Languages

• Chinese
• French
• Japanese
• Mandarin
• Portuguese
• Spanish

Areas of Practice

• Accounting & GAAP Issues
• Airlines & Aviation
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Intellectual Property
• Antitrust Litigation
• Antitrust/Health Care
• Automotive
• Banking & Finance
• Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation
• Bondholder Committees
• Business Restructuring & Reorganization
• Buyouts
• Capital Markets
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chemicals
• Class Action and Multidistrict Product Liability Litigation
• Class Action Employment Litigation
• Class Action Litigation
• Climate Change
• Commercial Disputes
• Compensation & Benefits Counseling for Employers
• Compliance Counseling & Defense
• Construction
• Construction Litigation
• Consumer Fraud & Warranty Litigation
• Consumer Goods Product Liability Litigation
• Consumer Products & Retail
• Coordination of Product Liability Litigation
• Copyrights & Trademarks
• Corporate Compliance Programs
• Corporate Criminal Investigations
• Corporate Governance
• Corporate Real Estate Services
• Credit Crisis
• Distressed Mergers & Acquisitions
• Distressed Real Estate Transactions
• e-Discovery
• Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Employee Benefits Counseling & Litigation
• Employment Aspects of Corporate Transactions
• Energy
• Energy Environmental
• Energy/Utilities
• Environmental, Health & Safety
• ERISA & Other Employee Benefits Litigation
• Europe
• Executive Compensation
• Federal and State Wage-Hour Counseling & Litigation
• Financial Institutions Litigation & Regulation
• Financial Services
• Fund Formation
• General Antitrust Counseling
• Global Restructuring Matters
• Government Regulation
• Governmental Employers & Public Pension Plans
• Health Care
• Hospitality
• Insurance
• Insurance Coverage
• Intellectual Property
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Issues & Appeals
• ITC Section 337
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Labor & Employment
• Latin America
• Lending
• Licensing & Technology Transactions
• Life Sciences
• Litigation/Health Care
• M&A
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Mergers & Acquisitions/Tax
• Metals & Mining
• Noncompetition, Confidentiality, Trade Secret & Employee Raiding
• Official Unsecured Creditors' Committees
• Other Significant Creditor Representations
• Out-of-Court Restructurings
• Outsourcing
• Patent Litigation
• Patent Prosecution
• Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Other Health Care Product Liability Litigati
• Pharmaceuticals
• Privacy & Data Security
• Private Equity
• Private Equity/Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
• Private Equity/Tax
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Product Response Team
• Real Estate
• Real Estate & Property Companies
• Real Estate Capital Markets
• Real Estate Finance
• Reductions in Force & Managing Change
• Restructuring-Related Lending & Finance
• SEC Investigations & Proceedings
• Secured Lender Groups
• Securities and Shareholder Litigation & SEC Enforcement
• Securities Fraud Class Actions
• Shareholder Derivative Actions
• Single & Multiple Plaintiff Employment Litigation
• State and Local Tax Controversies
• State and Local Tax Counseling
• Structured Finance/Derivatives
• Tax
• Tax Audits & Controversies
• Tax-Exempt Entities & Church Plans
• Telecommunications
• Trial Experience in Product Liability Cases
• Trial Practice
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer
• Wealth Management

Published Works

• Circular 230 -- How It Changed Our Lives (Or at Least Our Practices), coauthor, Probate & Property, 2006
• Nuts and Bolts of "Covered Opinions" Under Circular 230, coauthor, Probate & Property, 2006
• Cross-Examination: Scoring Points with Your Opponent's Witness, paper for Effective Cross-Examination Techniques, Advanced Litigation Techniques for the New Millennium, 2004 DRI Young Lawyers' Seminar, Orlando, Florida, 2004
• Deconstructing Restructuring Law, New York Law Journal, 2004

Representative Cases

• $332 million acquisition by Hewlett-Packard Company
• “Take Private” Acquisition of Instron Corporation
• Arrival Star S.A. et al. vs. Canadian National Railway Co. et al. (N.D. Ill. 08:01086) , (2008)
• Arrival Star v. SITA Information Technology Computing USA, Inc., et al., USDC, N.D. Georgia, 1:02-cv-2543-MHS , (2009)
• Baum v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. 3:07-CV-0090 (W.D. Pa. 2009)
• Bullet Pallet Systems, Inc. v. Gripple, Ltd. and Hugh Facey, U.S.D.C., N.D. Georgia, 1:00-cv-0082 , (2009)
• Clear With Computers, LLC v. Belkin International, Inc. et al. (E.D. Tex. 08:00188) , (2008)
• EMSAT Advanced Geo-Location Technology, LLC et al. vs. Alltel Communications LLC (N.D. Ohio 08:00821) , (2008)
• Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. v. Citizens Communications Company, et al., USDC, D. Delaware, 1:07-cv-368-GMS , (2009)
• SFA Systems, LLC v. NetSuite, Inc., et al., USDC, E.D. Texas, 6:08-cv-142 (LED) , (2009)
• W.C. Bradley Co. v. Big Lots Stores, Inc., et al., U.S.D.C., M.D. Georgia, 4:05-cv-00025-CDL , (2009)
• Georgia Retail Association et al v. Collins
• 4-D Neuroimaging v. Elekta Instruments, Inc., n.k.a. Elekta, Inc., and Elekta KK
• Agefinance v. Hines Interest Limited Partnership (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ga. 1995)
• Ainge v. Chandler Ready Mix, et al.
• Air Littoral v. GE Engine Services, Int'l Centre for Dispute Resolution No. 50 T 180 00123 04; and Atlantic Coast Airlines v. GE Engine Services, AAA No. 16 181 00629 03
• AirDefense v. Paladino, No. 1:05-CV-5231 (D. N.J. 2005) and AirDefense v. AirTight Networks, No. C05-04615 (N.D. Cal. 2005).
• Alabama v. Blue Bird Body Co., 71 F.R.D. 606 (M.D. Ala. 1976), aff’d in part, rev’d in part, 573 F.2d 309 (5th Cir. 1978)
• Alain Gambra et al. v. Int'l Lease Finance Corp., et al., Case No. CV 04-10129 CAS (C.D. Ca.)
• Allen v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
• AlliedSignal, et al. v. B.F. Goodrich Co., et al.
• American Online Dating Association, et al., v. Gonzales, et al., 3:06-CV-123 (S.D. Ohio)
• Anderson Broadcasting Co. v. Cumulus Broadcasting, Inc., Civil Action No. A1-01-011
• Anderson Chemical Co. v. Portals Water
• Andre Williams v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, No. 0-02-4227-24-BC (D. S.C.); Nathaniel Shiver v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, No. 0-02-4228-24-BC (D. S.C.)
• Angel Flight of Georgia, Inc. v. Angel Flight Southeast, Inc., No. 1-03-CV-3620, U.S. District Ct., N.D. Georgia
• Antidepressant Product Liability Actions
• Aprahamian v. HBO & Co. (Delaware Chancery Court)
• Arthur C. Specht v. General Electric Capital Corporation, No. 1:99-CV-2508-CEP (N.D. Ga.)
