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Catherine Banich is a commercial litigator who has more than 18 years of experience across multiple practice areas. She focuses on the representation of financial institutions in the prosecution and defense of a variety of claims in federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels.. Representative clients include community and regional banks along with some of the largest financial institutions in the nation.. Representative actions include asset recovery against borrowers and guarantors, restructuring and workouts, regulatory compliance litigation under the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and related acts, mortgage fraud litigation, defense of wrongful foreclosure and eviction actions, judicial foreclosures, tax sales and related litigation, receiverships, title curative litigation, reformation and declaratory actions, contract and agency disputes, quiet title cases, equitable subrogation cases, boundary disputes, trespass, ejection and encroachment, and premises liability claims.. A significant portion of Ms. Banich’s practice also is devoted to employment litigation, with a focus on the representation of employers in claims of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, employment-related torts, employment contracts and post-employment restrictive covenants. Ms. Banich also counsels employers in employee relations, discipline and discharge matters, and assists in drafting employment policies in compliance with federal and state employment laws.

Cary Ichter’s is a story of the American Dream come true, with hard work, tenacity, and determination at its core. Cary’s family settled in Douglasville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, where he attended high school. Cary began debating as a high school junior, and upon graduation, he was offered a full debate scholarship at the University of West Georgia (then known as West Georgia College). West Georgia has historically had one of the best debate programs in the United States. With tuition and books covered, Cary funded the balance of his college and living expenses by working at Kroger, where he unloaded trucks and stocked shelves at night.. While at the University of West Georgia, Cary participated in debate for four years, maintained a rigorous class schedule during the day, and, at night, drove from Carrollton to Douglasville to work at Kroger.. In his final year of school, Cary accomplished two impressive feats. First, Cary ran for President of the West Georgia Student Government Association, making the campaign promise that he would quit his job at Kroger and dedicate that time to running Student Government and tending to the interests of his fellow students. Cary won that election, and true to form, he resigned from Kroger so that he could devote his time to tending to his duties as President of Student Government.. Additionally, as a college senior, Cary and his partner were ranked number seven (#7) in the country and received a first round bid to the National Debate Tournament. That same year, Cary received the Southern Debater of the Year from Stamford University.. Cary moved on to great success at the University of Georgia Law School where in 1984 he graduated magna cum laude, became a member of the Order of the Coif, was a member of the Georgia Law Review, and was published in Volume 18 of the Georgia Law Review.. Cary’s dedication and tenacity landed him a coveted position in the litigation department of Powell Goldstein, then considered to be the finest litigation law firm in Atlanta under one of the most revered trial attorneys in the southeast, Jerry Blackstock.. Mr. Blackstock saw something in young Ichter. While most young lawyers rarely saw the interior of a courtroom, Cary was trying cases, initially second chair, and eventually as lead counsel. Mr. Blackstock had Cary work alongside him representing Delta Air Lines, State Farm Insurance Company, international real estate investment and technology companies.. Cary had been at Powell Goldstein little more than seven years when he was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and started his own firm, founding Meadows, Ichter & Trigg with Dart Meadows and Mark Trigg. While they started the firm with a secretary and a part-time paralegal, the firm grew rather rapidly. In 2000, when Mark Trigg left the firm, former Georgia Attorney General Mike Bowers became a name partner in the firm, creating Meadows, Ichter & Bowers.. The firm grew to be as large as the litigation departments of Atlanta’s largest law firms and every bit as formidable. Meadows, Ichter & Bowers handled business litigation, representing corporate entities and individuals, enjoying tremendous success in and out of the courtroom. By 2003, Meadows, Ichter & Bowers had grown to over 30 lawyers and more than 50 employees. That same year, the partners were persuaded to merge with Balch & Bingham, a prominent Birmingham, Alabama law firm.. While at Balch & Bingham, Cary handled business litigation throughout the country and was a rising star in the Atlanta legal community. In 2003, Cary acted as lead trial counsel for EarthLink in a three week jury trial in Columbus, Ohio. Cary’s local counsel in that case was Thompson Hine, a firm that had recently opened an office in Atlanta. Thompson Hine recruited Cary to join its Atlanta office as its lead litigator.. As Ichter was contemplating an offer of partnership with Thompson Hine, he was approached by Adorno Yoss of Miami, Florida, then the largest minority-owned law firm in the country, and offered a partnership. Unfortunately, with the financial crisis that followed, Adorno was unable to pay its producers. So, Cary decided to leave with colleague, Jim Thomas (formerly of McKenna Long) and a two other lawyers to establish Ichter Thomas in 2009.. Although the firm was formed at the beginning of the financial crisis, Ichter Thomas flourished, representing large and small businesses and individuals. Cary quickly became high profile for his handling of cases other lawyers would not touch. In particular, Cary represented guarantors in collection cases–an area of considerable demand after the financial crisis. In what was virtually unprecedented performance, Ichter beat back motions for summary judgment in those cases, took the cases to jury trials, and obtained results for his clients that resulted in their having to pay nothing to the plaintiff banks .. Ichter also successfully represented a number of franchisees in litigation seeking to rescind their franchise relationships with various franchisors, obtaining awards worth millions of dollars to his clients.. Cary has represented the Development Authority of Fulton County in litigation since 2009. In particular, Cary prevailed in a case in which individual taxpayers challenged and sought to unravel $5 billion of development bond transactions. Cary won that $5 billion case by way of summary judgment, which the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed in SJN Properties, LLC v. Fulton County Board of Assessors, 296 Ga. 793 (2015).. In connection with his development bond work, Cary was able to persuade the Georgia Court of Appeals to overrule a fourteen year-old precedent. Additionally, Cary has been lead counsel in bond validation hearings in which over $2 billion of development bonds have been validated, financing projects that have brought thousands of jobs to Fulton County.. When Jim Thomas decided to return to McKenna Long, Cary formed Ichter Kresky, LLC with Caroline Kresky, a well-respected family law practitioner. Together they tried divorce cases involving a multi-million dollar marital estate in a bench trial; they successfully handled a dispute involving the removal of the trustee from a family trust worth more than $70 million; and Cary succesfully tried a divorce case to a jury–quite an unusual occurrence. As a consequence of this experience, today Cary has the expertise to handle family law matters and issues related to trusts and estates.. In 2016, Ichter Davis, a boutique litigation firm in Atlanta, was formed to handle commercial litigation, trust and estate disputes, and family law litigation for high net worth individuals. Cary Ichter, as Managing Partner, coupled with William Daniel Davis have extensive experience in the courtroom, in corporate settings and in championing alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. This expertise sets them apart from other litigation firms. They work tirelessly to deliver results for their clients and are fiercely dedicated advocates both in and outside of the courtroom.. Cary has also been active acting as a court-appointed Special Master in various matters since 2005. Cary is typically appointed to act as a Special Master in complex commercial matters and mass tort and class action cases. In 2005, Cary joined the Academy of Court Appointed Masters (ACAM), the only national organization dedicated to educating the bench and bar on the appointment and use of Special Masters. In 2011, Cary was elected to the Board of ACAM. In 2014, he was elected President of the Academy, and in 2016 he became the first ACAM President ever to be re-elected.. As a consequence of his interest in the use of Special Masters by the courts, Cary took it upon himself to draft and to shepherd through the approval process Georgia’s Uniform Superior Court Rule governing the appointment and use of special masters in Georgia courts.. In his prestigious career, Cary has tried over fifty jury trials on a wide range of issues, including franchise relationships, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, real estate disputes, personal injuries, fraud, partnership break-ups, collections, UCC sales issues, and other commercial disputes. Cary has also successfully handled cases involving software licensing, municipal bond financing, fraud, professional wrestling, employment disputes, restrictive covenants ancillary to employment agreements, trade secrets, misappropriation of business opportunities, and intellectual property disputes. Cary is widely recognized as one of the best and most active commercial litigation lawyers in the State of Georgia.

