ban.
- Volunteered for a pro bono appointment before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Successfully briefed and argued an appeal arising out of a habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Gooden v. USA, Civ. Action No. 09-10499-CC (11th Cir.).
