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THERESE G. FRANZÉN is a founding member of the firm of Franzén and Salzano, P.C. in Norcross, Georgia. She received her J.D. degree at the University of Georgia School of Law, Athens. Ms. Franzén received a B.A. in history from the University of Georgia, summa cum laude with honors. She is a fellow and a regent of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers, chair of the American Bar Association Consumer Financial Services Committee, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of the Governing Committee of the Conference on Consumer Finance, president of the Georgia Real Estate Fraud Prevention Coalition and a member of the National Association of Dealer Counsel. Ms. Franzén is a founding owner and the firm is counsel to ComplyShare, LLC, a quality control provider for the mortgage industry. The firm is the Georgia House Law editor and is compliance counsel for PCI's Wiz Sentinel anti-predatory lending product. She is pro bono counsel for The Impact! Group, an affordable housing and counseling provider. Ms. Franzén was honored to receive the 2007 Justice Robert Benham Award for Community Service from the State Bar of Georgia. JOHN B. GAMBLE JR. is the recent founder of The Gamble Law Group, LLC, an Atlanta litigation law firm. A native of Athens, Georgia, Mr. Gamble earned his J.D. degree from Duke University and his A.B. degree, with honors, from the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Formerly a partner in the Atlanta office of Fisher & Phillips, LLP, before founding his present firm, Mr. Gamble had more than 28 years of experience in the field. Mr. Gamble's practice in the field of employment law focused on complex litigation, trade secrets and non-competition issues, employee benefits litigation, employment tort claims, retaliatory discharge claims and whistleblower claims. Mr. Gamble's experience in the labor and employment field includes collective bargaining, representing management in connection with union organizing campaigns and unfair labor practice charges, federal and state administrative agency practice and numerous labor arbitrations, as well as counseling and preventive work, speeches and seminars for clients and industry associations. Prior to focusing on the field of employment law, Mr. Gamble had an extensive trial and appellate practice focused on commercial litigation and the defense of tort claims. One of Mr. Gamble's unique specialties is his expertise in protection of electronic data for litigation purposes. He has been recognized as an expert in the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as related to the whistleblower provisions of the Act and as it otherwise impacts the field of employment law. Mr. Gamble has published numerous articles in the field of employment law in national legal journals and online services for employers and their lawyers, including several articles discussing application of the whistleblower provisions of Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Among his many reported cases is Roadway Express v. Brock, 624 F. Supp. 195 (N.D. Ga. 1985), aff'd in part and rev'd in part, 481 U.S. 252 (1987), in which he obtained an injunction against the U.S. Department of Labor in a case brought against his client by OSHA, resulting in a U.S. Supreme Court decision setting out the constitutional due process standard for governmental orders requiring preliminary reinstatement of whistleblowers. Mr. Gamble is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 5th , 6th and 11th circuits, numerous federal district courts throughout the United States and the state Supreme Courts of Georgia, Florida and Alabama. He has previously been selected as a Georgia Super Lawyer in the field of employment litigation and is rated AV by the Martindale-Hubbell directory of attorneys. GREGORY R. HANTHORN is a partner in the trial practice at Jones Day. Mr. Hanthorn was named a Georgia Super Lawyer in the area of business litigation in 2008 and 2009 by Atlanta and Law & Politics magazine. He was also named as dedicated to business litigation in the premiere national issues of Super Lawyers: Corporate Counsel Edition in 2008, 2009 and 2010. He has successfully tried disputes ranging from multi-month jury and bench trials to "no discovery" arbitrations. Mr. Hanthorn has extensive experience in fiduciary litigation and class actions (federal securities, RICO, ERISA, insurance, consumer credit, and usury cases) and in major product liability, construction, federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and leveraged buyout fraud litigation. He obtained a permanent injunction against union organizers who were demonstrating against a property owner hosting events during the Democratic National Convention, and has achieved trial court and appellate victories clarifying the duties owed by individual and professional fiduciaries. Mr. Hanthorn serves as co-chair of the programs subcommittee for the American Bar Association Section of Litigation's Ethics and Professionalism Committee. He is also a past co-chair of the Professionalism Subcommittee. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Lamar Inn of Court and is a member and past chair of the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Shakespeare Company. He is also a member of Berry College's Board of Visitors. MICHAEL WOLAK III is an attorney in the trial practice at Jones Day. Mr. Wolak's practice is focused on complex commercial litigation on behalf of domestic and international corporations. He has broad experience litigating a full range of commercial disputes and business torts, including shareholder actions, entrenchment claims, and other corporate/director conduct. He has substantial experience with class action claims, complex bankruptcy litigation, aviation/airline contracts and application of the Uniform Partnership Act and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. As part of his practice, Mr. Wolak routinely works with the firm's corporate lawyers to counsel corporate clients on litigation issues. He litigates before many different state and federal courts and forums, including Delaware's Chancery Court, the American Arbitration Association and the International Chamber of Commerce. In 2009, he was appointed by the Atlanta Bar Association to serve as a mediator/arbitrator of disputes between lawyers. Mr. Wolak has lectured for the National Business Institute on developing issues under the Federal Arbitration Act and Georgia Arbitration Code. He has also served as an instructor for Emory University's Trial Techniques Workshops.
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