Business Litigation Attorney.  Andrew C. Matteson is a founding partner of Stout Kaiser Matteson Peake and Hendrick, LLC.  Andrew’s practice includes the representation of corporate and individual clients in complex civil and commercial disputes all over the United States in numerous federal and state courts.  Prior to forming Matteson Peake, Mr. Matteson was a partner at the firms of Matteson Peake, LLC and Lawson and Moseley, LLP where he was the manager of the firm’s multijurisdictional litigation practice.  Andrew is rated AV Preeminent by his peers through Martindale Hubble.. Andrew is committed to fighting for his clients and finding favorable solutions to their legal issues.  Andrew’s practice include commercial and business law, complex civil litigation, labor and employment, insurance coverage and defense, contract disputes, fraud and unfair business practice, construction and real property litigation, personal injury, and commercial real estate matters.. Andrew received his undergraduate degree from the University of South Alabama with a double major in Political Science and Criminal Justice in 1995, and his Juris Doctor cum laudefrom Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1998.  During his time at Cumberland, Mr. Matteson received the Legal Research and Writing Award and the Scholar of Merit Awards in Constitutional Law and Estates and Trusts.  Mr. Matteson is admitted to practice in the following courts:  All state Courts of Georgia; all State Courts in Tennessee; the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the Middle District of Georgia, the Southern District of Georgia, the Middle District of Tennessee, the Western District of Tennessee, the Eastern District of Tennessee, and the Southern District of Illinois; and the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh and Fourth Circuits.  In addition, Andrew has been specially admitted to the trial courts in fourteen states and numerous federal jurisdictions.. Andrew has been married to his wife Kari for fifteen years.  They reside in Roswell, Georgia, with their two daughters, Rylee and Shelby.

