RANDI ENGEL SCHNELL

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Randi Schnell represents both plaintiffs and defendants in trial and appellate litigation and alternative dispute resolution in cases involving breach of contract, business torts, trade secrets, patents and unfair competition. She is also a certified mediator.

Randi graduated from Northwestern University in 1988 (with distinction), and from Emory University School of Law in 1991 (with distinction). While at Emory, Randi earned the Order of the Coif and served as Executive Articles Editor for the Emory Law Journal.

Prior to joining the firm, Randi served as a law clerk for the Honorable Jack T. Camp, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, (1991-1993). Randi also spent one year as an associate in Pepper Hamilton LLP's Philadelphia office, where she worked in the health effects litigation practice group.

Randi is a certified mediator who is a Registered Neutral with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. Randi also served as an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law where she taught legal research, writing and analysis. Recently, Randi was recognized as a Rising Star by other leading lawyers throughout Georgia, indicating a place among the top 2.5% of Georgia Lawyers under the age of forty.

Position:

Partner

Education & Background:

Northwestern University (B.S. with distinction, 1988); Emory University (J.D., with distinction, 1991); London School of Economics. Honors: Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma, Order of the Coif. Recipient: Distinguished Service Award, Emory University School of Law; Emory Law Journal: Executive Articles Editor; Author: "Critical Housing Needs and the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987: A Short-Term Solution to a Long-Term Problem," 40 Emory Law Journal 163 (1991).

Admitted:

State Bars of Georgia and Pennsylvania
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States District Courts for the Northern District of Georgia and Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Representative Published Cases:

Board of Commissioners of Dekalb County v. Levetan, No. S98A1938, 1999 Ga. Lexis 155 (Ga. Feb. 22, 1999); Duty Free Air & Ship Supply, Inc. v. Atlanta Duty Free, LLC, 275 Ga. App. 381 (2005).

Practice Areas:

Commercial Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Other Activities:

Master in the Lamar Inn of Court; Member: Atlanta Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section; State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section; Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania