Nils Okeson is an associate attorney in the Litigation Practice Group, specializing in litigation and negotiation, with a focus on insurance defense litigation. Mr. Okeson’s experience in insurance defense litigation includes handling jury trials in federal, superior, and state courts. His legal proficiency extends to appellate briefs, mediations, depositions, motion arguments, and trial practice, underscoring his…
John North is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group. Mr. North focuses his practice on complex litigation matters, specializing in intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition issues. He also provides a depth of knowledge in patent licensing, patent portfolio strategy, pre-litigation counseling, and inter partes…
Anshu Garg is an associate attorney in the firm’s Corporate Practice Group, where she focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and governance, corporate securities, and intellectual property.As a legal extern at Krevolin & Horst, LLC, Ms. Garg gained experience in litigation, corporate and finance, and crisis management. She worked on internal memoranda, pleadings, client…
Devon Griger represents a diverse range of clients in the construction industry, including owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers. She specializes in resolving disputes related to large construction and infrastructure projects, with a focus on breach of contract, delay, disruption, and construction defect claims.Before joining Taylor English, Ms. Griger was part of a nationally ranked…
Peter Jones has more than two decades of experience handling a wide variety of complex civil litigation in state and federal courts across the country. While Mr. Jones’ practice has a particular emphasis on intellectual property litigation, he also has significant experience with complex commercial, product liability, premises liability, and class action disputes.Mr. Jones brings…
Kenn Bruley is a partner and a member of our patent team. His practice focuses on patent procurement both in the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Bruley counsels clients on managing their patent portfolios and provides formal opinions on patentability, infringement and noninfringement, validity and invalidity, and design strategies to avoid potential infringement issues. He has experience…
Matthew McKagen is a partner at Taylor English. Mr. McKagen focuses his practice on premises liability, professional liability, and medical malpractice cases. He represents individuals and corporations in a wide range of general litigation matters in federal and state courts across Georgia.Mr. McKagen earned his JD degree from Mercer University School of Law, following the…
Lisa Harper is a partner with Taylor English’s Alcohol, Food & Regulated Products Group. With more than 30 years of experience, Ms. Harper has a keen ability to view legal issues from the client’s perspective and quickly boil them down to what matters most. She works diligently at developing long term relationships with her clients…
Riviere Duffy is an associate in the firm’s Alcohol, Food & Regulated Products Group as well as its Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. Riviere has been working in the beverage-alcohol licensing and regulatory world for several years and focuses her practice on licensing and compliance, alcoholic beverage regulations, hospitality and commercial disputes, as well as…
Scot Burton has more than 20 years of experience structuring real estate and business joint ventures among partners for real estate transactions and small to midsize companies. Mr. Burton is first and foremost a lawyer who enjoys helping people meet their goals. He possesses a keen ability to problem solve by addressing the situation from…