Georgia Lawyers Stephen LaBriola to Stephen Risley

225 Peachtree St., N.E., Suite 2300 , Atlanta , Georgia 30303 Zip code: 30303

Practice Areas: Business , Civil , Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, White Collar Crime, Business, Business

Stephen T. LaBriola has been awarded Martindale-Hubbell's highestrating of AV. He is a former prosecutor with extensive jury trialexperience. He has litigated extensively in federal and state courts inGeorgia and numerous other jurisdictions in the United States. He is aMaster with and the President-Elect of the Lamar Inn of Court, a groupof experienced trial attorneys who present continuing legal educationseminars and workshops in conjunction with Emory University School ofLaw. He is a Director of the Atlanta Bar Association LitigationSection. His peers have identified him as a "Super Lawyer" and among"Georgia's Legal Elite".. While Mr. LaBriola was a prosecutor, he tried more than 50 jury also has tried jury trials in the U. S. District Court for theNorthern District of Georgia and in Georgia State and Superior Courts,and he successfully has argued in the Georgia appellate courts.. In the commercial litigation area, Mr. LaBriola has represented bothlocal and national clients in contract disputes, tortious interferencewith business and contractual relations actions, suits involvingmisappropriation of business opportunities and of trade secrets, suitsinvolving disputes over business acquisitions, alleged breach ofemployment cases, employment discrimination cases and shareholderdisputes involving rights of first refusal and other shareholderissues. He has assisted businesses in pursuing bad faith denial ofinsurance coverage claims where significant insurable interests hasbeen at issue. He has authored and spoken at continuing legal seminarson commercial business related legal issues.Mr. LaBriola has represented many businesses in largeenvironmental Insurance Recovery and has obtained millions of dollarsof insurance coverage from insurers after they issued denial ofinsurance coverage decisions. Large firms frequently handle theunderlying dispute with EPA/EPD and refer the insurance coverage workto Mr. LaBriola.Mr. LaBriola has earned the respect of physicians and adversecounsel prosecuting medical malpractice wrongful death cases on behalfof surviving spouses and decedent's estates and patients withpermanent, life altering medical injuries. Because the firm maintains ahigh threshold regarding proof of liability and as to the enormity ofdamages suffered, the firm declines representation in the vast majorityof medical malpractice cases reviewed. With regard to the cases thefirm does accept, the firm invests significant resources consultingwith and retaining the assistance of doctors to testify and educate thejury as to why the defendant doctor, hospital or other medical serviceprovider was negligent. Consequently, the firm has earned a high rateof success on behalf of its clients, and Mr. LaBriola has become therecipient of case referrals from other lawyers who do not handlemedical negligence cases but who seek excellent representation onbehalf of their clients as well as from local physicians.. Because of his experience as a prosecutor, Mr. LaBriola receivesnumerous referrals from other attorneys to handle matters involvingfraud and misrepresentation. In that role, he has represented a numberof individual and corporate clients. Some of Mr. LaBriola's morenotable cases include his successful defense of a well-known Japanesecompany regarding alleged federal customs violations and his defense ofthe designee to be the chief-of-staff to the mayor of a majormetropolitan city. The later representation involved a month-longhearing presented by a special prosecutor before the city council, atwhich time it was concluded that no wrongdoing could be proved. He alsohas conducted internal investigations of alleged corporate has defended medical service providers in qui tam actions and inhealthcare fraud grand jury investigations and prosecutions.Mr. LaBriola has represented clients in matters involving theSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and has been involved in"Wells Process" discussions with the SEC to resolve allegations ofsecurities fraud. The "Wells Process" gives a party under SECinvestigation a formal opportunity to present its side of the storybefore the SEC decides whether to charge it with a violation ofsecurities laws.Mr. LaBriola has been the "lawyer's lawyer," having been askedby his peers and by insurers to represent attorneys accused ofmisconduct and legal malpractice. His representation has involved bothpublic battles in court and confidential negotiations with State Barofficials.Mr. LaBriola also has assisted whistleblowers in prosecutingFalse Claims Act (sometimes referred to as "Whistleblower" or "QuiTam") lawsuits. The False Claims Act, first signed into law byPresident Lincoln in 1863, is the principal weapon of the United Statesin fighting government contract false claims and fraud. It is soeffective because it encourages people with knowledge of such practicesto file a lawsuit in the name of the United States and share in therecovery with the United States. In 1986, the False Claims Act wasamended to increase the ability of private citizens to pursue actionsas a "relator" of the United States. Mr. LaBriola has assisted clientsin presenting complex False Claims Act cases to the United States andin prosecuting such actions.

