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Christine P. James is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Trademark Law. Christine P., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2017. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Christine P. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Sarah Mackenzie is a partner in Alston & Bird’s Corporate & Business Transactions Group. Sarah represents private and public companies in complex mergers and acquisitions, carve-out transactions, joint ventures, inbound international business transactions, and securities offerings. Her practice also includes counseling companies on corporate governance, ongoing SEC compliance, and other general corporate matters. Sarah earned her J.D., cum laude, in 2009 from Washington and Lee ...

Alison Jones is a partner within the firm's Real Estate Finance & Investment Group. Alison focuses her practice on the representation of a broad range of real estate investors and participants, including developers, REITS, private funds as well as institutional funds and life companies. Her clients are engaged in developments, acquisitions and joint ventures across the United States and involving various product types. . She also has significant experience on multisite, multijurisdictiona...

Margaret (Meg) Campbell is a shareholder in the Atlanta office and has practiced employment, litigation, and labor law at Ogletree Deakins since 1981. Meg graduated from Goucher College and Washington and Lee University School of Law, where she was a member of the Law Review and of the Jessup International Moot Court team and a Burks Scholar. An all-around labor and employment lawyer, Meg is particularly recognized for her expertise and experience in complex class and collective action litiga...

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...

Philip G. “Phil” Skinner is a partner in the Real Estate Practice area and leads the Leasing Practice and Cross-Border Practice. Mr. Skinner focuses his practice on the representation of owners, developers, investors, landlords and tenants in the acquisition, joint venture, development, financing and leasing of all types of commercial real estate, with a particular focus on office leasing, joint venture formation, representation of foreign investors, cross-border transactions, dis...

Meghan K. Farmer is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Technology Law. Meghan K., who practices law in Atlanta, Georgia, has been recognized since 2025. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Meghan K. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

David Chaiken is a top-rated Atlanta-based former federal prosecutor with more than 20 years of experience handling sophisticated securities litigation and white collar enforcement matters. Selected by The Best Lawyers In Americ a as the 2025 "Lawyer of the Year" in Atlanta for regulatory enforcement matters, his expertise includes: ➤ complex business litigation in state and federal courts and alternative dispute resolution forums (typically involving allegations of fraud and breach of fiduci...

Sydney Fairchild Williamson is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Litigation - Environmental. Sydney Fairchild, 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 Sydney Fairchild is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.

Jonathan L. Neville is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Real Estate Law. Jonathan L., 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 Jonathan L. is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.