Civil Litigation · Atlanta
Business divorces, fraud claims, contract wars, and the trials that end them. We think in sequences — every motion filed with the endgame already in view.
The Disputes
Commercial litigation isn't general practice with higher stakes — it's its own discipline, with patterns that repeat. We've played them all.
Partnership and LLC breakups, shareholder oppression, and buyout fights — untangled before they burn the company down.
Broken agreements, failed deals, and supply disputes. We read the contract the way it will be read to a jury.
Embezzlement, self-dealing, and betrayal by the people trusted most. Forensic accountants on speed dial.
Departing executives, poached teams, and stolen playbooks — injunctions sought and beaten, both sides.
When your company is the defendant, early position matters most. We castle fast and counterattack.
Preserving error at trial and arguing it above. Wins protected; losses given a second board.
Opening Theory
Most litigation is lost in the first ninety days — quietly, through positions surrendered without a fight. We don't surrender squares.
Before filing anything, we write the closing argument we intend to give. Every discovery request works backward from it.
The party setting deadlines sets the pressure. We file first, notice first, and make opponents respond on our clock.
Juries decide trials; records decide appeals. We build both simultaneously — every objection a saved position.
Settlement is a fine result — at the right number. Ours come after leverage is built, not before.
Endgames
Minority owners frozen out while the majority sold assets to himself. The jury awarded treble damages under Georgia RICO.
Manufacturer's exclusive distributor terminated without cause. Settled the week our damages expert survived Daubert.
$60M misappropriation claim against our client's new venture. Jury deliberated four hours: zero liability.
Illustrative results. Litigation outcomes depend on facts and law; prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
The Players
Every matter is staffed with both name partners. Depositions, hearings, trial — you get the varsity, always.
Partner · First Chair
Forty-one jury trials, from courtroom 1704 in Fulton County to federal benches across the Southeast. Augusta cross-examines like the knight moves — angles nobody saw coming.
J.D., Emory · Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers · GA Super Lawyers Top 50
Partner · Strategy & Motions
The firm's rook: patient, structural, devastating on open files. Nathaniel's summary-judgment record has ended more cases than most lawyers have filed.
J.D., UVA · Former law clerk, 11th Circuit · Georgia Appellate Practice Section
"Opposing counsel filed for continuance three times. At trial, we understood why — Barrett & Slate had already won on paper. The verdict just made it official."
Your Move
Whether you're about to file, just got served, or feel a dispute forming — the earlier we see the position, the more options we can keep open.