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Taylor English culture is devoted to creating value for all. While some firms are focused on value extraction, Taylor English is devoted to value creation and multiplication. At Taylor English, the culture is to treat others like you want to be treated.

Wayne Bond is a seasoned litigator and business advisor with more than 30 years’ experience. He has represented clients in high-profile cases with extensive media coverage. Mr. Bond has obtained favorable verdicts, judgments and settlements for defendants and plaintiffs. He handles cases seeking millions of dollars in business, commercial, product liability and personal injury damages, including one case where the claim was for $1.5 billion. He handles regulatory and criminal investigations by federal and state agencies and represents clients in criminal and civil litigation.

Mr. Bond serves part-time as an Administrative Law Judge for the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings. He also serves in alternative dispute resolution proceedings as advocate, mediator and court-appointed arbitrator.

Legal areas served include: 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, white collar criminal crime, fraud, business torts and administrative hearings.

Client industries served include: technology, retail, food, education, hospitality, product manufacturing and distribution, transportation logistics, banks, financial services, insurance, real estate, construction, engineering, employee staffing, telecommunications, health care, medical devices, pharmaceutical and life sciences.

Wayne has lectured at numerous continuing professional education seminars and taught classes at the University of Georgia School of Law, the University of Georgia Business School, and Emory University.

Memberships

Atlanta International Arbitration Society, Board of Directors

Atlanta Bar Association: ACYL Board of Directors and Co-Chair of Law Day Committee (Committee of the Year Award)

Federalist Society

American Bar Association, Business Law Section, Consumer Financial Services Committee

Cobb County Bar Association

Defense Research Institute

Alliance Defending Freedom

Georgia Asylum & Immigration Network

Community Involvement

Lifework Leadership Atlanta, Board of Directors 

Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, Past Chairman of Finance Committee, Personnel Committee and Budget Planning Committee

Havenbrook Homeowner’s Association, Past President

Practice Highlights

Experience

  • Defend civil lawsuits with individual plaintiffs seeking over $100 million each and class action plaintiffs seeking $1.5 billion.
  • Prosecute and defend complex contract disputes in technology, transportation logistics, life sciences, real estate, construction, product manufacturing and financial services industries.
  • Pursue parallel proceedings involving fraud and RICO in civil litigation and assist prosecutors with investigations and proceedings in state and federal courts.
  • Defend medical equipment manufacturer in class action case alleging violations of federal advertising laws.
  • Defend corporations and company executives in parallel proceedings when sued in state and federal courts and investigated in state and federal criminal prosecutions.
  • Represent employers in state and federal cases involving fraud and RICO violations committed by employees and vendors, and prepare referrals for prosecution by state and federal prosecutors.
  • Food recall matters, including investigation and defense of clients at different levels in the food supply chain impacted by FDA food recalls.
  • Monitoring counsel for national product liability defense matters involving significant injury and death claims.
  • Defense of lender liability lawsuits in multiple state, federal district and bankruptcy courts with claims exceeding $60 million.
  • Prosecute and defend advertising disputes involving injunction proceedings for false advertising and contract disputes over print and TV media advertising.
  • Class action defense in state and federal courts of construction and pharmaceutical product manufacturers and financial service companies.
  • Shareholder derivative and securities litigation matters in arbitration and litigation proceedings before Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and state and federal courts.
  • Represent product manufacturers in false advertising and Lanham Act cases involving print and TV advertising.
  • Defense of class action and individual lawsuits against life sciences companies making wholesale challenges to human experimentation in clinical trials.
  • Obtain seven-figure criminal restitution award for financial services client who was victim of white collar fraud scheme.
  • Defend clients in federal and state white collar criminal investigations and prosecutions.
  • Class action defense of financial services company with allegations of predatory lending and violation of state finders’ fees laws.

Newsroom

Speaking Engagements

Publications

  • “Enlisting Government Help to Protect Your Trade Secrets,” Intellectual Property Watch
    May 3, 2017
  • “Drones & Trade Secrets - How Low Can They Go?,” Trading Secrets Blog, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
    May 10, 2016

Education

University of Georgia, JD, magna cum laude, 1984

Kennesaw State College, BS, with honors, 1981

Courts & Adjudicative Bodies

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Northern Districts of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Middle Districts of Georgia

U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Georgia Supreme Court

Georgia Court of Appeals

All Georgia trial courts      

Accolades

Chambers USA: Leading Lawyers for Business - Commercial Litigation, 2014-2016

Georgia Super Lawyers, 2015-2018

International Academy of Trial Lawyers Distinguished Achievement in Advocacy

American Lawyer Media: Top Rated Lawyer in Commercial Litigation & Product Liability, 2016-2018

Atlanta Magazine: Top Attorneys in Georgia, 2016-2018

Atlanta Journal Constitution: Top Rated Attorneys

Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review (5.0 out of 5)

AVVO Rating (10 out of 10), 2017-2018

Certified Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt