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Georgia In Brief
Georgia In Brief
Who’s Who Legal: Georgia identifies 370 of the state’s finest practitioners in 21 practice areas – overwhelmingly these are based in the state capital, Atlanta. The city and the state are internationally recognised as flourishing economic centres in the southern United States.Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world’s busiest passenger airport, and the state is a major hub for business both domestically and internationally. The Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce states that Atlanta ranks third in the US among cities with the most Fortune 500 company headquarters – 15 according to Fortune magazine. Twenty-seven companies headquartered in Atlanta are ranked among Fortune 1,000 companies, and more than 70 per cent of all Fortune 1,000 companies have a presence in the Atlanta area.
Companies such as Home Depot, Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, UPS, Southern Company and Mirant are headquartered in the state.
So, business is booming in Atlanta, and this in turn supports a strong market for legal services. The financial sector is particularly active, with SunTrust Banks headquartered in the city; the research also identified internationally recognised leaders in areas as diverse as aviation, construction, environmental law and product liability. Overall, our research reflects a competitive market, ranging from boutique and national firms through to large international players. Some firms performed so well across a range of practice areas that their achievements should be noted in detail.
Editorial
Editorial: Georgia
Editorial: Management Labour & Employment in Georgia
There are 26 management, labour and employment specialists in this chapter, mirroring the current buoyancy of the labour market and reflecting the prosperity of this practice area in Georgia.
Editorial: Mergers & Acquisitions in Georgia
A major hub for business in the south of the United States, Atlanta is home to several major international companies, including four Fortune 100 businesses. With the vigorous private equity market driving an ever increasing volume of transactional work, we identify 28 leaders in this field.
Editorial: Patents in Georgia
This chapter identifies 15 leading practitioners from nine firms. We have focused our research on pre-eminent patent litigators – excluding, where possible, patent attorneys (or patent agents).
Editorial: Product Liability in Georgia
Our research in this area singles out lawyers from regional and national firms. Two firms, however, are represented by more than one professional in this chapter.
Editorial: Real Estate in Georgia
Home to swelling ranks of Fortune 100 companies – with the addition in 2006 of Newell Rubbermaid and the construction of Kia’s new auto assembly plant – Atlanta has long enjoyed a reputation for economic growth and urban development. Its distinctive skyline took shape in the 1970s and 80s, with later renewal coinciding with the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Profiled Firms
Firm Profiles: Georgia
Alston & Bird LLP
With 49 experts featured in 18 chapters, Alston & Bird LLP boasts the largest contingent of attorneys and a breadth of excellence unequalled by any other firm in the state. We therefore pick Alston & Bird LLP as the leading firm in Georgia.
Jones Day
International firm Jones Day opened the doors to its Atlanta office in 1989. Today the Georgia office is home to approximately 150 lawyers, nine of whom are included in this book.
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP traces its lineage back to Atlanta. The predecessor firms of Kilpatrick & Cody, founded in 1874 in Atlanta, and North Carolina’s Petree Stockton, founded in 1918, merged in early 1997 to form Kilpatrick Stockton LLP. Building on the foundations of the first overseas office, opened in 1980, the firm has become an international entity, with offices in London and Stockholm, as well as seven domestic offices around the United States.
King & Spalding LLP
King & Spalding claims to be the oldest law firm in Atlanta, founded in 1885 by Alexander King and Jack Spalding. Today the firm is home to over 800 attorneys and has expanded to include offices in Houston, New York and Washington, DC. It has had an international dimension since the opening of a London office in 2003. The firm is able to offer clients representation “of a consistently exceptional standard” across the full range of areas and industries, and some of the biggest names in business are among their clients, including Coca-Cola, Credit Suisse First Boston, General Electric, General Motors, GlaxoSmithKline and Shell Oil. In total the firm represents over 250 public companies, including more than half of the Fortune 100.
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP has six lawyers in seven practice areas.