Meet the Adjunct Faculty
Saba AshrafSaba is a partner in the Atlanta office of Troutman Sanders LLP and is a member of the Firm’s Tax Practice Group. She concentrates her practice on the structuring and effecting of complex business transactions and tax planning for corporations, partnerships and other business entities. Saba is an adjunct professor of Tax Law at Georgia State University Law School. She recently served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at University of Georgia School of Law, where she taught Corporate Tax, and also recently became a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
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saba.ashraf  @E R A S Etroutmansanders.com Office: Troutman Sanders LLP 600 Peachtree Street, NE Suite 5200 Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216 Phone: (404) 885-3925 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracey BarbareeTracey Barbaree is a partner at Ashe, Rafuse & Hill LLP in Atlanta. Her practice focuses on employment law, litigation, and civil rights matters. Tracey has represented employers and individuals in all aspects of employment and civil rights litigation, including many class actions under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and, more recently, defending collective action claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Tracey received her B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Vanderbilt University in 1986 and her J.D. degree, with honors, from The Ohio State University College of Law in 1990. She was a managing editor of the Ohio State Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. Tracey also worked as a judicial clerk for the Hon. Richard C. Freeman, U.S. District Court Judge, Northern District of Georgia and continues to rely on insights from that experience in her practice today.
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traceybarbaree @E R A S Easherafuse.com Office: Ashe, Rafuse, & Hill LLP 1355 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30309-3232 Phone: (404) 253-6033 Fax: (404) 253-6060 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sharon R. BarnesSharon Chester Barnes is managing attorney, GA Staff Counsel Office, for The Infinity Insurance Companies, a provider of personal, commercial and classic auto insurance. Sharon obtained her BA degree, magna cum laude, from Clark College (1971), in Atlanta, and a MA Ed. from Washington University (1978) in St. Louis, MO. After teaching high school English for 10 years, Sharon attended Emory University School of Law where she was selected as a Robert W. Woodruff Fellow. Upon graduating Emory, in 1984, she started her practice in insurance defense litigation and continues to practice insurance defense litigation to this day. She has handled over 100 jury trials, both for the defense as well as plaintiff personal injury cases. Her practice areas range from commercial litigation, trucking and auto, false arrest & false imprisonment and premises liability to coverage disputes. Sharon recently completed 6 years service on the State Bar of GA’s Peer Review Panel of the Lawyer’s Disciplinary Committee, where she was Chair from 2005-2006.
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sharon.barnes @E R A S Eipacc.com Office: The Law Offices of Sharon Chester Barnes 1170 Great Oaks Way Suite 110 Atlanta, Ga 30022 Phone: (678) 627-6705 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Roberta Marie BerryM.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, History and Philosophy of ScienceJ.D., University of Wisconsin B.A., Swarthmore College, History Roberta M. Berry is Associate Professor and Director, Law, Science & Technology Program. Her research focuses on the legal, ethical, and policy implications of life sciences research and biotechnologies. In 2001, Prof. Berry was named Outstanding Faculty Member by the Georgia Tech Student Government Association. In 2004, she received the Ivan Allen Jr. Faculty Legacy Award and in 2005 she received the Class of 1940 W. Howard Ector Outstanding Teacher Award. Prof. Berry is writing a book under contract with Routledge on the ethical and policy implications of genetic engineering of human beings. She has published a co-edited interdisciplinary book on health care law, ethics and policy, and a number of articles focusing primarily on the implications of genetic knowledge and technologies. She has also delivered a number of papers on the legal, ethical, and policy issues posed by life sciences research and biotechnologies, and, in 2000, she served as Executive Director of the transatlantic workshop Shaping Biotechnology Policy in the 21st Century: A Joint European and American Workshop on Policy, Legal, and Ethical Issues.
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roberta.berry @E R A S Epubpolicy.gatech.edu Office: Associate Professor of Public Policy Dir., Law, Science & Technology Program Georgia Institute of Technology 685 Cherry Street Atlanta, GA 30332-0345 Phone: (404) 385-1704 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Amy BogartzAmy Bogartz currently practices products liability law at Cottrell, Inc. in Gainesville, Georgia. As a former associate at Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP and Fulton County Superior Court law clerk, Ms. Bogartz has experience in civil and criminal litigation, general corporate and transactional work. Ms. Bogartz earned a B.A. from Emory University in 1992 and a J.D. degree from Georgia State University College of Law in 1997.
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abogartz @E R A S Ehotmail.com Phone: (770) 331-3199 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kathleen BurchSee Professor Burch's bio on the John Marshall web site. She will be teaching Law 7145, Con Law: Survey of 1st Amend, Fall 2009, MW - 1:15-2:30 pm - Room: 652 - Course Webpage
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kburch @E R A S Ejohnmarshall.edu Office: John Marshall Law School 1422 W. Peachtree St. NW Atlanta, GA 30309 Phone: (404) 872-3593 Ext. 105 Fax: (404) 873-3802 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Joseph F. Burford
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jburford @E R A S Epacga.org Office: Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia 104 Marietta Street N.W., Suite 400 Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: (404) 969-4001 Fax: (404) 969-0020 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alison BurlesonAlison Burleson is currently the Assistant District Attorney in the Morgan County District Attorney’s Office where she is responsible for the prosecution of all felonies and misdemeanors for the County. A career prosecutor, Ms. Burleson previously served as the Chief Assistant Solicitor-General of the DeKalb County Solicitor-General’s Office, as well as an Assistant District Attorney in the DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office. In addition, Ms. Burleson assists with the law school’s Student Trial Lawyers Association coaching mock trial competition teams throughout the year, and she has been a frequent instructor to law enforcement and to prosecutors throughout the State. Ms. Burleson received her B.A. in History from Agnes Scott College in 1995 and her J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law in 2000.
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aburleson @E R A S Epacga.org Office: Ocmulgee Judicial CircuitP.O. Box 819Madison, GA 30650 Phone: (706) 342-5071 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Craig ClelandCraig Cleland represents employers in employment-related litigation, including class actions and complex litigation. Recently, he was named to Best Lawyers in America and has been named to Atlanta magazine’s “Super Lawyers,” Georgia Trend magazine’s “Legal Elite,” and Chambers USA’s Leading Business Lawyers. A frequent speaker on employment issues, Craig is also a contributor to the third and fourth editions of the leading employment treatise, Lindemann & Grossman’s Employment Discrimination Law. And he is a graduate of the Harvard Law School Mediation Program. During law school, Craig was the editor in chief of the law review. After graduating, he clerked for The Hon. Marvin H. Shoob on the U.S. District Court in Atlanta. He has served on several Atlanta nonprofit boards, including as board chair.
