Select Matters
- $15 Million Wrongful Death Verdict: Provided legal-issue assistance to a multi-firm trial team, including arguing for and against motions for directed verdict, in a two-week jury trial in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida resulting in a $15 million verdict for a family whose son was fatally struck by a vehicle after police wrongfully released the child from custody without notifying his parents. (2022)
- Consumer Woodworking Summary Judgment: Obtained complete summary judgment for the defendant in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in a case involving a gruesome injury resulting from misuse of a consumer woodworking machine. (2023)
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Civil Rights Cert Petition: Filed a petition for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court seeking review of an Eleventh Circuit opinion granting qualified immunity to a police officer who prevented an individual from recording police activity. (2021)
- Bond Default Litigation: Represent an indenture trustee concerning the default of multi-million dollar bond offerings related to senior-living facilities in Mobile, Alabama. (2020 to Present)
- COVID Regulation Landlord/Tenant Dispute: Obtained summary judgment for a commercial landlord in a breach of contract action against a restaurant tenant who sought to terminate its lease as a result of the COVID regulations imposed in the Spring of 2020. (2020)
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Credentials
- Mercer University School of Law, J.D., 2015, summa cum laude, George Waldo Woodruff Award of Excellence, Managing Editor, Mercer Law Review, Brainerd Currie Honor Society, American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence
- University of Georgia, B.A., History and B.A., Political Science, 2012, magna cum laude, with High Honors
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2019
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 2019
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia, 2019
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 2019
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, 2021
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Superior and State Courts of Georgia
- Georgia, 2015
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, Vice-Chair, Amicus Curiae Brief Committee
- The Federalist Society, President, Atlanta Young Lawyers Chapter
- St. Thomas More Society of Atlanta, Secretary
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Ones to Watch, Appellate Practice, Commercial Litigation
- Knights of Columbus
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Honorable Daniel A. Manion
- U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia, Honorable W. Homer Drake, Jr.