Janine ConeMetcalf

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.