Firm: Alston & Bird LLP

1201 W Peachtree St NE Ste 4900 , Atlanta , Georgia 30309 Zip code: 30309

Practice Areas: Computers and Software, Intellectual Property , Patents, Intellectual Property

Firm: Hendrick, Phillips, Salzman & Flatt, A Professional Corporation

230 Peachtree Street Northwest , Atlanta , Georgia 30303 Zip code: 30303

Practice Areas: Construction , Construction & Development, Construction & Development

Firm: Stephen P. Riexinger, P.C.

PO Box 1658   2893 Meadowsweet Trl  3 , Snellville , Georgia 30078 Zip code: 30078

Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice

One Atlantic Center , Atlanta , Georgia 30309 Zip code: 30309

Practice Areas: Partnership

Firm: Smith Gambrell & Russell LLP

1105 W Peachtree St NE Ste 1000 , Atlanta , Georgia 30309 Zip code: 30309

Practice Areas: Contracts, Divorce, Estate Planning, Family , Probate , Wills, Workers Compensation, Energy & Utilities, Energy & Utilities

Firm: Stephen A. Land Attorney at Law

105 Judson Walk Court , Johns Creek , Georgia 30022 Zip code: 30022

Practice Areas: Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Mediation

Firm: Kent & Risley LLC

5755 N Point Pkwy Ste 57 , Alpharetta , Georgia 30022 Zip code: 30022

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property

Firm: US Attorneys Office Northern District of Georgia

75 Ted Turner Dr SW Ste 600 , Atlanta , Georgia 30303 Zip code: 30303

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Swift, Currie, McGhee and Hiers, LLP

1355 Peachtree Street   NE , Atlanta , Georgia 30309 Zip code: 30309

Practice Areas: Construction ,Insurance

Firm: Stephen M. McCusker

6555 Abercorn Street   109  31405 , Savannah , Georgia 31405 Zip code: 31405

Practice Areas: Contracts

Firm: Zachary and Segraves, P.A.

1000 Commerce Drive , Decatur , Georgia 30030 Zip code: 30030

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy

Firm: Shapiro Fussell Wedge & Martin, LLP

1360 Peachtree Street , Atlanta , Georgia 30309 Zip code: 30309

Practice Areas: Construction , Corporate , Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial

Firm: LEVINSON & STIDHAM LLC

345 Creekstone Rdg , Woodstock , Georgia 30188 Zip code: 30188

Practice Areas: Business Organizations, Business, Business

Firm: Magruder and Sumner

Broad Street , Rome , Georgia 30162 Zip code: 30162

Practice Areas: Civil ,Insurance

Firm: Jones Walker LLP

One Midtown Plaza , Atlanta , Georgia 30309 Zip code: 30309

Practice Areas: Asset Recovery and Creditors Rights, Bankruptcy, Restructuring & Creditors-Debtors Rights, Business & Commercial Litigation

Firm: Alston & Bird LLP

1201 W Peachtree St NE Ste 4900 , Atlanta , Georgia 30309 Zip code: 30309

Practice Areas: Real Estate , Real Estate

Firm: Rogers & Hardin

229 Peachtree Street N East , Atlanta , Georgia 30303

Practice Areas: Land Use & Zoning, Leases and Leasing, Real Estate , Commercial, Commercial, Commercial, Commercial

Firm: King & Spalding LLP

1230 W Peachtree St NW , Atlanta , Georgia 30309

Firm: Stephen N. Hollomon

115 Carl Vinson Pky 387 , Warner Robins , Georgia 31095 Zip code: 31095

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense