DAVID G. H. BRACKETT

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Phone 404.881.4197
Fax 404.881.4111
Email brackett@bmelaw.com
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David Brackett has served as first chair litigation counsel for individuals and companies of all sizes in all phases of civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution. A substantial part of David’s commercial litigation practice has involved business torts, corporate governance and shareholder disputes, trade secrets, and unfair competition.

David has also engaged in a significant amount of pro bono representation, including the successful representation of a group of senior citizens against a high interest loan company, a challenge to Georgia’s photo ID requirement for in-person voting that caused the state to repeal and modify the law, and a successful appeal in a case to which he was appointed by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to represent an indigent party.

David has been recognized by other leading lawyers in Georgia as a Rising Star in Atlanta Magazine (Law & Politics Media).

Position:

Partner

Education & Background:

Duke University (B.A. 1993); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., cum laude, 1996); Articles Editor: Law and Policy in International Business, 1995-96; Law Clerk to the Honorable Duross Fitzpatrick, United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 1996-98.

Admitted:

State Bar of Georgia
Georgia Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of Georgia
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia

Representative Cases:

Perimeter Realty v. GAPI, Inc., 243 Ga. App. 584, 533 S.E.2d 136 (2000)
Stewart v. Favors, 264 Ga. App. 156, 590 S.E.2d 186 (2003)
Common Cause/Georgia v. Billups, 406 F.Supp. 2d 1326 (N.D. Ga. 2005)

Practice Areas:

Appellate; Business Torts; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition; Corporate Governance and Shareholder Disputes; Constitutional Law; Securities; Contract; Real Estate Litigation.

Other Activities:

Member: Litigation Section, Atlanta Bar Association; Lamar Inn of Court; Lawyers Club of Atlanta.