VON A. DuBOSE

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Contact Von DuBose

Phone 404.881.4161
Fax 404.881.4111
Email dubose@bmelaw.com
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Von DuBose focuses on complex commercial litigation and sports law. Von counts Global Sports United, LLC, Chateau Elan Realty, Justin’s Restaurant, SecureArc, Inc. and Solomon Partners Real Estate among his commercial litigation clients. Von has successfully defended and prosecuted claims on behalf of his corporate clients in matters ranging from business torts to claims of discrimination and harassment.

Von has recently brought the firm’s significant experience representing high level business executives and physicians in contract negotiations to the area of athlete representation. He is a certified Contract Advisor with the National Football League Players Association. With the ability to advise athletes in their professional contract negotiations as any traditional sports agent, Von is also uniquely positioned to advise athletes in legal affairs off the field during and after their careers. Von’s sports-related clients also include Panoz Auto Development Company, manufacturer of the Esperante GTLM which won the 2006 24 Hours of LeMans and JRD Tuning, official tuner of the Panoz Auto Development Company.

Von has undertaken significant pro bono matters, including extensive work with the NAACP on public accommodations and discriminatory housing matters. Von co-authored an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the NAACP, SCLC, AARP, and other groups filed in support of the petitioners in Kelo v. City of New London, 125 S.Ct. 2655 (2005), contending that the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes particularly disadvantages minorities, the poor and the elderly. Arguments made in the amicus brief were mentioned by Justice Thomas in his dissenting opinion.

Admitted

State Bar of Georgia
Georgia Court of Appeals
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Representative Clients

NFL
Ervin Baldwin, Chicago Bears
Tremaine Johnson, Minnesota Vikings
Myron Guyton, NY Giants (ret)
Lorenzo Hampton, Miami Dolphins (ret)
Larry Tharpe, Detriot Lions (ret)

Broadcast
Myron Guyton
Robert Edwards

Sports Litigation
Terrence Trammell, USA Track & Field
Global Sports United
Panoz Auto Development
JRD Tuning
Equus Automotive
Terrance Woodbury, UGA Basketball

Commercial Litigation
Don Panoz
Chateau Elan Realty
Nanco, Inc.
Diverse Networks
Our Dream, LLC
Justin’s Restaurant

Education

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, B.A. 1994
Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, OH, J.D. 1998
Ault Mock Trial Team
Craven Moot Court Team
The Order of Barristers

Clerkship

Honorable Solomon Oliver, Jr., United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Law Clerk (1998-2000)

Other Activities

Chair - Georgia Conference of NAACP Legal Redress Committee
Board of Directors - Atlanta Legal Diversity Consortium
Board of Directors - Georgia Justice Project
Former Editor in Chief - Minority Trial Lawyer Newsletter
Former Barrister - American Inns of Court
Member - Atlanta Bar Association
Member - Gate City Bar Association
Member - American Bar Association
Alabama Army National Guard, 1990 - 1996