PARTNERS OF FIRM
Henry D. Fellows, Jr. (Partner) born New York, N.Y., December 17, 1954; admitted to bar, 1978, Georgia; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Bucknell University (B.S.B.A., magna cum laude, 1975); Georgetown University (J.D., 1978). Editor, Georgetown Law Journal, 1977-1978. Law Clerk to the Hon. Charles A. Moye, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1978-1980. Member: American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow). Atlanta Bar Association (Chair and Co-Chair, Courts Committee, 1992-1998, 2007-2009; Chair, Litigation Section, 2005-2006; Member, Litigation Section, Board of Directors, 1998-2007; Chair, CLE Committee, 2003-2004; Member, Board of Directors, 2002-2008); American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment; Restrictive Covenants; Securities Arbitration; Shareholder Disputes; Closely Held Corporation Disputes.Email: Henry D. Fellows, Jr.
Stephen T. LaBriola (Partner) born Denver, Colorado, October 30, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Colorado; 1989, Georgia. Education: University of Colorado (B.A., History, summa cum laude, 1982) Phi Betta Kappa; New York University (J.D., 1985). Recipient, Chancellor's Recognition Award for Academic Excellence. Law Clerk: Hon. Anthony F. Vollack, Colorado Supreme Court, 1986; Hon. William D. Neighbors, Colorado Supreme Court, 1985. Master and President, Lamar Inn of Court; Treasurer of the Litigation Section of the Atlanta Bar Association; Speaker: "How to Win Your Case Through Cross-Examination" at 2009 GTLA Champions Seminar; "The Economic Loss Rule," Business Litigation Seminar Sponsored by Sterling Education Services; "The Qui Tam Explosion: The Impact of Private Whistleblowers - Health Care Fraud," February 2000 Symposium, The New England School of Law. Author: "Pitfalls to Avoid: Recent Decisions in Commercial Law and Business Litigation," The Quarterly Report, February, 1995; "A Defense Perspective of the Federal Corporate Sentencing Guidelines," The White Collar Crime Reporter, January, 1992. Co-Author: "Directors' and Officers' Liability Insurance Policies: 'Allocation' and Advancement," Legal Trends, September, 1994. Deputy District Attorney, Denver, 1986-1989. Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Treasurer, Litigation Section); Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; American Association of Justice; Lamar Inn of Court President (The Emory School of Law Inn of the American Inns of Court). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Litigation; Employment Litigation; Litigation involving Fraud and Misrepresentation; False Claims Act; Whistleblower Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Medical Malpractice.Email: Stephen T. LaBriola
Steven M. Kushner (Partner) born New York, N.Y., January 24, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Georgia. Education: University of Michigan (A.B., 1989); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1992). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award. Listed, Who's Who Among America's Colleges and Universities, 1992. Director-in-Chief, Moot Court Society, 1991-1992. Order of the Barristers. Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Editions for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 and Georgia Trend's Legal Elite 2008. Member: Atlanta (Member, Litigation Section) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Litigation Section; Member, Intellectual Property Law Section); American Intellectual Property Law Association. Reported Cases: Chen v. Profit Sharing Plan of Bohne 216 Ga. App. 878, 456 S.E. 2d 237 (1995); Bishop v. Farhat, 227 Ga. App. 201, 489 S.E. 2d 323 (1997); Neal Pope, Inc. v. Garlington, 245 Ga. App. 49, 537 S.E. 2d 179 (2000); Trust Associates v. Snead, 253 Ga.App. 475 559 S.E. 2d 502 (2002); Lou Robustelli Marketing Services Inc. v. Robustelli, 286 GaApp. S16, 650 SE2d 326 (2007); Urim Corp. v. Krongold, 2008 WL 2415527 (2008). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Trademark and Copyright Litigation; General Civil Litigation; Business Torts.Email: Steven M. Kushner
Shattuck Ely (Partner) born Montgomery, Alabama, August 19, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Georgia; 1998, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1994); Georgetown University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Past President, Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers); American Bar Association (Member, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Litigation and Tort and Insurance Sections); Lamar Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Commercial Litigation.Email: Shattuck Ely
Kevin P. Weimer (Partner) born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals. Education: Rice University (B.A., magna cum laude,1998); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Listed as a Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2006, 2007 and 2009; recipient of the 2005 President's Award for Outstanding Service to the Atlanta Chapter of the Federal Bar Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Member: Order of Barristers; Lumpkin Inn of Court; Moot Court Board; Mock Trial Board; Champion, 1999 J. Melvin England Mock Trial Competition; Finalist, Best Brief, 2000 Georgetown National White Collar Crime Mock Trial Invitational. Member: American, Atlanta (Board of Directors, Litigation Section) and Federal (Past President, Atlanta Chapter; Member, National Membership Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Committee investigating implementation for e-filing statewide). Reported Cases: U.S. ex rel Howard v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 499 F. Supp. 2d 972 (S.D. Ohio 2007), Plantation Pipeline Co. v. Milford, 572 S.E. 2d 67 (Ga. Ct. App. 2002). Practice Areas: Business and Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Construction Law; Serious Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; False Claims Act Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Kevin P. Weimer
OF COUNSEL
A. Paul Cadenhead (Of Counsel) born La Grange, Georgia, October 14, 1926; admitted to bar, 1949, Georgia; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: West Georgia College; Emory University (LL.B., 1949). Recipient, Atlanta Bar Association Leadership Award, 2000. President, Atlanta Estate Planning Council, 1976. Member: Atlanta (President, 1970-1971) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; American College of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. (Retired). Practice Areas: Litigation; Domestic Relations.Email: A. Paul Cadenhead