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craig.cleland @E R A S Eogletreedeakins.com Office: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 600 Peachtree Street Suite 2100 Atlanta, GA 30308 Phone: (404) 870-1718 Fax: (404) 870-1732 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Julian CookJulian A. Cook III joined the University of Georgia School of Law faculty in the fall of 2006. He came to the law school with nearly 10 years of legal teaching experience, having most recently been at Michigan State University. Specializing in criminal law, criminal procedure and evidence, Mr. Cook served for several years as an assistant U.S. attorney in Nevada and the District of Columbia. While a federal prosecutor and a member of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force, he was responsible for the handling of an array of criminal matters, including felony narcotic, white-collar and various arrest-generated cases during the trial and appellate stages. He also served as a judicial clerk for Judge Philip M. Pro of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Mr. Cook's scholarly writings have appeared in the Notre Dame Law Review (twice), the Yale Journal of International Law, the Colorado Law Review, the Brigham Young University Law Review and the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. He earned his bachelor's degree from Duke University, his Master of Public Administration from Columbia University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia.
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cookju @E R A S Euga.edu Office: University of Georgia School of LawHerty Drive308 Hirsch HallAthens, GA 30602 Phone: (706) 542-1046 Fax: (706) 543-5556 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Anna Green CrossAnna Green Cross is a sole practitioner specializing in a wide range of criminal trial and appellate litigation. Ms. Green Cross spent almost 10 years in criminal litigation as a Chief Senior Assistant District Attorney in the Fulton County Office of the District Attorney, supervising that county’s Capital Litigation Unit. She has tried 6 death penalty cases to verdict in the trial court, and orally argued in the Supreme Court of Georgia over 30 times. In 2007, she was inducted into the National District Attorney’s Association’s “Home Run Hitters” Club for Outstanding Achievement in the case of State of Georgia v. James Vincent Sullivan. In 2006, she received the “Commitment to Justice” award from the Criminal Law Committee of the State Bar of Georgia for dedication to justice in the field of criminal prosecution. Ms. Green Cross received her B.A. degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1994 and her J.D. from Emory University College of Law in 1998.
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annagreencrosslaw @E R A S Ehotmail.com Office: P.O. Box 1457 Decatur, GA 30031-1457 Phone: (404) 281-6365 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Richard H. DeaneRick Deane is a partner with the Jones Day law firm and co-chairs the firm's corporate criminal investigations practice. Rick's experience includes more than 14 years as an assistant United States attorney, including serving as chief of the criminal division. In 1994, Rick was appointed to the position of United States magistrate judge. In 1998, President Clinton appointed Rick as United States attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. During this time, Attorney General Janet Reno appointed Rick to serve on the attorney general's advisory committee. In 2001, Rick was named by Time Magazine to the "Time 100 List of Innovators" for his creativity and determination in the application of the RICO statute to fight local crime involving child prostitution. Rick received B.A. and J.D. degrees from The University of Georgia and an LL.M. from the University of Michigan. Rick is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is on the board of the Truancy Intervention Project, the High Museum of Art, and the BASICS Program and is an adjunct law professor at Georgia State University.
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rhdeane @E R A S Ejonesday.com Office: Jones Day 1420 Peachtree Street NE Suite 800 Atlanta, GA 30308 Phone: (404) 581-8502 Fax: (404) 581-8330 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kean J. DeCarloKean J. DeCarlo is a partner in the Needle & Rosenberg Intellectual Property Practice of Ballard Spahr. He serves as team leader for the mechanical and medical technology practice team in the Patent Group and is a member of the Trademark and Copyright Group. He is engaged exclusively in patent, copyright and trademark matters. A registered patent attorney, Mr. DeCarlo has extensive experience in domestic and international patent prosecution, patent counseling, portfolio and competitor analysis, licensing, and commercial transactional matters for clients ranging from start-up companies to international conglomerates. Mr. DeCarlo previously worked as a domestic and international commercial pilot for Delta Air Lines and as a fighter pilot with the United States Air Force. Mr. DeCarlo is an adjunct professor of Intellectual Property Law at Georgia State University College of Law. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and its Technology Law Section Executive Committee, the Copyright Society of the U.S., the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Southeast Medical Device Association. Mr. DeCarlo is a graduate of Clemson University (B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude, 1982), Golden Gate University (M.B.A., with honors, 1990) and Georgia State University College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997).
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decarlok @E R A S Eballardspahr.com Office: Ballard Spahr Needle & Rosenberg Intellectual Property Practice 999 Peachtree Street Suite 1000 Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3915 Phone: (678) 420-9350 Fax: (678) 420-9301 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Denise DeLaRueDenise de La Rue Is an attorney and trial consultant specializing in jury selection, witness preparation, pre-trial research and trial strategy. She consults on trials in both criminal and civil cases and was the jury consultant for the defense in State of South Carolina vs. Susan Smith, U.S. vs. Theodore Kaczynski , State of Georgia vs. Ray Lewis, U.S. v. Eric Rudolph, and U.S. v. Richard Scrushy. She is a faculty member of the National Criminal Defense College, and has been on faculty at the Institute of Criminal Defense Advocacy at California Western School of Law, Western Institute of Trial Advocacy in Laramie, Wyoming, the Georgia Institute of Trial Advocacy and the Kessler Eidson Program for Trial Techniques at Emory University School of Law. She has been an adjunct professor at Georgia State University College of Law since 2005, and is a frequent lecturer at law schools, and continuing legal education seminars throughout the U.S. Ms. deLaRue has a B.S. Degree with Distinction in Psychology from Georgia State University and a J.D. Degree from Georgia State University College of Law.
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denise @E R A S Edenisedelarue.com Office: 931 Monroe Drive No. 102 Box 211 Atlanta, Georgia 30308 Phone: (404) 875-1313 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jeffrey DiamondJeffrey D. Diamond, Attorney at Law, is an active member of both the State Bars of Georgia and California, having relocated to Atlanta from Southern California in 2007. He has over 30 years experience as a practicing litigation attorney, specializing in Insurance Law and related matters, with extensive experience as both a trial and appellate lawyer. During his career, he has represented both insurance companies and policyholders in insurance coverage and bad faith actions. He has been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell as an "AV" rated attorney. After having taught Insurance Law for a number of years in California, Mr. Diamond joined the Georgia State College of Law faculty last Spring as an Adjunct Professor of Insurance Law. Mr. Diamond is also a law instructor for the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. In addition, for the past two years, Mr. Diamond has served on the faculty in the Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program at Emory Law School.
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jdiamond @E R A S Ediamlaw.com Office: A Professional Corporation 115 Perimeter Center Place South Terraces, Suite 425 Atlanta, GA 30346 Phone: (770) 407-7303 Fax: (770) 407-7310 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alfred Drake DixonAl Dixon is currently a practicing attorney in the Atlanta area specializing in criminal law. He is also a Municipal Court Judge for the City of College Park Georgia. He retired from the Atlanta Judicial circuit after 27 years where he last served as the Deputy District Attorney over the trial division and the major felony/homicide unit. He has personally tried over 250 jury trials, including four death penalty cases. Prior to becoming a prosecutor he was a police officer and criminal investigator while attending college and law school.
