H. LAMAR "MICKEY" MIXSON

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 Mickey Mixson

Phone 404.881.4171
Fax 404.881.4111
Email mixson@bmelaw.com

Mickey Mixson has represented individuals and corporations involved in a wide variety of business disputes for more than twenty-five years. He has successfully presented countless complex commercial disputes to juries, arbitration panels and judges.

In addition, Mickey has obtained substantial confidential settlements of numerous commercial and business cases. Mickey has an excellent record on the defense side also, having obtained summary judgments, dismissals and defense verdicts of major claims.

During recent years, Mickey has recovered awards and settlements for clients totaling over one billion dollars.

Mickey is currently the President of the Atlanta chapter of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms. He is also the lead contact for the firms' membership in the National Business Litigation Group.

Position:

Partner

Representative Cases:

Co-counsel for the plaintiffs in Time Warner Entertainment v. Six Flags Over Georgia, LLC, a breach of fiduciary duty case which resulted in a $454,000,000 jury verdict, the largest verdict ever awarded in Georgia (a verdict which was affirmed on appeal and paid in full)

Represented the plaintiff class in Abdallah v. Coca-Cola Co., which settled for $192.5 million, the largest class action racial discrimination settlement in history

Achieved a settlement in a contract dispute case between a leading transportation company and a major supplier that resulted in awards for our client exceeding $200 million

Education & Background:

Washington & Lee University (B.A., magna cum laude, honors with exceptional distinction in English, 1970)
Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1974)
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Eta Sigma
Editor: Harvard Law Review, 1972-1973.

Admitted:

State Bar of Georgia
United States Supreme Court
United States Courts of Appeals for the Third, Fourth, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia

Professional Activities:

Past President and Member, Board of Directors: Georgia Lawyers for the Arts
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
American Bar Foundation
Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section)
State Bar of Georgia (Member: Antitrust; Corporate & Banking
General Practice & Trial Sections
State Disciplinary Board, Review Panel, 1994-96)
American Bar Association (Member: Business and Litigation Sections
Member, Commercial and Banking Litigation and Business Tort Litigation Committees)
President, Atlanta Chapter of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF)
Lawyers Club of Atlanta (Chair: Rules, Judiciary and Practice Committee, 1983-84
Treasurer: Executive Committee, 1985-86)

Practice Areas:

Business Torts, Corporate Governance, Partnership and Fiduciary Disputes, Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith Litigation, Attorney and Accountant Liability, RICO, Tender Offer, Proxy and Securities Litigation.

Publications/Speaking Engagements:

Lecturer: “Making a Complex RICO Case Understandable: Making the Most of Your Opening Statement,” RICO Seminar, ICLE of Georgia, November 1, 2002

“Damages: Successful Strategies for Winning Commercial Cases in Federal Courts,” Atlanta Bar Association, October 25, 2002

"Handling an Appeal in the Court of Public Opinion: Practical and Ethical Considerations," ICLE of Georgia, Appellate Strategies Seminar, April 2001

"When Limited Partners Sue," ICLE of Georgia, 4th Annual Corporate Litigation Seminar, November 2000

"Corporate Control Transactions and Related Litigation," Corporate Litigation Seminar, November 1997

"Corporate Law in the Georgia Supreme Court," Fourteenth Annual Corporate and Banking Law Institute, October 1995

"Making a Complex RICO Case Understandable," RICO Seminar, October 1995

"Making A Complex Case Understandable," Handling Complex Litigation Seminar, October 1994

"Making RICO Make Sense: Discovery, Opening, and Summation," ICLE of Georgia, October 1993 "Discovery and Proof in Civil RICO," ICLE of Georgia, October 1992

"Effective Motion Practice in Georgia: Injunctions," Lorman Business Center, December 1992 "Georgia’s Little RICO Statute," ICLE of Georgia, October 1991

"Forced Dispute Resolution: Squeeze Outs and Oppression of Minorities," Eighth Annual Corporate and Banking Law Institute, October 1989

Awards & Recognition:

Selected as a finalist for the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award by the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice for the Abdallah v. Coca-Cola Co. case
Selected as a member of Georgia’s "Legal Elite"
Named one of the "Top 100" Georgia "Super Lawyers" each year since its inception
Recognized by Chambers & Partners, USA as one of the highest ranked Georgia Commercial Litigators, which described him as "particularly good at securities work" and as having "a superb touch with juries"
Named one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America
Listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America