Mr. Benjamin I. Fink, Esq. Related Seminars and Products

Berman Fink Van Horn PC

Benjamin I. Fink, a shareholder in Berman Fink Van Horn P.C., concentrates his practice in business and employment litigation with a particular emphasis on non-compete, trade secret and other competition-related disputes.

With nearly 30 years in practice, Ben has handled cases in Georgia’s state and federal courts as well as state and federal courts in more than 15 other states. He has also handled disputes in arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Ben’s non-compete and unfair competition practice includes representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in disputes involving non-compete, non-solicitation of customers, non-recruitment of employees and non-disclosure/confidential information agreements. Ben also represents parties in disputes involving trade secrets, tortious interference with business and contractual relations, breach of fiduciary duty and/or duty of loyalty, unfair and deceptive trade practices, business defamation, trade name and trade dress infringement, Computer Systems Protection Act violations, Economic Espionage Act/Defend Trade Secrets Act claims, Electronic Communications Privacy Act claims, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claims, Stored Communications Act claims and Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) claims.

Ben also represents plaintiffs and defendants in all types of other business and commercial disputes, including contract disputes, business torts, partnership, shareholder and other internal corporate disputes, shareholder derivative lawsuits and securities fraud claims. He is experienced in helping draft agreements that can be instrumental in protecting the competitive edge of his client’s businesses and avoiding unfair competition, including non-competition, non-solicitation, non-recruitment, confidentiality and trade secret agreements and computer use provisions.

Mr. Neal Fredric Weinrich Related Seminars and Products

Berman Fink Van Horn PC

Neal Weinrich knows trade secrets and restrictive covenants inside and out. A shareholder at Berman Fink Van Horn, Neal counsels clients in all industries on matters involving trade secrets, noncompetes, and other competition-related issues.

Neal represents employers and employees, as both plaintiffs and defendants, in disputes throughout Georgia and in other jurisdictions involving noncompetes, customer nonsolicits, nonrecruits, and nondisclosure covenants. Neal also handles a variety of other business-related matters, including complex commercial litigation, contract disputes, cases involving business torts, partnership or shareholder disagreements, and executive compensation disputes.

Recognized by Super Lawyers since 2012 and Best Lawyers since 2021, Neal writes and speaks frequently on issues that arise in competition-related cases. Neal is a co-author of a chapter on Restrictive Covenant Litigation in Georgia Business Litigation, a treatise published by ALM Media, LLC. Neal has also co-authored Georgia Practice Notes on Confidentiality, Nondisclosure and Non-Solicitation Agreements for Thomson Reuters’ Practical Law.  He is the co-founder of and a regular contributor to the Georgia Noncompete & Trade Secrets blog.

Neal is the Past Chair of the Labor & Employment Committee of the Atlanta Bar Association and currently serves on the Vice-Chair of the Trade Secret Committee of the State Bar of Georgia’s Intellectual Property Section. Neal also served on the Drafting Committee on Covenants Not to Compete for the Uniform Law Commission. He also served as the co-chair of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee of the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia.

Neal graduated from Tulane University in 2003 and from Emory University School of Law in 2006.

Mr. Daniel Paul Hart Related Seminars and Products

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Dan Hart is a Labor and Employment Partner based in the Atlanta office of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.   

Dan's practice spans employment and commercial litigation disputes involving employee trade secrets, restrictive covenants, and employee mobility and single-plaintiff or multi-plaintiff lawsuits alleging workplace discrimination, harassment or other employment-related claims. With over 20 years of litigation experience, he has represented clients in numerous lawsuits and investigative matters alleging violations of state and federal employment laws—from individual EEOC charges and single-plaintiff lawsuits to class and collective actions brought by thousands of employees. In addition, Dan represents employers in restrictive covenant, trade secret misappropriation, and employee raiding cases throughout the US, including obtaining permanent injunctive relief on behalf of his clients against former employees and competitors.

Outside the courtroom, Dan provides day-to-day counseling and advice to employers about the laws affecting the employment relationship. He combines his experiences as a litigator and counselor to provide clients with practical solutions to employment challenges. 

