Successfully coordinated interstate seizure of infringing products for Viad Corp. in a multimillion dollar trademark infringement case.

The firm served as lead counsel on behalf of Viad Corp., seller of large aircraft fuel services company, and recovered substantial award in purchase price adjustment proceeding initiated by buyer. Ranger Aerospace Corporation v. Viad Corp.

The firm served as lead counsel on behalf of Viad Corp. in representation of seller of cruise line. Recovered substantial arbitration award in purchase price adjustment proceeding initiated by buyer. Viad Corporation v. Cruise Holdings, Ltd.

The firm served as lead counsel in representation of AT&T Mobility in connection with multimillion dollar post-closing adjustment related to sale of divisional business unit. The case was settled through arbitration. Velocita Wireless Holding Corp. v. RAM Communications Group LLC and SBC Wireless LLC.

Successfully represented major investors in New York based entertainment company to break board deadlock and ultimately obtain control to compel the sale of the company.

Represented the issue in a $15.9 million public offering undertaken in connection with the mutual-to-stock conversion and holding company formation by a mid-Atlantic savings institution.

Represented E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in a wrongful death action claiming that a young child died in a house fire allegedly caused by an automobile's speed control deactivation device that was subject to one of the largest automotive recalls in the history of the United States. DuPont was named as a defendant because it produced a component part that was used in the speed control deactivation device. After moving for summary judgment based on the lack of credible causation evidence or expert testimony, plaintiffs agreed to dismiss their claims against DuPont for very little consideration. Juan Washington et al. v. Ford Motor Company, et al.

Successfully represented E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and obtained significant monetary recovery from distributor following distributor's termination. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. v. Sierra Stone LLC, Case No. 2006CV113367 (Super. Ct. Fulton County, Ga. filed Mar. 1, 2006); Stoneworkz IP Holding Co., LLC v. Turnberry Stone, LLC, Case No. 06-03366 (Dist. Ct. Dallas County, Tex. filed Apr. 6, 2006).

Successfully defended E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in a toxic tort action claiming wrongful death allegedly caused by exposure to trace benzene. Wilkins et al. v. PPG Industries, Inc., et al.

Negotiated the voluntary dismissals, without payment, of hundreds of toxic tort - silica lawsuits filed in multiple jurisdictions following initial aggressive defensive motion practice. Reid v. American Optical Corporation, et al.

Lead counsel representing GP Chemicals Equity LLC (GP) in an action alleging breach of contract, fraud, unjust enrichment, violations of the Lanham Act, and violations of Georgia’s Fair Business Practices Act. We obtained summary judgment and the court entered judgment in GP’s favor on all claims asserted against it. Affirmed on appeal. Importers Service Corporation v. GP Chemicals Equity LLC, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Civil Action File No. 1:07-cv-00745-JOF.

Successfully defended paperboard container manufacturer in a wrongful termination action brought by a timber supplier who was seeking to recover the lost profits that it allegedly sustained after our client terminated the parties’ contract. The timber supplier relied on allegations of promissory estoppel and oral contract to claim that our client should have continued purchasing pulpwood from the supplier, despite the termination, until such time that the supplier disposed of its remaining inventory. During discovery, the timber supplier provided deposition testimony acknowledging that no enforceable promises were ever made that could support a claim for breach of oral contract or promissory estoppel. Accordingly, we moved for summary judgment on all claims asserted by the timber supplier, and following oral argument, the court granted our client's motion. The supplier appealed the trial court’s ruling to the Court of Appeals, and after the parties had fully briefed the issues, the Court of Appeals issued an opinion affirming the trial court’s decision.

Routinely participates in pro bono services with a focus on representing actions of tenants seeking the return of their security deposits from landlords who withheld them in violation of law. The work of these lawyers has recovered thousands of dollars for tenants, enabling them to move into other housing and move on with their lives.

Served as lead counsel for our client who was a victim of labor trafficking. The firm’s client, Thembi Dlamini, was enticed to Atlanta from her native Swaziland, a country in Southern Africa, in 2005 to purportedly work in Atlanta for two weeks to cater a couple’s son’s upcoming wedding. When she arrived in Atlanta, her passport and return plane ticket were confiscated and she learned that everything she had been told was lies and that she was brought to Atlanta to be the slave of this couple. Ms. Dlamini was forced her to work 16 hours a day, taking care of the couple’s grandchildren, cleaning their home and the homes of neighbors, and working in their construction business. She lived in these conditions for 20 months until she had enough and took the risk of telling neighbors and friends of her captors her true circumstances. The case culminated in a jury trial in April 2015, and our client obtained a verdict of $365,000 in damages in what is believed to be one of the first civil lawsuits in Georgia for labor trafficking. Dlamini v. Babb, Case No. 1:13-cv-02699-WSD (N.D. Ga., filed Aug. 13, 2013).