PARTNERS
Elizabeth J. Bondurant (Partner) admitted to bar, 1984, North Carolina; 1986, Georgia. Education: Davidson College (A.B., cum laude, 1980); Campbell University (J.D., 1984). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Campbell Law Review, 1983-1984. Member: Atlanta and American (Chair, Life Insurance Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1999-2000) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; North Carolina State Bar; Defense Research Institute (Chair, Life, Health and Disability Committee, 1998-1999). Practice Areas: Life and Health Insurance; Disability Insurance; ERISA; Managed Care Liability; Defense Litigation.Email: Elizabeth J. Bondurant
H. Sanders Carter, Jr. (Partner) admitted to bar, 1967, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B.J., 1965; LL.B., 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Law Assistant to Chief Justice Bond Almand, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1971-1972. Member: Atlanta and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Tort and Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Litigation Section); Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute (Member, Life, Health and Disability Law Committee). [Capt., U.S. Army, 1968-1971]. Practice Areas: Life and Health Insurance; Disability Insurance; ERISA; Managed Care Liability; Products Liability Defense.Email: H. Sanders Carter, Jr.
Kenton J. Coppage (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh District; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., summa cum laude, 1987; J.D., cum laude, 1990). Member: State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute (Member, Life, Health and Disability Committee). Practice Areas: Life and Health Insurance; Disability Insurance; ERISA; Employee Stock Ownership Plans; ERISA Litigation; 401(k) Plans.Email: Kenton J. Coppage
Barry S. Herrin (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, Georgia; 2005, North Carolina; 2008, Florida. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia State University (B.A., summa cum laude, with distinction in history, 1987; J.D., cum laude, 1990). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Theta. Associate Student Writing Editor and Staff Member, Georgia State University Law Review, 1988-1990. Member: State Bar of Georgia; North Carolina State Bar; The Florida Bar; Southern Claims Conference (Faculty, 1995-2002; Executive Committee, 2000-2002; Chairman, 2002); American Health Lawyers Association; Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys; North Carolina Society of Health Care Attorneys; American College of Healthcare Executives; Georgia Association of Healthcare Executives; American Health Information Management Association. Fellow: American College of Healthcare Executives. Fellow Candidate, American Health Information Management Association. Co-Author, Georgia Jurisprudence, Insurance (Lawyer's Cooperative, 1995). Co-Author, Georgia Hospital Law Manual (5th ed. 2005). Author, Georgia Health Information Management Association Legal Handbook (rev.ed. 2006). Editor and Co-Author, South Carolina Health Information Management Association Legal Handbook (rev. ed. 2007). Adjunct Professor of Law, John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, Georgia, 1993-1995. Adjunct Professor of Health Care Ethics, University of St. Francis, Joliet, Illinois, 2005-2006. [U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, 1990]. Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Corporate Law; Health Care Privacy; Bioethics; Health Care Administration; Health Care Compliance; Health Care Corporate Law; Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions; Health Information Technology; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Medical Ethics.Email: Barry S. Herrin
Howell Hollis, III (Partner) admitted to bar, 1974, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1970); University of Georgia (J.D., 1974). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Editorial Board, Georgia State Bar Journal, 1983-1985. Author: "Summary Judgment in Professional Negligence Cases: Expert Opinion," Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Journal, 1979, p. 20. Judicial Assistant to Justice Robert H. Jordan, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1974-1975. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia.Email: Howell Hollis, III
Lawrence J. Myers (Partner) admitted to bar, 1983, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1979; J.D., 1983). Member, Holderness Moot Court Bench. Staff Member, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Defense Research Institute; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Drug and Medical Devices; Professional Licensing; Negligence; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Health Law; Administrative Law.Email: Lawrence J. Myers
Edward M. Newsom (Partner) admitted to bar, 1982, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1979; J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Bench. Selected to National Moot Court Team. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Products Liability Law; Toxic Tort Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: Edward M. Newsom
J. Robert Persons (Partner) admitted to bar, 1972, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1969); University of Georgia (J.D., 1972). Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Barristers. Member, Georgia Law Review. Co-Author, with Persons and Brownlee: "Excess Liability," West Group, 4th Edition, 1999. Lecturer and Author for Georgia Insurance Law Institute, CPCU Society, PLUS, National Claims Association and National Business Institute on: "Guidelines for Claim Handling" (2003) "Liability Insurance Coverage Disputes in Georgia-The Policyholder's Perspective" (2001); "Insurance Issues in Civil Litigation" (1998); "Privacy Issues in Insurance Claims Handling" (1997); "Insurer Bad Faith Litigation" (1993); "Liability of Agents and Brokers" (1992); "Understanding the Comprehensive General Liability Policy" (1985). Member: Atlanta (Member: Board of Directors, 1988-1989, 1992-1993, 1996-1997; Judicial Selection and Tenure Committee, 1987-1990) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member: Executive Council, Younger Lawyers Section, 1978-1979; Board of Governors, 1998); Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Defense Research Institute; Professional Liability Underwriting Society. Fellow: Lawyers Foundation of Georgia. [1st Lt. U.S.A.R]. Practice Areas: Professional Liability; Insurance Coverage; Products Liability; Transportation Liability; Securities Litigation.Email: J. Robert Persons
Aaron E. Pohlmann (Partner) admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia. Education: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia (B.A., 1995); Emory University (J.D., 2000). Phi Alpha Delta. Managing Editor, Emory International Law Review, 1999-2000. Extern: to U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne, Western District of Louisiana, 1997; Presiding Justice Norman S. Fletcher, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1999. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge Tom Stagg, Western District of Louisiana, 2000-2001. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; ERISA; Life and Health Insurance; Disability Insurance; Employee Benefits Litigation; ERISA Litigation; Commercial Insurance Defense; First and Third Party Insurance Defense; Life Insurance Defense.Email: Aaron E. Pohlmann
Lorraine H. Spencer (Partner) admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia. Education: Augustana College (B.A., cum laude, 1973); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Barristers. Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Health Care; Managed Care; Bioethics.Email: Lorraine H. Spencer
Tobin N. Watt (Partner) admitted to bar, 1971, Georgia. Education: Davidson College (A.B., 1968); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1971). Board Member and Past President, 1993-1994, Arts for All. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; American Health Lawyers Association; Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys. Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Corporate Law; Taxation.Email: Tobin N. Watt
COUNSEL
Andrea K. Cataland (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1993, Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2001, Georgia. Education: Ohio State University (B.S., 1987; J.D., 1991). Author: "Preparing a Jury Charge That Will Best Enable You to Attach and Defend Damage Awards on Appeal," Dallas Bar Association, March 1999. Practice Areas: Defense Litigation; Disability Insurance Defense; Life Insurance Defense; ERISA; ERISA Litigation.Email: Andrea K. Cataland
OF COUNSEL
William H. Boling, Jr. (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1981, Georgia. Education: Georgia State University (B.A., 1977); Universite de Haute Bretagne; University of Georgia (J.D., 1981). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Health Care.
ASSOCIATES
Dorothy Cornwell (Associate) (Admission pending)
Nikole M. Crow (Associate)
Steven D. Henry (Associate)
Christee G. Laster (Associate) (Admission pending)
Jennifer Pritzker Sender (Associate)