Representative Matters
Appeals and Embedded Counsel
- Won affirmation of a $33 million jury verdict in the Georgia Court of Appeals, successfully defeating defendants’ petition for certiorari.
- Part of trial team that obtained an $80.2 million verdict in motor vehicle collision case. Won affirmation on appeal.
- Obtained reversal in medical malpractice case based on juror bias, setting important precedent for for-cause challenges in civil cases.
- Successfully represented sexual abuse survivors in the Georgia Supreme Court, securing a unanimous ruling that opened a new avenue for lawsuits involving childhood sexual abuse by institutional leaders.
- Defeated statutory liability limitation motion to dismiss in truck accident case.
- Defeated twin Graves Amendment motions to dismiss in truck accident case.
- Successfully appealed dismissals in two interconnected wrongful death cases involving complex statute of repose issues, resulting in reversal by the Georgia Court of Appeals and denial of the defendants’ petition for certiorari.
- Reversed dismissal of medical malpractice case based on statute of repose tolling during COVID-19. A unanimous Georgia Supreme Court agreed that the Judicial Emergency Order could and did toll the statute of repose. The opinion also rejected language from previous cases suggesting statutes of repose can never be tolled.
- Successfully represented a plaintiff in a medical device product liability case before the Eleventh Circuit on a complex preemption issue, reversing the dismissal and establishing significant precedent for future medical device cases.
- Prevailed in a complex medical peer review privilege discovery dispute, winning a motion to compel and successfully settling the case before trial.
Business Disputes
- Representing Fortune 100 company in lawsuit against software vendor for massive technology outage.
- Successfully defended a former commodities company employee in a trade secret case, resulting in a favorable pre-trial settlement.
- Successfully represented a medical technology company in a theft of trade secrets and copyright infringement case, resulting in a favorable pre-trial settlement.
- Successfully represented an international medical device distributor in obtaining compensation for damage at their facility.
- Defended law firms in malpractice actions, securing summary judgment and appellate victories for clients.
Professional Activities
- Association of Corporate Counsel Georgia, Empowerment Initiative, Committee Member
- Federal Bar Association, Member
- Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, Member
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- Health Law Partnership, Advisory Board
- Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, Member
Credentials
Education
- Georgia State University College of Law, J.D., 2012, Summa Cum Laude
- Emory University, Master’s of Public Health, 2005, Honors
- University of California, Berkeley, B.A., 2002
Previous Experience
- Law Clerk, Judge Orinda D. Evans, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2012-2013
- Executive Director, HealthSTAT, Inc.
Admissions
- State Bar of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh 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 Northern District of Illinois
In The News
Thought Leadership
- Presenter, “SB 68: One year(ish) Later,” Georgia State Court Judges’ Spring Conference, 2026
- Presenter, “Win Big, Don’t Eff it Up,” Cobb County Trial Lawyers Association, 2026
- Presenter, “A Day in the Life of a Jury Charge,” Arkansas Trial Lawyers Annual Meeting, 2026
- Presenter, “How to Write Right,” Atlanta Bar Association Litigation Section, 2026
- Presenter, “A Day in the Life of a Jury Charge,” American Association for Justice, Trucking and Traumatic Brain Injury Conference, 2025
- Presenter, “Brilliant, Billable, and Burned the Eff Out,” Sisterhood of the 8 Annual Meeting, 2025
- Panelist, “Courage and Consequence: Navigating Ethical Leadership,” Georgia State University College of Law, 2025
- Presenter, “SB 68: Trial Strategy v. Appellate Risk,” Atlanta Trial Lawyers Association, 2025
- Panelist, “Challenging SB 68 & Preserving Your Objections,” Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention, 2025
- Presenter, “I’m All Out of Bubblegum: Appeals and Strategic Challenges to SB 68,” Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Auto Torts Conference, 2025
- Presenter, “Win Big, Don’t Eff it Up,” Cobb County Trial Lawyers Association, 2024
- Presenter, “Don’t Truck Up Your Appeal,” Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Auto Torts Conference, 2024
- Presenter, “Don’t Truck Up Your Appeal,” Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, 2024