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MICHAEL D. CROSS JR. is a member of the Alpharetta business and technology law firm of Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC, where his areas of practice include partnership and LLC law, mergers and acquisitions, franchise law, and general corporate transactions. For the past eleven years, Mr. Cross also has served as an adjunct professor at Reinhardt University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses involving business law, media law, entrepreneurial law, organizational leadership and ethics. He also speaks frequently at continuing legal education seminars. Mr. Cross serves on the boards of several organizations, including the Development Authority for the City of Alpharetta, of which he is the chairman; and he is a founding board member of several non-profit organizations, including the Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation, Inc. Mr. Cross has worked with the Georgia Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism since 2005. In 2010 and 2011, he was selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Stars for his work representing entrepreneurs, investors and privately-held companies. Mr. Cross earned his B.A. degree from Anderson University, his J.D. degree from Emory University School of Law and his LL.M. degree, with honors, from the University of Alabama School of Law. He is admitted to practice in Georgia and Indiana, as well as before the U.S Tax Court. GREGORY L. FORDHAM founded K & F Consulting, Inc. in 1991, and has since provided a variety of litigation support services in the fields of electronic discovery, computer forensics and damages quantification. He has written extensively in those fields. Mr. Fordham's writings have appeared in publications like the Richmond Journal of Law and Technology, the American Bar Association's Procurement Lawyer, Martindale-Hubbell's Counsel to Counsel Labor and Employment Law Alert, and the Bureau of National Affair's Digital Discovery and e-Evidence and Federal Contracts Report. In addition, he has testified as an expert witness in various state and federal courts on subjects involving e-discovery, computer forensics and damages quantification. Mr. Fordham earned his B.B.A. degree from Emory University in Atlanta, and is a certified public accountant, a certified internal auditor, a certified computer examiner and a Microsoft certified professional. DAVID M. MESSER is an attorney with the firm of Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC. Mr. Messer's practice focuses on a full spectrum of business law, with an emphasis on all phases of business dispute resolution, including trials, appeals, mediation and arbitration. He practiced as a business trial lawyer in Oklahoma for six years prior to joining Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC. In addition to his work in business litigation and negotiation, Mr. Messer has extensive experience in oil and gas litigation, homeowners' association disputes and election disputes. He also has successfully represented clients in a number of appeals before the Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals and the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Mr. Messer is an adjunct professor at Reinhardt College in Alpharetta, Georgia, where he teaches a variety of courses on business law and ethics. He is admitted to the practice of law in Georgia and Oklahoma, and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia; the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia; the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma; the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. Mr. Messer is a registered mediator with the Georgia Commission for Dispute Resolution and was honored by his peers as one of Georgia Trend's Legal Elite for 2009. He also serves on the board of the Noble Heroes Foundation, a not-for-profit foundation supporting and honoring professionals in the public safety profession. Mr. Messer earned his B.S. degree from Free Will Baptist Bible College, his M.C.M. degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and his J.D. degree, with highest honors, from the University of Tulsa College of Law.
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