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Joan McCallum of Chamberlain Hrdlicka is best known her deep expertise in M&A, corporate governance and securities offerings.
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Corporate, Securities & Finance
Commercial Litigation
Joan McCallum is a senior counsel in the Firm’s Atlanta office in the Corporate, Securities and Finance Practice group. Ms. McCallum’s practice focuses on general corporate counseling and compliance, corporate governance, securities offerings, complex business transactions including strategic acquisitions, divestitures and mergers, and representing borrowers and lenders in commercial loan transactions. Ms. McCallum has represented clients in various industries including the moving and storage, chemical and carpet manufacturing, international gaming, chiropractic and waste and recycling industries.
Ms. McCallum also works with the firm’s Commercial Litigation practice group where she applies her extensive labor, employment and commercial litigation experience in providing assistance to publicly and privately held companies, officers and directors in federal and state courts and various arbitration forums throughout the country. Ms. McCallum has litigated numerous complex matters, including individual, class and collective actions.
Georgia Bar Association
Fayette County Bar Association
Co-Author, "The Era of President Donald J. Trump – What Employers Can Expect,” Employment Relations Today, Winter 2017
Co-Author, "Impact of the Presidential Election on the Workplace," Hotel Business, October 2016
Co-Author, "Six Steps for Effective Performance Evaluations," CFMA Building Profits, March/April 2016
Representative Commercial Transactions:
Associate counsel in quarter-billion-dollar asset sale of three chemical manufacturing and distributing companies in the carpet industry
Associate counsel in multiple multi-million dollar commercial loans
Associate counsel in purchase and leasing of luxury airplane
Associate counsel in stock sale of environmental company
Associate counsel in equity purchase of landfill company
Associate counsel in asset sale of moving and storage company
Representative Litigation:
Obtained dismissal of disability discrimination action in federal district court against gasoline and convenience store company.
Obtained summary judgment for insurance company in California Superior Court against claims of former insurance agent asserting she was misclassified as an independent contractor, and asserting numerous additional claims of religious discrimination, unpaid wages, and violation of California labor and wage laws.
Successfully represented an oil company in several actions brought by former Measurement While Drilling engineers asserting misclassification under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Successfully defended wealth management client in an extensive ERISA investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Administration.
Successfully represented numerous companies in investigations by various federal and state agencies, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunities Commission, U.S. Department of Labor (including the WHD, OFCCP, OSHA, and EBSA), Georgia Department of Labor, Hawaii Department of Human Resources and Development, Florida Commission on Human Relations, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
Mercer University School of Law
J.D.
Berry College
Bachelors
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Joan McCallum of Chamberlain Hrdlicka is best known her deep expertise in M&A, corporate governance and securities offerings.
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Joan is very thoughtful and has an excellent capability to understand technical concepts. She's a very practical person to work with.
Joan has been incredibly helpful.
Joan is one of the most proactive people we know.
Joan is very thoughtful and has an excellent capability to understand technical concepts. She's a very practical person to work with.
Joan has been incredibly helpful.
Joan is one of the most proactive people we know.