H. LAMAR "MICKEY" MIXSON
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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.
During recent years, Mickey has recovered awards and settlements for clients totaling well over one billion dollars.
Mickey has an excellent record on the defense side also, having obtained summary judgments, dismissals and defense verdicts of major claims.
Mickey is currently the President of the Atlanta chapter of the International Network of Boutique Law Firms.
Mickey is currently recognized by Chambers & Partners, USA as one of the highest ranked Trial Lawyers in the United States and among the top Georgia Commercial Litigators. The publication described him as “particularly good at securities work,” as having “a superb touch with juries,” and as a “creative and diligent trial lawyer” in complex litigation.
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 million jury verdict, the largest verdict ever awarded in Georgia (a verdict which was affirmed on appeal and paid in full)
Lead counsel representing David McDavid in obtaining a $281 million jury verdict against Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) for breaching an agreement to sell McDavid the Atlanta Hawks, the Atlanta Thrashers and the operating rights to Philips Arena. The jury verdict is the largest compensatory damage award in Georgia history.
Lead counsel for the plaintiff class in Abdallah v. Coca-Cola Co., which settled for $192.5 million, the largest private 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 a recovery for our client exceeding $200 million
As lead counsel for a group of individuals, recovered through a combination of settlements and awards, over $60 million based on professional liability claims
Successfully defended Farley Industries in a dissenters' rights case before the Georgia Supreme Court, a decision of first impression which has become the seminal case on dissenters' rights in Georgia
Education & Background:
Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1974)
Editor: Harvard Law Review, 1972-1973
Washington & Lee University (B.A., magna cum laude, honors with exceptional distinction in English, 1970)
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Eta Sigma
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)
Director and Member of the Executive Committee, International Network of Boutique Law Firms
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
Profiled by the National Law Journal in a report on “Winning” that recognized 12 lawyers in the United States who have recently won difficult cases and have a history of success
Selected as a member of Georgia’s “Legal Elite” each year since its inception
Named one of the “Top 100” Georgia “Super Lawyers” each year since its inception
Named one of the 500 Leading Litigators in America each year since its inception
Listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America each year since its inception