• Atlanta Bicycle Campaign v. City of Atlanta, Georgia
• Atlanta Gas Light v. UGI Utilities, et al.
• Atlanta Guitar Center, Inc. v. Guitar Center, Inc. and Rhythm City, Inc.
• Atlanta Historical Society, Petitioner, v. SunTrust Bank, as Executor under the Will of Stephens Mitchell; Glenn Horowitz; Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc.; John Reznikoff; and University Archives, Respondents, Civil Action File No. 2006cv22021
• Atlantic Southeast Airlines and Comair, Inc. v. GE Engine Services (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ga.)
• Bank of America, N.A. v. PrimeLending, a PlainsCapital Company, et al., 3:04-CV-1571-L (N.D. Tex., Dallas Div. 2004)
• Banks, et al. v. Vickers, et al.
• Barbara Kemp, et al. v. IBM, 94-1-1155-33 (Ga. Super. Ct., Cobb County)
• Barber v. Gillett Communications of Atlanta, Inc.
• Bartow County v. First National Bank of Atlanta
• Behrens v. Keebler Foods, et al., No. 01 CH 00273 (Cir. Ct. of Cook Cty., IL, 2003)
• Belinda L. Anderson v. Bank of America, N.A., USERRA Case 04-GA-2005-0004-lo-R
• Bell v. Harris Calorific, Inc. et al. Case Nos. 2:06-CV-175 (N.D. Ga. 2006), 1:06-CV-3003 (N.D. Ohio 2006)
• BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation v. Avaya, Inc. U.S. District Ct. N.D. Georgia
• BFS, Inc. and Teamsters, Local 283, 331 NLRB 205 (2000)
• Blank and Marcus v. Collins.
• Breckenridge Creste Apts. v. Citicorp Mortgage, Inc., 826 F. Supp. 460 (N.D. Ga. 1993), 21 F.3d 1126 (11th Cir. 1994)
• Bright v. A. C. Neilsen Company and Dun & Bradstreet Corporation
• Brooks v. George Beattie Co. et al.
• Brown v. Provident Life Accident Ins. Co., et al., No. 1:02 CV 1845 (N.D. Ga.)
• Bruce Gunkle v. Verizon Communications, Inc., Case No. 3:04CV309 (E.D. Va. 2004)
• Budget Pest Prevention v. Bayer Corp. and Bayer CropScience, L.P.
• Buynie v. Airco, Inc., Case No. ESX-L-5502-03 Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex County, Law Div., Essex County
• California v. Sutter Health Sys., 84 F. Supp. 2d 1057 (N.D. Cal.), aff’d, 217 F.3d 846 (9th Cir. 2000)
• Cantley v. Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc., et al.r
• CAPS Logistics, Inc. v. Ratliff, et al.
• Carbetta v. Atlanta National Golf Club, Inc., et al.
• Carney v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., et al 57 F. Supp.2d 496 (W.D. Tenn. 1999)
• Carolina Freight Corp. v. State of Georgia (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ga.)
• Carter-Mondale Reelection Committee, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission, Ronald Reagan, and Reagan for President General Election Committee
• Catherine Dias Sanders, et al. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Chaney v. Online Interactive, Inc. et al., Civil Action File No. 98-CV-03452
• Chaney, et al. v. APBA Game Co., Inc., et al.
• Charlene Crawford v. Bank of America, No. CV 401-302N (S.D. Ga.)
• Charles G. Cornwell, et al. v. Verizon Communications, Inc., et al., 3:03CV830 (E.D. Va 2003)
• CipherTrust, Inc. v. CyberTrust, Inc., E.D. Va. 2005
• Citadel Investment Group, LLC v. John Getty
• City of Alpharetta v. R.J. Kurey, Sup. Ct. of Fulton County, Ga., No. 2005-CV-99205
• City of Moundridge v. Exxon Mobil Corp., No. 04-940 (RWR) (D.D.C.)
• City of Pontiac General Employees' Retirement System at al. v. Langone at al., C.A. No. 2006-cv-122302
• Clack v. Nofolk Southern Corp. and General Motors, (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ga.)
• Classic Weavers, Ltd. v. Couristan, Inc.
• CMA CGM v. Inchcape Shipping Services, Ltd.
• CMSI Holdings Corp. v. Elekta Oncology Systems, Ltd.
• Cole v. NCAA, et al., 120 F. Supp. 2d 1060
• Connor v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
• Connor v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Cox v. General Motors, (U.S.D.C. N.D. Fla.)
• Cruz Vargas v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (218 F. Supp. 2d 109), aff'd. 348 F.3d 271
• Cynthia Carr, et al. v. Wal-Mart, Stores, Inc., 2001-CV-41582
• Dahl v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• David A. Lovelace, et al., ex rel. United States of America v. Washington Group International, Inc.
• Debbie Nichols v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Deborah Dru Milligan v. Bank of America, N.A., No. 3:04-cv-1149
• Digital Technology Licensing LLC v. Sprint Nextel Corp. (D.N.J. 07:05432)
• Dixie Health, Inc. v. Shop at Home, Inc., et al.
• Donachie v. IBM (11th Cir. 1999)
• Donald Thomas v. Friedman's Inc., Alabama State Court
• Donnelley v. Hartford Insurance
• Donnelley v. Sprint
• Draper v. Atlanta Ind. Sch. Dist., 480 F. Supp. 2d 1331 (N.D. Ga. 2007)
• Dravo Corp. and Weyher/Livsey Constructors v. CRS Sirrine, Inc., 219 Ga. App. 301, 464 S.E. 2d 897 (1995; cert. denied 1996)
• Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc., 472 U.S. 749 (1985)
• Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc.
• Eastman Chemical Company v. Manila Industries, Inc; Eastman Chemical Company v. Kumar Patel
• Eastman Kodak Company v. Sony Corporation et al. (Case No. 04-CV-6095 T) (W.D.N.Y.) and Sony Corporation and Sony Electronics Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Company (Case No. 04-CV-6547T) (W.D.N.Y.)
• EKA/Nobel Chemtronics & Paper Chemistry Laboratory
• Elekta Instruments, Inc., v. Radiosurgical Centers of San Diego, Inc., Civil Action File No. 1:01-CV-0902 (N.D. Ga.), aff'd, Case No. 04-12557-CC (11th Cir.)
• Elekta, Inc. v. Bisciotti, Civil Action No. 06-CV-2212 (Sup. Ct. Forsyth Cty, Ga. 2006)
• EMSAT Advanced Geo-Location Technology, LLC et al v. Sprint Spectrum LP et al. (N.D. Ohio 08:00818)
• Engle, et al. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al., (Cir. Court, 11th Jud. Dist., Fla.)
• Enmark Stations, Inc. v. Mansfield Oil Company
• Estate of Strangi v. Commissioner, F.3d (5th Cir. 2005)
• European Connections & Tours, Inc. v. Gonzales, et al., 1:06-CV-0426 (N.D. Ga.)
• Farr v. Medical Center-West, Inc., et al.
• FCCI Ins. Group, Inc. v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cir. Ct. for the 12th Judicial Dist. for Sarasota County, Fla., No. 2004-CA-879
• FCCI Insurance Group, Inc. v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, Case No. 2004-CA-879-NC (Cir Court, 12th Jud. Dist., Fla.)
