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In 2004, Ed Buckley won a $1,060,000.00 verdict against Kennesaw State University in a sex discrimination and retaliation case. Our client was a professor of music. The jury found the university guilty of sex discrimination and retaliation when it promoted a far less qualified male to the position of Chair of the Music Department.

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In early 2005, Buckley Beal won a total of $1,045,000.00 in an arbitration brought on behalf of a stockbroker against the Smith Barney Brokerage firm. The case was originally part of the "Boom Boom Room" class action litigation, in which Smith Barney was accused of a nationwide pattern of sex discrimination and harassment. Buckley Beal represented three former Smith Barney female stockbrokers in separate arbitrations arising from the class action.

Jury Finds WellStar 'Willfully Violated' Age Bias Law as covered by the Daily Report

In early 2007, the firm recovered just over $280,000.00 in back pay, benefits, and attorney's fees in an age discrimination case. The employer also unconditionally offered to reinstate our client to his job as Vice President of Marketing and Sales.

In the summer of 2008, we obtained more than $65,000 for a client in a sexual discrimination case against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Most of the award was for the client's emotional distress arising out of the defendant's failure to promote our client to a position for which she was more qualified than the male that was selected.

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In late 2006, the firm won a jury verdict of $2.25 million in a sexual harassment case against an Atlanta-based chain of sports bars and its principal shareholder. Our client was the company's highest-placed female officer. The firm's trial team was led by Ed Buckley and included Dena George.

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Managing Partner Ed Buckley‘s High Profile Case Featured in the Daily Report

How the Religious Freedom Bill got to the Governor’s Desk

Atlanta Watershed Whistleblowers Sue City Over Firing

Attorney Brian Sutherland Discusses Transgender Discrimination on KISS 104 FM's Monica Pearson Show

Attorney Pamela Palmer Honored with Daily Report's 2015 On the Rise, 40 Under 40 Award

Attorney Paul Chichester Featured on GPB radio's 'On Second Thought' Discussing Proposed FLSA Changes

Attorney Rachel Berlin talks to CBS46 about her Client an Atlanta Police Officer's Discrimination Case

Buckley Beal Associate Pamela Palmer Chosen as One of the Daily Report’s 2015 the Rise 40 Under 40

Successful Year Together Covered by the Daily Report

Partner and Veteran Litigator Nicholas Smith Will Lead the Firm’s New Mediation Practice Area

Ed Buckley and the Buckley Beal Law Firm were recently recognized by Attorney at Law Magazine as a "2017 Atlanta Attorney To Watch" and “Go to Plaintiffs Law Firm”

Partner Ed Buckley Featured in the Atlanta Business Chronicle for Outstanding Charity Work

Total HR Solutions, Inc. et al. v. Hounds Tooth Group, Inc. et al., Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Civil Action No. 09A019331 (2009). Successful two week arbitration of claims of unjust enrichment from failed purchase agreement of Professional Employer Organization (PEO).

Superior Court of Cobb County, 2011– Successfully representation of bankruptcy trustee regarding claims of more than $13,000,000.00 in §1031 exchanges.

Midtown Glass Company, LLC v. Levent Industries, Inc. et al., f/k/a Levent Incorporated and Tuncel Properties, LLC, f/k/a Turner-Tuncel Properties, LLC, 316 Ga. App. 422, 729 S.E.2d 556 (2012). Successful representation of large glass wholesaler and national insurer in subrogation claim for warehouse fire, resulting in successful decision by the Georgia Court of Appeals regarding the rights of tenants in commercial leases.

Jeffrey Kerr, Chapter 11 Trustee Real Estate Exchange Services, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia (2010) - Successfully negotiated confidential settlement on behalf of bankruptcy trustee in adversary proceeding to recover funds under an employee-theft provision of debtor's Commercial Crime Policy.

Gates v. Bridgewater, et. al., Gwinnett County Superior Court, 2002; Georgia Court of Appeals, Case No. A01A1154. Successful week long trial after favorable ruling from the Georgia Court of Appeals affirming clients' claims of breach of fiduciary duties to minority shareholder of closely held corporation.

Successful trial before the Office of State Administrative Hearings, State of Georgia, Docket No.: OSAH-DOL-UITL-1215069-78, asserting corporation's defenses to claims for additional taxes and penalties.

CBS46 Continues Coverage of the Atlanta Police Officer Discrimination Case

Religious Freedom Bill Passes Georgia House and Senate

Ed Buckley's Cobb County yoga lawsuit is featured on CBS 46.