Dan is a frequent speaker and blogger on trade secrets and non-compete issues. He advises employers on developing strategies to protect their trade secrets, confidential information, and customer goodwill through the use of restrictive covenants and other practical measures. As part of this advice, Dan assists companies in implementing multistate restrictive covenant agreements and employee retention agreements for use with their employees throughout the US, where significant differences in the law from state to state create substantial hurdles to administering such agreements on a national basis.  In addition, combining his passion for international business with his years of experience as an employment litigator and counselor, Dan advises foreign-based companies on the intricacies of US employment, trade secrets, and noncompete law.

Mr. Michael Peter Elkon Related Seminars and Products

Fisher & Phillips LLP

Michael Elkon is a partner in the Atlanta office and Co-Chair of the Employee Defection and Trade Secrets practice group. He helps companies recruit talent from competitors in a legal fashion and ensures that former employees do not exploit companies' key information and relationships.

Michael has significant experience in providing advice and handling litigation relating to covenants not to compete, non-solicitation and non-disclosure provisions, employee raiding, trade secrets, the duty of loyalty, deceptive trade practices under state and federal law, the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act (CFAA), and state computer protection statutes.

Michael has successfully litigated dozens of employee defection and recruitment matters in numerous state and federal courts. In addition to litigating, Michael drafts restrictive covenants for numerous different types of agreements and counsels clients on protecting their confidential information and customer relationships, as well as recruiting talent.

Michael also advises clients and handles litigation regarding a bevy of other employment laws, including Title VII, Section 1981, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and state assault and battery laws.

Michael has been included in Georgia Super Lawyers - Rising Stars or Georgia Super Lawyers on numerous occasions and is currently Chambers Rated for Excellence in Labor and Employment Law. He worked with the Georgia Legislature, appearing before its Judiciary Committee regarding the Georgia non-compete statute (HB 173) in the 2009 Legislative Session, and also worked with the Sedona Conference's Working Group 12 as a Contributing Editor for its Commentary on Equitable Remedies in Trade Secret Litigation.  

Ms. Jennifer Gayle Solari Related Seminars and Products

BakerHostetler LLP

Jenna Solari serves as the co-leader of the firm’s National Security Investigations and Litigation Task Force. She is known among her peers as a formidable adversary in the courtroom. She has tried and won cases of bank and wire fraud, money laundering, sanctions evasion, theft of trade secrets, embezzlement, drug and firearms trafficking, murder-for-hire, premeditated murder, arson and more. She focuses her practice on internal investigations, government matters and white-collar defense. She represents corporations, top executives and officers in investigations and litigation involving financial fraud, federal tax violations, securities fraud, intellectual property theft, trade sanctions violations, antitrust compliance, public corruption, money laundering, the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. As a national security practitioner, Jenna also counsels clients on supply chain resilience, economic security and indicators of malign foreign interest.

As an Assistant U.S. Attorney for over 11 years, Jenna served as her District’s Health Care Fraud Coordinator, National Security Cyber Specialist, Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Specialist, Deputy Criminal Chief and Senior Litigation Counsel. As Senior Litigation Counsel, Jenna managed and personally handled high-profile litigation involving intense public and media scrutiny. She successfully led the first U.S. prosecution of Russian sectoral sanctions violations, resulting in the conviction, entity listing and debarment of several U.S. and foreign nationals and foreign corporations. She also tried the District’s first cases of intellectual property theft, obtaining lengthy sentences for insiders who conspired to steal proprietary data from multiple aerospace companies. As the lead National Security prosecutor for the Southern District of Georgia, Jenna also investigated and prosecuted cases under the Espionage Act and the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA), working closely with DOJ’s Office of International Affairs and numerous U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies.

Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Jenna served as a prosecutor in the U.S. Navy and a Special Agent in the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), and taught law at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers. She has been invited by the DOJ and numerous federal agencies to teach courses in counterproliferation, electronic evidence, trade secrets, parallel investigations and computer crimes in locations throughout the U.S.

Ms. Lea Clinton Dearing Related Seminars and Products

Berman Fink Van Horn PC

David Sems Related Seminars and Products

White Elm Group LLC

David E. Sems is a highly experienced forensic technology services professional boasting over 20 years of expertise. As the Managing Director of the electronic discovery practice at White Elm Group, he specializes in computer forensic analysis, transactional data analytics, and advanced techniques such as AI, link analysis, and text mining.

