University Attended:
Miami University, B.Ph., 1979; The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, Rebecca Topper Memorial Award; The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State Moot Court Distinguished Achievement Awards; Ohio State Law Journal, 1982 - 1983, 1983
Law School Attended:
The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, J.D., Rebecca Topper Memorial Award, 1983; The Ohio State University College of Law, Columbus, Ohio, J.D., Ohio State Moot Court Distinguished Achievement Awards, 1983
Year of First Admission:
1983
Admission:
1983, Ohio; 1985, Georgia; 1983, U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio; 1985, U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit; 2010, U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit; Pro Hac Vice admissions in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia
Memberships:
Atlanta Bar Association (Member; Sections on: Litigation, Sole Practitioners/Small Firm Section; Chair, Judicial Poll Committee, 2002-2003; Chair, Courts Committee, 2001 - 2002); Lawyers Club of Atlanta (Member, Executive Committee; Chair, Rules, Practice and Judiciary Committee; Membership Committee);
Reported Cases:
SCSJ Enterprises, Inc. v. Hansen & Hansen Enterprises, Inc., 319 Ga.App. 210 (2012); SCSJ Enterprises, Inc. v. Hansen & Hansen Enterprises, Inc., 306 Ga.App. 188 (2010); Hansen & Hansen Enterprises, Inc. et al. v. SCSJ Enterprises, Inc. et al., 2009 WL 1980940 (Ga.App.) (reversing trial court's vacatur of arbitration award in franchise dispute); M. Vincent Murphy III v. Robert A. McMaster, 2009 WL No. S09A0799 (affirming denial of preliminary injunction concerning control and management of apartment complexes); Professional Energy Management, Inc. v. Necaise, 2009 WL 3050598 (Ga.App. Sept. 25, 2009)(affirming partial dismissal of business tort claims); Ledford v. Smith, 274 Ga. App. 714, 618 S.E. 2d 627 (2005), (reconsideration denied), cert. denied, Ledford v. Smith, 2005 Ga. LEXIS 868 (Nov. 18, 2005) (summary judgment awarded in trial and appellate courts for officer and director defendants on multimillion dollar corporate governance claims); Petroleum Logistics Corp. v. IBS Software, (arbitration award in distributor termination case including a substantial attorneys fees award); Stewart v. Smith, 291 Ga. App. 86 (2008)(affirming dismissal of summary judgment in defamation and invasion of privacy suit arising from publication of libelous book); Huffman v. Armenia, 284 Ga. App. 822, 645 S.E.2d 23 (2007), cert denied sub nom., Wilkinson v. Huffman, 2007 Ga. LEXIS 554 (Ga. July 12, 2007) (the court of appeals affirmed the appointment of a receiver on an emergency basis on behalf of the minority shareholders and sanctions against two of the officer and director defendants and their lawyers); Mixon v. Perical Solutions LLC, (arbitration award for a minority LLC member on corporate governance claims); TUG Liquidation, LLC v. Atwood, 2004 Bankr. LEXIS 2383 (Bankr. M.D.N.C. June 16, 2004) (Prosecution of corporate governance and business tort claims seeking $27+ million by software company and its largest creditor against officers and directors); Chemence, Inc. v. MacDermid Printing Solutions, L.L.C., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24346 (U.S.D.C. N.D. Ga. April 27, 2006).