• Federal Trade Commission, et al. v. Tenet Healthcare Corporation, et al.
• Fenner Investments, Ltd. v. Juniper Networks, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 2:05-CV-05 LED (Est. Dist. TX, Marshall Div.)
• Figleaves, Inc. v. Gazelle, Inc.
• Firestone Building Products Co., a Division of BFS, Inc. and UNITE, Case No. 11-RC-6233 (NLRB Dec. 15, 1997)
• Fleet Finance v. Jones, 263 Ga. 228, 430 S.E.2d 352 (1993)
• Flowers Industries, Inc. and Flowers Foods, Inc. v. SunTrust, Civil Action File No. 2001 CV 33653 (Sup. Ct. of Fulton Cty., GA, 2001)
• Focas, Inc. v. Florida Power Corporation, Civil Action File No. 98-CV-822-CC (N.D. Ga.)
• Francine Fogel v. WHM LLC, Case No. 07-80477
• Franklin Chevrolet v. General Motors Corp. (U.S.D.C. S.D. Ga.), aff'd 11th Cir. (unpub.)
• FTC v. Tenet Healthcare Corp., 186 F.3d 1045 (8th Cir. 1999)
• Galli v. Board of Regents, et al.
• GE Aircraft Engines v. Premier Air (U.S.D.C. S.D. Illinois)
• GE v. Honeywell International Inc., 2006 WL 988468 (C.D. Ill. 2006)
• Gebre v. ALK Technologies, Inc. et al. (NV 08:00434)
• Gianitsis v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al.
• Gillett Communications of Atlanta, Inc. v. Daniel Becker for Congress Committee, et al.
• Gina Cogsworth, et al. v. Highlands Cashiers Hospital, et al.
• Gissendaner v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., Civil Action File No. 1:98-cv-2895 (N.D. Ga.)
• Gloria Rios, et al. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Glover, et al. v. Bank of America Corporation, et al., No. 3:04-CV-147-S (W.D. Ky.)
• Go Medical Industries Pty, Ltd. v. C.R. Bard, Inc.
• Gocek v. First American Savings Bank & Credit Bureau, Inc., 952 F.2d 412
• Greenway, et al. v. International Paper Company, et al., Case No. 02vs042582-B
• Griffin v. Richardi et al., Civil Action No. 1998CV00980
• Hall v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (Tampa, Fla. 2003)
• Hall v. United Airlines, No. 7:00-CV-123-BR(1) (E.D.N.C.)
• Hamburg v. The Southern Company
• Hampshire v. Northlake Regional Medical Center, et al.
• Haraway v. National Association For Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc., et al.
• Harper v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Hawley v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
• Head v. Wachovia Bank, aff'd, Case No. A03A1568 (Ga. App. Crt.), cert. denied, Case No. S04C0673 (Ga. S.C.)
• Heller v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., et al Civil Action File No. 99-6268 (S.D. Fla.)
• Hendricks v. Blockbuster Music Retail, Inc.
• Holder Construction Group, LLC, v. Georgia Tech Facilities, Inc.
• Hovater v. Equifax Services, Inc., 823 F.2d 413 (11th Cir. 1983)
• Howatt v. International Business Machines Corporation
• Hummel v. AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Case No. 1:07-CV-5473 (S.D.NY. 2007)
• Hunting Aircraft, Inc. v. Peachtree City Airport Auth., 636 S.E.2d 139 (Ga. App. 2006), cert denied (Ga. Sup. Ct. 2007)
• Huntsman Packaging Corporation, successor to Huntsman Film Products Corporation, and Huntsman Corporation, successor to Huntsman Holdings Corporation v. Federal Insurance Company, Civil Action File No. 1:97-cv-3723-JOF (N.D. Ga.)
• Hydek, Inc. v. Hydro-Mobile, Inc., U.S. District Ct., N.D. Georgia
• IBM Credit Corp. v. Nova Corp, Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia
• iEntertainment Network, Inc. v. Valve Corp.
• In re B.F. Goodrich Co.
• In re Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. ATX, ATX II, and Wilderness Tires Products Liability Litigation, 288 F.3d 1012 (7th Cir. 2002), cert. denied, 123 S. Ct. 870 (2003)
• In re Carbon Black Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1543, 2005 WL 102966, 2005 WL 2323184 (D. Mass.)
• In re Caremark Rx, Inc. Stock Option Litigation, Case No. 06 C 1329
• In re Charter Medical Bondholder Litigation (M.D. Ga.) and Frances J. Knop, et al. v. South Carolina National Bank v. James D. Daher, et al. (N.D. Ala.)
• In re Checkers Securities Litigation, Master File No. 93-1749-CIV-T-17A (M.D. Fla.)
• In re Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1383, 363 F. Supp. 2d 514 (E.D.N.Y. 2005)
• In re Dell Inc. Securities Lit, No. 1:06-CV-726-SS (W.D. Tex, Austin Div)
• In re Electronic Data Systems Corporation Derivative Litigation, No. 461-02147-02 (Collin County, Texas), Nos. 6:04-CV-77, 6:04-CV-464, and 6:04-CV-466 (E.D. Tex.)
• In re Electronic Data Systems Corporation Securities Litigation, No. 6:03-CV-1512 (E.D. Tex.)
• In re Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1542 (D. Conn.)
• In re Fuqua Industries, Inc. Shareholder Derivative Litigation
• In re Fuqua Industries, Inc. Shareholder Litigation (Delaware Chancery Court)
• In re Fuqua Industries, Inc., Shareholders Litigation, Consolidated Civil Action File No. 11974 (Del. Ch., New Castle Cty.)
• In re Interstate Bakeries Corp., Case No. 04-45814 (Bankr. Ct., W.D. Kan. 2006)
• In re Loewen Group International, Inc., No. 99-1244, 2003 WL 1889265 (Bankr. D. Del. Apr. 16, 2003)
• In re Mayflower Corporation
• In Re Medaphis Corporation Securities Litigation, Master File No. 1:95-CV-2973-GET (N.D. Ga.)
• In re Methionine Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1311, 2001 WL 1018708, 2001 WL 679115, 204 F.R.D. 161, 2003 WL 22048232 (N.D. Cal.)
• In re Mirant Corporation Securities Litigation, No. 1:02-CV-1467 (N.D. Ga.)
• In re Mobile Telecommunications Technologies Corp. Securities Litigation, Master File No. 3:94-CV-6 (S.D. Miss.)
• In re Munford, Inc. Bankruptcy (Munford v. Lehman Bros. Inc.), 97 F.3d 449, 604 (11th Cir. 1996)
• In re Not for Profit Hospital Litigation
• In re PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer L.P. (M.D. La.)
• In re Policy Management Systems Corp. (D.S.C.)
• In re Polychloroprene Rubber (CR) Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1642, 360 F. Supp. 2d 1348 (D. Conn.)
• In re Publication Paper Antitrust Litigation
• In re Rubber Chems. Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1648, 232 F.R.D. 346 (class certification) (N.D. Cal.)
• In re Urethane Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1616, 232 F.R.D. 681, 409 F. Supp. 2d 1275 (D. Kan.)
