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| Practice Areas | Complex Litigation; Class Actions; Products Liability Litigation | | | Education | Emory University, J.D., with distinction, 1994, University of Virginia, B.A., History, 1990 | | | Admitted | 1994, Georgia | |
| Memberships | Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Product Liability); Defense Research Institute (Member, Products Liability Committee). | | | Born | New York, N.Y., 1967 | | | Biography | Author: "Conflicts of Interest Between an Insurer and Its Insured: The Insured's Right to Independent Counsel," Insurance Coverage Law Bulletin, November 2007; "Understanding the Class Action Fairness Act," The John Liner Review, Fall 2006; "Protecting the Executive Officer from Harassing Depositions," For the Defense, February 2004. Speaker: "Class Action Fairness Act: Where Do We Stand Two Years Later?" Defense Research Institute Annual Product Liability Committee Conference, 2007; "Solving Mold Problems in Georgia: An Architectural and Legal Perspective," Lorman Seminars, 2004-2006; "Emerging Issues in Georgia Indoor Air Quality and Toxic Mold Litigation," National Business Institute, 2002-2003. | | | Reported Cases | Kitzes v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 872 N.E.2d 53 (Ill. App. 2007) (affirming trial court's denial of plaintiff's motion for certification of nationwide class on ground that plaintiff failed to satisfy predominance requirement under Illinois class action statute); Smith v. Heartland Alliance of America Ass'n, 2005 WL 3533133 (E.D. Ark. 2005) (arguing that federal jurisdiction was proper over putative nationwide class pursuant to Class Action Fairness Act ("CAFA") based on plaintiffs' post-CAFA amendment to pre-CAFA complaint); Martin v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 225 F.R.D. 198 (W.D. Tex. 2004) (defeating attempt to certify statewide product liability class action on the grounds that plaintiffs had failed to satisfy commonality, typicality and adequacy requirements necessary to maintain a class action); Ardoin v. Stine Lumber Co., 220 F.R.D. 459 (W.D. La. 2004) (defeating attempt to certify nationwide and statewide class of homeowners due to plaintiffs' failure to satisfy typicality, adequacy and predominance requirements under federal class action statute); Jacobs v. Osmose, Inc., 213 F.R.D. 607 (S.D. Fla. 2003) (defeating attempt to certify multi-state class of pressure treated wood owners based on plaintiffs' failure to satisfy predominance, typicality and manageability requirements necessary for maintenance of a class action); Miller v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 199 F. Supp. 2d 502 (W.D. La. 2001) (defeating plaintiffs' attempt to remand nationwide putative class action case to state court by establishing fraudulent joinder of non-diverse parties); Crown Anderson, Inc. v. Georgia Gulf Corporation, 554 S.E.2d 518 (Ga. App. 2001) (affirming lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of client on the grounds that the single instance rule precluded plaintiffs' claim of slander per se). | | | ISLN | 910061368 | |
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