Heather H. Sharp

Of Counsel

hsharp@wfslaw.com

404-853-1535

999 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 1120
Atlanta, GA 30309

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Practice Areas:

Complex Commercial Litigation

Products Liability Litigation

Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Appellate Litigation

First Name:

Heather

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Last Name:

Sharp

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Overview

Education and Background:

Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, TN

J.D., 2007

Dean's List

Recipient of Scholastic Excellence Award

Recipient of K. Harlan Dodson Award

Duke University, Durham, NC

M.A., East Asian Studies, 2004

University of Georgia, Athens, GA

B.A., magna cum laude, 2001

Bar and Court Admissions:

State Bars of Georgia and New York

Admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Eleventh Circuits, the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Georgia, the Eastern District of New York and the Southern District of New York, the Supreme Court of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, and the United States Tax Court

Representative Matters

Representative Matters:

Represented an Atlanta technology company being sued by one of its suppliers for breach of contract, and added tort claims, including fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. Won summary judgment on all of the tort claims except for breach of fiduciary duty. The Court of Appeals reversed in our favor.
Represented a production company suing a major telecommunications company for an alleged failure to distribute a recording. Won the appeal in the Second Circuit, which reversed the district court's dismissal of our client's Complaint on statute of limitation grounds.
Represented an international technology company based in Atlanta in arbitration suing for fraud and breach of a stock purchase agreement. The case involved complex technical and legal issues, and a large number of documents. Obtained a favorable settlement for our client prior to arbitration.
Represented a consultant suing various developers for their failure to pay her consultancy fee in a week-long jury trial. Obtained a verdict of nearly $1,000,000 for the client, which included all of the client’s legal fees.

Speaking Engagements

Speaking Engagements:

"Restrictive Covenants and Non-Competes," Georgia Bar Annual Business Litigation CLE, September 2020
“Drafting and Reviewing Business Contracts,” National Business Institute, March 2020
“Drafting and Reviewing Business Contracts,” National Business Institute, March 2019

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