• In re Vitamins Antitrust Litig., MDL Docket No. 1285 (D.D.C.)
• In re: East Texas Gas Plant, Pipeline and HUB Litigation
• In the Matter of Certain Intermediate Bulk Containers, ITC Investigation No. 337-TA-638
• Integon Life Ins. Corp. v. Browning
• Int'l Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees v. NLRB, et al., 334 F.3d 27 (D.C. Cir.)
• IPSCO Steel Inc. v. Mannesmann Dematic Corporation, et al.
• IPSCO v. Mannesmann Demag AG, et al.
• IVI Checkmate, Inc. v. Samsung Display Devices Co. Ltd.
• iXL, Inc. v. IBM (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ga.)
• J.C. Penney Co. v. Collins
• J.C. Penney Co. v. Richmond County Board of Tax Assessors
• Jacor Broadcasting of Atlanta, Inc. v. Infinity Broadcasting Corp., et al.
• Jarron Draper v. Atlanta Independent School System, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Case No. 07-11777-1 , (2008)
• Jenkins, et al. v. ARAMARK Uniform & Career Apparel, Inc.; Dekalb Investment Group v. ARAMARK Uniform & Career Apparel, Inc.
• Jensen v. International Business Machines Corporation, 454 F. 3d 382 (4th Cir. 2006)
• Jerry Dickerson Presents, Inc. v. Concert Southern Chastain Promotions, et al., 579 S.E.2d 761 (2003)
• Jerry Lloyd, et al. v. Lee Brass Company, et al., Case No. CV 92-465 (Cir. Ct. Calhoun County, Ala.)
• Johnson v. Cummins Engine Company, Inc., Case No. 2VJ040239 (State Court of Fulton County, Ga.)
• Johnson v. Fleet Finance, 4 F.3d 946 (11th Cir. 1993)
• Johnson v. International Paper
• Jones v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
• JOQ Preferred Equity Fund, Ltd., JOQ-PEF, L.L.C., John M. O'Quinn v. David M. Mincberg, JOQ/FPC National Alliance 2000, Ltd, et al., Civil Action No. 2004CV87476, Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia
• Jubitz Corp. v. Insight Technology, Inc., et al.
• Julie Huntsberry v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al., No. 02-08173 (King Cty., Wash. Superior Ct.).
• Karbiwnyk v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (Florida 1998)
• Karbiwynk v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Keane, Inc. v. Oxford Global Resources, Inc. et al.
• Keith Bishop v. Capital City Club, No. 1:03-CV-11256 CC (N.D. Ga.)
• Kentec, Inc. v. Allied Fastener and Tool, Inc., et al.
• Kletzel, et al. v. Fulton County, Georgia Board of Education
• Knox v. Prevosti, et al.
• Konrad v. General Motors Corp., et al. Civil Action No. 2:00-CV-21, (E.D. Tex.)
• Lee Holcomb v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., I100-0633F (Chatham County, Georgia)
• Levine v. World Financial, et al., Civil Action File No. 1:04-CV-01283 (N.D. Ga.)
• Levine v. World Financial, et al., Civil Action File No. 1:04-CV-01283-BBM (N.D. Ga. 2008)
• Liggett Group Inc. v. Engle, 853 So.2d 434 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003); Engle v. Liggett Group Inc., No. SC03-1856 (Fla. 2004)
• Lighthouse Sanctuary Youth Foundation, Inc. et al. v. Papanier, et al.
• linkLine v. SBC California, Inc., No. 03-5265 SVW (C.D. Cal)
• Little v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., et al. (D.S.C. 2001)
• Little v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
• Lopez v. Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc., Civil Action File No.94-282-CIV-T-17C (M.D. Fla.)
• Lott, et al. v. Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Inc., et al. 406 F. 3d 248. (4th Cir. 2005); 263 Fed. Appx. 357, 2008 WL 344698
• Manhattan Associates, Inc. v. Susan Rider, Case No. 3:02-CV-265-S (W.D. Ky.)
• Marathon Oil Co. v. Mobil Corp.
• Marathon Oil Company v. James Earl Carter (492 R. Supp. 614)
• Mariner Health v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, Case No. 02VS037631-F
• Mary Ellen Hammack, et al. v. ITT Residential Capital Servicing Corp., et al.
• McAleer v. General Motors Corporation
• Med. Sav. Ins. Co. v. HCA, Inc., No. 2:04-CV-156-FTM-29DNF, 2005 WL 1528666 (M.D. Fla. June 24, 2005), aff’d, 2006 WL 1746934 (11th Cir. June 27, 2006)
• Meijer, Inc. v. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc
• Michele Peel v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Nos. 1:93-CV-563-HTW and 1:95-CV-1108-JRS (N.D. Ga.)
• MicroStrategy, Inc. v. Harry and David Operations Corp.
• Mohasco Upholstered Furniture Corporation v. Gerber Garment Technologies
• Molly Scovel v. Banc of America Investment Services, Inc., No. 3:03-0600 (M.D. Tenn. 2003)
• Morgan, et al. v. Brush Wellman, Inc.
• MOSAID v. Samsung, Infineon v. MOSAID
• Multiple Plaintiffs v. Matsushita Communication Industrial Corporation of U.S.A., et al., Civil Action No. 3:00-CV-111-JTC
• Nagle v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., 297 F.3d 1305 (11th Cir. 2002)
• National Black Media Coalition v. FCC and Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable, Inc.
• National Data Corp. v. MedE America, Inc et al ., Civil Action File No. 99-5941-8
• National Heritage, Inc. v. Pacific Standard Life Insurance Co.
• Netcraft Corporation v. AT&T Inc., et al. (D. Del. 07:00651)
• New NGC Inc, d/b/a National Gypsum Company vs. Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC (W.D.N.C. 08:00422)
• Newcomb v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Cir. Ct. Shelby Cty., Tenn.)
• Newman v. Kitchin, et al., Civil Action File No. 03-CV-10865 (Sup. Ct. of DeKalb County, GA, 2003)
• Nobody in Particular Presents, Inc. v. Clear Channel Commc’ns, Inc., 311 F. Supp. 2d 1048 (D. Colo. 2004)
• North American Acceptance Securities Cases (N.D. Ga.)
• North Fulton Medical Center, Inc. v. Stephenson, 269 Ga. 540, 501 S.E.2d 798 (1998)
• Novak v. Cobb County-Kennestone Hospital Authority, et al.
• Osterneck v. E.T. Barwick Industries, Inc. (N.D. Ga.)
• Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney, 109 S. Ct. 987
• Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney, 109 S. Ct. 987
• Outokumpu v. Wolverine Tube and Robert Kukowski, Case No. 98-ci-214
• Padgett v. Donald, No. 03-16527E
• Padgett, et al. v. Donald, et al.
• Palmer v. BRG of Ga., Inc. (N.D. Ga.)
• Parsons v. Jefferson-Pilot Corporation, Civil Action File No. 2:91CV000372 (M.D.N.C.)
• Parsons v. Jefferson-Pilot Corporation, No. 240PA92 (Supreme Ct., N.C.)
• Parsons v. Soles, Civil Action File No. 2:92 CV 00266 (M.D.N.C.)
