Michael A. Sullivan, Esq.
Michael A. Sullivan
has broad experience in commercial litigation,
personal injury litigation, and white collar
criminal defense. He also has prosecuted political
corruption cases with the Office of Independent
Counsel, and he has served as law clerk to U.S.
District Judge Marvin H. Shoob in Atlanta.
Background:
Born Charleston, South Carolina, December
9, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia.
Education:
University of North Carolina (A.B., 1977);
Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1984). Order of the
Coif. Senior Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law
Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to the Honorable
Marvin H. Shoob, U.S. District Court, Northern
District of Georgia, 1984-1986.
Publications:
Georgia Jurisprudence, chapters
on perjury and other offenses related to judicial
proceedings (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1995).
Co-Author, "Peremptory Strike Is Worth Preserving," with
Bobby Lee Cook, 2 Georgia State Bar Journal 38
(December 1996). Lecturer, "Developments in Criminal
Law: United States Supreme Court Update 1993-1994
Term," ICLE of Georgia, September 1994; "Fiduciary
Negligence," Georgia Trial Lawyers Association,
2001; "Trial Techniques in Product Liability Cases,"
Products Liability Section of the State Bar of
Georgia, 2001; "Overlooked Theories of Liability,"
ICLE of Georgia, 2004; "Professional and Ethical
Dilemmas in Litigation," ICLE of Georgia, 1998-2004.
Other Experience:
Associate Independent Counsel, HUD Investigation,
1995-1998.
Member:
Board of Directors, Federal Defender
Program; Atlanta (Member, Judicial Selection and
Tenure Committee, 1997-2000; Criminal and Litigation
Sections) and American (Member, Committee on Complex
Crimes Litigation and White Collar Crime Southeast
Regional Subcommittee; Criminal Justice and Tort
and Insurance Sections) Bar Associations; State
Bar of Georgia (Member: Criminal, General Practice
and Trial Sections); Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Georgia
Trial Lawyers Association (Executive and Legislative Committees;
Co-Editor, The Verdict, 2000-2001); American Trial
Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court (Master,
Bleckley Inn).
Sample Reported Cases:
Aetna v. Cantrell, 197 Ga. App. 672, 399 S.E.2d
237 (Ga. App. 1990); J.B. Hunt Transport,
Inc. v. Bentley, 207 Ga. App. 250, 427 S.E.2d 499 (Ga. App.
1992); United States v. Watt, 911 F.
Supp. 538 (D.D.C. 1995); Canal Ins. Co. v. Liberty
Mutual Ins. Co., 256 Ga. App. 866, 570 S.E.2d 60
(2002).
Practice Areas:
Commercial Litigation and Business Torts;
Whistleblower "Qui Tam" Litigation; Wrongful Death; Personal Injury; Fiduciary Litigation;
Fraud; White Collar Criminal Defense Litigation.
Email: Michael A Sullivan
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