Associate
Litigation & Intellectual Property Practice
Atlanta
(404) 888-4219 Phone
(404) 602-9079 Fax
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| Resumes |
Primary Resume
Financial Services
Bio
| Practices |
Complex Consumer and
Financial Services
Litigation
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Practice focuses on commercial litigation, class action defense, internal investigations, cyber security, and commercial contract disputes, with an emphasis on mortgage lending and other financial services.
Relevant Experience 
- Defends and prosecutes a variety of commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts (including multi-district litigation) throughout the United States, including:
- Cases, including trial experience, for national consumer lenders and creditors in connection with a variety of consumer litigation in Georgia and the surrounding states. Matters include bankruptcy-related and mortgage issues, alleged violations of federal lending statutes, such as TILA, RESPA, and FCRA, alleged violations of state statutes regulating mortgage lenders, and common law tort claims.
- Substantial experience with aggressive creditor actions.
- Class actions involving a major internet service provider's charges, insurance companies' claims evaluation software, national banking associations' transaction posting order, and the security breach of a payment processor's computer network.
- Internal investigations regarding technology, consumer services outsourcing, banking regulatory compliance, cyber intrusions of financial institutions, and information security remediation.
- Advised financial institutions and a national supermarket chain on regulatory compliance in the data protection area.
Background
- Law Clerk, Hon. Hugh Lawson, United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (Aug. 2003-Aug. 2005)
- Judicial Intern, Hon. Margaret H. Murphy, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia (Aug. 2002-Dec. 2002)
Membership
- Member, State Bar of Georgia
- Member, American Bar Association
- Admitted: Georgia Superior Courts, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia, United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Awards and Professional Recognition
- Order of Barristers
- E. Randolph Williams Community Service Award (2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009)
- Lamar Inn of Court
Pro Bono Work
- Guest Judge for Georgia Intrastate Moot Court Competition
- Artemis Board Member, Fernbank Museum
- Case Worker, Guardian ad Litem Project
- Various appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Education - J.D., Emory University School of Law, 2003; Bankruptcy Developments Journal, Executive Articles Editor (Aug. 2002 - May 2003); Moot Court Society, National Team Member, Georgia Intrastate Team Member and Coach (Jan. 2002 - May 2003); G. Conley Ingram Scholarship
- B.A., University of Tennessee-Knoxville, summa cum laude, College Scholars in Spanish and Legal/Cultural Studies (Dec. 1999): Phi Beta Kappa, Whittle Scholarship
Languages
| 2002 |
Co-author (with Jerry B. Blackstock), Expert Opinions in Patent Litigation, No. GO-011U, 715 Practising Law Inst./Pat. 47 |
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Hunton & Williams News
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Guest Lecturer, "The Rhetoric of Legal Writing," Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia |
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Jason Beach
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