• Parsons, et al. v. OrthAlliance, Inc., Civil Action File No. 1:00-CV-2934-RWS (N.D. Ga.)
• Paula R. Price v. Automotive Controls Corp. and Frank Foster, Case No. 90-1193-JTR (D. Kan. February 22, 1993)
• Peachtree Center Management Co. v. Service Employees Internat'l Union, 384 S.E. 2d 872 (Ga. Sup. Ct. 1989)
• Peters v. Cumulus Broadcasting, Inc., Civil Action No. C5-01-492 - 3d Jud. Dist., Minn.; Civil Action No. 01-CV-1269
• Philip R. Kimball, as Administrator of the Estate of Carla M. Kimball v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Case No. 03-0664 (W.D. Wa.)
• Phillips v. IBM (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ga.)
• Play N Store Products, Inc. v. Federated Department Stores, Inc.
• Play n Store, Inc. v. Federated Dept. Stores, Inc. & Rich's Dept. Stores, Inc., Case No. 1:04CV2498, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
• Powell Duffryn et al. v. Calgon Carbon
• Protechna S.A. v. Grief, Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct. N.D. Georgia
• Quaestus & Co., Inc. v. Cumulus Media Inc., Case No. 03CV011512 (Cir. Ct. of Milwaukee Cty., Wis., 2003)
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco v. Fischer
• Radol, et al. v. Thomas, et al.
• Reid v. IBM, 1:03-CV-0992-JECS
• Research In Motion, Ltd. v. Good Technology, Inc., Civil Action No. 2CC00274 (Orange County Superior Court)
• Richard Sullivan v. FleetPride, Inc., Case No. 06-61905-CIV
• RIM v. Air-Trak.Com
• RIM v. Keeping Research In Motion
• RIM v. Motion Computing, Inc.; RIM v. Colubris Networks; RIM v. Networks In Motion
• Roadway Express v. Cordova Mall, State Court in Pensacola, Florida
• Roberts v. Austin, No. 95-221 (Tenn. Ch., Greene County)
• Roberts v. Austin, No. 95-221 (Tenn. Ch., Greene Cty.)
• Robin Shahar v. Michael Bowers, 114 F.3d 1097
• Roby v. Wachovia, United States District Court, Florida (1995)
• Rodriguez v. West Publishing, Inc
• Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. v. American Electric Power, Inc. et al., USDC, ED TX 5:06-CV-00188-DF-CMC
• Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. v. Chevron Corporation, et al., USDC, ED TX 9:06-CV-00178-RHC
• Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. v. Genesys Conferencing, Inc. et al., USDC, ED TX 5:06-CV-00187-DF
• Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. v. Regions Financial Corporation, et al., USDC, ED TX 9:06-CV-00201-RHC
• Ross Niemoeller, et al. v. Coronet Phosphate Company, et al. and Shannon Franco, et al. v. Coronet Industries, Inc., et al.
• Rozea v. Roadway Express; Scruggs v. Roadway Express; Jefferson v. Roadway Express; Brazelton v. Roadway Express; Cross v. Roadway Express; Kennedy v. Roadway Express; Sanders v. Roadway Express; Endsley v. Roadway Express N.D. Ala.
• Samuel Hudson v. Friedman's Jewelers (Circuit Court of Dallas County, Ala.; Ala. S.C.)
• Sandra S. Lustin v. Bank of America, N.A., No. 1:04-cv-3289-JOF-GGB
• Savannah College of Art & design, Inc. v. School of Visual Arts, Inc., 270 Ga. 791, 515 S.E.2d 370
• Savannah College of Art & Design, Inc. v. School of Visual Arts, Inc., 270 Ga. 791, 515 S.E.2d 370
• Schatzman v. Ernst & Whinney (N.D. Ga.)
• Schiller, et al. v. Flowers Foods, Inc.
• Scientific Games International, Inc. v. Oberthur Gaming Technologies Corporation, U.S. District Ct., N.D. Georgia
• Sears Roebuck & Co. Inc. v. Atlantic Resources and Chatham County Board of Tax Assessors
• Sellers v. Fordyce (Georgia)
• Serta, Inc. et al. v. Simmons Company
• Sharon D. Stewart v. Zenith Electronics Corp, CV99-H-3005-NE (N.D. Ala. 2001), affirmed, Case No. 01-10545 (11th Cir. Dec. 28, 2001)
• Sheri Collora, et al. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Shifris v. WestPoint Stevens, Inc
• SI Corporation v. Corillian Corp.
• Simon v. mySimon
• Southern Wabash Communications et al. v. ABC Radio, Inc., d/b/a ESPN Radio, Cumulus Broadcasting LLC, et al., Case No.: 3:05-0339
• Spivey v. The Southern Company 427 F. Supp. 2d 1144 (N.D. Ga. 2006)
• Stag Parkway, Inc. v. Dometic Corp
• State of Rhode Island v. Lead Industries Assoc., et al.
• State of Rhode Island v. Lead Industries Association, et al.
• State of West Virginia v. Friedman's Inc., Kanawha County, West Virginia
• Stella Jackson-Elleby v. NationsBank Corporation, Case No. 1:98-CV-0892 (N.D. Ga.), affirmed, No. 99-12622 (11th Cir.)
• Stephanie Kolpy, et. al v. Robert W. Woodruff Arts Center, Inc., Civil Action File No. 06-CV-112625
• Stephen Wilkin, et al. v. Nationwide Credit, Inc., Case No. 1:98-CV-0604-ODE (N.D. Ga.)
• STS Software Systems, Ltd. v. Witness Systems, Inc., S.D.N.Y. 2004 and N.D. Ga. 2004
• Stucchio v. Walden (N.D. Ga.)
• Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. v. City of Atlanta, 253 Ga. App. 713, 560 S.E.2d 525 (2002)
• Sullivan v. Transamerica Financial Corp., Fulton County Superior Court
• Sun Data, Inc. v. Sun Microsystems, Inc.
• SunTrust Bank v. Merritt, Case Nos. A04A2113, A04A2114 (Ga. Ct. App.), cert. denied Case No. S05C1233 (Ga Supreme Ct.)
• Swann v. CSX Transportation Inc. and General Motors, (U.S.D.C. M.D. Ga.)
• Symbol v. Metrologic, In the Matter of Certain Laser Bar Coder Scanners
• Syverson v. International Business Machines, Inc., Case No. C-03-04529 (RMW), U.S. District Court for Northern District of California, San Jose Division , (2008)
• T & B Scottsdale Joint Venture v. CH2M HILL and DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County Superior Court
• T. Rowe Price Recovery Fund, L.P., et al. v. Rubin, et al.
• Tamara Barrus v. Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Case No. 05-CV-6253-CJS
• Telematics Corporation v. United Parcel Service Co. et al. (N.D. Ga. 07:00105)
• Texas Instruments, Inc. v. Linear Technology Corporation
• The Hanna Mining Co. v. Norcen Energy Resources
• The Heil Co. v. Dupont Canada, Inc.
• The Lamson & Sessions Co. v. PW Eagle, Inc.
• The Weir Group PLC v. MIC c/o Domain Management
• Thorobred Technology & Telecommunications, Inc. v. WilTel Communications, LLC
• Tillotson Corp. v. Omni International, LLC, et al.
• Tim Stinson v. Cumulus Broadcasting, Inc., No. 2003-3378 (Cir. Ct. Mobile County, Ala.)
• Tommy E. Parker, et al. v. PaineWebber Group, Inc. (N.D. Ga.)
• TRC Staffing Services, Inc. v. Beals (U.S.D.C. S.D. Cal.)
• TRC Staffing Services, Inc. v. E.B. Temps, Inc. (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ga. and E.D. La.)
• Triad Broadcasting Co. LLC v. Cumulus Broadcasting, Inc., Civil Action No. NO. 4 01- CV472-WS/WCS
• Trico Steel Company, L.L.C. v. NKK Steel Engineering, Inc., NKK Corporation, and Mitsubishi International Corporation
• Trico v. NKK, et al.
• Turner v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
• Turner, et al. v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
• Tyler Staffing Servs., Inc. v. TRC Staffing Servs., Inc., Case Action No. 06-CV-12007-2 (Superior Ct. Fulton County, Ga. 2006)
• U.S. DOL v. IMS, et al, Case No. 86-SCA-44 (ALJ Bernard J. Gilday, Jr. March 11, 1987), Enforced in Part and Remanded in Part, BSCA Case No. 92-22 (Board of Service Contract Appeals, April 5, 1993)
• U.S. v. Harry Norman Realtors, Inc
• United States ex rel. Lovelace v. Washington Group International, Inc., Case No. 00-CV-61-EA(M)
• United States ex. rel. Bagley v. TRW, Inc., U.S.D.C., C.D. Cal.
• United States v. Kimbell, 371 F.3d 257, 5th Cir. 2004 , (2004)
• Viola v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al.
• Wallace Logging Inc. v. Tigercat Indus. Corp., Cummins, Inc., Civ. Action 1:04-CV-0763, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• Warner v. Coca-Cola Ent. (1988)
• Washington Group International, Inc. v. Raytheon Company
• Washington Group International, Inc. v. Skanska USA Building, Inc., et al., 03-4458 (D.N.J.)
• Weening v. Cumulus Media Inc., Case No. 04C 0708 (N.D. Ill., 2004)
• Wells v. HBO & Co., 813 F. Supp. 1561
• Westminster Ceramics LLC v. Terra Opus LLC, et al.
• Wilfred T. Laborde, et al. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.
• William H. v. Atlanta Public Schools
• William Jackson v. WCI Communities, Inc., Westinghouse Electric Co., et al. (U.S.D.C., M.D. Fla.), aff'd Case No. 96-3487 (11th Cir. 1998)
• Willis v. Aratex Services, 216 Ga. App. 729 (1996) and Willis v. Aratex Services, cv495-263 (S.D. Ga. 1997)
• Witness Systems, Inc. v. NICE Systems, Inc. and NICE Systems, Ltd., N.D. Ga. 2004
• Wolf v. Ramsey
• 12,000 Seat Amphitheater Development
• Accounting investigations
• Acquisition
• Acquisition and Financing (Borrower Representation)
• Acquisition and Financing (Borrower Representation)
• Acquisition and Related Financing for Subsidiary of Hexcel Corporation , (2009)
• Acquisition by Andrew Corp.
• Acquisition by AOL
• Acquisition by Arcapita
• Acquisition by Bain Capital
• Acquisition by Blackstone Consortium
• Acquisition by Cogent Communications
• Acquisition by Electronics For Imaging
• Acquisition by Honeywell
• Acquisition by JER Partners
• Acquisition by Land O'Lakes, Inc.
• Acquisition by L'Oreal
• Acquisition by On Assignment
• Acquisition by Ripplewood Holdings
• Acquisition by URS Corporation
• Acquisition by ValueClick
• Acquisition by Yellow Corporation
• Acquisition of A.T. Reynolds and Sons, Inc.
• Acquisition of Access Health, Inc.
• Acquisition of Acid Services, LLC
• Acquisition of Athens Broadcasting Company, Inc.
• Acquisition of Aurora Communications
• Acquisition of B2B Workforce , (2008)
• Acquisition of Back Yard Burgers
• Acquisition of bankruptcy assets , (2009)
• Acquisition of Birch Telecom , (2008)
• Acquisition of Bismack Huron Ice, Inc.
• Acquisition of Brandywine Ice Co.
• Acquisition of BST Safety Textiles Holding GmbH
• Acquisition of California Ice
• Acquisition of Chadmoore Wireless
• Acquisition of Cirrus
• Acquisition of CMS , (2009)
• Acquisition of Cumulus Media
• Acquisition of DecisionQuest, Inc.
• Acquisition of Exult
• Acquisition of Geske’s Ice Co.
• Acquisition of Golf and Country Club
• Acquisition of Hercules' Hydrocarbon Resins Business
• Acquisition of Hercules Resins Division
• Acquisition of Holsum Bakery
• Acquisition of Horizon Natural Resources
• Acquisition of HPR, Inc.
• Acquisition of Ice Castles, Inc.
• Acquisition of IMC Chemicals
• Acquisition of IMPAC
• Acquisition of Integrated Performance Systems , (2009)
• Acquisition of International Ice Incorporated
• Acquisition of International Multifoods
• Acquisition of Jumpstart Automotive Media
• Acquisition of Knowlton Distributors, L.L.C.
• Acquisition of Knowlton Enterprises, Inc.
• Acquisition of Koldkist
• Acquisition of Lear's North American Interior Systems Division
• Acquisition of Leitch Technology
• Acquisition of Losquadro Ice Company, Inc., Huntington Ice & Cube Corp., Cubex, Inc., Losquadro Fuel Corp. and L&P Realty, L.L.C.
• Acquisition of Matrix Semiconductor
• Acquisition of Meguiar’s, Inc.
• Acquisition of Michigan Pure Ice, L.L.C.
• Acquisition of Microwave Radio Business Unit
• Acquisition of MPC Products
• Acquisition of NeoWorld Communications
• Acquisition of New Street Capital Corporation
• Acquisition of NIOXIN Research Laboratories
• Acquisition of Northern Pure Ice Co., L.L.C.
• Acquisition of OutlookSoft
• Acquisition of Personality IT People Power , (2008)
• Acquisition of PowerLight Corporation
• Acquisition of Private Label Manufacturing Facility
• Acquisition of R&K Trucking, Inc.
• Acquisition of R&T Enterprises, Inc. and R&T Partnership
• Acquisition of Radio Stations
• Acquisition of radio stations from Gaylord Entertainment
• Acquisition of Remaining Interest in McJunkin-CamBar Joint Venture
• Acquisition of Rexam Release
• Acquisition of Ron’s, Inc.
• Acquisition of Royal Group Technologies
• Acquisition of Schilling Corporation
• Acquisition of Shandong Gold Millet Biological Products
• Acquisition of Southeastern Michigan Ice Services, L.L.C.
• Acquisition of Southern Minnesota Broadcasting
• Acquisition of Springdale Ice Company and Diamond Ice Cube Company, Inc.
• Acquisition of Stainless Fabrication, Inc.
• Acquisition of Stelley’s Pure Ice, Inc.
