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Joyce Gist Lewis is a skilled and tenacious advocate for private companies and governmental entities in and out of the courtroom. Joyce’s two decades of experience includes serving as lead counsel for claims involving professional liability, director and officer liability, business divorce, real estate litigation, employment discrimination defense, and catastrophic injury defense. Her appellate experience includes arguing cases before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and successful...

Brent W. Brougher is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law. Brent W., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2020. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Brent W. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Anne Baroody is a senior attorney in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. She focuses her practice on complex commercial disputes and litigation before federal and state courts, the United States Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and alternative dispute resolution bodies. While her prior clerkship experience helps her adeptly navigate federal and state courts, Anne also works hard to find pre-litigation and negotiated solutions for her clients. Anne enjoys guiding clients in numerous i...

Hemant Piduru is a member of Alston & Bird’s Real Estate Finance & Investment Group, where he advises clients in the acquisition, development, financing, management, leasing, and disposition of various real estate asset classes, including hotel, office, retail, and multifamily. Before joining the firm, Hemant served as senior counsel to InterContinental Hotels Group, where he supported the company in the execution of more than $1 billion in hotel development projects throughout ...

Since 1978, John Mercer has concentrated his law practice in the areas of project and corporate finance and other complex transactions, with particular emphasis on the electric power industry. John has extensive experience and expertise in project finance, corporate finance and securities offerings, joint ventures and joint ownership arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, and independent power projects. In June 2009, John left his position as the long-time, firm-wide head of the Project Deve...

Jessica (Jess) Sabbath focuses her practice on domestic and cross-border high-stakes litigation and arbitration, with an emphasis on construction disputes arising from large energy and infrastructure projects. Prior to joining McDermott, Jess was senior counsel at a Fortune 500 energy company, where she provided strategic business and legal advice on matters arising from multimillion-dollar contracts. Drawing from nearly two decades of experience as both in-house and outside counsel for energ...

T. Joshua R. Archer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants. T. Joshua R., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2018. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which T. Joshua R. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Nick Moriatakis is a native Atlantan and has lived in Atlanta all his life. He attended public schools in DeKalb County and then worked his way through Emory College and Emory Law School. He is the first in his extended family to have graduated college. Nick was fortunate enough during college and law school to earn internships allowing him to work in the Department of Natural Resources during Jimmy Carter’s governorship and then in the United States Congress in 1975. His exposure to th...

Tywanda Harris Lord is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Food and Beverage Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property and Trademark Law. Tywanda Harris, who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2015. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Tywanda Harris is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Zahra focuses her practice on whistleblower cases (False Claims Act/qui tam), white collar criminal defense, corporate internal investigations, and complex civil litigation. For 8 years, Zahra served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia. As a veteran and former state Senator, she has extensive experience dealing with the government. Due to her experience and expertise, Zahra has been called upon numerous times to be a legal analyst in high profile cases. Zahra ha...