MICHAEL B. TERRY

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• Co-counsel for successful plaintiffs in a breach of fiduciary duty case which resulted in a $454 million jury verdict that was affirmed on appeal
  
  
• Appellate counsel for defense that successfully reversed a $457 million judgment against one of the world’s largest forest product companies, Weyerhaeuser Co.
  
  
• Appellate counsel for plaintiffs in Bogle v. McClure, which affirmed an award of $16.6 million to seven employment discrimination plaintiffs
  
  
• Appellate counsel for defense in obtaining reversal of an intermediate appellate decision certifying a class action to pursue a $110 million claim under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act
  
  
• Obtained dismissal of four putative class actions against not-for-profit hospitals challenging the hospitals’ pricing policies, and appeared as lead appellate counsel for the hospitals in having those cases affirmed on appeal
  
  
• As Appellate counsel obtained a new trial on behalf of a major peanut processor following a $20 million jury verdict
  
  
• Appellate counsel in a medical malpractice/breast cancer case, overturning a summary judgment and making new law as to accrual of the statute of limitations in such cases
  
  
• Appellate counsel for a class of policyholders in upholding class certification of a case involving credit life insurance
  
  
• Appellate counsel for a class of prisoners challenging refusal to provide medical care
  
  
• Retained to submit amicus curiae briefs (and at times to present oral argument on behalf of amicus) on behalf of the Democratic Party of Georgia, the ACLU of Georgia, the Medical Association of Georgia, the Hospital Authority of Clarke County, and the Georgia Canoe Association

University of Georgia (A.B., magna cum laude, 1982; J.D., magna cum laude, 1987).

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