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H. Michael Dever
404.236.8614 [v]
404.236.8601 [f]
mdever@fdmlaw.com
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Mike Dever is Friedman, Dever & Merlin’s senior litigator. Mike was elected by his peers as a Georgia Super Lawyer beginning in 2004. In addition, Mike has served as a Master for the Bleckley Inn of Court from 2002 to the present. Since 2002 Mike has been an adjunct professor teaching litigation at Georgia State University School of Law.
Mike has handled a wide variety of business related disputes in the areas of business torts, contracts, officer and director liability, shareholder disputes, securities litigation, trade secrets and covenants not to compete.
Mike has conducted over 75 jury trials, which have lasted from 2-3 days to several weeks. Mike has obtained multi-million dollar settlements and verdicts in cases involving, business torts, shareholder malfeasance, utility related contractual disputes, premises and trucking liability torts. Further, Mike has secured defense jury verdicts in cases involving Racketeer Influence Corrupt Organizations Act, business torts, and various contract and tort claims.
Areas of Practice
- Trial Practice
- Business Torts
- Contracts
- Business Litigation
- Officer and Director Liability
- Shareholder/Owner Disputes
- Trade Secrets Litigation
- Securities Litigation
- Intellectual Property Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 1982
- United States District Court -Northern District of Georgia
- United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit
- United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit
- Pro Hac Vice Admissions in North Carolina, Texas, Kansas, Kentucky, South Carolina, Florida, and Rhode Island
Education
- Mercer University, Juris Doctorate 1982
- University of Georgia, Bachelors in Business Administration, with honors, 1978
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- Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia v. City of Calhoun, 227 Ga.App. 571, 489 S.E.2d 599 (1997)
After obtaining verdict for The City of Calhoun finding that MEAG had breached electric power sales contract causing damages, Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed.
- Mark Knott, et al. v. Nancy Evans, et al., 280 Ga. 515, 630 S. E. 2nd 402 (2006)
After successfully obtaining jury verdict that Knott’s use of a motocross track did not constitute a nuisance, Supreme Court reversed Superior Court’s attempt to impose injunctive relief contrary to the jury verdict.
- Strickland v. Ports Petroleum Co., Inc., 256 Ga. 669, 353 S.E.2d 17 (1987)
Successfully argued unconstitutionality of Below Cost Sales Act, which was affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court.
- FAM 1, Inc. v. Full Access Medical, LLC, et al., United States District Court, Middle District of TennesseeCivil Action File No.: 3:03-0559
Successfully obtained jury verdict for Defendant in claim seeking millions of dollars for torts related to internet marketing contracts and obtained money judgment in favor of Defendant in counterclaim for breach of contract.
- Howard E. Johnson v. John Benjamin Stewart, Jr., John Benjamin Stewart, III, and William Joseph Stewart, Greene County Superior Court Civil Action File No. 03-CV-063
Obtained jury verdict for Defendants in multi-million dollar RICO action.
- Oscar Hudson and James McGarrh v. Juliet R; Cotton individually , and as an officer and director of Quality Grain Company, Inc., and Quality Grain Company, Inc., a Georgia corporation, Gwinnett County Superior Court Civil Action File No. 99-A-3882-6
Obtained $17.5 million jury verdict in corporate malfeasance lawsuit.
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