INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LITIGATION
Faculty
Stephen M. Dorvee, Program Co-Chair, is a partner and Chair of the Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group at Arnall Golden Gregory LLP. He has extensive experience in computer and Internet related litigation.
John P. Hutchins, Program Co-Chair, is a partner at Long Aldridge & Norman LLP where he practices in the area of commercial litigation, focusing specifically on technology issues. He has significant experience in litigating disputes arising from the use of information technology and intellectual property.
For more information please visit Mr. Hutchin's page on the Long, Aldridge and Norman, LLP website.
Bruce A. Abbott is a litigation
partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson
LLP, where he focuses his practice
on complex business litigation
with an emphasis on technology
and intellectual property.
Angela L. Abel is a Director in the
Atlanta office of DecisionQuest,
Inc. where she develops and tests
trial strategies for complex
litigation. Her experience includes
over 500 cases of diverse practice
areas including intellectual
property, product liability and
contract litigation.
Evelyn A. Ashley is the founding
member and current managing
partner of Red Hot Law Group
Ashley LLC, a boutique corporate
and technology law firm. Ms.
Ashleys practice focuses on the
representation of emerging
technology companies with a
particular focus on transactions
that create, enhance, and sustain
the value of those businesses.
For more information please visit Ms. Ashley's page on the the Red Hot Law website.
Susan Bain is General Counsel for
E3 Corporation. E3 leads the
global community in advanced
inventory management solutions.
David N. Baumann is a member at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, PC where he specializes in bandwidth trading, functional and business process outsourcing and the procurement of sophisticated hardware, software, systems and services. Mr. Baumann is also the Chief Technology Officer and a Principal of TechNexxus, LLC.
Susan M. Bowers is a Graphics
Consultant for DecisionQuest,
Inc.s litigation graphics office. She
has consulted with trial teams to
create trial graphics for cases
involving product liability and
intellectual property.
J. David Dantzler, Jr. is a partner at
Long Aldridge & Norman LLP
where he has represented clients
involved in litigation involving
domain names, anonymous Internet
publications and a broad array of
issues regarding technology
development, transfer, and
protection.
Kenneth K. Dort is a partner at Gordon & Glickson LLC where he focuses on information technology and intellectual property law, particularly technology related issues such as software development and licensing and systems development and integration.
Richard L. Gabriel is a partner at Holme Roberts & Owen LLP where he concentrates his practice on general commercial litigation, copyright and trademark litigation, and products liability litigation, including appeals. He has substantial experience in the prosecution and defense of commercial contracts.
Randy Gainer is a partner at Davis Wright Tremaine LLP where he represents software companies, high technology manufacturers and buyers of software and high tech products in litigation. He represented the state of California against a contractor regarding a failed $100 million software development project.
Hilary Harp is a partner at Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP where she concentrates in commercial litigation and corporate counseling with an emphasis on intellectual property and technology matters.
Bryan G. Harrison is a partner in
the Technology and Intellectual
Property Litigation Group at
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP.
He primarily advises clients on
issues involving antitrust, copyright,
trademark, computer system
performance, and electronic
commerce issues, as well as
prosecuting and defending actions
in which such issues arise.
Richard A. Horning is a partner and Chair of the Internet Practice Group at Tomlinson Zisko Morosoli & Maser LLP. He specializes in counseling Internet, high technology, and e-commerce companies in all stages of development. He has substantial experience in representing high technology companies in litigation and arbitration matters.
Daniel A. Kent is a partner at
Kritzer & Levick, PC where he
practices in the areas of intellectual
property and general commercial
litigation. He has successfully
litigated a wide variety of disputes
including patent, trademark, and
copyright infringement and
software development cases.
W. Michael McCracken is a
Principal Research Scientist in the
College of Computing at the
Georgia Institute of Technology. He
is also the Director of the Center
for Information Management
Research and the Associate
Director of the Software Research
Center.
Denis T. Rice, a founding member
of Howard, Rice, Nemerovski,
Canady, Falk & Rabkin, PC,
practices in a broad range of legal
areas and has been listed in Best
Lawyers of America both as a
corporate lawyer and business
litigator. Mr. Rice is the current
Chair of the Committee on
Cyberspace Law of the California
State Bar.
For more information please visit Mr. Rice's page on the Howard Rice website.
Stephen Schaetzel joined Kilpatrick Stockton's Atlanta office as a partner in our Intellectual Property Practice Group. He has extensive experience in litigating intellectual property matters. Mr. Schaetzel has conducted trials before administrative, state and federal courts. He has served as lead trial counsel and as a special patent or trademark counsel, assisting other litigation counsel at trial. He has served as an expert witness in patent matters. Mr. Schaetzel is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Georgia Law School and teaches a class in patent law. He has served as a trial advocacy instructor at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy taught at the Emory Law School. He frequently lectures to both students and practitioners on a variety of subjects ranging from patent prosecution to trademark and copyright infringement. Mr. Schaetzel received his technical education in Industrial Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and his legal education, at the University of Georgia.
Allen Shulman is Executive Vice
President and General Counsel for
CheckFree Corporation, where he
is responsible for the management
of legal affairs including contract,
compliance, litigation, and
corporate matters. Previously he
was a litigation partner at Conklin
& Adler.
Brigham R. Simmons is a Senior
Forensic Technology Associate in
KPMG LLP's Forensic and
Litigation Services Practice.
Mr. Simmons joined KPMG after a
27-year career with the Criminal
Investigation Division of the IRS as
a Computer Investigative Specialist
and Financial Criminal Investigator.
Jonathan Soll is the Information
Technology attorney for Georgia-Pacific
Corporation. He is
responsible for all IT legal matters
for the entire corporation and its
U.S. and international subsidiaries.
Mr. Soll is a frequent author and
speaker on IT legal issues.
Chelton D. Tanger is a partner with
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP based
in Atlanta. He devotes the majority
of his professional time to provid-ing
business and financial advice to
attorneys and their clients through-out
the litigation process.
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