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| A. Craig Cleland |
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Shareholder
Office(s):
Atlanta
p: 404-870-1718
f: 404-870-1732
Practice Area(s):
Class Action Defense, Labor and Employment, Litigation
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Bio:
Craig Cleland defends employers in litigation—including in class actions—and counsels them on compliance and risk management. He is also Co-Chair of the Firm’s Class Action Practice Group. Craig is named in Best Lawyers in America, Atlanta Magazine’s “Super Lawyers,” Georgia Trend’s “Legal Elite,” and Chambers USA’s Leading Business Lawyers. He is a contributor to the new editions of Black’s Law Dictionary, Garner’s Modern American Usage, and Lindemann & Grossman’s Employment Discrimination Law. And he teaches Employment Discrimination Law as an Adjunct Professor at Georgia State University College of Law.
During law school, Craig was the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review and winner of the McKenzie-McPhail Moot Court Competition. After graduating, he clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Marvin H. Shoob in Atlanta. He has also completed the Harvard Law School Mediation Program. And he has served on several Atlanta-area nonprofit boards, including as chair. |
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Education:
J.D., cum laude, Georgia State University, 1992 S.T.M., with honors, Yale University, 1983 M. Div., with honors, Vanderbilt University, 1981 (Folkerth Scholar) B.A., cum laude, Valdosta State University, 1978 |
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Admitted to Practice:
State of Georgia, 1993 U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Eighth, and Eleventh Circuits U.S. Supreme Court U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Georgia |
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Activities:
American Bar Association (Sections on Litigation, Labor & Employment, Employee Benefits Litigation), Federal Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association |
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