• Acquisition of Sterling Medivations, Inc.
• Acquisition of Susquehanna Radio , (2005)
• Acquisition of Systinet
• Acquisition of Taylor Ice Service, Inc.
• Acquisition of the Bank of New York Securities Group
• Acquisition of Think Resources , (2008)
• Acquisition of Thiokol Propulsion
• Acquisition of TIGI product business , (2009)
• Acquisition of Time Warner Book Group
• Acquisition of Union Ice
• Acquisition of UniversalCom, Inc.
• Acquisition of Winkler Lucas Ice and Fuel d.b.a. Mid-Michigan Ice Co., Inc.
• Acquisition of Wonderland Ice, Inc.
• Acquisitions and Takeover Litigation
• Adoption of 1991 Equity and Performance Incentive Plan
• Airframe and Engine Maintenance Litigation
• Alleged accounting fraud
• Antitrust investigation
• Apartment Complex Loan
• Atlanta Arts Complex
• Audit Committee Representation
• Award of NOx Credits
• Balsam Corporation
• Bankruptcy Buyout , (2009)
• Benderson Asset Acquisition
• Bishop Baking Acquisition
• Builders Transport, Inc.
• Build-to-Suit Lease
• Business Merger and Technology Acquisition
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout , (2008)
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Cardinal Industries, Inc.
• Carmike Cinemas, Inc.
• Cartel Investigation
• Chalk Line, Inc.
• Challenge to Air Quality Permit
• Chapter 11 Asbestos Case
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representation
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Debtor Representations
• Chapter 11 Representation
• Chinese Joint Ventures
• Class action allegations
• Class Race Charges
• Class Race Charges
• Collective Bargaining
• Commercial Dispute
• Commercial dispute
• Common Stock Offering
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Comptronix, Inc.
• Condominium/Hotel Construction Loan
• Conducted an investigation involving Board conduct
• Conducted an investigation of allegations
• Consolidation with Levitz Furniture
• Construction
• Construction Line of Credit
• Consumer Credit Litigation
• Cooper Tire Consumer Fraud Litigation
• Corporate and regulatory advice
• Corporate counsel in connection with the issuance of tax-exempt bonds.
• Corporate Litigation
• Councilman R.J. Kurey matter
• Counsel to Special Litigation Committee
• Credit Agreement and Loan to Renova Energy plc
• Credit Facilities
• Credit Facilities
• Credit Facility
• Criminal investigations
• Decor Corporation
• Defended Employer from Unfair Labor Practice Charges
• Defense involving Fair Credit Reporting Act
• Development and Financing (Borrower Representation)
• Diamond Lumber Corporation
• Dioxin Toxic Tort Litigation
• DIP Financing
• DIP Financing for National Equipment Services, Inc.
• Disposition
• Disposition of Dynojet Research, Inc.
• Disposition of HammerBlow Towing Systems
• Disposition of Hunter Defense Technologies
• Disposition Program
• Disposition to Aslan Realty Partners
• Dispute Involving Concert Promotion Contract
• Distler and Smith's Farm Superfund Sites
• Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions
• Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions
• Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions
• Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions
• Distressed Mergers and Acquisitions
• Duke Energy Joint Venture
• EcoTube Corporation
• Effects Bargaining
• EH&S Counseling
• Eminent Domain Litigation
• Engine Control Module Class Litigation (1995-2001)
• Environmental Compliance
• Environmental Compliance Counseling
• Environmental Compliance Issues; Threatened Toxic Tort Exposure Claim
• Environmental Regulatory Counseling
• Equal Pay Act Jury Trial
• Establishing Patent Portfolio of Small Molecule
• Exchange Offer
• Financing
• Financing
• Financing
• Financing (Lender Representation)
• Financing (Lender Representation)
• Financing (Lender Representation)
• Financing (Lender Representation)
• Financing for 15th & L Investors, LLC
• Financing for National Equipment Services, Inc.
• Financing for RD Rockville Development I, LLC
• Financing for Square 516S Office Venture
• Floating Rate Trust Preferred Securities Offering
• Florida portfolio acquisition
• Folgers Divestiture
• Foreclosure
• Foreclosure
• Foreign Insured Trade Receivables Facility
• Franchise operations
• Franklin Baking Company
• General Litigation Matters
• Georgia Apartment Community Sale
• Georgia Land Acquisition Financing
• Global Offering by Collins & Aikman Group, Inc.
• Gorges/Quik-to-Fix, Inc.
• Governance Advice
• Governance Advice
• Government Investigations
• Government Investigations and Multidistrict Litigation
• Hazardous Waste Site Delisting
• Headquarters and Data Center Facilities
• High-Rise Condominium Project
• Horizon PCS, Inc.
• Hotel Property Loan
• Hyatt Regency San Antonio Sale
• Imagimed, LLC
• Indemnifications relating to tax benefit transfer agreements
• Initial Public Offering
• Initial Public Offering and Institutional Placing
• Instron Exit
• Interest Arbitration
• Internal Investigation
• International Investigation
• Investment in Teavana
• Issuance of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock
• Issuance of Shares by FrontStream Payments, Inc.
• Issuance of Shares by Golf & Tennis Pro Shop, Inc.
• Issuance of Shares by IBERIABANK
• Issuance of Shares by Lanx, Inc. , (2009)
• Issuance of Shares by Renal CarePartners, Inc. , (2008)
• Issuance of Shares by Skyway Software, Inc.
• Issuance of Shares by Teavana Corporation
• Jersey City Condominium Project
• Joint Venture with Raisio Chemicals
• Jones Day Atlanta Making the Case for a New Georgia Juvenile Code , (2008)
• Kroger Company Bakeries
• Labor and Employment Advise
• Labor Arbitrations Involving the IBEW and CWA
• Lead Trial Counsel
• Lease
• Lease
• Leeds Building Products, Inc.
• Lender Representation
• Litigation Arising During the Course of a Chapter 11 Case
• Logistics Services Outsourcing Agreement
• Loudoun Affiliation
• Louisiana Construction Loan - Lender Representation
• Low-income families with disabled children in the Atlanta, Georgia area
• Luxottica Merger
• Management Buyout
• Management Buyout
• Management of Superfund Sites Portfolio
• Medical Office Portfolio
• Medicare Fraud
• Merger investigations throughout the U.S.
• Merger of ITG and SCI
• Merger with Altoona Hospital
• Merger with McKesson Corporation
• Merger with National-Oilwell
• Merger with Sprint
• Methylglucamine Criminal Investigations
• Mortgage Fraud
• Mortgage Loan
• Movie Theater Portfolio Sale
• MTAC Hospitality
• National Equipment Services, Inc.
• New York City Property Financings
• Nonqualified compensation matters
• Notes transaction
• Not-for-Profit Health System in Putative Class Action Litigation
• NPDES Stormwater Permit
• On-Site DOL Investigation
• On-Site DOL Investigation and Audit
• PAC Holding Co.
• Pacific Gas & Electric Company
• PaintandCoatings.com Joint Venture
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Patent Prosecution
• Phar-Mor, Inc.