James M. Deichert (Of Counsel) born Newark, New Jersey, September 14, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, New Jersey; 1983, Georgia; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Rutgers College (B.A., 1969); Seton Hall Law School (J.D., 1972). Lecturer: RICO and federal criminal practice before legal education audiences, including the 2007, 2005, 2002, 2000 and 1998 Georgia Annual RICO Seminars, the 2009 Corporate Internal Investigations Seminar, the 2004 Federal Criminal Practice Seminar & the 2003 White Collar Crime Seminar. Lecturer: Civil RICO and Criminal Restitution to the Georgia Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (2007), and the International Association of Special Investigative (insurance) Units (2005). Instructor: Emory Law School's Trial Techniques Program (NITA) from 2000-2005. Peer recognition: Georgia Super Lawyer - White Collar Criminal Defense from 2005-2009 and Georgia Trend's Legal Elite from 2006-2008. Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Organized Crime and & Racketeering Section (Newark and Atlanta Strike Forces), 1972-1990; Supervisory Assistant U.S. Attorney and Chief, Atlanta Organized Crime Strike Force, 1991-1997. Recipient, Special Commendation Awards and Special Achievement Award, U.S. Department of Justice. Selected, U.S. Department of Justice Honor Law Graduate Program. . Member: Atlanta (Member, Sections on: Criminal Law; Litigation), Federal and American (Member: Criminal Justice Section, 1992) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. [Judge Advocate Gen. Corps, 1973-1999; Col., Georgia Army National Guard]. Reported Cases: U.S. v. Dalia, 426 F.Supp. 862 (D. N.J., 1977), aff'd, 441 U.S. 238 (1979); U.S. v. Romano, 736 F.2d 1432 (11th Cir., 1984); U.S. v. Rosenthal, 793 F.2d 1214 (11th Cir., 1986); U.S. v. Church, 955 F.2d 688 (11th Cir., 1992). Practice Areas: Criminal Defense; RICO; Complex Civil Litigation; Internal Investigations; Grand Jury Practice; Whistleblower Litigation.Email: James M. Deichert
ASSOCIATES
Megan C. Haley (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: Cornell University (B.A., cum laude, 2003); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Admitted to the Georgia bar in 2006, Megan Haley entered private practice in 2009. Her practice is devoted to complex criminal defense as well as a wide breadth of complex civil litigation, including insurance coverage, construction law, products liability, intellectual property, and employment law matters.
Before associating with the Firm, Ms. Haley spent over two years practicing criminal defense as an Assistant Public Defender in the Western Judicial Circuit in Athens, Georgia. As a public defender, Ms. Haley represented criminal defendants from arraignment through appeal, and participated in over a dozen solo jury trials with a great rate of success.
Ms. Haley graduated cum laude from The University of Georgia School of Law where she served as a member of the editorial board and later as an Articles Editor on the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. Member: State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Bar Association, Federal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment; Insurance Coverage; Personal Injury; Criminal Defense.Email: Megan C. Haley
Eugenia Wooten Iredale (Associate) born Anderson, South Carolina, December 28, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Clemson University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2001); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Omicron Delta Kappa; Alpha Lambda Delta; Golden Key. Member, Lamar Inn of Court at Emory University. Recipient: Faculty Scholarship Award at Clemson University; Matt Locke Award at Clemson University. Editorial Board, Journal of Intellectual Property Law at University of Georgia. President: Student Senate; Habitat for Humanity; Empty Stocking Fund; Atlanta Clemson Club. Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Board Member, Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers; Member: Litigation Section; Courts Committee); State Bar of Georgia (Member: Litigation Committee, Young Lawyers Division); Federal Bar Association; DeKalb County Bar Association; Georgia Association of Women Lawyers. Reported Cases: Lowdon PTY Ltd. v. Westminster Ceramics, LLC, S34 F. Supp. 2d 1354 (N.D. Ga. 2008); Fowler v. Atlanta Napp Deady, Inc., 283 Ga. App. 331, 641 S.E. 2d 573 (Ga. App.Ct.2007). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment; Computer Theft (Georgia Computer Systems Protection Act); Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage; White Collar Criminal Defense.Email: Eugenia Wooten Iredale
Christina M. Baugh (Associate) born Princeton, New Jersey; admitted to bar, 2007, Georgia. Education: Emory University (B.S., 2003); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, YLD); Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); American Bar Association (Member, Business Litigation, IP); GAWL. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; General Civil Litigation; IP Litigation; Business Torts.Email: Christina M. Baugh
LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL
Karen V. Prouty born Jackson, Mississippi, October 21, 1975; Education: University of Georgia (B.A., English/German, 1998); National Center for Paralegal Training (Paralegal Certification, 2001). Member: Georgia Association of Paralegals; National Federation of Paralegal Associations. Languages: German.Email: Karen V. Prouty
Marlissa N. Crawford born March 14, 1976; Education: Morris Brown College (B.A., Criminal Justice, 2001); College for Professional Studies (Paralegal Certificate, 2003). Member: National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc., 2004; Georgia Association of Paralegals, 2004. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Civil RICO; Criminal Defense.Email: Marlissa N. Crawford
Allison Luka born August 6, 1983; Education: Auburn University (B.S., Communications, 2005); Emory University (Paralegal Certification, 2007). Member: National Federation of Paralegal Associations; Georgia Association of Paralegals. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation.Email: Allison Luka