Edmund Novotny, shareholder in the Atlanta office, concentrates his practice in business litigation. He has extensive experience in state and federal courts handling complex civil litigation, including class actions, in the areas of commercial and consumer litigation, product liability, employment law and regulatory disputes. Mr. Novotny has successfully tried 34 jury trials to favorable verdict.
- Defense of national bank in class action alleging violations of Veterans Administration regulations in lending.
- Defense of directors and officers in several cases involving disgruntled investors.
- Defending several companies in claims of false advertising brought by the FTC.
- Representing a national bank in a class action alleging non-compliance with state lien-release obligations.
- Representing a company challenging a regulation promulgated by the FDA.
- Defending a national retailer in a construction dispute.
- Successfully defended a bank's Directors and Officers in a class action alleging fraud and malfeasance.
- Obtained favorable results for a company in trademark enforcement and counterfeit intellectual property litigation.
- "A Legal Handbook on Advertising," 2008
- "False Advertising," Business to Business Magazine, 2007
- Panelist, The Vance Forum, "Constitutionality of Posting the Ten Commandments," 2004
- "Hiring and Firing in Georgia," 2004
- "State and Federal Laws and the Georgia Employer," 2003
- "Overtime Requirements and Exemptions," 2002 – 2003
- Sexual Harassment; Recent Developments, 1998
- Sexual Harassment in the Educational Setting, 1997
- "Federal Litigation: Tips & Traps" 1996
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in Labor and Employment Law since 2010
- Listed as a top commercial litigator in Georgia by Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers, 2009
- Named by Georgia Trend Magazine as one of Georgia's Legal Elite in the area of Governmental Affairs, 2007 and 2009
- Listed in Georgia Super Lawyers, 2004 and 2006 – 2012
- American, Georgia and Atlanta Bar Associations
- Order of the Barristers, 1989
- Director-in-Chief of Emory's Moot Court Society, 1988 – 1989
- Instructor of Legal Research, Writing and Advocacy at Emory University School of Law, 1988 – 1989
- Law Clerk to The Honorable Horace T. Ward, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1989 – 1991
- Emory University, J.D., 1989
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1983, cum laude
- Kentucky Christian University A.B., 1980, cum laude