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SCOTT L. BONDER is a trial lawyer with Fried & Bonder practicing in the areas of business and commercial litigation, breach of contract disputes, wrongful interference with contracts and business relationships, consumer fraud, RICO and class actions. Mr. Bonder is admitted to practice in Georgia and before the U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, U.S. Court of Appeals (11th Circuit) and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a regularly invited instructor at Emory Law School's Trial Advocacy Program. Mr. Bonder teaches contract law to a variety of industries, such as teaching contract law at various hospitality related classes and events. He also teaches trial evidence to other lawyers in continuing legal education classes, and his articles have appeared in a wide variety of publications to various audiences. Mr. Bonder earned his B.A. degree from the City University of New York at Queens and his J.D. degree from Emory University School of Law. He is a master with Lamar Inn of Court, a coordinator with National Moot Court Competition for Region V and a judge with numerous moot court and mock trail competitions. GREGORY R. HANTHORN is a partner in the trial practice at Jones Day. Mr. Hanthorn was named, "Georgia Super Lawyer" in the area of business litigation in 2008 and 2009 by Atlanta and Law & Politics magazines. He also was named as dedicated to business litigation in the premiere national issues of Super Lawyers - Corporate Counsel Edition in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Mr. Hanthorn has successfully tried disputes ranging from multi-month jury and bench trials to "no discovery" arbitrations. He 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. Mr. Hanthorn 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. He serves as co-chair of the programs subcommittee for the American Bar Association Section of Litigation's Ethics and Professionalism Committee. Mr. Hanthorn also is 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. Mr. Hanthorn also is a member of Berry College's Board of Visitors. RANDALL M. HAWKINS is an attorney with Jones Day in Atlanta where he has been involved in a variety of litigation matters, including product liability, antitrust, civil rights, construction and commercial litigation proceedings. He has handled many aspects of litigation, including factual investigation, depositions and motions practice. Mr. Hawkins has represented clients in state and federal courts and has argued before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. He is active in the firm's pro bono practice and has recently represented two inmates in an action challenging the constitutionality of a Georgia statute requiring the extraction of DNA samples from all incarcerated felons - a matter of first impression in the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Hawkins earned his B.A. degree from the University of Utah and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Washington and Lee University. He is admitted to practice in Georgia and before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. STEPHEN T. LaBRIOLA is an attorney with Fellows LaBriola, LLP in Atlanta. His areas of practice include commercial litigation, where he has represented both local and national clients in contract disputes, tortious interference with business and contractual relations actions. Mr. LaBriola has also represented suits involving misappropriation of business opportunities and of trade secrets, suits involving disputes over business acquisitions, alleged breach of employment cases, employment discrimination cases and shareholder disputes involving rights of first refusal and other shareholder issues. He has also handled civil rights claims and claims on behalf of victims for catastrophic injury, brain damage and wrongful death. Mr. LaBriola is on the Board of Editors to the nationwide publication, The White Collar Crime Reporter, where he published "A Defense Perspective of the Corporate Federal Sentencing Guidelines." He has been a frequent speaker/lecturer before business, professional and educational groups on such topics as civil procedure, the rules of evidence, the corporate sentencing guidelines, health care fraud and the most commonly used statutes in white-collar criminal prosecutions. Mr. LaBriola earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Colorado and his J.D. degree from New York University School of Law. He is a master with and the president-elect of the Lamar Inn of Court, a group of experienced trial attorneys who present continuing legal education seminars and workshops in conjunction with Emory University School of Law. Mr. LaBriola is also a director of the Atlanta Bar Association Litigation Section.
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