About Michael J. McConnell
Practice Areas
- Securities
- Litigation
- Health Care Law
- Business Law
Education
- Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, 1986J.D.
- Honors: Jessup International Moot Court Competition
- Honors: Director-in-Chief, Moot Court Society
- Honors: Order of the Barristers
- Drew University, 1983B.A.
- Major: Economics
- Honors: cum laude
Representative Cases
- Back Yard Burgers pursues insurance recovery action under general liability policy
- Calgon Carbon wins summary judgment in $60 million liability lawsuit after explosion at chemical storage facility
- Checkers Drive-In Restaurants resolves securities fraud class action
- Checkers Drive-In Restaurants resolves securities fraud class action
- Cumulus Media favorably settles action seeking damages from former chairman arising from related-party transactions
- Cumulus Media favorably settles dispute with former officer seeking indemnification for defense of SEC investigation
- Dell obtains dismissal of securities litigation (2009)
- Don and Louise Parsons prevail in prosecution of proxy fraud claims against corporation and various officers and directors
- Don Parsons resolves shareholder derivative action
- Eastman Chemical Company defends shareholder suits alleging breach of fiduciary duty
- Florida Power defends against litigation involving fiber optical purchase and $77 million in damages
- Flowers Industries files suit regarding sale of subsidiary
- Fuqua Industries defends shareholder derivative litigation
- Fuqua Industries former officers and directors defend shareholder derivative action
- Georgia Gulf acquires Royal Group Technologies for $1.6 billion (2009)
- Georgia Gulf pursues action seeking declaration that it was not in default of debt incurrence covenants contained in $100 million bond indenture
- Huntsman Packaging pursues insurance coverage reimbursement under prior loss provision included in fidelity insurance policy
- Keebler Foods resolves shareholder derivative action
- Lewis Dickey-led investor group attempts acquisition of Cumulus Media (2009)
- Medaphis Corporation defends securities fraud class action
- Members of Special Litigation Committee defend shareholder derivative action
- Mobile Telecommunications Technologies Corporation defends securities fraud class action
- National media company corporate executive defends SEC investigation (2009)
- Officers and Directors of Mayflower Corporation defend securities fraud action
- OrthAlliance defends securities fraud action
- Parsons Main files shareholder suit against Jefferson-Pilot to obtain accounting records
- Policy Management Systems defends securities fraud class action
- Special Committee defends action involving elimination of REIT status issuer's (2009)
- SunOpta defends securities fraud action
- The Southern Company defends securities fraud action (2009)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Georgia
Office Info
Other Colleagues
- PartnerAntitrust, Banking, Business Law, Financial, Corporate Law, Employment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Environment, International Law, Government, Health Care Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Appellate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax
- PartnerAntitrust, Banking, Business Law, Financial, Corporate Law, Employment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Environment, International Law, Government, Health Care Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Appellate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax
- AssociateAntitrust, Banking, Business Law, Financial, Corporate Law, Employment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Environment, International Law, Government, Health Care Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Appellate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax
- AssociateAntitrust, Banking, Business Law, Financial, Corporate Law, Employment, Energy, Oil & Gas Law, Environment, International Law, Government, Health Care Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Appellate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax
Nearby Lawyers
- Securities
- Litigation
- Health Care Law
- Business Law
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