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Solving complex legal problems for individuals and businesses for over 20 years.

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August 2010

David Donaldson in New York times

David Donaldson in New York Times David Donaldson was prominently featured on the front page of the Aug. 23, 2010 edition of The New York Times talking about predatory lending and “yield spread premiums” - one of the fundamental causes of our mortgage and financial crisis.

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July 2010

Court approves Final HealthSouth Settlements

On July 26, 2010, Judge Karon Bowdre approved our settlements with investment bank UBS Warburg for $100 million, and with auditor Ernst & Young for $33.5 million. These settlements bring the total amount recovered for HealthSouth Bondholders to approximately $230 million.

D&G served as Liaison Counsel to the Lead Bondholder Plaintiff - the Retirement Systems of Alabama - and a certified class of investors in HealthSouth bonds.

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July 2010

Dawn Evans achieves "AV" rating

Dawn Stith EvansCongratulations to Dawn Stith Evans for receiving the prestigious "AV" peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. An "AV" rating is the highest rating awarded. For more about Dawn, see her bio.

We represent both individuals and businesses, whether plaintiffs or defendants, in state and federal court, in class actions, individual litigation and in arbitration proceedings. In addition, other lawyers call on our experience to help mediate a "win-win" resolution of their cases.

Many of the cases we are asked to handle (frequently by other lawyers) involve financial and accounting fraud, complex securities litigation, municipal bond defaults, price-fixing, unfair competition, covenants not to compete, sales of closely held businesses, business disputes, commercial transactions and consumer fraud.

To learn more about our practice areas, read about specific cases, and see a list of our many reported decisions, click below.

 

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We have an “AV” peer-review rating (the highest awarded) from Martindale-Hubbell, and are listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers under the heading, “Civil Trial Practice.” We also have been selected for membership in the International Network of Boutique Law Firms, an organization of highly credentialed law firms around the world.

Our lawyers have been involved in more than 125 reported decisions handed down by courts across the country all the way to the Supreme Court.

All our attorneys have exceptional academic backgrounds. Most clerked either for a federal judge or for a state appellate court. All have taught seminars for other attorneys and write articles for professional publications.

 

 

 

 

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