Background
Sumner, William E. was born on July 9, 1945 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.
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William E. Sumner
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Duke University (Bachelor of Arts with distinction, 1967. Juris Doctor with distinction, 1970).
Career
Worked at Sumner & Anderson (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Trials and Appeals in all State and Federal Courts. Antitrust, Business Law, Complex and Multi-District Litigation, Construction Law, Health Care, Securities Litigation, Federal Tax Controversies, Tax Fraud. Admitted to the bar, 1970, District of Columbia.
1971, Georgia.
Order of the Coif.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Editor-in-Chief, Duke Law Journal, 1969-1970. Member: Atlanta Bar Association.
State Bar of Georgia. Sumner & Anderson conducts a national commercial litigation practice.
Selected reported antitrust decisions include: DeLong Equipment Company v.
Washington Mills Electro Minerals Company, 997 F.2d 1340 (11th Circuit 1993); 990 F.2d 1186 (11th Circuit 1993), certified denied, United States., 114 South.Ct.
604, 126 L.Ed.
2d 569 (1993). 887 F.2d 1499 (11th Circuit 1989), rehearing and rehearing en banc denied, 896 F.2d 560 (11th Circuit
1990), certified denied, 494 United States. 1081 (1990); 840 F.2d 843 (11th Circuit
1988); Bozcar v. Manatee Hospitals & Health Systems, Incorporated., 993 F.2d 1514 (11th Circuit
1993). Thompson v. Metropolitan Multi-List, Incorporated., 934 F.2d 1566 (11th Circuit 1991), certified denied, 121 L.Ed.
2d 219 (1992); and Hartrampf and Execu* Systems of Georgia, Incorporated. v.
First Multiple Listing Service, et al., 1983-1982 Trade Cases P 65, 518 & 65,712 (North Dakota Georgia. 1983). Selected reported securities decisions include: Goldberg v. Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corporation, 650 F. Supp.
222 (North Dakota Georgia.
1986). Selected reported general business litigation decisions include: North Carolina National Bank National Bank of North Carolina Deloitie & Touche 119 North Carolina Appendix 106, (1994), Certificate. Denied 341 North Carolina 651 (1995). Remediation Services, Incorporated. v.
Georgia-Pacific Corporation, 209 Georgia.
Appendix 427 (1993); Judge-Advocate Jones Construction Company v. City of Atlanta, 195 Georgia.
Appendix 72, aff"d in part rev"d in part, 260 Georgia.
658 (1990), certified denied, 500 United States. 928, 111 South. Court 2042, 114 L.Ed.
2d 126 (1991). And Hartrampf v. Georgia Real Estate Commission, 256 Georgia.
45 (1986).
Achievements
Membership
Member: Atlanta Bar Association. State Bar of Georgia.
