Complex Litigation Managing Partner

JOSEPH J. GLEASON

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EDUCATION University of Georgia School of Law. Athens, Georgia

Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude. May 2002

Order of the Coif

Georgia Law Review, Articles Editor

Franklin College of Arts & Sciences, University of Georgia. Athens, Georgia.

Bachelor of Arts, cum laude. December 1998

UGA Honors Program graduate

LEGAL EXPERIENCE

Gleason Law LLC, Atlanta, Georgia

Managing Partner April 2024 – present

Solo practice representing clients in complex litigation matters.

Stanton Law LLC, Atlanta, Georgia

Partner April 2023 – April 2024

• Represent clients as lead counsel in wide variety of complex litigation matters including employment discrimination, restrictive covenants, contract disputes, construction litigation, patent and copyright infringement cases.

Gleason Law LLC, Atlanta, Georgia

Managing Partner September 2015 – April 2023

Solo practice representing clients in complex litigation matters.

Obtained dismissal of high-profile CFPB suit against electronic payment processor.

Obtained second largest jury verdict in Georgia in 2019 exceeding $135 million in breach of contract case.

Heninger Garrison Davis LLC, Atlanta, Georgia

Counsel August 2014 – August 2015

• Represented inventors and other patent owners on contingency basis in patent infringement suits throughout the nation

• Represent patent owners in breach of contract cases to enforce settlement agreements

Alston & Bird, LLP. Atlanta, Georgia

Partner January 2011 – July 2014

Associate September 2002 – December 2010

• Developed a broad base of litigation skills handling a wide variety of matters, including class actions, real estate disputes, products liability cases, lemon law warranty cases, health care matters, qui tam actions, and criminal investigations.

• Represented clients as both plaintiff and defendant in patent infringement cases in federal district courts throughout the nation and before the U.S. International Trade Commission.

• Represented pharmaceutical clients in Hatch-Waxman ANDA cases.

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

United States Courts of Appeals for the Eighth, Ninth; Eleventh; and Federal Circuits

United States District Courts, N.D. Ga. and E.D. Tex.

Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals, Fulton County Superior Court

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