Attorney Lee Morin founded Morin Legal in 2013 and has grown the Firm over the last 12 years into a pre-eminent small business and entertainment boutique firm. Morin Legal has routinely served independent small business owners in the creative and creative-adjacent sectors helping them to achieve their dreams of freedom and independence.. Attorney Morin is uniquely talented in copyright law, trademark law, small business law, corporations, and contracts, having taught complex subjects to non-lawyer pupils as an adjunct professor for her alma mater, Georgia State University College of Law. When she is not representing copyright holders, trademark owners, or small businesses or financiers, she aids producers and production companies in content creation and taps into affiliated contacts at premier talent agencies, consulting and production companies to develop, package, and pitch shows for streaming, broadcast, or theatrical release.. In 2023, Attorney Morin added a Small Business Commercial Litigation practice to her firm and is presently reviewing prospective clients with active or pending lawsuits in the State of Georgia. Attorney Morin is also an accomplished writer, having penned articles for the American Bar Association and other publications, and publishes a newsletter read by entertainment business professionals, called Good Tidings.

Assists corporate and individual clients to obtain non-immigrant visas as well as lawful permanent residence in the U.S. through employment and family based petitions.

As senior litigator and founding partner at Friedman, Dever & Merlin, Mike Dever handles a wide variety of legal issues related to business disputes. His areas of expertise include business torts, contracts, officer and director liability, shareholder disputes, securities litigation, trade secrets and covenants not to compete.. Mr. Dever has conducted more than 75 jury trials, obtaining multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts. His jury trial history includes cases surrounding various contract and tort claims, shareholder malfeasance, utility related contractual disputes and the Racketeer Influence Corrupt Organizations Act, among others.. From 2002 through 2008, Mr. Dever served as adjunct professor teaching litigation at Georgia State University School of Law. He is also a Master of the Bleckley Inn of Court, the Atlanta chapter of the American Inns of Court, an organization dedicated to fostering and ensuring legal skills and professionalism.. Well-respected in the field, Mr. Dever has been a guest speaker at numerous continuing education seminars. His honors include his election as a Georgia Super Lawyer beginning in 2004 and designation as an AV rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell.. Mr. Dever is an active member of the Atlanta community, a member of the Atlanta Steeplechase’s board of directors and a trustee of the Chi Phi Fraternity Educational Trust.

Alan Kan is a partner at Kan & Clark, LLP -- a general practice law firm that assists clients on a wide range of matters ranging from complex business transactions to civil litigation.. Kan & Clark, LLP provides aggressive legal representation and work diligently to promote their client’s legal interests and protect their client’s rights by taking creative and innovative approaches to the legal and business issues facing them, while at the same time providing each client with the personal attention they deserve.. Alan’s practice focuses on corporate and business transactions, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation.  Alan has experience representing a diverse client base ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.. Prior to forming Kan & Clark, LLP, Alan worked as an associate in the Corporate and Business Transactions Group in the Atlanta office of Dow Lohnes, PLLC where he advised, negotiated, and closed merger and acquisition, leveraged buyout, and secured and non-secured financing transactions in excess of a billion dollars.. Before joining Dow Lohnes, Alan practiced with the firm of King & Spalding, LLP in Atlanta, where he represented both lenders and borrowers in both secured and unsecured financing deals ranging from $15 million to $800 million.. Alan also has invaluable insight into the litigation process by serving as a law clerk to the Honorable Justice Hugh Thompson of the Georgia Supreme Court and the Honorable Judge W.N. Dettmerring in the Douglas County State Court.  Additionally, Alan sharpened his litigation skills while working at the Turner Environmental Law Clinic.. If you like more information about Alan or McCartney & Kan, please feel free to give us a call at or visit us on our website at .

Accomplished attorney with extensive experience in managing outside counsel. Expert in representing Fortune 500 and international companies in multibillion-dollar business, corporate, and tax-related transactions and dispute resolution. Excels in mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, and post-acquisition integration processes for a wide variety of international entities. Knowledgeable in private practice, business consulting, government, and academic matters.