Joe Sharp consistently strives to achieve optimal results through an acute understanding of client objectives, thorough preparation and the ability to simplify and present complex matters in a straight forward persuasive manner.
Joe has significant experience litigating cases in a variety of areas including:
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate
- Financial Services
- Restrictive Covenants and Employment
Joe has been involved in numerous complex matters, including securities class actions, consumer class actions and actions consolidated before the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation.
Joe has represented clients in numerous federal and state courts, including courts located in Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Tennessee and Delaware.
Joe has represented clients in financial institutions, telecommunications companies, record companies, real estate developers and national and international manufacturers.
Education
- University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1993)
- Georgia Law Review, Managing Editor
- University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1989)
- Accounting
Bar Admission
- Georgia, 1993
- Tennessee, 2014
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1995
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia, 2002
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2011
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1999
- Supreme Court of Georgia, 2001
- Georgia Court of Appeals, 2009
Professional Affiliations
- The State Bar of Georgia
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
Recognition
- Georgia Trend magazine, "Georgia's Legal Elite"
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers, 2014-2021
- Selected for inclusion by Atlanta magazine, Georgia Super Lawyers as a Rising Star, 2006
- Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2008-2013, Litigation: General Commercial-Georgia
- Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer's Foundation Top 50
- 2009 Top Georgia Verdict, #2 Employment
