Newsroom - March 2010

Seventeen Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs attorneys from the Atlanta office have been named to the 2010 lists of Georgia Super Lawyers and Georgia Rising Stars. In addition, Attorney Ed Dobbs has been named one of the state's Top 100 lawyers annually for five consecutive years and one of the state's Top 10 lawyers in 2004.

Included on the 2010 list are: Bobbi Acord Noland (Banking); Armando L. Basarrate, II (Health Care); Keith R. Blackwell (Rising Star); Ronald T. Coleman, Jr. (Business Litigation); David B. Darden (Rising Star); C. Edward Dobbs (Banking); Rufus T. Dorsey, IV (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights); Charles E. Elrod, Jr. (Employee Benefits/ERISA); William J. Holley, II (Business Litigation); Paul L. Hudson, Jr. (Health Care); Kenneth H. Kraft (Real Estate); John H. Parker, Jr. (Health Care); J. Marbury Rainer (Business Litigation); Leo E. Reichert (Health Care); Jonathan L. Rue (Health Care); David G. Russell (Business Litigation); and J. Alston Thompson, Jr. (Tax).

Upcoming Events

9/30/2010 - Jay Rankin will be teaching a class on intercreditor issues, use of cash collateral and post-petition financing in bankruptcy at Emory University School of Law on September 23, September 30 and October 21, 2010.

10/18/2010 - Eric Taylor will be speaking at the 5th Annual Advanced Forum on Residential Mortgage Litigation & Regulatory enforcement in Dallas for the American Conference Institute on October 18 and 19, 2010. Eric is giving two speeches: "Regulatory and Legislative Responses to the Turmoil in the Residential Mortgage Industry"; and "Master Class on Insurance Coverage and Litigation Issues in Subprime Mortgage Litigation."

12/7/2010 - Ed Dobbs will participate in the Atlanta Bar Association's annual Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Year in Review at the Capital City Club.

1/26/2011 - Eric Taylor will be conducting a two hour breakout session on the topic "The Current MDL Practice Landscape - What Is and Isn’t Working for Defendants?" at the 10th Annual Conference on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation on January 26, 2011 in New York City.

During the conference, Eric is also a panelist, and will be discussing the topic "Managing the Current and Future Waves of Discriminatory and Predatory Lending/Servicing Cases" on January 27, 2011.