• PIPE Placement
• PIPE Transaction
• PIPE Transaction
• PIPE Transaction
• Placement of Common Stock
• Preferred Stock Financing
• Private Exchange Offer
• Private Placement
• Private Placement by Background America, Inc.
• Private Placement by Biomimetic Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Private Placement by BioMimetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Private Placement by Bravo Technology
• Private Placement by Computerjobs.com, Inc.
• Private Placement by Connecture, Inc.
• Private Placement by Dealer Services Corporation
• Private Placement by Emerging Solutions, Inc.
• Private Placement by Extend America, Inc.
• Private Placement by Firethorn Holdings, LLC
• Private Placement by Five Star Technologies
• Private Placement by Gas Components Group, Inc.
• Private Placement by Golf & Tennis Pro Shop, Inc.
• Private Placement by MaxRate.com, Inc.
• Private Placement by NeoSpine LLC
• Private Placement by NovaVision, Inc.
• Private Placement by OOPRO, Inc.
• Private Placement by Scientific Research Corporation
• Private Placement of Notes
• Private Placement of Notes
• Private Placement of Senior Notes
• Private Placement of Subordinated Capital Notes , (2009)
• Private Placement of Subordinated Capital Notes
• Product liability
• Products Liability Matters
• Public Notes Offering
• Public Notes Offering
• Public Offering
• Public offering
• Public offering by Elastic Networks. Inc
• Public offering by Sawtek Incorporated
• Public Offering in Connection with Spinoff
• Public Offering of Class A Common Stock
• Public Offering of Common Stock
• Public Offering of Common Stock
• Public Offering of Common Stock
• Public Offering of Notes
• Public Offering of Notes
• Public Offering of Notes
• Public Offering of Notes
• Public Offering of Ordinary Shares on the London Stock Exchange
• Public Offering of Preferred Stock
• Public Offering of Senior Notes
• Public Offering of Senior Serial Redeemable Notes
• Public Offering of Senior Serial Redeemable Notes
• Public Offering of Senior Serial Redeemable Notes
• Public Offering of Senior Serial Redeemable Notes
• Public Offering of Subordinated Debentures
• Public Offering of Trust Preferred Securities
• Public Offering of Trust Preferred Securities and Junior Subordinated Notes
• Public Offerings of Notes
• Purchase of Condea Vista assets
• Purchase of Division from Chevron Chemical Company
• Purchase of Management Company
• Racial Discrimination Investigation
• Recapitalization
• Recapitalization and Sale of Membership Units , (2009)
• Recapitalization of All-In-One Products and USA Printing & Mailing, LLC
• Recapitalization of rePipe, Inc.
• Refinancing
• Refinancing
• Regina, Inc.
• Regulation D Private Placement
• Regulatory Compliance; Mergers and Acquisitions
• Representation of a special education student
• Representation of a Special Education Student
• Republic Technologies International LLC
• Respirator Product Liability Actions
• Restructured Master Lease Facility
• Restructuring/Domestic Reorganization
• Review of Corporate Practice of Medicine Laws; Corporate Structure
• Revolving and Term Loan Facility
• Revolving Credit
• Revolving Credit Facility
• Revolving Credit Facility
• Revolving Credit Facility
• Revolving Credit Facility
• Revolving Credit Facility
• Revolving Credit Facility
• Revolving Credit Facility
• Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loan Facility
• Revolving Line of Credit
• Revolving Line of Credit and Letter of Credit Facility
• Revolving Term Loan Facility
• Rights Offering
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Notes Offering
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Offering , (2005)
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Offering of Units
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Senior Notes and Senior Subordinated Notes Offering
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Senior Serial Notes Offering
• Rule 144A and Regulation S Senior Serial Redeemable Notes Offering
• Rule 144A Notes Offering
• Rule 144A Notes Offering
• Rule 144A Offering
• Sale Leaseback Financing
• Sale of Controlling Interest
• Sale of Addis Chemical Facility
• Sale of All Company Assets
• Sale of Animal Nutrition Business
• Sale of Astralloy Steel Products , (2009)
• Sale of AT Holdings
• Sale of Bilicheck division
• Sale of CASPI Businesses
• Sale of Common Stock of NII Holdings
• Sale of County Fire Equipment Business
• Sale of Fine Chemicals Division
• Sale of Florida and Virginia Hospitals
• Sale of Florida Non-Acute Care Facilities
• Sale of Fuels Marketing Business
• Sale of Genencor
• Sale of Global Precipitate Calcium Carbonate Business
• Sale of Illiopolis Chemical Facility
• Sale of Industrial Products and Services Business
• Sale of Intercontinental Manufacturing
• Sale of Interest in Monochem Joint Venture
• Sale of JetStar Consolidated Holdings
• Sale of Kaolin Business
• Sale of Keebler Foods and Spin-off of Flowers Foods
• Sale of Keller, Fire & Safety Business
• Sale of Menlo Creek Apartments
• Sale of Midwestern Broadcasting Company
• Sale of Mrs. Smith's Frozen Dessert Business
• Sale of Polyethylene Business
• Sale of Roadway
• Sale of Stevens Roofing , (2009)
• Sale to Aaron Industries, Inc.
• Sale to Danaher Corporation
• Sale to Keebler Foods Company
• Sale to Minnesota Power & Light
• Sale to UPS
• Sale-Leaseback Transaction
• SD&A Teleservices, Inc.
• Secured Credit Facility
• Secured Loan Facility
• Secured Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Letter of Credit Facility
• Secured Term Loan Facility and Revolving Credit Facility for a Steel and Fiberglass Company
• Secured Term Loan Facility for CPI
• Self Tender Offer
• Self Tender Offer for Outstanding Debt
• Senior Credit Facility for Tricor Pacific Capital
• Senior Secured Credit Facilities
• Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility
• Shareholders' Rights Plan
• Shelf Registration of Class A Common Stock
• Significant Creditor Representations
• Significant Creditor Representations
• Smoking and Health Litigation
• South Carolina Insurance Co. and American Reassurance Co.
• Spin-off of local communications business
• Stock Repurchase
• Stratosphere Corporation and Stratosphere Gaming Corporation
• Syndicated Revolving Line of Credit and Letter of Credit Facility
• Synthetic Lease Financing
• TARP Capital Purchase Program Issuance , (2009)
• Tender Offer
• Tender Offer
• Tender Offer
• Tender Offer of Senior Subordinated Notes
• Tennessee Beryllium Exposure Cases
• Tenth Street Construction Finance
• Term Loan Facility
• Term Loan Facility to Carmike Cinemas, Inc.
• The District at Howell Mill
• The Interpace Pipe Cases
• The Olin DDT Litigation
• The Reserve at Johns Creek
• Toxic Tort Litigation
• Trademark Opposition and Cancellation Proceedings
• UFCW Decertification Election, Case No. 10-RD-1431
• Unfair Labor Practice Charge, Case No. 10-CA-34879-1
• Union Campaigns
• Universal Shelf Registration
• Van de Kamp's, Inc.
• VCM Litigation in Multiple Jurisdictions
• Venture Capital Fund
• Vitamins Cartel Investigation
• Vitex Sale
• Voiding State Use Tax Regulations Regarding Carpet Samples
• Wage and Hour Class Action Discovery Coordination
• Whistleblower Litigation

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