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2009 Georgia Super Lawyers
Bob
Casey and Jim Gilson have been selected for inclusion
in this year's list of Georgia Super Lawyers. The Georgia Super Lawyers
designation consists of the top five percent (5%) of lawyers in the
State of Georgia. This years honorees were chosen after conducting a
detailed research process evaluating each candidate based upon 12
indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. Bob Casey
and Jim Gilson are recognized in the civil litigation defense practice
area.
Casey Gilson P.C. is
proud to have three of its lawyers chosen by their peers to be among
the top lawyers in the State of Georgia.
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Jonathan Granade to Speak at Continuing Legal Education Seminar
Jonathan
Granade will present an upcoming legal seminar to be held on February
27 at the Atlanta Buckhead Hotel. Entitled "Find it Fast on the Net:
Strategies for Using the Web in Your Law Practice", this National
Business Institute seminar will address the many uses of the internet
that can and should be incorporated into the every day practice of law.
A wide range of invaluable tips will be revealed. Topics include legal
research short cuts, tricks to search the internet more effectively,
discovering the vast wealth of public record and "publicly available"
information on the internet, and locating archived and "missing" pages
from web sites. For more information on this seminar, please go to
http://www.nbi-sems.com.
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Firm's Attorney Appears in Georgia Trend Magazine's 2008 Legal Elite
Jim Gilson has been recognized by Georgia Trend
magazine in its 2008 roster of the state's Legal Elite. Jim is
recognized in the personal injury practice area.
Appearing in the December issue of Georgia Trend Magazine, the Legal
Elite listing reflects Georgia’s top lawyers selected by their peers as
the most effective in 10 different practice areas. This year's list
includes only several hundred of the more than 26,000 active in-state
members of the State Bar of Georgia. This is the sixth year that
Georgia Trend has presented a roster of the state's top attorneys.
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Amy Pettway Co-Hosts Southside Chapter Summer Barbeque
Amy
Pettway co-hosted a GAWL Southside Chapter barbeque held in Spalding
county in September. The barbeque was one of the Southside Chapter's
most anticipated events of 2008 and was attended by legal professionals
and their families from Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry and
Spalding counties.
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Amy Pettway Co-Hosts Southside Chapter's Neighborhood Networking Breakfast
Amy
Pettway, current President of GAWL's Southside Chapter, recently
co-hosted a GAWL Neighborhood Networking Breakfast in Fayette County.
Held at J. Christopher's Restaurant in Peachtree City, the breakfast
was the third one held since Amy spearheaded the networking event over
a year ago. Although the breakfasts began as a forum for the county's
female attorneys, both men and women professionals from Fayette,
Coweta, Clayton and Spalding counties now attend these events. Amy and
several other members of GAWL started the Southside Chapter in July,
2007.
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Casey Gilson Legal Victory Subject of National Law Journal Article
The
recent decision in which CG lawyers George Shingler and Jonathan
Granade persuaded the Eleventh Circuit to vacate a preliminary
injunction against their client is the subject of an article published
in The National Law Journal. Entitled "Courts Show Confusion Over Uses
of 'Metatags'", the article discusses North American Medical Corp. v.
Axiom Worldwide, Inc., 522 F.3d 1211, (11th Cir. 2008) and its apparent
conflict with other recently decided cases across the country.
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Amy Pettway Selected as a Committee Star by 2007-2008 GAWL Board
Amy
Pettway was recently selected as a Committee Star by the 2007-2008
Board of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers (GAWL). Amy, who has
been a member of GAWL since 2006, received this recognition for her
activism in GAWL committees and for making significant contributions to
GAWL over the past year. During this time period, Amy was instrumental
in starting the Southside Chapter, spearheading the Fayette County
Neighborhood Networking Breakfasts and serving on GAWL's "It's About
Time II" Committee, a dynamic team of women responsible for researching
and publicizing the benefits of part-time schedules for attorneys.
