Mr. Michael Brian Terry

1987, Georgia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
1987, Supreme Court of Georgia
Georgia Court of Appeals

of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, an organization founded to advance the highest standards and practices of appellate advocacy and to recognize outstanding appellate lawyers.

Mike recently argued and achieved a 7-0 victory before the Georgia Supreme Court in a challenge to the constitutionality of the state's caps on pain and suffering damages in medical malpractice cases.

A strong supporter of the Atlanta legal community, he currently serves as president of the Atlanta Bar Association, where he has set a focus on judicial funding and services for lawyers in transition. Mike is a frequent lecturer and author on business litigation topics including class actions, punitive damages and appellate issues. He is also often asked to moderate debates and panel discussions involving judges.

Representative Work

Co-counsel for successful plaintiffs in a breach of fiduciary duty case which resulted in a $454 million jury verdict that was affirmed on appeal.

Appellate counsel for defense that successfully reversed a $457 million judgment against one of the world's largest forest product companies, Weyerhaeuser Co.

Appellate counsel for plaintiffs in Bogle v. McClure, which affirmed an award of $16.6 million to seven employment discrimination plaintiffs.

Appellate counsel for defense in obtaining reversal of an intermediate appellate decision certifying a class action to pursue a $110 million claim under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Obtained dismissal of four putative class actions against not-for-profit hospitals challenging the hospitals' pricing policies, and appeared as lead appellate counsel for the hospitals in having those cases affirmed on appeal.

Appellate counsel on behalf of a major peanut processor in obtaining a new trial following a $20 million jury verdict.

Appellate counsel for a class of policyholders in upholding class certification of a case involving credit life insurance.

Retained to submit amicus curiae briefs (and at times to present oral argument on behalf of amicus) on behalf of the Democratic Party of Georgia, the ACLU of Georgia, the Medical Association of Georgia, the Hospital Authority of Clarke County, and the Georgia Canoe Association.

Professional Activities

President and Executive Committee Member, Atlanta Bar Association; Immediate Past Chair, Litigation Section; Past Chair, Continuing Legal Education Board of Directors; Past Chair, Judicial Campaign Conduct Committee

Sustaining Member, Lawyers Foundation of Georgia

Member, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

Member, American Association for Justice

Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta

Member, American Constitution Society

Member, Executive Committee and Chair, Program Committee, Lumpkin Inn, American Inns of Court

Chair, Standing Committee on the Unauthorized Practice of Law, Supreme Court of Georgia also Member, Emergency Management Committee

Former president, Druid Hills Civic Association

Board of Directors, Atlanta Youth Soccer Association

Publications/Speaking Engagements

· Mike Terry was the featured speaker at the Annual Law Day Luncheon on April 28, 2011

· Carlson on Evidence Georgia ICLE Seminar

· Chief Justice's Convocation on Professionalism

· Atlanta Bar Association and Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers' The Life of a Trial CLE Series

· Practicing Across Borders and Unlicensed Practice

· Atlanta Bar Association's Celebrating Service Luncheon

· 2010 ICLE Eleventh Circuit Appellate Practice Institute Seminar

· Georgia Court of Appeals Candidates Debate

· The Year Ahead for the Atlanta Bar Association

· Class Action Discovery

· Georgia Rejects The Copperweld Intra-Corporate Conspiracy Defense: Will The 'Stranger Doctrine' Survive?

· Class Action Discovery

· A Literal Army of Lawyers

· Class Action Arbitrations

· 2007 ICLE Class Action Seminar (Chair)

· Circuit Splits in Class Action Law

· Punitive Damages Law

· Punitive Damages in Georgia

· Electronic Discovery

· Jury Selection

· Jury Selection from Plaintiff's Perspective

· Mediation is Not a Silver Bullet

· Ethics and Professionalism in Class Actions

· Trying Your First Jury Trial

· Punitive Damages in Federal Court

· The Application of Georgia RICO to Environmental Litigation

Honors and Awards

Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers

Leading Business Lawyer, Chambers USA

Best Lawyers in America

Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyer, Atlanta Magazine

Case of the Year award, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Newsletter

News

· Mike Terry spoke to the Istanbul Bar Association on March 10, 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey
March 10, 2011

· Fifteen Bondurant Mixson lawyers recognized as being among the top lawyers in Georgia in 2011
February 22, 2011
Atlanta Magazine

· Mike Terry invited by Vice President Joe Biden to participate in program aimed at providing access to justice to working families.
November 10, 2010
dBusiness News

· Seven Bondurant Mixson Partners Recognized by Best Lawyers 2010
2010
Best Lawyers

· Eighteen Bondurant Mixson Partners and Associates Recognized as Among the Top Lawyers in Georgia
2010
Atlanta Magazine

· Eight Bondurant Mixson Partners Recognized by Chambers USA 2010
June 2010
Chambers USA 2010

· Sixteen Bondurant Mixson Partners and Associates Recognized as Among the Top Lawyers in Georgia
2009
Atlanta Magazine

· Ten Bondurant Mixson Partners Recognized as Georgia SuperLawyers 2008
2008
Atlanta Magazine

· Mike Terry Elected to the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
March 28, 2008

· Frank Lowrey and Michael Terry Successfully Obtain Reversal of Class Certification Before the Supreme Court of Georgia
October 12, 2004
Fulton County Daily Report