Richard (Rick) Deane was appointed by President Clinton as United States attorney for the Northern District of Georgia in 1998. Mr. Deane also served 4 years as U.S. Magistrate judge. His principal practice area is general litigation. Mr. Deane is also experienced in the areas of RICO, commercial, employment, healthcare, and section 1983. Mr. Deane is now a partner with Jones Day.

John Floyd served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Georgia in its largest RICO prosecution and the companion civil RICO forfeiture action, and as a Special Assistant District Attorney in the successful prosecution of Sidney Dorsey, the former sheriff of DeKalb County, Georgia, on charges including murder and RICO. He is also experienced in the areas of Business Torts, Federal and State RICO, Health Care and Professional Liability, Litigation and Internal Investigations. Mr. Floyd is a partner with Bondurant Mixson & Elmore.

John Hinchey served as Chair of the world’s largest organization of construction lawyers, the American Bar Association Forum on The Construction Industry. Mr. Hinchey is a Fellow and served on the Board of Governors of the American College of Construction Lawyers. He is a former Chair of the Atlanta Bar Association, Construction Law Section. Mr. Hinchey has 12 years experience as a neutral. His practice focuses on the law of construction and commercial contracting matters representing clients across a broad spectrum of construction, contracting and procurement activities. Mr. Hinchey is also experienced in the areas of Business Litigation, Global Projects, Energy Industries, International and Telecommunications.

Cary Ichter’s principal practice area is Commercial. Mr. Ichter is also experienced in the areas of employment (including claims made under Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as well as claims of sexual harassment, restrictive covenants ancillary to employment agreements and trade secret misappropriation actions) and copyright infringement (involving both computer software and musical recordings). He has 5 years experience as a mediator and arbitrator. Mr. Ichter is a partner with Balch & Bingham.

Frank McFadden is nationally known for his practice in the field of ADR and has nearly fifty years of legal experience. He is a former U.S. District Court Chief Judge for the Northern District of Alabama. Judge McFadden is a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers. He is experienced with commercial, antitrust, construction, environment, intellectual property, product liability, securities and RICO disputes. He is currently a member at Capell & Howard.