MEMBERS OF FIRM
Susan L. Howick (Member) born Providence, Rhode Island, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1977); Emory University (J.D., 1982). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Society. Member, Student Bar Association. Editor, Calendar Call Magazine, 2001-2002. Law Clerk to the Honorable Edward H. Johnson, State Court of Fulton County, 1982-1984. Adjunct Professor, Emory University School of Law, 1989-1991. Instructor: The National Center for Paralegal Training, 1985-1987; National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Emory University School of Law, 1989-1995. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Executive Board, General Practice and Trial Section, 1996, 2000-2003); Georgia Association of Women Lawyers (Secretary, 1990-1991; President, 1991-1992). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Contract Litigation; Creditors Rights; Family Law.
M. Todd Westfall (Member) born Los Angeles, California, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Georgia. Education: Berry College (B.S., 1977); Woodrow Wilson College of Law (J.D., 1979); Georgia State University (J.D., 1985). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Notes and Comments Editor, Georgia State University Law Review, 1985. Staff Attorney, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1980-1981. Chair, Real Property Foreclosure Seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2001-2004, 2007. Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1990-1991, Secretary/Treasurer, 1991-1992; Chair Elect, 1992-1993; Chair, 1993-1994, Real Estate Section); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Real Property Executive Committee, 1994-2000; Chair, Professionalism and Public Relations Sub Committee, 1998-2000; Title Standards Committee, 1994-1995; Co-Chair 1999-2000; Aviation Law); Atlanta Home Builders Association (Chair, Legal Affairs Committee, 1987-1988; Co-Counsel, New Home Sales Contract Task Force, 1994-1995). Practice Areas: Aviation and Aerospace; Banks and Banking; Business Law; Commercial Real Estate; Contracts; Consumer Law; Corporate Law; Equipment Finance and Leasing; Leases and Leasing; Real Estate.
Louis G. McBryan (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, 1960; admitted to bar, 1990, Georgia, Missouri and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia; 2000, U.S. Supreme Court; 2006, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin. Education: St. Louis University (B.Sc., 1981); Georgia State University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Member, Jessup International Moot Court Team. Member: Atlanta (Member, Bankruptcy and Litigation Section) and American (Member, Business Law Section; Member, Committees on: Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Consumer Financial Services; Gaming, Business and Corporate Litigation) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights Sections); The Missouri Bar; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Reported Cases: In Re Midland Contractors, Inc., 196 B.R. 653 (Bankr. ND Ga 1996); Pettigrew v. Citizens Trust Bank, 229 B.R. 39 (ND Ga 1998); Pichulik v. Ball, 270 Ga App 656 (2004); In re: Hospitality Ventures/La Vista, 314 B. R. 843 (Bankr. ND Ga 2004). Practice Areas: Litigation; Bankruptcy; Gaming Law.
Michael C. Kaplan (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Georgia; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1991); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Member: Atlanta Bar Association, State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation(100%).