RONAN P. DOHERTY

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Contact Ronan Doherty

Phone 404.881.4138
Fax 404.881.4111
Email doherty@bmelaw.com

Ronan Doherty represents both plaintiffs and defendants in all aspects of civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

His areas of concentration include antitrust, appellate litigation, class actions, intellectual property and commercial contract litigation. In addition to representing clients such as The Home Depot, Inc., Marriott International, Inc. and Claria Corporation, Ronan has performed a significant amount of pro bono work, accepting appointments from both the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Prior to joining the firm, Ronan served as a law clerk for two Judges on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit: the Honorable Stanley F. Birch, Jr. (1997-1998) and the Honorable Phyllis A. Kravitch (1998-1999). Ronan also spent more than two years as an associate in Sullivan & Cromwell's Washington, D.C. office, where he concentrated on antitrust matters for clients such as Microsoft Corporation and British Airways plc.

Ronan graduated from the University of Virginia's School of Law in 1996 and from the College of William & Mary (with high honors) in 1993. While at Virginia, Ronan earned the Order of the Coif and served both as a member of the University of Virginia Law Review Editorial Board and the Executive Editor of the Virginia Journal of International Law.

Position:

Partner

Education & Background:

College of William and Mary (B.A., with high honors, 1993); University of Virginia (J.D., 1996); Order of the Coif, Member: Virginia Law Review, 1995-96; Executive Editor: Virginia Journal of International Law, 1995-96; Dillard Fellow: Teaching Assistant for the First Year Legal Writing Program; Author, Note: "Foreign Affairs v. Federalism: How State Control of Criminal Law Implicates Federal Responsibilities Under International Law", 82 Va.L.Rev. 1281 (1996); Law Clerk to the Honorable Stanley F. Birch, Jr., U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1997-98; Law Clerk to the Honorable Phyllis A. Kravitch, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1998-1999; Member: State Bar of Georgia; State Bar of New York; District of Columbia Bar.

Representative Cases:

Williams v. Mohawk Industries, Inc., 314 F.Supp.2d 1333 (N.D. Ga. 2004)

In re The Gator Corporation Software, Trademark & Copyright Litigation, 259 F. Supp.2d 1378 (JPML 2003).

Thomas v. B&I Lending, LLC, 261 Ga. App. 39 (2003)

Livoti v. Aycock, 263 Ga. App. 897 (2003)

Admitted:

1997, New York
1999, District of Columbia
2001, Georgia