For more than 28 years, Janine Metcalf has represented clients in high-stakes, often bet-the-company, litigation. She has been lead counsel in fraud, securities, and complex transaction-related litigation in federal and state courts across the United States. Janine also counsels clients in connection with high-pressure internal investigations and represents companies in significant product liability, banking, and real estate litigation. She also has substantial experience handling litigation involving non-U.S. litigants.
Most recently, Janine served as lead counsel in the defense of Rayonier Inc. in a securities class action and related derivative litigation involving claims that the company had misrepresented the sustainability of its timber harvesting practices. In addition, she defended Gray Television in obtaining a critical emergency order from the Georgia Supreme Court allowing Gray to participate in the National Incentive Spectrum Auction despite an injunction order from a state trial court enjoining Gray from operating an Augusta television station or offering it in the auction. Janine also represented the Southern Company in fraudulent conveyance and securities litigation arising from the spin-off of Mirant Corporation in which billions of dollars were at stake. Further, Janine served as lead counsel for KeyBank National Association in complex federal court litigation regarding disputes relating to one of the largest developments in Louisiana.
Janine is a member of the Litigation Section of the Atlanta Bar Association and is a Master with the Lamar Inn of Court.
Expérience
- March 25, 2015
Ethical Issues in Internal Investigations - February 19, 2015
Top 10 Mistakes by Parties in Syndicated Loan Transactions - September 25, 2014
Boot Camp for Litigation Managers: From Dispute to Litigation to Resolution - February 28, 2013
Georgia False Claims Act: It's Not Just For Healthcare Anymore - October 24, 2012
Perfecting the Attorney-Expert Relationship - October 23, 2012
St. Thomas More Society, Inc. - Freedom of Religion - A Catholic Perspective - August 23, 2012
Challenges for Global Corporations: Navigating International Data Privacy and Disclosure Laws - February 29, 2012
Who's Looking at your Bytes - Social Media and Privacy in 2012 - March 2, 2011
E-Discovery Update: Litigation Holds and Records Retention, Jones Day CLE Academy
- Cornell University (J.D. cum laude 1989; B.A. magna cum laude and with distinction in all subjects 1986)
- Georgia; New York; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits; and U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Georgia and Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Winner, Georgia "Commercial Litigation Department of the Year," The Daily Report, April 23, 2014
Winner, Georgia "General Litigation Department of the Year," The Daily Report, April 25, 2013