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Taylor English Duma LLP Partner Gerald Kline has defeated an emergency motion by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to appoint a receiver and to impose an asset freeze over his client Southport Capital, a registered investment advisor.

Taylor English Duma LLP is pleased to announce that partner Jeffrey R. Kuester and attorney Michael A. Cicero have updated the “Intellectual Property Litigation” chapter of the 2022 edition of Georgia Business Litigation, published by ALM Media Properties, LLC.  

Taylor English Duma LLP is pleased to announce that partner Jeffrey R. Kuester has been recognized by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) as a leading patent attorney in the IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals 2021 – a unique guide that identifies the top patent professionals in key jurisdictions around the globe. Clients and peers described Mr. Kuester as having “prosecuted patents for more than three decades as part of a varied ...

Earl B. Parsons, III, former Deputy General Counsel - Commercial with Southern Company (NYSE: SO), is the latest high-profile attorney to join the team at t|e General Counsel, Taylor English Duma LLP’s fractional General Counsel practice. Parsons also will be part of Taylor English Decisions, the government relations and business consulting affiliate of Taylor English.

Taylor English Duma is pleased to announce that 48 attorneys were recognized in 39 practice areas in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

With more than 30 years’ experience leading legal teams and guiding corporate leaders on a wide range of legal topics, Rhonda J. Parish is the latest prominent, in-house veteran attorney to join  t|e General Counsel, which is Taylor English Duma LLP’s fractional general counsel practice and was launched in fall 2020.

Deitra Crawley, partner at Taylor English Duma LLP, has been appointed to the inaugural board of Fulton Technology & Energy Enhancement Authority (TEEA).

Taylor English is pleased to announce that partner Lauren Langham has been recognized as a 2021 Super Lawyer in Florida in the area of real estate.  

Taylor English Duma LLP is pleased to announce the firm’s recognition in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA, a highly regarded legal directory featuring client-led intelligence on America’s leading lawyers for business.

Taylor English Duma LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Michael S. Melfi as a partner in Taylor English’s corporate department, where he represents emerging companies and entrepreneurial businesses in a wide array of intellectual property and corporate matters. The addition of Michael expands Taylor English’s geographic footprint into Michigan.