David spent 11 years at Ernst & Young, leading the Forensic Data Analytics team in the Americas. He has provided valuable services to clients in various industries across Europe, Africa, and North America. Additionally, he serves as the Director of Communications & Technology for the City of Strongsville.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Akron and is a Certified Public Accountant in Ohio. David is also certified as a Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) and holds the Financial Forensics (CFF) certification from the AICPA.

David is a respected national speaker and an award-winning author who has presented to organizations such as the FBI, IIA, and ACFE. He is a guest lecturer at several universities and has published numerous articles on cloud computing, cybersecurity, and data analytics.

His technical skills encompass various fields, including web development, software development, and forensic tools. David has contributed to significant investigations, including uncovering fraud, analyzing millions of transactions, and assisting law enforcement in complex cases.

Mr. Jeffrey Howard Fisher Related Seminars and Products

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Jeff Fisher is a trial lawyer who specializes in complex commercial litigation, including contractual disputes, class actions, and litigation involving restrictive covenants and trade secrets. Mr. Fisher has won plaintiff’s verdicts as lead counsel in a jury trial and in arbitration and has substantial experience representing clients before federal and state trial courts and in arbitration. Mr. Fisher regularly advises and represents telecommunications companies, software vendors and customers, and other technology companies in disputes that involve difficult contractual or statutory issues, software implementation, or misuse of confidential information. In 2020, Mr. Fisher was recognized by the Daily Report's Georgia Legal Awards as an attorney "On the Rise” and was named as one of Georgia Trend's "40 Under 40".

Mr. Fisher has represented regional and Fortune 500 companies in class action litigation, breach of contract disputes, and complex fraud cases. He has substantial experience litigating cases brought under federal and state statutes, including the TCPA, RICO, the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, the False Claims Act, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Mr. Fisher has practiced in numerous federal, state, and appellate courts and has represented parties in private arbitration and mediation. Mr. Fisher has experience with all aspects of the litigation process, including pre-litigation investigations, motion practice, complex document discovery, depositions, dispositive motions, settlement negotiations, hearings, and trial.

Mr. Fisher is also devoted to pro-bono and community work. In 2015, Mr. Fisher received Kilpatrick Townsend’s Pro Bono Excellence Award for his representation of a transgender Mexican woman seeking asylum in the United States. In 2014, Mr. Fisher was part of a team that represented 17 guest workers from India alleging human trafficking claims against a large marine construction firm. Mr. Fisher is on the executive board of AJC ACCESS and the steering committee of the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Fisher clerked for the Honorable Judge Harold L. Murphy of the Northern District of Georgia. While in law school, Mr. Fisher was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as an Articles Editor (2009-2010) and as a member of the Editorial Board (2008-2009) of the Georgia Law Review.

Mr. Fisher was recognized in 2018, 2019 and 2020 as a Georgia "Rising Star" for Business Litigation by Super Lawyers magazine. He was recognized in 2020 by Daily Report's Georgia Legal Awards as being an attorney "On the Rise", which honors Georgia's most promising lawyers under the age of 40. Mr. Fisher was also named one of Georgia Trend's "40 Under 40" for 2020. He was recognized in 2024 for Technology Law and in 2021, 2022 and 2023 as one of the “Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch” for Commercial Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, and Technology Law by The Best Lawyers in America®.

Ms. Nancy Haynes Baughan Related Seminars and Products

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Nancy is a partner in Bradley’s recently-opened Atlanta office.  She focuses her practice on complex litigation and arbitration matters. In her almost 30 years of practice, Nancy has honed her skills in representing financial institutions and public and private companies in a wide range of litigation and arbitration matters. She has successfully defended banks facing class action and other large-dollar exposures, guided insurance brokers regarding professional liability claims and in enforcing restrictive covenants, litigated numerous contractual, consumer regulatory, and tortious claims, and handled cross-border business disputes, including international arbitration proceedings and related litigation.  Nancy is ranked in Chambers USA in General Commercial Litigation and recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® in Commercial Litigation.