Jamie P. WoodardDirect Dial: 404-815-7686 Email: jamie@wellbornlaw.com

AT A GLANCE

Substantial experience as lead counsel in technology litigation cases
Gained invaluable experience as insurance defense litigator prior to joining the Firm
Co-lead counsel in one of the largest slip-and-fall settlements ever obtained in Georgia
J.D. (Magna Cum Laude) from Mercer University
B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) in Liberal Arts from Mercer University

PRACTICE DESCRIPTION

Jamie Woodard joined Wellborn, Wallace & Woodard, LLC in 2004 after working for a large law firm in Atlanta, Georgia. Woodard’s practice includes the representation of diverse entities and individuals in a wide variety of civil litigation, including complex, multi-party litigation in federal and state courts throughout the United States. Woodard is also experienced in mediation, arbitration, UDRP (administrative resolution for domain name disputes), and all other types of ADR. Woodard has experience assisting and counseling Clients in matters related to intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks, and service marks), laws and regulations relating to the Internet, e-mail, and conducting business on the Internet, and personal jurisdiction in the Internet context, as well as business and general commercial litigation, professional negligence claims, insurance coverage and regulation, premises liability, defamation, First Amendment claims, and other civil rights matters. Woodard received a B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Mercer University’s College of Liberal Arts in 2000. He received his J.D., cum laude, from Mercer’s Walter F. George School of Law in 2003. While in law school, Woodard served on the Editorial Board of the Mercer Law Review, and was a National Semi-Finalist in the National Moot Competition. Woodard is a member of the Brainerd Currie Honor Society.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES AND MATTERS

AT&T Mobility, LLC v. C&C Global Enterprises, LLC, No. 1:06-CV-2723-TWT, 2007 WL 2001736 (July 3, 2007 N.D. Ga.) (successful defense of Internet marketing company in text message spam attack case filed by major telecommunications giant);

EarthLink, Inc. v. Andy Pope, et al., No. 1:03-CV-2559-JOF; 2007 WL 788427 (March 14, 2007 N.D. Ga.) (successful representation of national Internet Service Provider in anti-spam litigation);

Mankovitch v. Thornton, 277 Ga. App. 221, 626 S.E.2d 189 (2006) (successful defense of law firm in conflict of interest malpractice action concerning firm’s representation of bankrupt corporation in lawsuit and subsequent employment as special counsel to bankruptcy trustee);

Cook v. Gwinnett County School District, 414 F.3d 1313 (11th Cir. 2005) (representation of District in First Amendment civil rights case brought by employee);

Gantt v. Dave & Busters of Ga., Inc., 271 Ga. App. 457, 610 S.E.2d 116 (2005) (successful defense of restaurant premises liability case); and

Sotomayor v. TAMA I, LLC, 274 Ga. App. 323, 617 S.E.2d 606 (2005) (successful defense of apartment complex in premises liability case).

PUBLICATIONS

Rule 68 Offers of Judgment: An Underutilized Avenue of Motivating Settlement, For the Defense Magazine, Vol. 46, No. 7 (July 2004).

EDUCATION

J.D., cum laude, Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, 2003

Law Review (Editorial Board)
Moot Court Board
Member, National Moot Court Team
Member, Intrastate Moot Court Team (School's Top Team)
Brainerd Currie Society (Honor Society)

B.A. in Liberal Arts, summa cum laude, Mercer University, May 2000