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| | Address | | Promenade Two, Suite 1400 | | Atlanta, Georgia 30309 | | (DeKalb & Fulton Cos.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 404-688-2600 | | Telecopier: 404-525-4347 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.og-law.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Owen Gleaton Egan
Jones & Sweeney, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice, including Professional Liability, Construction Law, Fidelity and Surety Law, Product Liability, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Health Care and Corporate Law, Administrative Law, and Personal Injury Law. | | Year Established: 1984 | Firm Profile:
Owen, Gleaton, Egan, Jones & Sweeney, LLP was founded in 2000 by former members of Harman, Owen, Saunders & Sweeney, P.C. (founded in 1984) and Gleaton, Persons, Egan & Jones (founded in 1990). Members of the firm have extensive litigation and courtroom experience. | | Firm Size: 24 | Languages:
Languages: Russian and Chinese. | Representative Clients:
Abbott Laboratories; Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Co.; Allied Van Lines, Inc.; A.W. Chesterton Co.; Biofield; C & D Cartage, Inc.; California Products Corp.; Caribbean Marine Assoc.; Century Surety Company; Claims Control Corporation; Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.; Cumberland Surety Company; Dun & Bradstreet Software Services, Inc.; Engineering Associates, Inc.; Federal Insurance Company; First Prof Insurance Company; Georgia Firefighters Pension Fund; Ford Motor Company; Guardian Insurance Company of Canada; Georgia World Congress Center Authority; Intershop HFA Management Co. of Georgia; Haftplichtverband der Deustchen Industrie; The Harleysville Insurance Cos.; Housing Authority Insurance; Insurance Corporation of Hannover; Insurance Company of America; Investment Property Group; Land Rover; Lawyers Surety Corp.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; MAG Mutual Insurance Co.; Marine Midland Bank; The Medical Protectic Group; National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc.; National Union Fire Insurance Co.; Old Republic Insurance Co.; Parex Incorporated; Rocor Transportation Companies, Inc.; Rosen Assoc.; S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.; Southeast Number Portability Administration Company, L.L.C.; Southern Aluminum Finishing Co.; Western Indemnity Insurance Co.; Southern Guaranty Insurance Co.; St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Co.; The Actava Group, Inc.; Preferred Surety Corp.; SAFWAY Steel Products; SMA Life Assurance Co.; SunTrust Bank; Republic American Life Insurance Co.; TIG; TCO Insurance Services; United Pacific Insurance Company; U.S.F. & G. Company; R.D. Werner Company. The St. Paul Companies; United Engineering Co., Inc.; United States Aviation Underwriters; Utica Mutual Insurance Co.; Western Surety Company. | | H. Andrew Owen (Partner) born Newnan, Georgia, August 3, 1940; admitted to bar, 1971, Georgia. Education: LaGrange College (B.A., 1962); Emory University (J.D., with distinction, 1971). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Bryan Society. Managing Editor, Journal of Public Law, 1970-1971. Senior Assistant Attorney General, State of Georgia, 1971-1975. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers; Defense Research Institute; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Lawyers-Pilots Bar Association. [Lt. U.S. Navy, 1963-1968]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Professional Malpractice Law; Coverage, Agency and Reinsurance Disputes; Aviation Litigation; Insurance Regulatory Law; Products Liability Law. Email: H. Andrew Owen | | Frederick N. Gleaton (Partner) born Warwick, Georgia, November 30, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., magna cum laude, 1973); University of Virginia (J.D., 1976). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Journal of International Law, 1974-1975. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Defense Research Institute; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Civil Trial; Insurance; Legal Professional Liability; Medical Liability; Products Liability. Email: Frederick N. Gleaton | | M. Michael Egan (Partner) born Atlanta, Georgia, October 28, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Georgia. Education: Duke University (B.A., cum laude, 1972; M.A., 1973); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Member, Moot Court Board, 1975. Notes Editor, Georgia Law Review, 1975-1976. Law Clerk to Judge Wilbur D. Owens, Jr., U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia, 1976-1978. Author: "Case Management" Construction Litigation (Wiley, 1989); "Discharge of the Performance Bond Surety," The Law of Suretyship (ABA, 1993). Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Atlanta (Construction Law Section) and American (Member, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, 1979—; Vice Chair, 1993-1997; Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, 1982—) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Construction Law Committee). Practice Areas: Civil Trial; Construction; Fidelity and Surety. Email: M. Michael Egan | | W. Seaborn Jones (Partner) born Atlanta, Georgia, September 19, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Georgia; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1964); University of Georgia (J.D., 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Member, National Moot Court Team. Member: Atlanta (President, 1984-1985; Executive Committee, 1978-1981; Board of Directors, 1982-1994; Recipient: Charles E. Watkins Distinguished Service Award, 1993 and Award for Professionalism, 2000) and American (House of Delegates, 1986-1995; National Conference of Bar Presidents; President, 1999-2000; Executive Council, 1993-2000) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia's Bar Council; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; National Association for Law Placement (Director, 1986-1987); Metropolitan Bar Caucus (President, 1991-1992); Atlanta Judicial Commission, 1988-1997; The Advocates Club; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Fellow, Lawyers Foundation of Georgia. [Capt., US Army, 1968-1970]. Practice Areas: Civil Trial; Insurance; Products Liability; Premises Liability. Email: W. Seaborn Jones | | Timothy J. Sweeney (1944-2004). | | Milton Butler Satcher, III (Partner) born Augusta, Georgia, May 8, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1982); University of Georgia (J.D., 1985). Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Defense Research Institute; Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers (President, 1995-1996); Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1995-1997); Atlanta Claims Association. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Litigation; Property and Casualty Litigation; Products Liability; Administrative/Licensing Board Litigation. Email: Milton Butler Satcher, III | | Stephen H. Sparwath (Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts, January 27, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Georgia; U.S. District Court, District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1983); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1986). Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; General Liability; Employment Law. Email: Stephen H. Sparwath | | Philippa V. Ellis (Partner) born St. Louis, Missouri, November 19; admitted to bar, 1988, Oklahoma and U.S. District Court, Western, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma; 1993, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia; 1998, Illinois. Education: Langston University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1985); University of Oklahoma (J.D., 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Law, 1985. Member: Atlanta (Member, Board of Directors, 2001-2002; CLE Board of Trustees, 2000), Oklahoma and American (Member, Standing Committee on Membership, 2002—; Sections on: Litigation; Business Law; Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Committee on Standards in the Profession, 1996-2003); Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc. (Board of Directors, 2002-2005). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Trial Practice; Insurance Defense; Product Liability; Corporate. Email: Philippa V. Ellis | | Charles J. Cole (Partner) born Atlanta, Georgia, March 25, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Georgia. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1987); University of Georgia (J.D., 1990). Sigma Delta Chi. Member, Mock Trial Board. Member, Editorial Board, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1989-1990. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Product Liability; Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice Defense. Email: Charles J. Cole | | Rolfe M. Martin (Partner) born Ronceverte, West Virginia, October 28, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, South Carolina and Georgia. Education: Clemson University (B.S., 1988); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1991). Order of the Wig and Robe. Member: South Carolina Bar; State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice Defense; Product Liability; General Insurance Defense. Email: Rolfe M. Martin | | J. Pargen Robertson, Jr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 30, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, Georgia. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1989; J.D., cum laude, 1996). Law Clerk, U.S. District Judge Nauman Scott, Western District of Louisiana. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. [1989-1993, U.S. Navy, Lt.]. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Commercial Transactions; General Civil Litigation. Email: J. Pargen Robertson, Jr. | | Roger E. Harris (Partner) born Lafayette, Indiana, October 31, 1965; admitted to bar, 1997, Massachusetts, Georgia and U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 2002, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1988); University of South Carolina (M.B.A., 1994); Suffolk University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Notes Editor, Suffolk University Law Review, 1996-1997. Author: "The Need To Know Versus the Right To Know: Privacy of Patient Medical Data In an Information-Based Society," 30 Suffolk U L Rev 1183, 1997. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Defense Research Institute; American Marketing Association. Practice Areas: Civil Trial; Professional Liability; Commercial Litigation; Insurance; Business Transactions; Corporate Law. Email: Roger E. Harris | | Amy J. Kolczak (Partner) born Sibley, Iowa, July 27, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Georgia. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., cum laude, 1996); Duke University (J.D., 1999). Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Professional Malpractice Defense; Civil Litigation; General Insurance Defense. Email: Amy J. Kolczak | | T. Case Maner, Jr. (Partner) born Augusta, Georgia, May 26, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Georgia. Education: Florida State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996); University of Florida (J.D., 2000). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Golden Key National Honor Society. Recipient, University of Florida Book Award in Family Law. Member: John Marshall Bar Association (UF), 1997-2000; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: T. Case Maner, Jr. | | L. David McCollum (Partner) born Hartwell, Georgia, December 26, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., Political Science, 1996); Georgia State University (J.D., 2000). Member: Atlanta (Member, Construction Law Section) and American (Member: Forum on the Construction Industry; Fidelity & Surety Law Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Surety Law; General Civil Litigation. Email: L. David McCollum | | —————————— | | Richard J. Baker (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: Northeastern State University (B.A., cum laude, 1994); University of Oklahoma (J.D., with distinction, 2002). Outstanding Note Editor and Outstanding Second-Year Member, Oklahoma Law Review. Author: "Constitutional Law: State Campaign Contribution Limits: Nixon v. Shrink Government PAC: An Abridgement of Freedom in the Name of Democracy," 54 Okla. L. Rev. 373 (2001). Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Corporate Law. Email: Richard J. Baker | | Derrick L. Bingham (Associate) born Oak Ridge, Tennessee, October 12, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Georgia; 2005, U.S. District Court, Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia. Education: Liberty University (B.S., 2001); Georgia State University (J.D., 2004). Author: "The Meaning of Fifth & Sixth Amendment Rights: Sentencing in Federal Drug Cases After Apprendi v. New Jersey and Harris v. United States," 20 Ga. St. Univ. L. Rev. 723. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Defense. Email: Derrick L. Bingham | | Gretchen M. Holt (Associate) born Kennesaw, Georgia, May 6, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., cum laude, 1998; J.D., cum laude, 2002). Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Defense Litigation. Email: Gretchen M. Holt | | J. Ryan Hood (Associate) born Marietta, Georgia, March 25, 1975; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1998); Georgia State University College of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Atlanta and American (Member, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee; Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Insurance Defense. Email: J. Ryan Hood | | Mark D. Meliski (Associate) born Hendersonville, North Carolina, October 6, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., Political Science, 1999); Georgia State University (J.D., 2003). Member, Research Editor, Georgia State University Law Review. Member: State Bar of Georgia; Atlanta and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability Defense; Insurance Defense. Email: Mark D. Meliski | | Melissa Phillips Reading (Associate) born Johnson City, Tennessee, July 3, 1980; admitted to bar, 2004, Georgia. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 2001); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability Defense. Email: Melissa Phillips Reading | | Steven Salcedo (Associate) born Watsonville, California, January 5, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia; 2002, South Carolina; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 2003, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1994); University of California School of Law, Davis (J.D., 2001). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Tort and Insurance Sections); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Tort, Insurance, General Practice and Trial Law Sections). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Medical Malpractice Defense. Email: Steven Salcedo | | Mark D. Sperry (Associate) born Andrews AFB, Maryland; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: University of Wyoming (B.S., 1989; M.B.A., 1991); Tulane University (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Health Law; General Practice; Trial Law); Atlanta and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Medical Law; Professional Liability Defense. Email: Mark D. Sperry | | (Ms) Genny (Xiaoya) Zhu (Associate) born Zhengzhou, China; admitted to bar, 2007, Georgia and New Jersey. Education: Emory University (B.A., 2002); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Georgia Association of Women Lawyers; Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association; American Bar Association. Languages: Chinese. Practice Areas: Health Care; Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Governmental Law; Governmental Liability; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Litigation. Email: (Ms) Genny (Xiaoya) Zhu |
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