MICHAEL A. SULLIVAN, ESQ.

Michael A. Sullivan (E-mail) has broad experience in commercial litigation, personal injury litigation, and white collar criminal defense. He also has prosecuted political corruption cases with the Office of Independent Counsel, and he has served as law clerk to U.S. District Judge Marvin H. Shoob in Atlanta.

Background:

Born Charleston, South Carolina, December 9, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia.

Education:

University of North Carolina (A.B., 1977); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1984). Order of the Coif. Senior Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1983-1984. Law Clerk to the Honorable Marvin H. Shoob, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1984-1986.

Publications:

Georgia Jurisprudence, chapters on perjury and other offenses related to judicial proceedings (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1995). Co-Author, "Peremptory Strike Is Worth Preserving," with Bobby Lee Cook, 2 Georgia State Bar Journal 38 (December 1996). Lecturer, "Developments in Criminal Law: United States Supreme Court Update 1993-1994 Term," ICLE of Georgia, September 1994; "Fiduciary Negligence," Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2001; "Trial Techniques in Product Liability Cases," Products Liability Section of the State Bar of Georgia, 2001; "Overlooked Theories of Liability," ICLE of Georgia, 2004; "Professional and Ethical Dilemmas in Litigation," ICLE of Georgia, 1998-2004.

Other Experience:

Associate Independent Counsel, HUD Investigation, 1995-1998.

Member:

Board of Directors, Federal Defender Program; Atlanta (Member, Judicial Selection and Tenure Committee, 1997-2000; Criminal and Litigation Sections) and American (Member, Committee on Complex Crimes Litigation and White Collar Crime Southeast Regional Subcommittee; Criminal Justice and Tort and Insurance Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member: Criminal, General Practice and Trial Sections); Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Executive and Legislative Committees; Co-Editor, The Verdict, 2000-2001); American Trial Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court (Master, Bleckley Inn).

Sample Reported Cases:

Aetna v. Cantrell, 197 Ga. App. 672, 399 S.E.2d 237 (Ga. App. 1990); J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. v. Bentley, 207 Ga. App. 250, 427 S.E.2d 499 (Ga. App. 1992); United States v. Watt, 911 F. Supp. 538 (D.D.C. 1995); Canal Ins. Co. v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 256 Ga. App. 866, 570 S.E.2d 60 (2002).

Practice Areas:

Commercial Litigation and Business Torts; Whistleblower "Qui Tam" Litigation; Wrongful Death; Personal Injury; Fiduciary Litigation; Fraud; White Collar Criminal Defense Litigation.