TIANA S. MYKKELTVEDT

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 Tiana Mykkeltvedt

Phone 404.881.4144
Fax 404.881.4111
Email mykkeltvedt@bmelaw.com
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Tiana Mykkeltvedt represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation, including business torts, class actions, professional liability and arbitrations.

Tiana graduated cum laude from University Georgia School of Law where she served as the Executive Notes Editor on the Georgia Law Review and an member of the Jessup International Law Moot Court team. After law school she clerked for the Honorable Richard W. Story of the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta. She received her B.A. in Political Science and French from the University of Georgia where she graduated magna cum laude with High Honors.

Tiana brings her clerkship and litigation experience to representing companies and high net worth individuals in state and federal courts and in arbitrations. She has been involved in range of complex litigation including disputes involving malpractice claims against a national accounting firm, class action alleging violation of securities law, fraud, mismanagement and Georgia RICO claims from investment in an internet private equity fund, arbitration before the National Futures Association, and class action arbitration before the American Arbitration Association. Tiana’s experience includes coordination of parties and counsel in the United States and abroad in related litigation including counsel in New York, Philadelphia, the Cayman Islands and Singapore.

In addition to her business litigation practice, Tiana serves as a committee member for the State Bar of Georgia BASICS program that assists participants in being able to stay out of jail, by legitimate means, once they are released by providing effective instruction, guidance, and employability counseling.

Education & Background

University of Georgia (B.A., magna cum laude)
University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude)
Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Executive Notes Editor, Georgia Law Review
Kerry Harike Joedecke Memorial Award for Excellence for Outstanding Moot Court Board Member
Jessup Moot Court Team
Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court

Clerkship

Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard W. Story, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Admitted

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

Other Activities

American Bar Association
Atlanta Bar Association
Georgia Association of Women Lawyers
Bleckly Inn of Court
Georgia State Bar, BASICS committee member

Publications

Author, Common Benefit and Class Actions: Eliminating Artificial Barriers to Attorney Fee Awards, 36 Ga. L. Rev. 1149 (2002)

Practice Areas

Appellate
Business Torts
Class Actions
Commercial Litigation
Professional Liability