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aldrakedixon @E R A S Eyahoo.com Office: 152 Nassau St, NW Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: (770) 722-3489 Fax: (404) 524-0607 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
William Stanley DixonWilliam S. Dixon is a Senior Staff Attorney in the Enforcement Division of the Atlanta District Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Since 1994 when he joined the staff of the Commission, he has investigated and litigated numerous cases in federal court and administrative proceedings in which broker-dealers, investment advisers, publicly-traded companies, and others were alleged to have violated the antifraud and other provisions of the federal securities laws. Prior to joining the staff of the Commission, Mr. Dixon was employed as an associate at the firms of Swift, Currie, McGhee, & Hiers and McKenzie & McPhail in Atlanta, Georgia where he specialized in civil litigation. Mr. Dixon has a B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University. He received his J.D. from Georgia State University’s College of Law where he also teaches Securities Regulation as an adjunct faculty member.
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dixonw @E R A S Esec.gov Office: U.S Securities & Exchange Comm. 3475 Lenox Rd., N.E. Atlanta, GA Phone: (404) 842-7615 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
George E. DuncanGeorge E. Duncan, Jr., has maintained an active litigation practice in Atlanta for thirty-five years. He has specialized in representing plaintiffs and defendants in casualty and professional liability litigation, including matters involving products liability, premises liability, trucking and insurance matters. Mr. Duncan graduated from Emory College and Emory University Law School and is a member of the firm of Duncan & Adair, P.C. Mr. Duncan is past President of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. He is past Chairman of the GDLA Trial Academy and has been an instructor at the Academy for twenty years. He is past State Representative to the Defense Research Institute. He has lectured frequently on subjects of trial practice, insurance coverage and professionalism.
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duncan @E R A S Eduncanadair.com Office: Duncan & Adair 7000 Central Parkway Suite 220 Atlanta, GA 30328 Phone: (770) 698-4561 Fax: (404) 256-0318 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monica Emmons EwingMonica Ewing is a pro hac Judge for the State Court of Fulton County, and an Adjunct Professor for both the Georgia State University College of Law and School of Music. She has maintained a private law practice for the past sixteen years and specializes in multi-media law. As one of the top entertainment attorneys, prominent magazines such as People, Billboard and Newsweek have called on her for comments. Monica received her B. A. degree from Georgia State University and her J. D. from Emory University School of Law. She is currently working on a Doctorate in Natural Health at Clayton College of Natural Health.
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monicaewingesq @E R A S Emindspring.com Office: Law Offices of Monica E. Ewing 6323 Roosevelt Hwy Union City, GA 30291 Phone: (678) 325-5402 Fax: (678) 325-5401 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ilene FerenczyIlene is the managing member of the Law Offices of Ilene H. Ferenczy, LLC in Atlanta. She specializes in qualified pension and profit sharing plans, nonqualified plans, employee stock ownership plans and tax-sheltered annuity plans for tax exempt organizations. Her expertise includes the design and implementation of retirement plans, consulting with clients on retirement plan issues in relation to mergers and acquisitions, representing companies and plans under audit by the IRS, Department of Labor and the PBGC, and consulting with clients regarding a myriad of planning, taxation and fiduciary liability issues. In addition to working with companies to develop various benefit programs, Ms. Ferenczy advises clients on the issues that arise on a day-to-day basis in these plans. A member of the employee benefits community since 1977, Ms. Ferenczy was a Vice President of a Southern California pension administration company prior to going to law school. After her law school graduation, she specialized in ERISA at both Los Angeles and Atlanta law firms. Additionally, she has worked in the benefits practice of a "Big Five" accounting firm. Ms. Ferenczy is a seasoned benefits professional, with experience in both the legal and technical aspects of employee benefit plans, as well as the practical administrative concerns that businesses and plan administrators face on a daily basis. She has earned the designations of Certified Pension Consultant from the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries (ASPPA) and Accredited Pension Administrator from the National Institute of Pension Administrators. Ms. Ferenczy is a nationally known speaker and has authored more than 50 articles on benefits topics for national journals including the Journal of Taxation of Employee Benefits, the Journal of Pension Benefits, where she is the Co-Editor, and the Journal of Mergers and Acquisitions. She is the author of Employee Benefit in Mergers and Acquisitions, an Aspen publication, which is in its 7th edition, as well as three textbooks on defined contribution plans for the ASPPA education and examination program. She was the first female co-chair of ASPPA’s Government Affairs Committee, and is a member of ASPPA’s Board of Directors, and a trustee of the ASPPA Pension Education and Research Foundation.
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iferenczy @E R A S Eihflaw.com Office: The Law Offices of Ilene H Ferenczy LLC 2200 Century Parkway Suite 560 Atlanta, GA 30345 Phone: (404) 320-1100 Fax: (404) 320-1105 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kirk FjelstulKirk Fjelstul is Chief Counsel at the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA). Mr. Fjelstul also directs the Land Use activities for GRTA. Prior to his appointment, he was a partner in the litigation section of McCullough Sherrill, which is now Seyfarth Shaw. Mr. Fjelstul’s private practice primarily related to land use, civil rights, and environmental litigation. Mr. Fjelstul has been an annual presenter, and was a former program chair, for the Zoning and Government Regulation of Land ICLE, and he was an adjunct professor at Emory Law School, teaching courses in civil litigation. Mr. Fjelstul makes frequent presentations to elected officials at the GMA and ACCG training seminars. Mr. Fjelstul received his JD from Drake University Law School, and an LL.M. from Emory University Law School.
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kfjelstul @E R A S Egrta.org Office: Georgia Regional Transportation Authority Marquis One Tower 245 Peachtree Center Ave., Suite 900 Atlanta, GA 30323-1223 Phone: (404) 463-3070 Fax: (404) 436-3060 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Richard W HendrixRichard Hendrix is a partner in the Atlanta firm of Finch McCranie, LLP. He graduated Davidson College, cum laude, 1974; Emory Law School, 1977. Mr. Hendrix served as an Assistant District Attorney for the State of Georgia, Assistant Public Defender in South Carolina between 1977 and 1979, and as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta from 1980 - 1985. While with the United States Attorney's Office in Atlanta, Mr. Hendrix specialized in white collar prosecutions. Mr. Hendrix served as Associate Independent Counsel in the investigation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in 1992-1993. Mr. Hendrix concentrates his civil practice in the representation of victims of professional, personal, and corporate negligence. The current emphasis of his practice is wrongful death, whistleblower claims and serious personal injury litigation. In addition to his civil practice, Mr. Hendrix represents and defends businesspersons accused of or under investigation for alleged violations of federal law. As a part of his white collar defense practice, Mr. Hendrix has represented numerous corporate and professional executives in federal courts throughout the United States.
