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Scott Kitchens is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Corporate & Business Transactions Group. He focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity investments, and complex commercial transactions. He has extensive experience leading transactions in the payments, technology, manufacturing, and distribution industries, especially in the acquisition or sale of privately held targets and divisions of public companies. Additionally, Scott is noted for his pragmatic a...

Wes Achey is a member of Alston & Bird’s Intellectual Property Litigation Team. Wes’s practice includes all areas of intellectual property litigation and counseling, with a particular emphasis on patent litigation and enforcement. He has represented clients in patent infringement lawsuits in federal district courts across the United States, including cases involving telecommunications, computer software and various mechanical devices. He is a member of the Georgia Bar and is a...

Shelly Jacobs Ellerhorst is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Environmental. Shelly Jacobs, who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2019. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Shelly Jacobs is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Bradley Wolff is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants. Bradley, who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2026. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Bradley is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Evan Holden is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants. Evan, who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2023. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Evan is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

David Carpenter regularly advises clients, including Fortune 500 companies, on all aspects of commercial litigation from individual disputes to major consumer class actions. He helps his clients find cost-effective solutions as an alternative to trial whenever possible. He concentrates his practice in general business and commercial litigation, with special focus on consumer and privacy class action defense, business torts and contract disputes. David has served as lead counsel and assisted i...

With more than 30 years of experience in commercial real estate and financing transactions, Tracy Plott has significant experience in restructuring of debt obligations, bond financing, joint ventures, syndications of loans, limited partnerships, and asset-based financing. Her lending practice encompasses construction, permanent and mezzanine lending, asset-based financing, and synthetic leases. Tracy also represents corporate and other clients in the acquisition, development, leasing, managem...

John E. Hall, Jr. is one of the founding partners of Hall Booth Smith, and he is dedicated to making it the finest litigation firm in the Southeast. John specializes in the defense of high exposure cases, including medical malpractice, batch claims, construction, commercial litigation, mass torts, transportation, and products liability. During his legal career, he has tried more than 125 cases to resolution. His expertise in high exposure birth trauma and catastrophic cases resulted in his be...

Angie is a trusted advisor with a diversified health care practice. Clients both in and out of the health care industry rely on Angie for advice in handling risk management emergencies, Big Data issues, and HIPAA privacy, security and breach notification matters. She also assists hospitals, physicians, and other providers with a variety of regulatory issues, including medical staff, the Health Care Quality Improvement Act, National Practitioner Data Bank, mental health, minors, do-not-resusci...

Kristy McAlister Brown is co-chair of the firm's Litigation & Trial Practice Group and leads the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Litigation Practice Team. Ms. Brown focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on class actions and privacy and cyber litigation. She has defended putative class actions across the country and has a strong track record of defeating class certification—both at the trial and appellate levels. Ms. Brown is an experienced pr...