Halsey Knapp is a trial lawyer who regularly advises clients on crisis management and best practices with particular emphasis on business arrangements, real estate transactions, graceful employment departures, legal ethics, and more antagonistic, high stakes, business divorces and business litigation. As a seasoned negotiator, Halsey frequently handles relationship issues with lawyers, clients, suppliers, competitors, owners, operators and the occasional government prosecutor or regulator. Although Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (“Chambers”) cited Halsey for being a “talented trial lawyer noted for being tenacious,” Halsey also brings a “solution-oriented” approach to disputes. Halsey brings judgment and wisdom to any negotiating table. His most prized award is being named 2022 Best Mentor in Atlanta by the Fulton County Daily Report in recognition of his commitment to the very talented young lawyers around him that he continuously counsels on how to be professional, game changing trial lawyers.  

Halsey received his undergraduate degree in 1977 from Cornell University before earning his law degree in 1980 from Emory University School of Law, where he received the Best Brief Award in the Law Day Competition and served as President of the Student Bar Association. His association with Emory continues to this day as a Master, Executive Committee Member, and former President of the Cooper Inn of Court. Halsey has always been an active member of the legal community and is currently serving as the president of the Eleventh Circuit Historical Society, the State Bar of Georgia’s state-wide Business Court Committee, and just finished serving as the Vice Chair on the State Bar of Georgia’s Disciplinary Review Board. Halsey frequently speaks on jury selection, crisis management, business litigation and alternate dispute resolution topics.

Education:

  • Emory University School of Law, J.D.
  • Cornell University, B.A.
  • The Hill School, Pottstown, PA

Admissions:

  • Georgia, 1980

Publications:

  • "Suit: Builder not as good as its word." Daily Report
  • "Presenting the complex case to the Georgia jury outline."
  • "Persuasion In Jury Selection"
  • "Fox Insurance's $3M Award Over Lost CMS Contract Stands"

Professional Memberships & Associations:

  • Atlanta Bar Association
  • Paces Civic Association Board of Directors, Member
  • Fulton County Business Court Committee

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Representative Cases:

  • Massaro Limited Partnership, (Park West Two.) v. Baker & Taylor, Inc., Civil Action No. 00-1234. (U.S.D.C.W. D. Pa. Judge Gary L. Lancaster).
  • BKJB Partnership v. Richard Moseman, Civil Action File No. 02-VS-035222; (Judge Brenda Cole, State Court of Fulton County).
  • The Fiderion Group, LLC and Fiderion Financial Services Group, LLC v. Robert J. Gallagher, Jeffrey L. Campbell and ALPHA XS, LLC,
    Civil Action No. 2008-CV-149324 (Judge John H. Goger, Fulton County Superior Court).
  • Mohegan Tribe Gaming Authority ("MTGA") Claim (2009), Represented an estimating and construction management client in this pre-litigation negotiation.
  • J. Maxwell Technologies, Inc. and William M. Brander v. Maxwell Chase Technologies, LLC and Michael Walsh, Civil Action No. 2007-CV137120 (Judge Fulton County Superior Court).