Joyce Gist Lewis secured a confidential settlement in favor of the minority owner of a hotel after the trial court ordered his partner, who had previously denied the client’s ownership interest, to make a full financial disclosure and pay attorney’s fees.

Joyce Gist Lewis served as lead trial counsel representing the receiver of a failed community bank in the first case tried to a jury following the Georgia Supreme Court ruling in Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Loudermilk, which outlined the limits of Georgia’s business judgment rule as a defense to claims of director and officer […]

Joyce Gist Lewis won a unanimous defense verdict in a state court jury trial in which the Plaintiff, alleging that his FELA employer’s negligence caused him to suffer permanent injuries to his spine which would limit his ability to work for the remainder of his life, sought damages in excess of $1 million. Following a […]

Joyce Gist Lewis attained a confidential settlement in favor of the founder and majority owner of a local servicing company after his business partners of less than one year filed suit to eject him from the business.

Joyce Gist Lewis received a full summary judgment in favor of metro Atlanta county on Title VII retaliation claims and Rule 12(B)(6) dismissal of Section 1983 claims.

Joyce Gist Lewis secured a $14 million settlement against the former officers of a community bank in Puerto Rico after demonstrating that the officers breached their fiduciary duties and failed to comply with representations made to regulators as a condition of being permitted to transfer mortgage servicing from the bank’s holding company to the bank.

Joyce Gist Lewis won summary judgment for her governmental entity client on claims asserted under Americans with Disabilities Act based upon a showing that the client lacked control of the adverse employment decision. The Plaintiff withdrew claims asserted under the Family Medical Leave Act following the filing of the summary judgment motion.

Joyce Gist Lewis won a full summary judgment in favor of defendant alleged to have caused permanent and catastrophic injury to plaintiff through negligent inspection and maintenance of railroad boxcar door mechanism.

Halsey Knapp and Adam Sparks returned to federal court and secured immediate relief for absentee voters seeking to cast a ballot in Georgia’s December 4, 2018 Runoff Election. The intense interest in Georgia’s 2018 General Election led to intense scrutiny of state and county election administration. That scrutiny bled into the mailing of absentee ballots […]

Life moves fast, and election litigation faster. Halsey Knapp and Adam Sparks demonstrated this truism recently in representing Stacey Abrams for Governor and the Democratic Party of Georgia in seeking an emergency federal court order preventing the unlawful rejection of absentee ballots due to immaterial defects across all Georgia counties in the 2018 General Election. […]