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

Contact Edward Krugman

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. He has significant experience representing direct selling, manufacturing and financial services companies.

Edward represents both plaintiffs and defendants in his practice. Some of Edward’s 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
Obtaining a $200,000,000 settlement for a plaintiff in an action against a major telecommunications company
Winning a substantial arbitration award, including attorneys’ fees, on behalf of a family owned company
Winning summary judgment on behalf of a public company in a fraud action brought by a national bank

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, antitrust, and avoiding sexual harassment and other discrimination claims. Edward has taught on the faculty for the Trial Advocacy program at Emory Law School, 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 Board of Governors. Edward currently chairs the Formal Advisory Opinion Board of the State Bar of Georgia and is a member and former chair of the Disciplinary Rules and Procedures Committee.

Chambers USA has recognized Edward as a leading lawyer in the field of Commercial Litigation in 2008 and 2009. Edward has also been named a Super Lawyer by Law & Politics Media and Atlanta Magazine every year since 2004.

Education & Background

Northwestern University (B.A.)
University of Georgia (J.D., summa cum laude)
Order of the Coif
Phi Kappa Phi
Editorial Board and Articles Editor - Georgia Law Review

Clerkship

Law Clerk to the Honorable H. Emory Widener, Jr., United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

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

Professional and Civic Organizations

Member, State Bar of Georgia
Board of Governors, State Bar of Georgia
Chair, Formal Advisory Opinion Board, State Bar of Georgia
Member, Disciplinary Rules and Procedures Committee, State Bar of Georgia
Antitrust Section, State Bar of Georgia
General Practice and Trial Section, State Bar of Georgia
Labor and Employment Section, State Bar of Georgia
Intellectual Property Section, State Bar of Georgia
Computer Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
Member, Atlanta Bar Association
Litigation Section, Atlanta Bar Association
Intellectual Property Section, Atlanta Bar Association
Labor and Employment Section, Atlanta Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association
Antitrust Section, American Bar Association
Business Section, American Bar Association
Litigation Sections, American Bar Association
Intellectual Property Section, American Bar Association
Board - Anti-Defamation League
Secretary and Member of Executive Committee, Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Member, Midtown Alliance
Master, Lumpkin Inn of Court

Practice Areas:

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