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| Practice Areas | Complex Business Litigation; Products Liability; Toxic Torts | | | Education | Emory University, J.D., 1973, University of North Carolina, A.B., 1969; University of Mississippi | | | Admitted | 1974, Georgia; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court | |
| Memberships | Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1992-1993; Director, Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers, 1980-1983; Chairman, Continuing Legal Education Committee, 1985-1986) and American Bar Association (Secretary, Committee on the Judiciary, Appellate Judges' Conference, 1982-1984; Member, Lawyers Conference Committee on Judicial Qualifications and Selection, 1984-1986); State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, Jury Study Committee, 1978-1981); Lawyer Reference Service of Atlanta, Inc. (Board of Directors); Defense Research Institute. | | | Military | LTJG, USNR, 1969-1972 | | | Born | Charlotte, North Carolina, 1946 | | | Biography | Mississippi Law Journal, 1970-1971. Board of Editors, Emory Law Journal, 1972-1973. Law Clerk to Justice G. Conley Ingram, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1974-1975. Adjunct Professor of Law, Advanced Litigation, Emory Law School. | | | Reported Cases | Jacobs v. Osmose, Inc., et al., 213 F.R.D. 607 (S.D. Fla. 2003) (Class action/product liability-defeated class certification in multi-state class action brought by consumers against national retailer arising out of alleged product defect); In re Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) Treated Wood Products Liability Litigation before federal Multi-District Panel, MDL Docket No. 1438 (MDL Feb 15, 2002) (Multi-District Litigation-successfully resisted attempts to consolidate multiple putative national product liability class action cases pending in multiple districts); Miller v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 199 F. Supp. 2d 502 (W.D. La. 2001) (Class action-removal-successful defense of putative national class action; successful defense of remand attempt to state court of national class action based upon fraudulent joinder of non-diverse parties); Apoca, Inc. and Federal Insurance Company v. Fidelity National Bank, et al., 906 F.2d 610 (11th Cir 1990) (Insurance/fidelity bonds-successful prosecution of fidelity bond claims arising from embezzlement schemes of insured's employees); Iodice v. Southeastern Packing & Gaskets, Inc., 572 F. Supp. 1370 (N.D. Ga. 1983) (Employment discrimination-defense verdict in Title VII sex discrimination action based upon alleged wrongful termination of employee as result of pregnancy condition); Deas v. Hughes, 264 Ga. 9 (440 S.E.2d 458) (1994); (Real Estate dispute-reversal of trial court's decision determining easements following conveyance of property, dealing with appurtenant rights and implied easements, dominant and servient estates and burdens upon real property); Monte Carlo Parties, Ltd. v. Webb, 253. Ga. 508 (322 S.E. 2d 246) (1984); (Constitutional law-reversal of trial court's decision upholding state's prosecution of Georgia gambling statutes, finding statutes unconstitutional as applied); Tally v. Atlanta Nat'l Real Estate Trust, 146 Ga. App 585 (246 S.E. 2d 700 (1978) (Secured transactions-successful defense of guarantor under note establishing defense of promissory estoppel to otherwise unconditional guaranty; leading case on estoppel leg conduct of payee). | | | ISLN | 905265634 | |
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