McDonald, John R.

Mike McConnell has extensive complex litigation experience regarding many types of business disputes, with special emphasis on securities litigation and corporate governance matters. The matters litigated include securities fraud class actions, investigations and inquiries by the Securities and Exchange Commission, derivative cases, proxy fraud litigation, and other matters that are often ancillary to shareholder litigation, including shareholder inspection actions, disputes under shareholder voting agreements, and internal corporate investigations.

Mike's recent representations include: defending Southern Company and certain former officers in a securities fraud class action arising out of the spin-off of Mirant Corporation, defending SunOpta and certain affiliates in a securities fraud class action arising from a restatement, representing Georgia Gulf Corporation before the Delaware Chancery Court in a declaratory judgment action regarding $100 million in bonds, defending the CEO of Cumulus Media in a shareholder derivative action arising from a going private transaction, and defending WL Ross & Co. in shareholder litigation arising from the merger of Safety Components International and International Textile Group.

Mike is a member of the Defense Research Institute (Commercial Litigation Committee, Securities Litigation Subcommittee) and the State Bar of Georgia (Health and Business Law Sections). In addition, he is chairman of the Newborn Genetics Screening Advisory Committee of the Council on Maternal and Infant Health of the State of Georgia, a member of the board of directors of the March of Dimes (Georgia Chapter), the Atlanta Midtown Rotary Club, and the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2007.