Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Lee Garrett oversees the litigation practice in the Atlanta Office. He has been involved in civil litigation since 1974. His practice emphasizes complex litigation and has involved First Amendment, product liability, construction, contract, and environmental-related issues, particularly in the areas of construction contracts and construction litigation; First Amendment litigation, libel, slander, defamation, and causes of action arising under the Fair Credit Reporting Act; and environmental litigation, including toxic tort claims and environmental claims arising under various state and federal statutes. He has argued cases before various U.S. District Courts, U.S. Courts of Appeal, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Government Board of Contract Appeals, the Environmental Protection Agency, and various state and local courts.

Lee has written and lectured extensively before various groups, including seminars sponsored by The National Law Journal, the Practising Law Institute, the American Bar Association, and the State Bar of Georgia, including seminars on "The Product Liability of Manufacturers, Hazardous Wastes, and Toxic Torts" and "Business and the First Amendment." He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Lee has been listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers and Georgia Super Lawyers and in the premiere issue of Super Lawyers — Corporate Counsel Edition (April 2008).

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Insurance Coverage
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Bankruptcy & Insolvency Litigation
• Class Action Litigation
• Construction Litigation
• Product Liability & Tort Litigation
• Construction
• Insurance
• Metals & Mining

Representative Cases

• Donnelley v. Hartford Insurance
• Donnelley v. Sprint
• Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. v. Greenmoss Builders, Inc.
• Holder Construction Group, LLC, v. Georgia Tech Facilities, Inc.
• In re Mirant Corporation Securities Litigation, No. 1:02-CV-1467 (N.D. Ga.)
• In re: East Texas Gas Plant, Pipeline and HUB Litigation
• IPSCO Steel Inc. v. Mannesmann Dematic Corporation, et al.
• IPSCO v. Mannesmann Demag AG, et al.
• Osterneck v. Ernst & Whinney, 109 S. Ct. 987
• Powell Duffryn et al. v. Calgon Carbon
• Trico Steel Company, L.L.C. v. NKK Steel Engineering, Inc., NKK Corporation, and Mitsubishi International Corporation
• Trico v. NKK, et al.
• The Interpace Pipe Cases
• The Olin DDT Litigation

West Practice Categories

Alcoholic Beverages, Apparel, Asbestos, Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Chemicals & Cosmetics, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Contracts, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Firearms, Food & Agricultural Products, Insurance Law, International Law, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Machinery & Tools, Medical Products & Devices, Military & Veterans Appeals, Motor Vehicle Defects, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Pharmaceutical Products, Products Liability Law, Recreational Products, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Tobacco, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• Georgia

Education

• U of Virginia- C'ville (Main)

Address

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.,
Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30309-3053

Phones

1.404.581.8013 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.404.581.8330 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com