Nolan N. Atkinson, Jr.

Practice Details

• Firm Information
  Position

  Attorney

  Firm Name

  Duane Morris LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Representative Matters: Represented the advisory board of a venture capital fund with a total investment in excess of $100 million in the investigation of the fraudulent activities of the general partner. As a result of that effort, Duane Morris was engaged to pursue litigation against the general partner's counsel for fraud
  attorney malpractice, with an ultimate recovery in excess of $5 million
  Represented railroads as defendants in FELA actions, multiple death cases (electrocution, crossing, walking on the right-of-way
  suicides) involving third parties
  Represented clients, both plaintiff
  defendant, in litigation
  transactional matters involving the utilization of minority business enterprises (MBEs)
  women's business enterprises (WBEs) when required by law
  /or contracts with prime contractors or joint-venture partners. For example, in a $7 million development project, gathered the factual data
  drafted a recommended anti-discrimination policy, the substance of which was included in the ultimate contract documents
  Selected by a national manufacturing firm to defend claims made in federal court by more than fifty persons alleging that one of client's products contained PCBs that were a substantial factor in causing plaintiffs' cancers
  fear of cancer. Led a team of lawyers through extensive discovery
  motion practice which resulted in the dismissal of most of the fear of cancer claims
  the weakening of the plaintiffs' overall case
  Defended a national corporation accused of violating claimant's contractual rights to concession
  restaurant space at a major facility within Philadelphia thereby denying her the right to do business
  make a profit. The case was tried before a jury in the United States District Court. Near the end of the trial, the parties settled the matter in what was deemed a favorable outcome by the client
  Counsel to a former Mayor of the City of Philadelphia sued in federal court for civil rights claims alleging the authorization of excessive force. Complete success was achieved when our motion for summary judgment was granted. The United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed
  For the past twenty years, represented utilities
  health care providers in major casualty
  professional liability litigation with sums in excess of a million dollars routinely at risk. These cases require extensive preparation of experts, trial skills
  the assessment of a client's risks.