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Patrick G. Jones
Biography
Having practiced law for over 40 years, Patrick G. Jones brings a unique and diverse background to Henning Mediation. This includes a CPA with a Big Eight accounting firm, a partner in three major law firms in Atlanta, and the General Counsel/CFO/head of investor relations of a public technology company. Pat has worked as a mediator and arbitrator since 2003 and returned to practicing law in 2007. He is also one of few people in the Southeast who has served as a Non-IRS Co-Mediator at the IRS Appeals level.
Education
- Emory University School of Law, J.D., with distinction. Emory Law Journal, Executive Notes & Comments Editor; The Order of the Coif (1979)
- Wake Forest University, B.B.A., cum laude; major in Accounting. Varsity baseball; Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership society (1973)
Bar Admission
- Georgia (1979)
Professional Experience
- Friend, Hudak & Harris, LLP (Of Counsel, 2007 to present)
- PTEK Holdings, Inc., n/k/a Premiere Global Services, Inc. (Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, 1995 - 2003)
- PTEK Holdings, Inc., n/k/a Premiere Global Services, Inc. (Chief Financial Officer, 1995 - 1998 & 2000 - 2001)
- Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P. (Partner, 1993 - 1995)
- Long, Aldridge & Norman (now Dentons) (Partner, 1989 - 1993)
- Kilpatrick & Cody (now Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP) (1979 - 1989, Partner, 1986 - 1989)
- Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP) (Senior Accountant, 1973 - 1976)
- Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation Committee of a private technology company for more than 15 years
- Advisor to the Board of Directors of a private manufacturing company
- Served as expert witness on partnership law in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and on limited liability copmany law in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia
- AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell for over 25 years.
Professional Organizations
- Founding Member, Georgia Academy of Mediators & Arbitrators
- Member, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
- Associate, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2012 - 2019)
- Selected as one of "Georgia's Top Rated Lawyers" in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business & Commercial
- American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section)
- State Bar of Georgia (Dispute Resolution, Business, Corporate Counsel, and Taxation Sections)
- Atlanta Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section (Board of Directors, 2015-2016 and 2017-2020); former Chair of the Tax Law Section and former Editor-in-Chief of The Atlanta Lawyer)
- Former Member of Board of Directors of the North Atlanta Tax Council
- Co-Chair of the Georgia Limited Liability Company Committee, which drafted the Georgia Limited Liability Company Act
- Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Mediation/Arbitration Training
- Henning Mediation & Arbitration Service, Inc.: Civil Mediation; Arbitration
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: Introduction to International Arbitration
- Numerous ADR seminars sponsored by the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association
- Lecturer for ADR programs sponsored by Georgia ICLE
- Registered Neutral with Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution (General Mediation and Arbitration)
- FINRA (formerly NASD) Arbitrator
- List of Approved Neutrals in Mediation and Arbitration, Gwinnett County Dispute Resolution Program
Publications
- Georgia LLC/LLP Handbook (Co-Author, 1995)
- Numerous articles in professional publications
Areas of Expertise
- Accounting Malpractice
- Business Dissolutions
- Commercial/Business
- Contract Disputes
- Intellectual Property
- Employment
- Franchise
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Probate
- Real Estate
- Securities Claims
- Shareholder Disputes
- Taxation
- Technology
- Trusts & Estates