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Partner
Litigation & Intellectual Property Practice
Atlanta
(404) 888-4119 Phone
(404) 888-4190 Fax
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Primary Resume
Technology bio
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Technology
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Practice focuses on complex business litigation, including representation of technology companies that develop and market software and related services to the financial industry.
Relevant Experience 
- Defended cases filed as class actions, including class action claims of securities fraud.
- Represented corporations in internal investigations and shareholder suits.
- Appeared as lead counsel in jury and bench trials, in state and federal courts, and in arbitrations, including before the American Arbitration Association and the International Chamber of Commerce.
- Represented clients in matters before or involving the Federal Trade Commission, United States Tax Court, and the Treasury Department.
- Represented technology companies (including software developers, internet service providers, and companies engaged in e-commerce) in a wide variety of matters, including cases involving securities claims, intellectual property disputes, corporate governance, restrictive covenant disputes, software license agreement disputes, cyberspace defamation, and customer and vendor disputes.
Membership
- Member, Georgia Bar Association, Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Antitrust Section
- Member, Atlanta Bar Association, Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Antitrust Section
- Member, American Bar Association, Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Antitrust Section
Awards and Professional Recognition
- Named one of Georgia’s “Legal Elite,” a listing of Georgia’s “most effective lawyers,” selected by Georgia attorneys and published in Georgia Trend Magazine, December, 2003
Education - J.D., University of North Carolina School of Law, Editor, North Carolina Law Review; Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa, 1984
- B.A., Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University, summa cum laude, 1980
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Sylvia Kochler
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