Amy was publicly acknowledged as a Committee Star at the GAWL Annual Dinner held at 103 West Restaurant in Buckhead in May.
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Associate Amy Pettway Leads Southside Chapter of Georgia Association of Women Lawyers
Amy
Pettway took office of President of the Southside Chapter of GAWL (GSC)
in May 2008, after serving as the Chapter's Vice President since its
inception. Amy and six other female lawyers founded the Southside
Chapter in July 2007. She and the other new board members of GSC were
introduced to the area legal community at a recent event held at the
historic Fayetteville Train Depot.
The Southside
Chapter of GAWL is comprised of Butts, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Henry,
and Spalding counties. For more information, visit www.gawl.org and
click on "Upcoming Events."
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Rob Hassett's Articles Featured in Metro Atlanta Publications
Rob
Hassett, a frequent author of articles which address issues relating to
software, entertainment, internet, copyright and trademark law,
recently had several articles published in Northside Woman Magazine and
Business to Business Magazine. To read Rob's articles, follow the links
below:
Northside Woman Magazine:
Read Article: Choosing the Right Name for Your Business
Read Article: Raising Capital for Your New Business
Business to Business Magazine:
Read Article: Insights Into Law: Getting It Right The First Time
Read Article: Legal Requirements for Websites
Read Article: Factors to Consider When Buying a Business or How to Know When Someone Would Want to Buy Yours
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Casey Gilson Lawyers Persuade Eleventh Circuit to Vacate Preliminary Injunction
George
Shingler and Jonathan Granade got a preliminary injunction against
their client vacated. The preliminary injunction had been issued
against the client for alleged false advertisement and trademark
infringement relating to the client's usage of Plaintiffs' registered
trademarks as metatags on the client's website. In North American
Medical Corp. v. Axiom Worldwide, Inc., 522 F. 3d 1211 (11th Cir.
2008), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
vacated the district court's preliminary injunction, agreeing with our
position that Plaintiffs were not entitled to the presumption of
irreparable harm upon which the district court had relied. The Eleventh
Circuit held that the Plaintiffs were required to offer evidence of
irreparable injury before being able to obtain a preliminary
injunction. This is the first appellate court decision to apply the
landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision eBay v. MercExchange, LLC, 547
U.S. 388, 126 S. Ct. 1837 (2006), to a preliminary injunction sought
under the Lanham Act for trademark infringement.
For more information see the following article.
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Associate Amy Pettway Attends Recent GABWA/GAWL Joint Mixer
Firm
Associate Amy Pettway recently attended the Georgia Association of
Black Women Attorneys (GABWA) and Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
(GAWL) first joint mixer planned for 2008. The event was held at Silk
in Midtown Atlanta and was attended by solo practitioners, attorneys
from large Atlanta law firms, and members of the Fulton County
judiciary. The joint mixers expect to be one of many efforts to provide
networking and marketing opportunities for female attorneys within the
two organizations. Amy is a past officer of GABWA and recently took the
office of President of GAWL's Southside Chapter (GSC). She has been
instrumental in promoting GABWA/GAWL events and will continue to do so
in her role as President of the Southside Chapter.
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2008 Georgia Super Lawyers
Bob
Casey and Jim Gilson have been recognized as Georgia
Super Lawyers for 2008. The Georgia Super Lawyer designation consists
of the top five percent (5%) of lawyers in the State of Georgia. This
recognition resulted from a survey conducted of more than 21,000
Georgia lawyers who were asked to identify the best lawyers they
personally had observed in action. Each Super Lawyer was chosen by
their peers as being among the best in their profession in Georgia.
Each
of the firm’s Super Lawyers was profiled in both the March issue of
Atlanta Magazine and Georgia Super Lawyers 2008, a magazine published
for lawyers. The practice areas for which these attorneys received
Georgia Super Lawyer recognition are as follows:
Bob Casey: Civil litigation defense, business litigation, and franchise/dealership.