Former Ethics Panel Lawyers Retaliation Suit Ordered to Mediation

Top Atlanta Employment Lawyer Honored for 35 Years of Dedication Protecting Employment Rights

Buckley Beal attorney Tom Mew IV profiled by the Daily Report.

Former Officer Says Firing Retribution for Discrimination Case

Former Watershed Employees Sue City

Friends Since Childhood Form Buckley Beal

Two years after Fulton County lost a reverse discrimination case in federal court, the county has paid three white former employees $3.5 million in damages.

Atlanta attorney Edward D. Buckley III, a partner at Buckley Beal, said the county paid the judgment on June 30, less than three weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court denied, without comment, Fulton's petition for a writ of certiorari. Fulton County v. Lambert, No. 01-1568 (U.S June 10, 2002).

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Ed Buckley Files Age Discrimination Case in Atlanta’s Federal Court. Case Covered by the Daily Report.

Evelyn P. Gause v. Ronald D. Gause, Georgia Court of Appeals, Case No. A11A0171 (2011). Obtained ruling from the Georgia Court of Appeals affirming the rights of client against claims for enforcement of alleged oral promises to transfer property from family members.

Superior Court of Cobb County and Probate Court of Cobb County (2006). Successful representation of beneficiary under multi-million dollar will against trustee for misappropriation of assets of the estate.

Brazier v. Metropolitan Life, et al., United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, Case No.: 1:03-cv-02411 (2003). Obtained decision by federal district court judge affirming all of client's claims for benefits due under a policy of disability insurance after extensive ERISA litigation in federal court, leading to confidential settlement.

Fulton County Superior Court, 2002. Successful litigation and resolution of claims for injuries from truck accident involving two truck highway collision, involving permanent injuries.

Henry County Superior Court, 2004. Successful litigation and resolution of claims for damages arising from truck accident involving permanent injuries to the principle of family owned business.

Clayton County Superior Court, 2005. Successful representation of surviving family members in claims against national automotive chain for negligent repairs of automobile leading to catastrophic injuries and death.

LGBT Discrimination and Need for New Laws Highlighted in Article by Attorney Tom Mew Featured in Law360

Boulai v. Helping Hands Community Based Services, Fulton County Superior Court, 2013cv232265. Received jury verdict of approximately $650,000 in favor of minority owner of Fulton County corporation that provided outpatient mental health services. Client had been barred from the property after discovering billing irregularities.

Attorney Rachel Berlin Exposes Age Discrimination trend to the Daily Report

Ed Buckley Comments on Class Action Lawsuits Filed Against CNN for Racial and Religious Discrimination

Our very own Buckley Beal female attorneys have been recognized in The Atlantan November 2018.

New Overtime Rules Affect Thousands in Georgia

Panel Revives ADA Suit by School Bus Driver Who Said She Needed Air Conditioning

Minority Groups Sue Gwinnett County Allege Voting Rights Violations Covered by the Daily Report

Gwinnett County Accused of Violating Voting Rights Act

Partner Ed Buckley featured for Building Wells in Haiti

Partner Ed Buckley wins 2015 11Alive Community Service Award for Nonprofit Charity, Water Life Hope

Partner Ed Buckley Writes Opinion Piece on “Go Set a Watchman”

APD Beard Case Profiled on Atlanta’s Fox 5

Peachtree City Police Pays Out Former Officer $300K

WSBTV Interview's Rachel Berlin and Client Who Filed Complaint Against APD Over His Beard

Managing Partner Ed Buckley Featured in the AJC for his Commitment to Help Others through Nonprofit, Water Life Hope

In 2003, the firm won a major victory on behalf of employees subject to unfair "non-compete" agreements. Georgia law requires strict scrutiny of these agreements and Georgia courts often bar employers from trying to enforce them. In Hostetler v. AnswerThink, the Georgia court of appeals held that Georgia courts have the power to prohibit former employers from trying to enforce invalid agreements throughout the United States, not just in Georgia. The Hostetler decison gives Georgia employees vital protection from "end run" efforts to enforce invalid non-compete agreements by filing lawsuits in other states.

Event Held to Showcase Board of Commissioners Getting Served with Suit Lead by Attorney Michael Kramer

'Deed Dogs' Win $768K for Unpaid Overtime, Legal Fees

11Alive Covers Atlanta Police Shaving Policy and EEOC Complaint

2015 11Alive Community Service Awards Recipients Announced, Partner Ed Buckley Receives Honor for Nonprofit Work