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Kyle Healy is a partner with Alston & Bird’s Corporate & Business Transactions Group and focuses his practice on the representation of both public and private companies in securities transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and other extraordinary corporate transactions. His practice also includes counseling on general corporate matters, including ongoing SEC compliance and corporate governance issues. Kyle earned his J.D., cum laude, in 2006 from the University of Michigan Law S...

Amanda Leech is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions Law. Amanda, 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 Amanda is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Clients look to Leah Fiorenza McNeill to create practical and business-oriented solutions in complex bankruptcy cases and distressed circumstances. Leah is a partner with Alston & Bird’s Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Group. She represents lenders, investors, debtors, trustees, trade creditors, funds, and other parties in a range of restructuring matters, including Chapter 11 cases, out-of-court workouts, financings, and restructuring matters. Leah has experience handl...

Patrick Clark is a shareholder in the Firm and concentrates his practice on advice and litigation in all areas of employment law. Although Patrick has particular expertise in representing healthcare industry clients, his representative clients also include insurance, paper/building products and publishing companies. Patrick’s representation of clients encompasses litigation in state and federal courts across the country.Patrick is viewed as one of the Firm’s “go to” la...

Edward A. Marshall is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation. Edward A., 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 Edward A. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Carla F. Stern is an attorney with Stern Edlin Graham Family Law PC, focusing her practice on Family Law matters in Atlanta, Georgia. She has been included in Best Lawyers for her work in Family Law, reflecting peer recognition within the legal community. Carla has been recognized by Best Lawyers since 2013. This distinction is based on a peer-review process that considers feedback from attorneys practicing in the same geographic area and practice field. Her work involves representing individ...

Michael Henson is an Associate in the Tax, Real Estate and Real Estate Capital Markets practices. Mr. Henson works primarily in the areas of business transactions, including real estate, mergers and acquisitions, strategic corporate transactions, private equity, divestitures and general business transactions. He has advised public companies, private companies and private equity firms (and their portfolio companies) on domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, divestitures...

Ryan Burke is an associate in the firm’s Commercial Litigation, Insurance, and Healthcare practices. His practice includes contract and tort litigation, and he advises clients on matters of insurance coverage and bad faith, contractual rights and remedies, and litigation procedure. His practice also encompasses healthcare law, including payment disputes between providers and payors. Mr. Burke has represented clients in federal and state courts around the country and before the American ...

Christopher M. Caiaccio is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Christopher M., 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 Christopher M. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

John E. Stephenson, Jr. is a trial lawyer and represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation, including litigation arising from mergers and acquisitions, financial services transactions, intellectual property rights, and agency and fiduciary relationships. He also has substantial experience in corporate governance and financial fraud investigations. Mr. Stephenson served on the executive committee for the Enron Examination, where his leadership responsibilities included...