Seasoned litigator and business adviser with over thirty years’ experience handling complex commercial litigation and class action cases in state and federal courts across the country. Civil trial experience includes cases involving breach of contract, commercial transactions, real estate, construction, corporate shareholder and partnership disputes, product liability, false advertising, lender liability, professional malpractice, corporate liability, personal injury, professional liability, clinical trials, employment disputes, government investigations, bankruptcy, criminal defense, fraud, business torts and administrative hearings.
Served in alternative dispute resolution proceedings as advocate, mediator and court-appointed arbitrator. Represented clients in high-profile, media intensive “front-page” cases and effectively managed confidential matters requiring the lowest possible profile. Obtained favorable defense verdicts and judgments against plaintiffs suing for millions in personal injury cases and on behalf of business plaintiffs and defendants in variety of commercial contexts.
Client industries served include technology, retail, hospitality, product manufacturing and distribution, transportation logistics, banks and financial service companies, real estate, construction, employee staffing, telecommunications, and pharmaceutical and life science companies. Handled regulatory and criminal investigations by federal and state government agencies, and represented clients in criminal and civil litigation in state and federal courts in multiple jurisdictions.
Representative cases include:
Prosecution and defense of complex contract disputes in technology, transportation logistics, life sciences, real estate, construction, product manufacturing and financial services industries;
Defense of civil suits with individual plaintiffs seeking over $100 million each and class action plaintiffs seeking $1.5 billion;
Prosecution and defense of advertising disputes, including injunction proceedings for false advertising and contract disputes over print and TV media advertising;
Defense of large corporations and company executives in parallel proceedings when sued in state and federal courts and investigated in state and federal criminal prosecutions;
Class action defense in state and federal courts of construction and pharmaceutical product manufacturers and financial service companies;
Represent product manufacturers in false advertising and Lanham Act cases involving print and TV advertising;
Defense of lender liability cases in multiple state, federal district and bankruptcy courts;
Defense of class action and individual cases against life sciences companies making wholesale challenges to human experimentation in clinical trials; and
Class action defense of financial services company with allegations of predatory lending and violation of state finders’ fees laws.
Wayne has lectured at numerous continuing professional education seminars, and has taught classes at the University of Georgia School of Law, the University of Georgia Business School, and Emory University.
