Michael A. Sullivan, Esq.
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225 Peachtree Street, N.E.
1700 South Tower
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
Mr. Michael A. Sullivan has years of experience representing clients in personal injury litigation, commercial litigation, and white collar criminal defense. Previous to joining Finch McCranie, LLP, Mr. Sullivan worked at the Office of Independent Counsel where he prosecuted case involving political corruption. From 1984 to 1986, he worked as a law clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Marvin H. Shoob, with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta.
Background:
Mr. Sullivan was born on December 9, 1955 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1985.
Education
JD, Vanderbilt University, 1984
Mr. Sullivan earned his JD in 1984 from Vanderbilt University. He earned his AB in 1977 from the University of North Carolina. While at Vanderbilt University, Mr. Sullivan was the Senior Articles Editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review from 1983 to 1984.
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
American Trial Lawyers Association
American Inns of Court
Master, Bleckley Inn
Federal Defender Program
Board of Directors
Atlanta Bar Association
Member, Committee on Complex Crimes Litigation and White Collar Crime Southeast Regional Subcommittee; Criminal Justice and Tort and Insurance Sections
State Bar of Georgia
Member, Trial, General Practice and Criminal Sections
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Executive and Legislative Committees; Co-editor, The Verdict, from 2000-2001
Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Publications
- "Professional and Ethical Dilemmas in Litigation," ICLE of Georgia, 1998-2004
- "Overlooked Theories of Liability," ICLE of Georgia, 2004
- "Fiduciary Negligence," Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2001
- "Trial Techniques in Product Liability Cases," Products Liability Section of the State Bar of Georgia, 2001
- "Peremptory Strike Is Worth Preserving," Coauthor, with Bobby Lee Cook, 2 Georgia State Bar Journal 38, (December 1996).
- Chapters on perjury and other offenses related to judicial proceedings, Georgia Jurisprudence, (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1995)
- "Developments in Criminal Law: United States Supreme Court Update 1993-1994 Term," Lecturer, ICLE of Georgia, September 1994
Sample Reported Cases
- Canal Ins. Co. v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 256 Ga. App. 866, 570 S.E.2d 60 (2002)
- United States v. Watt, 911 F. Supp. 538 (D.D.C. 1995)
- J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. v. Bentley, 207 Ga. App. 250, 427 S.E.2d 499 (Ga. App. 1992)
- Aetna v. Cantrell, 197 Ga. App. 672, 399 S.E.2d 237 (Ga. App. 1990)