MEMBERS OF FIRM
Baxter H. Finch (1924-1995).
Richard W. Hendrix (Member) born Spartanburg, South Carolina, August 22, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Georgia; 1978, South Carolina; U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Davidson College (B.A., cum laude, 1974); Emory University (J.D., 1977). Author: "A Refresher on the Federal Tort Claims Act," The Verdict (Fall, 1999); "Rule 16 and the Jencks Act: A Need for Legal Reform," Calendar Call (Winter, 1996); "White Collar Crime: New Tools for the Prosecution," The Atlanta Lawyer (Summer, 1986); "Crossing State Lines in Wrongful Death Actions: Traps for the Unwary," The Verdict (Fall, 1990); "Corporate Criminal Liability: The Need for Effective Compliance Programs," South Carolina Lawyer (March/April, 1993). Adjunct Professor of Litigation, Georgia State University of Law, 1992. Associate Independent Counsel, re: Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 1991-1992. Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division, 1979-1985. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Litigation; Tort Law; White Collar Criminal Defense.Email: Richard W. Hendrix
Michael A. Sullivan (Member) born Charleston, South Carolina, December 9, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1977); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1984). Order of the Coif. Senior Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to the Honorable Marvin H. Shoob, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1984-1986. Associate Independent Counsel, HUD Investigation, 1995-1998. Author: False Claims Act & Qui Tam Quarterly Review, "Best Practices in Pursuing IRS Whistleblower Claims" (April 2009); Health Care Compliance Association's Compliance Today, "New State 'False Claims Acts': An Executive Summary for Compliance Professionals" (September 2007); Georgia Bar Journal, "A 'False Claims Act' Is Finally Enacted in Georgia" (October 2007); Georgia Jurisprudence, chapters on perjury, obstruction of justice and other offenses related to judicial proceedings (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1995). Moderator, "IRS Whistleblower Boot Camp," Taxpayers Against Fraud, 2009; Speaker, "IRS Whistleblower Workshop," Taxpayers Against Fraud Annual Conference, 2007; "Handling Cases Under the False Claims Act and the New State False Medicaid Claims Act," GTLA, 2007. Moderator, "State False Claims Acts," Southeastern Health Care Fraud Conference, ICLE of Georgia, 2007. Co-Chair: "Whistleblower Law Symposium," ICLE of Georgia, 2007-08; "Professional and Ethical Dilemmas in Litigation," ICLE of Georgia, 1998-2005. Lecturer: "Trial Techniques in Product Liability Cases," Product Liability Section of State Bar of Georgia, 2001; "Developments in Criminal Law: United States Supreme Court Update 1993-1994 Term," ICLE of Georgia, 1994. Board of Directors, Federal Defender Program, 2004-2009. "Super Lawyer.". Member: American Inns of Court (Master, Bleckley Inn); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Criminal Justice/White Collar Crime; Health Law; Litigation); American Health Lawyers Association; State Bar of Georgia; Taxpayers Against Fraud (Presenter, 2007, 2009); Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Executive Committee, 2003-2008); National Employment Lawyers Association. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: United States v. Watt, 911 F.Supp. 538 (D.D.C. 1995); J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. v. Bentley, 427 S.E.2d 499 (Ga. App. 1992); Aetna v. Cantrell, 399 S.E.2d 237 (Ga. App. 1990). Practice Areas: Qui Tam Litigation; IRS Whistleblower Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense Litigation; Business Torts; Wrongful Death; Personal Injury Litigation.Email: Michael A. Sullivan
Steven R. Wisebram (Member) born Barnesville, Georgia, August 4, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Georgia; 1980, District of Columbia. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1974); Emory University (J.D., 1977). Former Counsel, U.S. Congressional Committees and Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1980-1987. Northern District of Georgia. Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; District of Columbia Bar; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; White Collar Crime; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice.Email: Steven R. Wisebram
David E. Naylor (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, December 4, 1953; admitted to bar, 1987, Georgia; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Mercer University (B.A., 1976); Woodrow Wilson College of Law (J.D., 1987). Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Trial and Workers' Compensation Sections); Lawyer's Club of Atlanta; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Workers Compensation Law; Products Liability Law.Email: David E. Naylor
OF COUNSEL
Charles E. McCranie (Of Counsel) born Cecil, Georgia, August 23, 1927; admitted to bar, 1953, Georgia; 1968, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 1950); John Marshall University (LL.B., 1953). Sigma Delta Kappa. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Fellow: American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law.Email: Charles E. McCranie
Stephen E. Boswell (Of Counsel) born 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1974);. Phi Delta Phi. Distinguished Military Graduate. Faculty Member: Institute of Continuing Judicial Education of Georgia; American Bar Association's National Judicial College, University of Nevada. Instructor, Leadership Clayton Program, Clayton County Chamber of Commerce. Former Member: Gender Bias in Courts Committee; Uniform Rules Committee; Council of Superior Court Judges. Appointed, Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia. Judge, Superior Court of Clayton County, November 2, 1982-December 31, 1992 and January 1, 2003-2006. Special Consultant, Georgia High School Mock Trial Program. Vice Chairman: Electronic Data Processing Committee, Judicial Council of Georgia; Georgia Court Automation Commission. Member, Board of Directors: Trust Co. Bank of Clayton Co.; Dance Theater of Georgia, Inc. President, Tara Kiwanis Club. Member: Veterans of Foreign Wars; Master Mason. President and Member Board of Directors, Arts Clayton, Inc. Neutral Dispute Resolution Arbitrator (formerly with) Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. Member: Clayton County (President, 1977-1978; Past Vice President; Past Secretary/Treasurer), Atlanta and American (Member and Recorder, Technology and the Future of the Courts Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Board of Governors, 1979-1985); Lawyers Club of Atlanta. [U.S. Army 1969-1971; 1st Lieutenant A.G.; U.S. Army Security Agency, Washington, D.C.; 199th Infantry Brigade Vietnam; U.S. Army Support Command, Vietnam; Army Commendation Medal; Bronze Star, Oak-Leaf Cluster]. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Whistleblower Litigation; Litigation; Civil Practice; Criminal Law; Domestic Relations Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Commercial Vehicle Liability.Email: Stephen E. Boswell