James E. Connelly

Career

Jamie solves problems. Clients hire him to resolve complex business disputes, through litigation, trial or otherwise. He has approximately 20 years of experience representing domestic and foreign corporations and their owners, officers and directors in complex, bet-the-company litigations.

Jamie has defended clients in shareholder class action lawsuits, in derivative matters, and in claims brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Commission, and the Department of Justice. He has successfully warded off injunctions to seek to stop significant M&A transactions, and represented individuals in FINRA matters. Jamie represents large international corporations and small domestic hedge funds, multi-national accounting firms, and individual business owners. While each requires a specific and tailored defense, all of Jamie’s clients find that his efforts to relate to them and understand their businesses equip him to build the best defense and better resolve their disputes prior to trial.

Jamie is Panel Counsel to AIG for D&O claims, is AV-rated in litigation, business law, and securities law, and has been recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers for securities litigation and business litigation. He serves as pro-bono counsel to families of children with autism, was selected for the Corporate Leadership Council for the Fernbank Museum of National History, and is a member of Leadership Atlanta’s class of 2018. Jamie has been a featured speaker on CNBC’s SquawkBox on multiple occasions.