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rhendrix @E R A S Efinchmccranie.com Office: 225 Peachtree Street NE. 1700 South Tower Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: (404) 658-9070 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cathy HensonAn attorney by profession, Cathy Henson is an advocate for the improvement of public education. In 2000, she created a nonprofit organization, the Georgia School Council Institute (www.GeorgiaEducation.org), to encourage collaboration among parents, educators and members of the business community to improve Georgia’s public schools. At the forefront of education reform, Ms. Henson served on the State Board of Education from 1999 to 2003 and was the first woman in Georgia to be elected its chair. Ms. Henson also served on Georgia’s Education Reform Commission in 1999 and 2000, and on the Closing the Achievement Gap Commission in 2001 and 2002. Currently, Cathy teaches Education Law at her alma mater, the Georgia State University College of Law. She serves on numerous boards, including the Georgia State University Foundation Board, the Georgia Perimeter College Foundation Board, the Piedmont College Board of Trustees, the Wofford College President’s Advisory Council, and the Georgia Appleseed Education Advisory Council. Cathy Henson has received numerous honors for her volunteer work in public education, including the Georgia Perimeter College Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award, the Georgia State University Alumni Award, the Business to Business “Woman of Excellence” award, and the Bank of America “Local Heroes” award. In addition, she has been named several times by Georgia Trend magazine as one of the “100 most powerful and influential Georgians.”
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Cathy.Henson @E R A S Egmail.com Office: 2500 Peachtree Road NW # 702 Atlanta, GA 30305 Phone: (678) 640-1039 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Randall L. HughesRandall L. Hughes concentrates in health care law and litigation. His specific areas of concentration include not-for-profit hospitals, hospital authorities, certificates of need, medical staff disputes, health care reimbursement, regulatory compliance investigations, reviews and claim defense, medical malpractice, personal injury, insurance and general business litigation. Mr. Hughes has served as a Special Assistant Attorney General to the State of Georgia and in that capacity has undertaken major Government reorganization projects.
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rlhughes @E R A S Emindspring.com Office: Powell Goldstein LLP One Atlantic Center - Fourteenth Floor 1201 West Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30309-3488 Phone: (404) 572-4528 Fax: (404) 572-6999 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jimmy HurtJimmy was born in Macon, Georgia on October 15, 1966 and grew up in the small South Georgia community of Cordele. Upon graduation in 1984 from Crisp County High School, moved to the Atlanta area and attended Mercer University-Atlanta Campus. He continued his education at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) where he studied Chemistry, and in his sophomore year, Jimmy transferred to the University of Georgia where he achieved his Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology in 1989. After graduation from UGA, Jimmy began a career in the poultry industry and held various managerial positions in sales, quality assurance and processing from 1990 until resigning his position as Quality Assurance Manager with ConAgra Poultry in Athens in 2000. Jimmy attended Georgia State University College of Law, where he became a member of the Moot Court Board, the President of the Student Trial Lawyers Association, and the organizer and founding President of the Oglethorpe Legal Society. Jimmy graduated with honors (cum laude) in 2003. Jimmy continued the family “calling” to the law by becoming the 21st lawyer in his family – a tradition that began with his great grandfather, Warren R. Mixon of Ocilla, Georgia in 1922. Jimmy was sworn in as a member of the Georgia Bar in November, 2003 and began practice with Silver & Archibald, LLP in Athens, Georgia, focusing on social security disability, claimants’ workers compensation, private insurance long term disability, and personal injury. He joined the law firm of Winburn, Lewis & Stolz, LLP in August, 2004 and has focused his practice in the areas of Consumer Protection, ERISA/Long-Term Disability, Products Liability, and Personal Injury. Jimmy is a member of the Western Circuit Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the Graduate Leadership Council of Georgia State University College of Law, a current board member of the General Practice and Trial Section of the State Bar of Georgia, and and a former Alumni Chancellor and current executive committee member of the Oglethorpe Legal Society. He is licensed to practice in all courts of Georgia including the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court, and the United States District Courts for both the Middle District of Georgia and Northern District of Georgia. He has also appeared specially in the United States District Courts for the Southern District of Georgia and for the Middle District of Alabama (pro hac vice).
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jhurt @E R A S Ewlsattorneys.com Office: Winburn, Lewis & Stolz, LLP 279 Meigs Street Athens, Georgia 30601 Phone: (706) 353-6585 Fax: (706) 354-1785 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Andrew Thomas Jones
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houkly @E R A S Ecomcast.net Office: 1140 Angelo Ct, NE Atlanta, GA 30319 Phone: (404) 261-0830 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Patricia A. KillingsworthPatricia Killingsworth served as a judge at the Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation from 1987-1996, During her tenure as Chief Judge and Trial Division Director she initiated the alternative dispute resolution program at the Board, where she served as a mediator in addition to her judicial and administrative duties. In addition to her initial ADR training in 1993 with Dispute Management of Orlando, she received advanced mediation certification at the Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law in 1999. Judge Killingsworth has been in private mediation practice for over 12 years, and has expanded her practice to include ADA and employment disputes in addition to workers' compensation and personal injury litigation, with particular emphasis on catastrophic injury claims. She has now mediated well over 2500 cases, and maintains a resolution rate of better than 95%. Judge Killingsworth has been active in the ADR community in Georgia throughout her career, and has written numerous articles and spoken at many seminars throughout the State regarding both workers' compensation and alternative dispute resolution issues. She continues to teach workers' compensation law at Georgia State University College of Law, where she has been an adjunct professor since 1989. Education:B.A. - Vanderbilt University (1973)
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pmkadr @E R A S Ebellsouth.net Office: 1364 Rainier Falls Drive, NE Atlanta, GA 30329 Phone: (404) 982-5965 Fax: (404) 982-5966 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Myron N. KramerMyron Kramer is listed in the last several editions of Who's Who Legal, The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA and the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. (See www.whoswholegal.com under "Corporate Immigration.") Myron has been practicing business immigration law in Atlanta since 1979 and has been featured in Atlanta Magazine multiple times as one of the Top Five Business Immigration attorneys in the city and as a SuperLawyer on numerous occasions. He is the former President of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and is frequently invited to speak at Continuing Legal Education conferences and seminars regarding business immigration before the State Bar of Georgia, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the Atlanta Bar Association as well as for non-legal professional meetings and conferences. Additionally, he has taught immigration law courses at Georgia State University and Emory University since the early 1980’s. Myron is a graduate of Lehigh University and New York University School of Law.
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myron @E R A S Ekramerpc.com Office: Kramer & Alfano, PC 125 Clairemont Avenue Suite 330 Decatur, GA 30030 Phone: (404) 371-1835 Fax: (404) 317-9365 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shawn Ellen LaGruaShawn LaGrua earned her law degree from Georgia State in 1987 and a Bachelors from the University of Georgia in 1984. She started her career as an assistant district attorney in Dekalb County and moved to the Fulton County DA’s Office where she became Chief Senior Assistant District Attorney. After working for the Tallapoosa DA’s Office and again for Dekalb’s, she was appointed in 2004 as Solicitor General for DeKalb County and was named Georgia’s Solicitor General of the Year in 2006. Shawn LaGrua has extensive trial experience, including as lead counsel death penalty cases. She currently is General Counsel for the Georgia Office of the Secretary of State.
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shawn.lagrua @E R A S Ecomcast.net Office: The Office of Inspector General for the Secretary of State 802 W. Tower 2 MLK, Jr. Dr. Atlanta, GA 30334 Phone: (404) 463-5168 Fax: (404) 657-8410 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Priya N. LakhiCo-teaching the Capital Defenders Clinic I - Law 6050.