Jim Gilson: Civil litigation defense.
Casey
Gilson P.C. is proud to have two of its lawyers chosen by their peers
to be among the top lawyers in the State of Georgia.
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Firm's Attorneys Among Georgia Trend Magazine's 2007 Legal Elite
Shareholders
Jim Gilson and Matt Williams, and Rob Hassett (of counsel), are
recognized by Georgia Trend magazine in its 2007 roster of the state's
Legal Elite. Jim is recognized in the personal injury practice area,
Matt in the area of real estate law and Rob in the field of
intellectual property.
Appearing in the
December issue of Georgia Trend, the Legal Elite listing reflects
Georgia’s top lawyers selected by their peers as the most effective in
10 different practice areas. This year's list includes only several
hundred of the more than 26,000 active in-state members of the State
Bar of Georgia. This is the fifth year that Georgia Trend has presented
a roster of the state's Legal Elite.
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Jonathan Granade Completes YLD Leadership Academy
Jonathan
Granade was invited to participate in the second annual class of the
State Bar of Georgia's Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy.
Modeled after leadership-training programs for young business, civic
and community leaders, the YLD Leadership Academy focuses on training
its members to serve as leaders within the legal community as well as
within their local communities. Selected as one of approximately 50
participants statewide, Jonathan and the other class members convened
once a month for six months, meeting with leaders from the State Bar of
Georgia, the judiciary, the public interest sector, law schools, and
the political arena to discuss different issues facing young lawyers
today.
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Rob Hassett's Gwinnett Business Journal Column
Rob
Hassett has authored numerous published articles concerning software,
entertainment, internet, copyright and trademark law. Rob's articles
regularly appear in the Gwinnett Business Journal and can also be found
at the links below:
Choosing the Right Entity for a New Business
Enforceability of Agreements Based Only on E-mails
Selling an Idea
Privacy Polices for Websites
Registering Trademarks and Service Marks
Who Owns the Copyrights in Computer Programs
Protecting Intellectual Property Rights Especially in Connection with Business Sales
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Highest Jury Verdict Award in the State of Georgia*
Derwin
Brown, the Sheriff-elect of DeKalb County, Georgia, was assassinated on
December 15, 2000. After four years of investigation and litigation, a
Gwinnett County jury awarded more than $326 million in compensatory
damages to the widow and family of Derwin Brown and $450 million in
punitive damages. These awards represent the largest damages award in a
wrongful death action and the largest punitive damages award in the
history of the State of Georgia. Collectively, the $776,136,398
judgment is the largest in the history of the state.
This
wrongful death action was brought against the five co-conspirators in
the murder of Derwin Brown - - former DeKalb Sheriff Sidney Dorsey,
former Sheriff's Office employees Patrick Cuffy and Melvin Walker, Paul
Skyers and David I. Ramsey. Dorsey, a one-term sheriff whom Brown
ousted in the August, 2000 election, is serving a life sentence for his
part in the murder of Derwin Brown and for running a corrupt office.
Cuffy and Skyers admitted their roles in the conspiracy and testified
against Dorsey and the other co-conspirators in exchange for immunity.
The complaint alleged federal civil rights claims in addition to the
state wrongful death claims. It also contended that Dorsey and the
other conspirators plotted to and killed Derwin Brown because he had
defeated Dorsey in the 2000 election. Dorsey thought that eliminating
Brown would allow Dorsey to stay in office. Summary judgment previously
had been granted to Mrs. Brown on her liability claims against Dorsey,
Cuffy and Skyers.
* According
to Bloomberg ® Data, the verdict reached by the Gwinnett County jury
made several statistical milestones. In addition to being the highest
verdict award in the State of Georgia, it is the fourth highest verdict
award in the United States in 2004, the thirteenth highest personal
injury verdict in the history of such records being kept in the United
States, and it is the fourth highest verdict for a wrongful death of a
single individual in the history of the United States.
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