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Dean Booth is a very experienced international, litigation, and tax attorney. He has represented clients such as Delta, American Airlines, Lockheed, and Ford Motor Company. Mr. Booth has handled cases throughout most of the United States and has been involved in many cases before the United States Supreme Court, as well as United States Courts of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, and State Courts.Mr. Booth's interest in international matters developed during his representation of Delta in connection with the acquisition of the Rolls Royce RB211 Engines for the Lockheed 1011 Aircraft. When Rolls Royce went bankrupt, Mr. Booth was involved in the bankruptcy and reorganization. During this twelve month period of time he gained valuable exposure in the United Kingdom and his practice has had an international flavor ever since.Mr. Booth has negotiated international leases, licenses, and contracts for the sale of goods and has handled a number of international and domestic arbitrations, often involving substantial amounts in controversy.Mr. Booth has also worked as a "solicitor" to a Barrister preparing an antitrust case in London. He was later asked to mediate a similar issue between British Airports, Pan Am, and TWA in connection with binding arbitration at the Hague. He also has handled international litigation for British Airports and others.Mr. Booth has broad experience in employment matters including litigation over employment contracts, EEO, Taft Hartley, and the Fair Labor Standards Act. He has handled many class actions involving tens of thousands of class members, frequently involving employment law including matters involving employee selection criteria (including testing) or systematic discrimination issues. He has also handled antitrust issues including a nationwide antitrust case attacking Ford's system of dual distribution. Mr. Booth obtained one of the largest jury verdicts in a tort case in Georgia history and, what was at the time, the largest jury verdict ever in a tort case in Nashville, Tennessee. He also completed an important intellectual property case in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals San Francisco (appeal denied by the U.S. Supreme Court).Practice Groups Litigation Tax Matters International Education L.L.M., Emory University, 1973 J.D., Emory University, 1964 Assistant Editor, Emory Law Review Moot Court Competition Case Club Winner B.A., Emory University, 1961 Bar Admissions District of Columbia Georgia Court Admissions U.S. District Court, District of Columbia U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Federal Courts, North District of Texas, North District of Illinois, North and Middle Districts of Georgia U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Tax Court U.S. Court of International Trade U.S. Claims Court Professional Memberships International Law Association Publications Legal Constraints on Employment Testing and Evolving Trends in the Law, Emory Law Journal, 1980 A Realistic Examination of Rezoning Procedure: The Complimentary Requirements of Due Process and Judicial Review, Georgia Law Review, 1976 Guatemala Protocol's Amendments and Other Affects on the Warsaw Convention, International Business Lawyer, 1974 Charted Flights and Scheduled Airline, The Transportation Law Journal, 1972 Liabilities of Insider-Traders, Georgia Bar Journal, 1964 Counsel For The Indigent, Georgia Bar Journal, 1963 Presentations International Law, Distinguished Lecturer, Goizueta School of Business, Emory University, 1994 International Law Arbitrations, Guest Lecturer, Pepperdine University, 1993 Aviation Law, Visiting Lecturer, London University, 1985 Civic and Charitable Activities The Advocates Club The Association of Trial Lawyers of America Lawyers Club of Atlanta Lawyers Foundation of Georgia, Fellow. |
