EDWARD B. KRUGMAN

Antitrust Appellate Business Torts Class Actions Commercial Litigation Corporate Governance Employment & Civil Rights Environmental Litigation False Claims Act Intellectual Property Internal Investigations Professional Liability RICO White Collar Crime

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Phone 404.881.4106
Fax 404.881.4111
Email krugman@bmelaw.com
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For more than twenty years, Edward Krugman has been achieving optimal outcomes for clients in cases involving antitrust and unfair competition, employment discrimination, intellectual property (trademark, copyright, trade secret and restrictive covenant) issues, and general contract and business disputes.

Chosen as a Georgia “SuperLawyer” by Law & Politics Media and Atlanta Magazine for 2004 and 2005, Edward represents both plaintiffs and defendants in his practice. Some of Edward's recent notable victories include the following: Winning a defendant's jury verdict in a breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty action seeking over $100 million in damages; Winning summary judgment in favor of a defendant charged with price fixing in a major antitrust class action; Successfully defending a public company and two employees hired from a competitor against claims for theft of trade secrets filed in three different jurisdictions; and obtaining a nine-figure settlement for a plaintiff in a breach of contract action.

Edward is a frequent lecturer on trial practice and corporate litigation issues, and has written numerous articles on business litigation issues such as covenants not to compete, internal corporate investigations to discover potential wrongdoing within a corporation, justice department attacks on most favored nation clauses, and avoiding sexual harassment and other discrimination claims. He is also a contributing author to the 2004 Annual Review of Antitrust Law Developments to be published by the Antitrust Section of the American Bar Association. For the last 13 years, Edward has taught on the faculty for the Trial Advocacy program at Emory Law School. Edward is a graduate of the Midtown Alliance Leadership Program, a Master in the Lumpkin Inn of Court, and a member of the State Bar of Georgia's Official Advisory Opinion Board.

Position:

Partner

Education & Background:

Northwestern University (B.A., 1975); University of Georgia (J.D., summa cum laude, 1979); Order of the Coif, Phi Kappa Phi; Member: Editorial Board, 1977-1978, and Articles Editor: 1978-79, Georgia Law Review; Law Clerk to the Honorable H. Emory Widener, Jr., United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1979-1980.

Admitted:

State Bar of Georgia
United States Supreme Court
United States Courts of Appeals for Fourth, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Representative Cases:

Williamson Oil Co. v. Philip Morris USA, 346 F.3d 1287 (11th Cir. 2003); Bank of Am., N.A. v. Sorrell, 248 F. Supp. 2d 1196 (N.D. Ga. 2002); Williamson Oil Co. v. Philip Morris Cos., 231 F. Supp. 2d 1253 (N.D. Ga. 2002); Theoharous v. Fong, 256 F.3d 1219 (11th Cir. 2001); 260 B.R. 905 (N.D. Ga. 2001); Otto v. Box USA Group, Inc., 177 F.R.D. 698 (N.D. Ga. 1997); Colorado v. Airline Tarif. Publ. Co., 1995-2 Trade Cas. (CCH) 71,231 (D.D.C. 1995); In Re: Domestic Air Transp. Antitrust Litigation, 148 F.R.D. 297 (N.D. Ga. 1993); Nelson v. Zant, 261 Ga. 358, 405 S.E.2d 250 (1991); In re Trust of Lucas, 260 Ga. 337, 393 S.E.2d 256 (1990); Alexander Proudfoot Co. World Headquarters, L.P. v. Thayer, 877 F. 2d 912 (11th Cir. 1989); State of Georgia v. Private Truck Council, 258 Ga. 531, 371 S.E.2d 378 (1988); Latimore v. International Bus. Invs., 18 Ga. App. 306, 375 S.E.2d 507 (1988); Union Trust Co. v. Charter Medical Corp., 823 F.2d 548 (4th Cir. 1987); Hishon v. King & Spalding, 467 U.S. 69 (1984); Cavalier Carpets, Inc. v. Caylor, 746 F.2d 749 (11th Cir. 1984).

Practice Areas:

Antitrust and Unfair Competition, Business Torts, Employment, Intellectual Property Litigation and White Collar Criminal Defense.

Member:

Atlanta Bar Association (Member: Sections on: Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Labor and Employment Sections); State Bar of Georgia (Member: Antitrust, General Practice and Trial, Labor and Employment, Intellectual Property and Computer Law (Executive Committee - 1998), Formal Advisory Opinion Board – 2003; American Bar Association (Member: Antitrust, Business and Litigation Sections; Intellectual Property; Private Antitrust Litigation, Transportation, and Section One Committees); Lawyers Club of Atlanta (Chair – Rules, Practice & Judiciary Committee; Executive Committee - 2005- ); Midtown Alliance (Leadership Program; Streets and Environments Committee); Master, Lumpkin Inn of Court.