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plakhi @E R A S Engcd.org Office: Georgia Capital Defender 225 Peachtree Street, NE Suite 900 Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: (678) 592-9967 Fax: (404) 739-5155 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Robert Nelson LeitchLimiting his practice to being a neutral since 1990, Mr. Leitch has conducted mediation, arbitration, and case evaluation of over 2000 cases in areas such as business/commercial, class actions, collections, construction, divorce, employment, home warranty, life insurance, medical malpractice, non-compete/non-solicitation clauses, Olympic and Pan-American athletic competition, partnership dissolution, personal injury (soft tissue to wrongful death), premises liability, probate, products liability, real estate, securities, sexual harassment, and zoning He is registered in general mediation, domestic relations mediation, arbitration and early neutral evaluation/case evaluation with the Georgia Office of Dispute resolution. He is on the approved lists of neutrals for the American Arbitration Association, Inc. (Commercial and Sports Panels), Henning Mediation & Arbitration Service, Inc., NASD and several Georgia court annexed programs including Cobb, DeKalb, and Gwinnett counties. He is an active member of the Georgia, DeKalb and Cobb Bar Associations. Since 1990 Judge Leitch has been an Associate Magistrate, and State Court Judge by designation in DeKalb County, Georgia and since 1995 a Municipal Judge for the City of Decatur, Georgia. Mr. Leitch has provided over 25 trainings to lawyers and judges in 7 states. Trainings include Civil Mediators (20 hour), AAA Arbitration I and II, Arbitrator Ethics, Arbitration Award Writing, Introductory, Intermediate, and Advanced Arbitration; Negotiation; Advanced Mediation; Mediation Advocacy For Attorneys; and Early Neutral Evaluation/Case Evaluation. All courses were approved by the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution and for Continuing Legal Education Credit for Georgia and/or the host state. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association’s national faculty for Commercial Arbitration Training I and II, Arbitrator Ethics, Arbitration Award Writing and Mediation Advocacy For Attorneys Training. He has been an adjunct professor of Alternative Dispute Resolution at Georgia State University College of Law since 1994 and has taught in their International Commercial Arbitration program in Linz, Austria several times. He attended Fairfield University and the London School of Economics and Political Science and received his law degree from Emory University School of law, 1974
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leitchadr @E R A S Eaol.com Office: Arbitration & Mediation 201 Winnona Drive Decatur, GA 30030-3855 Phone: (404) 370-0890 Fax: (404) 377-0856 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Carl LietzCarl Lietz is a partner with the Atlanta law firm of Kish & Lietz, P.C., where he devotes his practice to defending individuals facing federal criminal charges. After graduating from Vermont Law School in 1995, Carl clerked for the Honorable Sharon Lovelace Blackburn, Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, and the Honorable Orinda D. Evans, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia. Before forming Kish & Lietz, Carl worked as a trial attorney at the Federal Defender Office in Atlanta. During his five year tenure with that office, Carl tried a significant number of federal jury trials, litigated hundreds of evidentiary and sentencing hearings, and argued cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Since forming Kish and Lietz, Carl has continued to devote his career to the defense of individuals facing federal charges. Carl enjoys working with and learning from other lawyers, and he is a frequent lecturer at both national and regional seminars pertaining to federal criminal law.
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carl @E R A S Elaw-kl.com Office: Kish & Lietz, P.C. 225 Peachtree Street, NE Suite 1700 South Tower Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: (404) 588-3991 Fax: (404) 588-3995 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Patrick LonganProfessor Longan is the William Augustus Bootle Chair in Ethics at Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law. Member of the Mercer Law Faculty since 2000.
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longan_p @E R A S Elaw.mercer.edu Office: Room 315Walter F. George School of LawMercer University1021 Georgia AvenueMacon, Georgia 31207-0001 Phone: (478) 301-2639 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Barbara MarschalkBarbara A. Marschalk is a partner with the law firm of Drew, Eckl & Farnham where her practice is devoted to a wide range of defending corporations and individuals in civil litigation. Her practice areas include medical malpractice defense, wrongful death litigation, nursing home litigation, personal injury defense, premises liability defense and defense of other general litigation and products liability matters for nationally recognized insurers and their insureds. Ms. Marschalk received her B.A. degree, cum laude, from the University of South Carolina in 1995. She received her J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law in 1998. Ms. Marschalk has given presentations for local and national organizations on a variety of topics, including defense of nursing home litigation; informed consent; and risk management. She is a Committee Chair for the Young Lawyers Division of the Georgia State Bar and has been active as a coach for Georgia State University College of Law's mock trial program. In 2006, Ms. Marschalk was selected as a Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star by Atlanta Magazine. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, American Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, Georgia Defense Lawyers Association and Lawyers Club of Atlanta.
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bmarschalk @E R A S Edeflaw.com Office: Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP 880 West Peachtree Street P.O. Box 7600 Atlanta, GA 30309 Phone: (404) 885-6322 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jim Martin
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tripledawg @E R A S Egmail.com Office: 30 5th Street Unit 901 Atlanta, GA 30308-1159 Phone: (404) 876-0428 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
James John McGinnis
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jim @E R A S Ejimmcginnis.com Office: McGinnis & Chambers, LLC One Midtown Plaza, Suite 1030 1360 Peachtree Street, NE Atlanta, GA 30309 Phone: (404) 873-7373 Fax: (404) 874-4986 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stevan MillerSteve Miller has a broad range of trial experience, with particular experience handling products liability, insurance coverage and environmental cases. He has practiced law in Georgia since 1977, after graduating from the University of Virginia Law School in 1977, and is a founding partner of the firm. A frequent speaker at continuing education programs, he is past Chair of the Products, General Liability and Consumer Law Committee of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association. He is also a member of the Defense Research Institute, the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association and the Atlanta Claims Association (Education Chairman 1993-1994).
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smiller @E R A S Edeflaw.com Office: Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP 880 West Peachtree Street P.O. Box 7600 Atlanta, GA 30309 Phone: (404) 885-6316 Fax: (404) 876-0992 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
David N. MinkinDavid Minkin is a member of the Real Estate Finance and Development practice with extensive experience in the areas of commercial real estate, financial restructuring, corporate finance, government relations and alternative dispute resolution. Mr. Minkin's representative experience includes:
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dminkin @E R A S Esgrlaw.com Office: Smith, Gambrell & Russell Promenade II, Suite 3100 1230 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, GA 30309 Phone: (404) 815-3605 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jenny K. Mittelman
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jennym @E R A S Egabar.org Office: Deputy General Counsel State Bar of Georgia (OGC) 104 Marietta Street Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30307 Phone: (404) 527-8720 Fax: (404) 287-4992 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Josh Moore
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jmoore @E R A S Egacapdef.org Office: Office of the Georgia Capital Defender 225 Peachtree Street NE Suite 900, South Tower Atlanta GA 30303-1727 Phone: (404) 739-5151 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
John MossJohn A. Moss is a partner with the firm of Matthews, Steel & Moss, L.L.P., where his practice is devoted entirely to representing Plaintiffs injured in serious accidents. His practice areas include Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), trucking, and premises liability. He has a regional practice in both state and federal courts, and he has handled complex civil cases throughout the United States. Mr. Moss attended Furman University on an Army R.O.T.C. Scholarship and graduated in 1988 with a B.A. in history. He received his J.D. from Georgia State University College of Law in 1991. While in private practice, he also served in the Georgia Army National Guard as a Judge Advocate General (JAG).
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jmoss @E R A S Emsm-lawfirm.com Office: Matthews, Steele, and Moss, LLP 3575 Piedmont Road NE Atlanta, GA 30305 Phone: (404) 264-1292 Fax: (404) 264-0161 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
William H. NeedleBill Needle is the founder of Needle & Rosenberg, P.C., one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the Southeast. He has practiced patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret law exclusively over his entire 35-year career.Bill is an adjunct professor of Licensing Law at Emory University School of Law and of Patent Law at Georgia State University College of Law. He is frequently appointed as a mediator or arbitrator in complex disputes involving intellectual property and commercial issues. Bill often serves as an expert witness in patent, trademark and copyright infringement actions. On several occasions, he has been appointed to serve as a Special Master by U.S. District Court Judges in patent infringement cases wherein his recommendations on validity, infringement and damages in two actions were affirmed by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. He currently serves as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Georgia for intellectual property law issues, is a Fellow of the Lawyers Foundation of the State Bar of Georgia, and is also on the Advisory Board of The Technological Innovation: Generating Economic Results (TI: GER) program, a collaboration between Georgia Tech and Emory Law School which prepares students for commercializing new technologies. In addition, Bill has served on the committee tasked with formulating Local Rules regarding patent litigation for the United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Bill’s peers in the legal community voted him one of Georgia Trend magazine’s “Legal Elite” in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and named him one of the Top 100 Georgia "Super Lawyers" 2004-2006 in Atlanta magazine. He is also a certified “Memphis in May” barbecue judge. Bill graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry from the Georgia Institute of Technology (1967), and he received his J.D. from the Emory University School of Law (1970).
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BNeedle @E R A S Eneedlerosenberg.com Office: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C. Suite 1000 999 Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3915 Phone: (678) 420-9300 Fax: (678) 420-9301 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Steven OlsonEDUCATION:Ph.D., Emory University M.A.R., Yale University B.A., Calvin College SPECIALIZATIONS: Ethics and Values, Leadership, Environmental Sustainability,Leadership Development,Interdisciplinary Scholarship,Executive Coaching Steve fuses theory and practice in leadership, leadership development and ethics in addressing current issues of corporate responsibility. His current work focuses on corporate responsibility and environmental sustainability. Prior to joining the Robinson College faculty, he co-founded The Center for Ethics and Corporate Responsibility and then founded the programs in Business and Professional Ethics for Emory University’s Center for Ethics. He taught at Emory’s Goizueta Business School (1992-99) where he served as the Recorder for the Luce Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar. He was also co-founder and managing partner of Generative Consulting, a leadership development firm (1999-2007), whose clients regularly appear on Fortune’s list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For in America” (including the #1 Best Company in 1999).
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solson @E R A S Egsu.edu Office: Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business 35 Broad Street, NW Room 1402, Commerce Building Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: (404) 413-7423 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Brian PearceMr. Pearce received his J.D. and J.S.M. (equivalent to L.L.M.) from Stanford Law School. Before joining the US Department of Justice, he had approximately six years of legal experience in private practice, academia and the federal judiciary. He served as a law clerk to federal judges for the United States District Court, District of Hawaii, and United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Honolulu and was an associate at law firms in Hawaii and California. Mr. Pearce returned to Stanford Law School to teach Legal Research and Writing and Moot Court as a Teaching Fellow and completed his J.S.M. at the same time.Mr. Pearce joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego and served there for four years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Border Crimes and Appellate sections. His case load included 15 jury trials and over 50 criminal appeals which resulted in approximately 15 oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals. He returned to Atlanta In 2001 as an Assistant U.S. Attorney assigned to the Government Fraud and Public Corruption section and obtained further trial, appellate and extradition experience. From 2003 to 2007, Mr. Pearce was detailed to the US Embassy in Bangkok, where he served as the DOJ Resident Legal Adviser and facilitated cooperation among the American, Thai and regional justice sectors across a wide array of instructional and operational matters. In 2007, he returned to the US Attorney's Office in Atlanta and has prosecuted a variety of white collar crimes in the Economic Crimes Section. Mr. Pearce also facilitates extradition, mutual legal assistance and other transnational law enforcement cooperation as International and National Security Affairs Coordinator.
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brian.pearce @E R A S Eusdoj.gov Office: U.S. Attorney's Office 600 U.S. Courthouse 75 Spring Street Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: (404) 581-6217 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Patricia Lynn PearlbergPatti Pearlberg has over 25 years experience in Commercial Real Estate, having worked in the areas of Retail, Office, Industrial, Multi-Family and Land Investments. Her experience encompasses Asset Management and law related responsibilities, including defining Ownership Structures, Legal drafting and documentation, Zoning, Financing, Development, Leasing, Acquisitions and Dispositions. Ms. Pearlberg has worked in positions with many high-profile companies, including Regency Centers, Branch Properties, L.P., Trammell Crow Residential and Post Properties. She received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Georgia, her MBA in Finance from Kennesaw State University and her law degree from Georgia State University College of Law, graduating with honors in each instance.Ms. Pearlberg is a member of and serves on numerous industry and community associations including CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women), ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers), Cobb County Development of Regulations, Council for Quality Growth, Cobb Landmarks and Historical Society, the Woodruff Arts Center, the Cobb Symphony and The Georgia Ballet. Ms. Pearlberg has taught Real Estate Transactions at the College of Law since 2005. Ms. Pearlberg was published in the Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law in 2005, and often presents papers and speeches at various industry functions, including the Real Property Section for the Georgia Bar Association, the Georgia Environmental Conference, the 2006 GSU Growth Management Symposium, the ICSC Law Conference and the Atlanta Apartment Association. She most recently organized the CLE seminar, “Untangling the Web of Urban Development” for the Center for Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth at the College of Law.
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pearlberg @E R A S Ecororealty.com Office: V.P. Asset Management Coro Realty Advisors, LLC 3312 Piedmont Road, Suite 400 Atlanta, GA. 30305 Phone: (404) 846-4007 Fax: (404) 846-8660 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
William Marion PooleWilliam M. Poole was one of the first lawyers in Atlanta to focus his practice exclusively on transnational business and investment matters. Since 1973, he has practiced as a corporate and tax lawyer, specializing in representing U.S. businesses with respect to exporting products and services and transacting business outside the United States, and representing foreign companies and individuals in all aspects of establishing or acquiring businesses and properties in the United States. During his career, he has represented companies and individuals from more than 40 countries doing business in the United States, and U.S. companies and individuals doing business in over 30 countries outside of the United States. Mr. Poole has counseled and advised his clients regarding all aspects of general corporate and commercial business, including acquisitions and mergers, and many types of sales, distribution, franchising, licensing and joint venture relationships.Mr. Poole often assists clients with international tax planning issues, including planning relating to bi-lateral tax conventions, assisting in structuring profitable transnational business transactions, minimizing total global worldwide tax liability, yet complying with all applicable tax laws. He also provides immigration services, including non-immigrant and permanent resident petitions. Mr. Poole has represented many software developers and hardware manufacturers and has assisted many technologically advanced companies in protecting and licensing their proprietary intellectual property rights including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and technical know-how, both domestically and internationally. Mr. Poole graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science in General Engineering. He served in the Army as an Airborne Ranger Infantry platoon leader and company commander, in Berlin, Germany, and as a District Advisor in the Republic of South Viet Nam. Mr. Poole was a cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, where he was a Vassar Wooley scholar, editor-in-chief of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, oralist for the Jessup International moot court team and won the law school appellate moot court argument. He graduated from the Executive MBA program of Georgia State University in 1988. Mr. Poole has taught transnational tax planning at the University of Georgia School of Law and Emory University School of Law, and is currently an adjunct professor at GSU Law School, teaching international business transactions. Mr. Poole is very active in the Atlanta international business community, notably as a founder and current member of the Board of Directors and secretary of the World Trade Center of Atlanta and Chairman of the World Trade Education Foundation. Mr. Poole was selected as a member of the first class of International Business Fellows and was appointed by the United States Secretary of Commerce as a member of the Atlanta District Export Council, which he chaired for many years. Mr. Poole is an active participant in the American, Atlanta and Georgia Bar Associations, the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Board of Advisors of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, the British American Business Group, many of the Bilateral Chambers of Commerce and the International Lawyers Network.
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bill.poole @E R A S Enelsonmullins.com Office: Nelson, Mullins, Riley and Scarborough, LLP 201 17th Street, N.W., Suite 1700 Atlanta, GA 30363 Phone: (404) 322-6143 Fax: (404) 322-6334 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Beth ReimelsElizabeth Reimels returns to the Barton Clinic as a Managing Attorney. Beth served as the Director of the TeamChild Atlanta project of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, a project she founded in 2001 as an Equal Justice Works Fellow. The project provides direct civil legal representation to children involved in the juvenile court. Her practice areas included special education, student discipline, mental health, and public benefits law. Beth began her child advocacy career as a student attorney with the Barton Clinic and participated in the Emory Summer Child Advocacy Program. During law school Beth clerked for the Fulton County Juvenile Court Office of Program Development, The DeKalb County Juvenile Court Office of the Child Advocate, and Cobb County Legal Aid. Ms. Reimels received her B.A. from Boston University and her J.D. from the Emory University School of Law.
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breimels @E R A S Elaw.emory.edu Office: Managing Attorney, Barton Child Law & Policy Clinic, School of Law, Emory University Phone: (404) 712-8705 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Michael Eric RossMickey Ross is a shareholder and senior litigator with Greenberg Traurig, which he joined in January 2008 after nearly 34 years at King & Spalding. Mr. Ross has a broad range of experience in federal and state trial and appellate courts across the country, as well as in arbitrations, including a number of class (opt out) and collective (opt in) actions. He has successfully represented both individuals and companies in a wide variety of cases, including in all aspects of employment law, contract and partnership disputes, business torts, antitrust, and healthcare. Mr. Ross speaks frequently on these topics at continuing legal education programs and has published more than twenty articles, including in the Georgia Law Review, the Emory Law Journal, the Mercer Law Review, and the Georgia Bar Journal. Mr. Ross was the valedictorian of his graduating class at the University of Florida. He received his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was invited to join the Harvard Law Review.
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rossme @E R A S Egtlaw.com Office: Greenberg Traurig The Forum 3290 Northside Parkway, Suite 400 Atlanta, Georgia 30327 Phone: (678) 553-2150 Fax: (678) 553-2151 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Donald Franklin SamuelDonald F. Samuel graduated from Oberlin College in 1975 and the University of Georgia School of Law in 1980 (cum laude), where he was an editor of the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. He served as law clerk to United States District Court Judge Harold L. Murphy (N.D.Ga.) following his graduation from law school and then joined what is now known as GARLAND, SAMUEL & LOEB, P.C. He is past-President of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (GACDL) and a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). In 1999, he was elected to membership in the American Board of Criminal Lawyers. In 2000, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. entire bio
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dfs @E R A S Egsllaw.com Office: Garland, Samuel & Loeb, P.C. 3151 Maple Drive, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30305 Phone: (404) 262-2225 Fax: (404) 365-5041 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Larry SandersLawrence Sanders is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the University of Oregon School of Law, where he was a student in the environmental law clinic. Larry brings eight years of legal experience, most of it in environmental litigation under statutes such as the Endangered Species Act, the National Environmental Policy Act, and state water laws. He moved from California, where he founded and was the director of RiverLaw at the South Yuba River Citizens League. Due to his extensive litigation experience, Sanders will work primarily on the Clinic's litigation matters.
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lsanders @E R A S Elaw.emory.edu Office: Staff Attorney Turner Environmental Law Clinic School of Law Emory University Phone: (404) 712-8008 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
D. Brian ShortellD. Brian Shortell is an associate in the Needle & Rosenberg Intellectual Property Practice of Ballard Spahr. He is a member of the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. He is also a member of the Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Medical Technical Practice Teams and team leader of the Nanotechnology Practice Team in the Patent Group. He concentrates on patent prosecution, client counseling and opinion work, and intellectual property and technology litigation. Dr. Shortell’s technical experience includes industrial chemical research, post-doctoral chemical research, academic grant writing and teaching chemistry at the undergraduate level. His graduate and postdoctoral research focused on organic synthesis, polymer synthesis and characterization, molecular electronics, nanotechnology and the synthesis and characterization of novel chiral atropisomers. He has published several articles and papers in both legal and chemical literature. Dr. Shortell serves as an adjunct professor of Patent Drafting & Prosecution at Georgia State University School of Law. Since 2006, he has been a frequent guest lecturer in patent law at both Emory University School of Law and Georgia State University School of Law. He is also an active member of the Atlanta Bar Association, where he currently serves on the board of the Intellectual Property Law Section. During law school, he served on the South Carolina Law Review, was a member of the Moot Court Bar and was an officer of the Intellectual Property Law Society. Dr. Shortell is a registered patent attorney, a member of the State Bar of Georgia, and is admitted to all Georgia state courts, as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia. Dr. Shortell is a graduate of the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg (B.S. in Chemistry, 1993) and the University of South Carolina (Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, 1999; J.D. 2002).
