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Stephen McCullers is an Associate in the firm’s Environmental Practice. Stephen has a diverse environmental practice, assisting clients with complying with complex environmental, health, and safety regulations. Stephen also has expertise with air and water permitting, environmental due diligence and liability, and environmental litigation. Before becoming an attorney, Stephen was a Natural Resources Specialist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He conducted environmental compliance ...

Kimberly G. Ader is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Family Law. Kimberly G. practices law in Atlanta, Georgia Best Lawyers has recognized Kimberly G. Ader since 2024. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Kimberly G. Ader is held by other lawyers.

Janine Brown is an M&A and corporate partner who serves as partner-in-charge of the firm’s Atlanta office. She works with companies in a variety of sectors, including technology, media, telecommunications, renewable energy and manufacturing, and has been involved in a wide variety of domestic and international transactions, including capital raising transactions, corporate governance matters, mergers and acquisitions, information technology transactions, joint ventures/strategic all...

Drawing on his over 20 years of experience as both a prosecutor and defense attorney, Joey Burby represents corporate and individual clients in criminal and civil investigations by the Department of Justice as well as regulatory investigations and enforcement actions by the SEC and other federal and state agencies. He has significant experience handling matters involving securities fraud, insider trading, health care fraud, the False Claims Act, antitrust violations, bribery, the Foreign Corr...

Erika C. Birg is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation and Trade Secrets Law. Erika C. practices law in Atlanta, Georgia Best Lawyers has recognized Erika C. Birg since 2020. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Erika C. Birg is held by other lawyers.

Ian Calhoun’s experience guiding investment advisory firms, national merchants, banks, and payment technology companies through the course of transactional, regulatory, and governance issues gives him the insight to help his clients find the way forward. A member of Alston & Bird’s Financial Services & Products Group, Ian advises wealth management, investment advisory, and financial services firms, as well as payments and banking clients, on a range of transactional matter...

Nadia Kalata is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Immigration Law. Nadia practices law in Atlanta, Georgia Best Lawyers has recognized Nadia Kalata since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Nadia Kalata is held by other lawyers.

Amanda Leech is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Corporate Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Amanda practices law in Atlanta, Georgia Best Lawyers has recognized Amanda Leech since 2023. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Amanda Leech is held by other lawyers.

Stephen Opler concentrates his practice on the distinctive characteristics of liquidity transactions by and with entrepreneurs. Stephen helps private equity funds, strategic acquirers and entrepreneurial buyers and sellers achieve their goals by leveraging his three decades as an M&A lawyer, entrepreneur, business founder, investment banker, in-house lawyer and CPA. Buying or selling entrepreneur-owned businesses requires a unique focus on the many ways these transactions and the post-clo...

Ashley Brightwell is a partner in Alston & Bird's Labor & Employment Group. Ashley has extensive experience representing management in all areas of employment law, including litigating discrimination and harassment suits, counseling employers on their obligations under various federal and state statutes (such as the Family and Medical Leave Act) and litigating class-action cases alleging violations of the wage and hour laws. Ashley's practice also has a safety and health component tha...