“I strive to be not only a legal advisor to my clients, but also a business advisor.”

Jonathan frequently handles a wide variety of contract, real estate, and construction matters, and assists individuals and businesses with complex commercial and business disputes in state and federal courts, arbitrations and mediations. He advises clients on issues involving restrictive covenants, theft of trade secrets, theft and destruction of electronic data and discrimination. He also assists and advises clients on multiple construction-related issues, such as drafting and negotiating construction contracts and resolving liens. He is licensed to practice law in Georgia and North Carolina.

During the 2010 Session, Jonathan served as Legal Counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the Georgia House of Representatives, where he advised on the legal, political and constitutional implications of legislation before the Committee.

Representative Case History (Partial)

• Co-lead trial counsel representing wireless internet company and former shareholders in dispute arising out of the sale of business.
• Lead attorney in arbitration between commercial landowner and contractor involving grading issues.
• Lead attorney in arbitration between former employee and large automobile dealership dealing with Equal Pay Act claims.
• Lead attorney on behalf of owner in negotiation of owner-general contractor construction contract.
• Represented dental imaging manufacturer in contract action against retail seller.
• Represented commercial landowner in contract dispute with adjoining landowner.
• Represented international industrial manufacturing company in commercial lease dispute.
• Represented international company in dispute involving internal theft of highly sensitive products.
• Represented large contractor in action involving alleged violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and theft of confidential computer data and trade secrets.
• Represented franchisees in various franchise disputes.

Jonathan received his undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology, high honors, before obtaining his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law. While at UGA, he served as the Managing Editor of the Georgia Law Review.

Prior to beginning his practice, he clerked for the Honorable John F. Nangle of the United States District Court in the Southern District of Georgia.