Ms. Kristin M. Duke

Practice Details

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• Firm Information
  Position

  Associate

  Firm Name

  Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Pro Bono: Represented tenant to address rent, premises
  conditions issues.
  Representing a non-profit that offers counseling services to students
  families in finalizing their employment
  client forms, policies
  agreements.
  Representative Matters: Obtained a seven-figure settlement for a general contractor in a construction dispute who was wrongfully terminated from a project by the owner.
  Obtained a dismissal of all claims against a company in a construction dispute who was sued for wrongful termination by the former general contractor on a project.
  Second chaired at an 8-day final hearing where the firm represented a municipality/project owner against a general contractor in a construction dispute involving claims of project delay
  design error.
  Briefed, argued,
  won 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss on behalf of a banking client facing breach of fiduciary duty claims.
  Obtained a voluntary dismissal of claims in an arbitration brought by a customer against a banking client related to tradeline reporting to the credit reporting bureaus.
  Defended a school system from Title IX (20 U.S.C. 1681(a)) claims
  claims of violation of Substantive Due Process, violation of Equal Protection, general negligence, gross negligence, negligent hiring, negligent supervision, negligent retention, negligent undertaking, intentional infliction of emotional distress,
  punitive damages in connection with an alleged harassment by a teacher of a student.
  Briefed
  won 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss on behalf of two school system employees that were individually named in above-mentioned lawsuit.
  Obtained a voluntary dismissal for a start-up company being sued by a former founder who brought claims of breach of the stockholder's agreement.
  Briefed
  secured denial of a motion for summary judgment on behalf of the Trustee in a high-dollar bankruptcy adversary action.
  Obtained a settlement for a client in a dispute over whether unpaid invoices were for work authorized or requested by the client.
  Obtained a settlement for a company in a dispute with a former employee involving claims of unpaid commissions.
  Attended an early mediation
  obtained a settlement for the buyer of nursing homes against the former owner in a litigation involving claims of breach of contract
  fraud.
  Briefed
  obtained affirmance of summary judgment in a premises liability case involving a slip
  fall in a restaurant parking lot.
  Briefed
  obtained affirmance of summary judgment in a premises liability case on behalf of an apartment complex owner
  management company.
  Obtained summary judgment in several premises liability cases, involving slip
  falls
  negligent security.
  Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a retail store in a negligence case involving a deer ladder st
  in the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division before Judge Story.
  Obtained settlement at mediation of a clear liability trucking accident.
  Defended a trucking company against a motion for sanctions for spoliation of evidence.
  The above representations were h
  led by Ms. Duke prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
  Internship: Law Clerk, Hon. Wendy Shoob, Fulton County Superior Court, 2015
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