(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

Health Care Law, Commercial Litigation, Technology Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Managed Care Contracts, Medical Licensing and Staff Privileges, Hospital Law, Nursing Home Litigation, Employment, Non-Compete Agreements, Product Liability, Intellectual Property, Internet Law, Trade Secrets, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Privacy Law, Defamation, Libel, Slander, Computer Law, Intellectual Property Licensing, Business Litigation, Corporate Law, Administrative Law, Regulatory Law, Arbitration, Mediation, Real Estate and Breach of Contract.

Address

One Securities Centre, Suite 700
3490 Piedmont Road, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30305, (DeKalb & Fulton Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 404-892-3600
Facsimile: 404-892-0445

Website

http://www.rayandsherman.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

John Warner Ray, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1990, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1987; J.D., cum laude, 1990). Executive Chairman, Moot Court Board, 1989-1990. Member: Order of Barristers; Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inns of Court. Speaker: "Medical Staff Issues," 1999 Health Care Law Update, Georgia Academy of Health Care Attorneys, October, 1999; "Medicaid Waiver Update," Southeast Finance Seminar, May 1998. Author: "Stark II and the Need for Regulatory Sensibility," Cancer Management, March-April 1996; "Certificate of Need Regulation in Georgia," Georgia Health Law Developments, May, 1995. Co-Author, "Certificate of Need and Other Regulatory Issues Regarding Health Care Facilities and Services in Georgia: A Reconsideration Assessing the Impact of Recent Certificate of Need Legislation on Physicians," Health Care Law From the Perspective of Physicians and Their Counselors, State Bar of Georgia, June 1991. Co-Author, Medical Staff Select Issues Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys, October 1999. Member: State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys; American Health Lawyers Association; Governing Board, Ridgeview Institute, Inc. Practice Areas: Health Care Law.Email: John Warner Ray, Jr.

James Marx Sherman (Member) admitted to bar, 1990, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1984; J.D., magna cum laude, 1990). Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1988-1989. Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Health Care.Email: James Marx Sherman

Alex Simmons (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama; admitted to bar, 1986, Georgia; 1989, Texas. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); Duke University (J.D., 1986). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Contracts; Intellectual Property; Internet Law; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Products Liability; Technology and Science.Email: Alex Simmons

ASSOCIATES

Margaret G. Geer (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1993); Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member, Moot Court Board, 2001-2002; Student Bar Association, 2001-2002. Member: State Bar of Georgia; Atlanta Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.Email: Margaret G. Geer

Kara A. Davis (Associate) born Tallahassee, Florida; admitted to bar, 1993, Virginia; 1995, Georgia. Education: Randolph-Macon Woman's College (B.A., 1986); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1993). Member: State Bar of Georgia; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.

Jennifer Crick Monroe (Associate) born Valdosta, Georgia; admitted to bar, 2004, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.S.Ed., 1999); Georgia State University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Commercial Litigation.Email: Jennifer Crick Monroe

Roxana F. Dehnad (Associate) born Warner Robins, Georgia; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., Journalism, 1996); Mercer University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Commercial Litigation; Technology Law; Internet Law.Email: Roxana F. Dehnad