Practice Areas - Accountant Liability
- Appellate Practice
- Trial Practice
- Business Torts
- Contracts
- Corporate Governance
- Covenants Not To Compete
- Employment
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- Insurance Coverage
- Intellectual Property
- Officer and Director Liability
- RICO
- Securities Litigation
- Shareholder Disputes
- Trade Secret Litigation
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| Contact Info | Telephone: (404) 888-9594
Fax: (404)888-9577
http://www.khlawfirm.com
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| University | Miami University, B.Ph., 1979 |
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| Law School | Ohio State University College of Law, J.D., 1983 |
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| Admitted | 1983, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1985, Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fifth, and 11th Circuits; Pro Hac Vice admissions in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia |
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| Memberships | Atlanta (Member: Litigation Section; Sole Practitioners/Small Firm Section, 2002-2003; Chair, Judicial Poll Committee); State Bar of Georgia (Member: Appellate, Business & Finance Sections); Lawyers Club of Atlanta (Executive Committee, Chair, Rules, Practice and Judiciary Committee). |
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| Born | Cleveland, Ohio, September 2, 1957 |
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| Biography | Jeffrey D. Horst is Krevolin & Horst's senior litigator. Jeff is a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America. Less than 1/2 of 1% of the lawyers in the United States are selected for this honor. Recipient: "Top Business Litigators in Atlanta," Chambers USA 2008-2011, America's Leading Lawyers for Business; selected by Georgia Trend magazine three times as one of Georgia's most effective lawyers; Atlanta/Georgia Law & Politics Magazines (Super Lawyers 2005-2011). Recipient: Law School Honors; Rebecca Topper Memorial Award, 1983; Ohio State Moot Court Distinguished Achievement Awards, 1981, 1983. Ohio State Law Journal, 1982-1983. Publications: Author, Note, "The Application of Title VII to Law Firm Partnership Decisions," 44 Ohio State Law Journal 840, 1983; "Georgia Supreme Court Decision on Advancing Litigation Expenses to Corporate Directors Stirs Controversy," Legal Trends, February, 1995. Co-Author, "Recent Georgia Supreme Court Decision Impacts Corporate Officers and Directors," Legal Trends, February, 1995. Co-Author, "The 10 Biggest Mistakes Physicians Make Regarding Intellectual Property," 2005. Principal Trial Counsel, Avnet v. Wyle, National Law Journal Defense Verdicts of the Year. Partner, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, 1992-1995. Member, Board of Directors, Bond Community Federal Credit Union. Lecturer: Faculty, Emory Trial Techniques Program (1993-2005). Lecturer, Trial Practice, 1997, 2001; Georgia Trade Secrets Law, 1996, 2002. Lecturer: Practical Litigation Issues For Closely Held Businesses, November 2007. Lecturer: The Right Against Self-Incrimination In Civil RICO Cases, November, 2005. Fellow: Litigation Counsel of America.
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| Reported Cases | J.W. North Company & JWN, Inc. v. Rosemary Allen (2011); Professional Energy Management, Inc. v. Necaise, 2009 WL 3050598 (Ga.App. Sept. 25, 2009); Hansen & Hansen Enterprises, Inc. et al. v. SCSJ Enterprises, Inc. et al., 2009 WL 1980940 (Ga.App.); M. Vincent Murphy III v. Robert A. McMaster, 2009 WL No. S09A0799; Smith et al. v. Stewart, A07A1751, Court of Appeals of Georgia, First Division 291 Ga. App. 86; 660 S.E.2d 822; 2008 Ga. App. LEXIS 393; 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 1290; Westpark Walk Owners, LLC v. Stewart Holdings, LLC, 288 Ga. App. 633; 655 S.E.2d 254 (2007); Huffman v. Armenia, 284 Ga. App. 822, 645 S.E.2d 23 (2007); Jimmy Smith Racing Tires v. Ashleman, LEXIS 66964, (N.D. Ga. 2006); Chemence, Inc. v. MacDermid Printing Solutions, LLC, LEXIS 24346 (N.D. Ga. 2006); Avado Brands, Inc. v. KPMG, LLP, LEXIS 96156 (N.D. Ga. 2006); Keeter v. KPMG LLP, LEXIS 42767 (N.D. Ga. 2005); Ledford et al. v. Smith et el., 274 Ga App 714, 618 S.E. 2d 627 (2005); Wiederhold v. Wheeler, 266 Ga App 178, 596 S.E. 2d 703 (2004); TUG Liquidation, LLC v. Atwood, et al, LEXIS 2383 (Bankr. M.D.NC, 2004); Grace Bros., Ltd. v. Farley Industries, Inc., 264 Ga. 817, 450 S.E.2d 814 (1994) (corporate governance case of first impression); Avnet, Inc. v. Wyle Laboratories, 263 Ga. 615, 437 S.E.2d 302 (1993) (trade secrets case of first impression); Service Corp. Int'l. v. H.M. Patterson & Son, Inc., 263 Ga. 412, 434 S.E.2d 455 (1993) (corporate governance case of first impression); Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Elizabethtown, Inc., et al. v. The Coca-Cola Company (16 reported decisions, cites omitted); Price v. Ernst & Young, LLP, et al, 274 Ga. App. 172, 617 SE 2d 156 (2004); Weprin v. J. Chandler Peterson, et al, 736 F. Supp. 1131 (N.D. Ga., 1988). |
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| ISLN | 906368839 |
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