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Email: jsandifer@raleysandifer.com
Phone: 404.995.9000
Fax: 404.995.9100
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Practice Areas:
Commercial Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation;
Employment Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Business Law;
Business Torts; Telecommunications Litigation.
Education:
J.D., Wake Forest University, J.D., 1992.
B.A., cum laude, Wake Forest University 1989.
Bar Admissions:
Georgia (1992), Georgia Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of
Georgia, United States District Court for the Northern District
of Georgia, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh
Circuit.
Reported Cases:
BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc. v. MCIMetro Access Transmission
Services, Inc., 317 F.3d 1270 (11th Cir. 2003); Wilson
Roman Pineiro v. Louis Franco Betancourt, Diana Betancourt,
Benchmark International, Inc., 1993 U.S. App. Lexis 31956
(11th Cir. 1993); Waldeck v. Curtis 1000, Inc., 261
Ga. App. 590, 583 S.E.2d 266 (2003); Telescripps Cable
Co. v. Welsh, 247 Ga. App. 282, 542 S.E.2d 640 (2000);
Valley Place, Ltd. v. T.I. Equity Fund (1995), L.P.,
246 Ga. App. 378, 541 S.E.2d 37 (2000); Collins v. East
R.S., Inc., 228 Ga. App. 627, 492 S.E.2d 351 (1997); Brennan
v. Freight Room, Inc., 226 Ga. App. 531, 487 S.E.2d 109
(1997); Dowdy v. Earthwise Restaurant Management, Inc.,
221 Ga. App. 220, 471 S.E.2d 42 (1996); Smith v. Transamerica
Ins. Co., 218 Ga. App. 839, 463 S.E.2d 711 (1995).
Mr. Sandifer, a principal of the Firm, has significant experience
in the areas of commercial litigation, contract disputes,
intellectual property litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
He has substantial appellate experience and recently successfully
argued before the Georgia Court of Appeals for reversal of
a decision concerning the enforceability of non-solicitation
agreements. See Waldeck v. Curtis 1000, Inc., 261 Ga.
App. 590, 583 S.E.2d 266 (2003). Mr. Sandifer also routinely
assists clients in litigation prevention by reviewing and
drafting contractual documents and assessing particular business
scenarios in the course of clients' day-to-day business dealings.
His experience includes the following:
- Successfully litigated and negotiated numerous restrictive
covenant and trade secret matters on behalf of both employers
and employees.
- Represented automobile parts distributor in patent infringement
and unfair competition action.
- Achieved major victory in dismissal of multi-million dollar
late fee class action for one of nation's largest cable
television providers.
- Successfully negotiated settlement on behalf of large
cable television provider in business interference action
against satellite television provider.
Mr. Sandifer graduated from Wake Forest University, cum
laude, in 1989, before obtaining his J.D. from Wake Forest
University in 1992. During law school, Mr. Sandifer served
on the Moot Court Board and on the National Court Team. Mr.
Sandifer practiced commercial litigation with Webb, Carlock,
Copeland Semler & Stair, P.C. (n/k/a Carlock, Copeland,
Semler & Stair, LLP) and Gerry, Friend & Sapronov,
LLP (n/k/a Friend, Hudak & Harris, LLP) before starting
Raley & Sandifer, P.C. Mr. Sandifer is a member of the
American Bar Association, the Atlanta Bar Association (Litigation
Section), and the State Bar of Georgia (Litigation and Intellectual
Property Sections).
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