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shortellb @E R A S Eballardspahr.com Office: The Needle & Rosenberg IP Practice of Ballard Spahr 999 Peachtree Street, Suite 1000 Atlanta, GA 30309=3915 Phone: (678) 420-9446 Fax: (678) 420-9301 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mark V Spix
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spix @E R A S Ebellsouth.net Office: Law Offices of Spix & Krupp, LLC Adrian Lowell Building 3975 Roswell Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30342 Phone: (404) 266-0000 Fax: (404) 364-2376 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Storrs
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rstorrs @E R A S Estorrslaw.com Office: 1355 Peachtree Street, Suite 1570 Atlanta, GA 30309 Phone: (404) 888-9600 Fax: (404) 888-0996 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bill TimmWillard N. Timm, Jr. is currently the Assistant Director of the Georgia State University College of Law Low Income Taxpayer Clinic. In that capacity, he supervises the students who represent low income individuals before the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Tax Court.Prior to his retirement in May 2007, he was employed with the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service for over 35 years, 12 of those years as the Associate Area Counsel (SB/SE). He also was a Special Assistant United States Attorney appearing in the Bankruptcy Court on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service. He supervised attorneys and paralegals, and managed the Bankruptcy Special Assistant United States Attorneys program and the extern student program for those working for Counsel from the Georgia law schools. While at Counsel’s Office, he taught federal tax procedure courses to new Counsel Attorneys and Internal Revenue Service personnel. He retired from the United States Army, State Judge Advocate Corps with the rank of Colonel. Most recently, he was the Staff Judge Advocate for the 335th Signal Theater Command. Mr. Timm is a graduate of Emory University Law School (J.D.), Georgia State University (AB) and the United States Army War College. He is an inductee in the United States Army Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame and a member of the Board of Directors of Pioneer Clubs International.
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wtimm @E R A S Elangate.gsu.edu Office: Tax Clinic Phone: (404) 413-9232 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Christopher W. TimmonsChris Timmons is an Assistant District Attorney in Cobb County. He has tried 42 jury trials on charges ranging from speeding to murder. He has also argued before the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court. Mr. Timmons teaches prosecutors across the state and supervises the Cobb D.A.’s Office trial internship program. Prior to becoming a prosecutor, Mr. Timmons was an associate at King & Spalding in Atlanta and Taft, Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati. As a civil litigator, Mr. Timmons handled business litigation, securities, and products liability cases from the filing of complaints through appeals. Mr. Timmons received his B.A. in Economics from Miami University in 1993 and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1996.
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Christopher.Timmons @E R A S ECobbCounty.org Office: 10 East Park Square Marietta, GA 30090 Phone: (770) 528-3050 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Renata Deann TurnerRenata Turner is the Director of Externships and Pro Bono Outreach for Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School (JMLS). Prior to joining JMLS, Prof. Turner was the Director of the Domestic Violence Project with the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, a non-profit that coordinates free legal representation for low-income clients. There she represented and trained volunteer attorneys and third-year law students to represent domestic violence victims in a variety of family law issues. In addition to her duties as the Externship and Pro Bono Outreach Director, Prof. Turner teaches Domestic Violence and the Law at both JMLS and Georgia State University’s College of Law. Prof. Turner also serves on the Fulton County Child Advocates Board, the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence Pro Bono Advisory Board and is a member of the Charles Weltner Family Law Inn of Court.
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rturner @E R A S Ejohnmarshall.edu Office: Director of Pro Bono Outreach and Externships Atlanta's John Marshall Law School 1422 West Peachtree St., N.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30309 Phone: (404) 872-3593 Ext. 251 Fax: (404) 873-3802 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Margaret Hughes VathMargaret Hughes Vath earned her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law in 1998, and her B.A. in English/Journalism with a Minor in Music in 1995 from the University of Delaware, where she graduated cum laude. She spent eight years in private practice at the law firms of Weinstock & Scavo and Weissman, Nowack, Curry & Wilco, both in Atlanta. Professor Vath's recent experience includes a corporate transactional and litigation practice where she represented Georgia non-profit corporations in the form of community associations.Professor Vath is the author of the 2002-2005 supplements for West's "Criminal Offenses and Defenses in Tennessee." In addition, she has written and edited numerous articles for Firm and trade magazines.
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mvath @E R A S Egvl-law.com Office: Gaddis Vath Lanier, LLC 3348 Peachtree Road, N.E. Tower Place 200, Suite 700 Atlanta, GA 30326 Phone: (678) 954-4939 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gerry WeberGerry Weber served for seventeen years as Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia litigating significant issues of constitutional law. In addition to a private constitutional law practice, Gerry currently serves as a Senior Staff Counsel at the Southern Center for Human Rights, and is an Adjunct Professor at Emory University School of Law and Georgia State University College of Law in constitutional litigation and the first amendment. Gerry clerked for the Honorable Carolyn Dineen King, Chief Judge of the United State Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.He was named one of the "21 Young Lawyers Leading Us Into the 21st Century" by the American Bar Association and "Top 40 Achievers under 40" by Georgia Trend Magazine. Mr. Weber has litigated against federal, state and local governments and agencies and some of the largest corporations in the United States. He has struck down numerous laws ranging from state restrictions on the internet to state laws barring fornication and sodomy. He also has chalked up one of the largest monetary awards in the history of the State of Georgia – a $440 million dollar judgment in an international human rights case against a Serbian government torturer.
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wgerryweber @E R A S Egmail.com Office: PO Box 5391Atlanta, GA 31107 Phone: (404) 932-5845 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Larry David WolfeDavid Wolfe attended the University of Georgia where he graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism. In 1979 he graduated from John Marshall Law School with a J.D. and began his practice of law with the firm of Hudson & Montgomery in Athens, Georgia. On April Fools’ Day, 1982, he opened his own office in Atlanta and has continued that practice here to date. David Wolfe specializes in criminal defense work and he has tried cases throughout the country in various state and federal courts. He has handled many high-profile cases in Georgia of national interest, including his challenge to Georgia’s hate crime statute, which was struck down by the Georgia Supreme Court as unconstitutional. He is a founding member of the Georgia Innocence Project and represented Clarence Harrison, the first inmate exonerated and released after 18 years imprisonment by the Project based upon DNA evidence. He is a life member of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a member of the board of directors of that organization.
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profldwolfe @E R A S Eaol.com Office: 135 Nassau Street NW. Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone: (404) 524-4338 Fax: (404) 524-2467 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
Katie WoodKatie Wood has taught Mass Communications Law as an adjunct professor at Clark Atlanta University and at her alma mater, Georgia State University’s College of Law, since 2006. Wood was a journalist, in both print and broadcast media, for 19 years before entering law school. While attending law school part-time, Wood worked as public information officer for the Georgia Supreme Court. Wood, who is involved in numerous volunteer activities in the legal community, is currently the president of the DeKalb Bar Association and edits its award-winning monthly newsletter. She also serves as a staff attorney to Judge Wayne M. Purdom in DeKalb State Court. In 1999, Wood received her J.D. degree cum laude from Georgia State University’s College of Law and she received her B.S. degree in communications from Georgia State University in 1977.
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ktwood55 @E R A S Eaol.com Office: P.O. Box 5621 Atlanta, GA 31107 Phone: (404) 372-3306 Directory Links | ||||||||||||||||||||
