Christopher E. Parker is a civil trial attorney whose practice focuses on matters pertaining to commercial disputes and the workplace, including Discrimination, Wage-Hour, Union-Management, Wrongful Discharge, Restrictive Covenants, Trade Secrets, Director & Officer Liability, Professional Negligence, Lanham Act, Healthcare, Commercial Disputes, Administrative Investigations, and Fiduciary Claims. He is AV®Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated¹ by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, has been selected by Georgia Trend Magazine as a member of The Legal Elite: Georgia's Most Effective Lawyers® and has been included in a list of Georgia Super Lawyers®. Chris has represented private and public employers before the National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, Department of Justice, federal and state trial and appellate courts, as well as numerous state administrative agencies. He has served as lead counsel in class actions and multi-party cases. Chris has been a trained mediator and arbitrator since 1996 and frequently serves as a third-party neutral.

Areas of Expertise
• Administrative Law
• Business & Commercial Law
• Class Actions
• Director & Officer Liability
• Discrimination
• Employment
• Fiduciary Claims
• Health & Healthcare Law
• Intellectual Property
• Labor
• Professional Negligence

ADR Training & Experience
• Resolution Resources Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, 1996

Education
• J.D., The Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, 1989
• B.S., Ohio State University, 1986

Bar Admissions
• Georgia

Court Admissions

• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. District Court, Middle & Northern Districts of Georgia
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals

Legal Employment
• Miller & Martin, (Atlanta, Georgia), Partner
• Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, LLP, Partner
• Freeman, Mathis & Gary, LLP, Partner

Professional Affiliations
• American Bar Association (Labor & Employment, Litigation Sections)
• State Bar of Georgia (Labor & Employment, Litigation Sections)
• Atlanta Bar Association (Labor & Employment, Litigation Sections)
• Federal Bar Association (Past Chair, Labor & Employment Section; Past President,
Atlanta Chapter)
• Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (Board of Directors; Past Chair, Employment
Law Committee)
• Defense Research Institute
• American Health Lawyers Association

Other Professional Accomplishments
• AV®Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated¹ by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers®, 2007-2011
• Named to Georgia Trend Magazine's list of The Legal Elite: Georgia's Most
Effective Lawyers®

¹ AV®Preeminent™ is a certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings Fall into two categories legal ability and general ethical standards.