S. Gardner Culpepper

Practice Areas

Gardner Culpepper III is a Partner in the Litigation Practice. He specializes in complex commercial litigation and class action defense. Gardner handles disputes involving trade secret misappropriation, insurance recovery (policyholder representation), indemnity, tortious interference, defamation, misrepresentation and fraud, products liability, fiduciary duties, false advertising, breached warranties made to consumers or in acquisition agreements, restrictive covenants, and high-value contracts. He also spent much of his career as national counsel for a manufacturing client, successfully defending against multiple statewide putative consumer class actions filed across the eastern U.S. and involving breach of warranty and product liability claims. Gardner has successfully pursued numerous commercial ‘plaintiffs’ side cases and has extensive experience seeking and resisting TROs and other injunctive relief.

Career

The Best Lawyers in America® - Commercial Litigation.

Benchmark Litigation - Local Litigation Star in Georgia, General Commercial

Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Top Rated Lawyer.

Super Lawyers - Class Action/Mass Torts; Construction Litigation; and Business Litigation.

Atlanta’s "Daily Report" - Top 12 Lawyers Under 40 in Atlanta.

Professional Memberships

Board of Trustees for Atlanta Bar Association CLE, Member.

Lawyers Foundation, Fellow.

State Bar of Georgia.

American Bar Association.

Defense Research Institute.

Atlanta Bar Association.

Publications

Gardner regularly speaks at Georgia CLE’s on ethical and professionalism topics.

Education