Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Greg Hanthorn practices in the litigation area and has tried cases in the Georgia state court system, the Tennessee state court system, the U.S. District Court, and before American Arbitration Association and other alternative dispute resolution tribunals. He has extensive experience in fiduciary litigation; class actions in federal securities, RICO, ERISA, insurance, consumer credit, and usury cases; and in major product liability, construction, federal Fair Credit Reporting Act, and leveraged buyout fraud litigation.

Greg's varied litigation career has included representing the estate of Margaret Mitchell's brother in interpleader litigation involving ownership of unique papers concerning the book and movie Gone With the Wind, obtaining a permanent injunction against union organizers demonstrating against the property owner hosting a national morning news program during the Democrat Party National Nominating Convention (the injunction was affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court), obtaining federal appellate victories concerning the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and affirming summary disposition in business disputes, and obtaining trial court and appellate victories in the Georgia court system clarifying the limits of the duties owed by individual and professional fiduciaries. In the product liability arena, Greg has successfully represented R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in a four-month jury trial in Shelby County, Tennessee (defense verdict) and other manufacturers of products ranging from respirators for use by workers in manufacturing operations to complex medical equipment.

Greg was named by Atlanta magazine and Law & Politics Media as a "Georgia Super Lawyer" in the area of business litigation in 2008 and 2009 and was listed in the premiere (April 2008) and 2009 issues of Super Lawyers — Corporate Counsel Edition in the area of business litigation. Greg is a frequent presenter at programs sponsored by the Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism and serves as co-chair of the Professionalism Subcommittee for the American Bar Association Section of Litigation's Ethics and Professionalism Committee. Greg is chairman of the board of directors of the Atlanta Shakespeare Company, is a master in the Lamar Inn of Court (where he also serves on the executive committee), and is a member of the board of visitors for Berry College, among other civic, charitable, and church activities.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Class Action Litigation
• Commercial Disputes
• Consumer Fraud & Warranty Litigation
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Financial Services

Representative Cases

• Agefinance v. Hines Interest Limited Partnership (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ga. 1995)
• 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
• Breckenridge Creste Apts. v. Citicorp Mortgage, Inc., 826 F. Supp. 460 (N.D. Ga. 1993), 21 F.3d 1126 (11th Cir. 1994)
• Carolina Freight Corp. v. State of Georgia (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ga.)
• CMSI Holdings Corp. v. Elekta Oncology Systems, Ltd.
• Donald Thomas v. Friedman's Inc., Alabama State Court
• Donnelley v. Sprint
• Dravo Corp. and Weyher/Livsey Constructors v. CRS Sirrine, Inc., 219 Ga. App. 301, 464 S.E. 2d 897 (1995; cert. denied 1996)
• 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.)
• Fleet Finance v. Jones, 263 Ga. 228, 430 S.E.2d 352 (1993)
• 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
• Head v. Wachovia Bank, aff'd, Case No. A03A1568 (Ga. App. Crt.), cert. denied, Case No. S04C0673 (Ga. S.C.)
• In re Munford, Inc. Bankruptcy (Munford v. Lehman Bros. Inc.), 97 F.3d 449, 604 (11th Cir. 1996)
• Johnson v. Fleet Finance, 4 F.3d 946 (11th Cir. 1993)
• Levine v. World Financial, et al., Civil Action File No. 1:04-CV-01283-BBM (N.D. Ga. 2008)
• Mary Ellen Hammack, et al. v. ITT Residential Capital Servicing Corp., et al.
• Nagle v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc., 297 F.3d 1305 (11th Cir. 2002)
• Newcomb v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Cir. Ct. Shelby Cty., Tenn.)
• Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney, 109 S. Ct. 987
• Peachtree Center Management Co. v. Service Employees Internat'l Union, 384 S.E. 2d 872 (Ga. Sup. Ct. 1989)
• Roadway Express v. Cordova Mall, State Court in Pensacola, Florida
• Robin Shahar v. Michael Bowers, 114 F.3d 1097
• Roby v. Wachovia, United States District Court, Florida (1995)
• Samuel Hudson v. Friedman's Jewelers (Circuit Court of Dallas County, Ala.; Ala. S.C.)
• Savannah College of Art & Design, Inc. v. School of Visual Arts, Inc., 270 Ga. 791, 515 S.E.2d 370
• State of West Virginia v. Friedman's Inc., Kanawha County, West Virginia
• Sullivan v. Transamerica Financial Corp., Fulton County Superior Court
• SunTrust Bank v. Merritt, Case Nos. A04A2113, A04A2114 (Ga. Ct. App.), cert. denied Case No. S05C1233 (Ga Supreme Ct.)
• T & B Scottsdale Joint Venture v. CH2M HILL and DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County Superior Court
• Wells v. HBO & Co., 813 F. Supp. 1561
• 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)
• Jones Day Atlanta Making the Case for a New Georgia Juvenile Code , (2008)
• South Carolina Insurance Co. and American Reassurance Co.

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Franchising, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Secured Transactions, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties

Bar Admissions

• Alabama
• Georgia

Education

• Emory University

Published Works

• Good Manners Can Be Actionable—Failure to be "Sensitive and Professionally Responsive" Breaches Engagement Letter, ABA Journal, 2009
• Another Bluff is Called -- Video Gambling, RICO, and the Supreme Court's Decision in Cleveland v. United States, Lead Article, RICO News (American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law Civil RICO Committee), Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2000

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