Kevin A. Maxim - Atlanta, GA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1994
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1991
    B.S.
    Honors: summa cum laude
    Honors: Outstanding Co-op. - 1991 Chemical Engineering Class
    Major: Chemical Engineering

Past Positions

• Troutman Sanders LLP, Counsel, 2000 - 2008
• Lord, Bissell & Brook (now Locke Lord Bissell Liddell), Associate, 1994 - 2000

Classes and Seminars

• "Federal Internet Law & Civil Remedies" - Moderated Panel, and Presented on Federal Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, Federal Bar Association's Annual Meeting and Convention, Salt Lake City, UT, September 11, 2015
  
• "Technology in the Northern District Courtroom," Production Committee, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the Federal Bar Association, Atlanta Chapter, 2008 - 2009
  
• "Emerging Issues in Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) Litigation", Federal Bar Association, National Convention, 2007
  
• Vance Forum on the Bill of Rights: "Kelo v. New London and the Eminent Domain Debate" - Event Co-Chair, Federal Bar Association, Atlanta Chapter, 2006

Pro Bono Activities

• Honorary Trustee, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, 2017 - Present
• Board of Trustees, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, 2008 - 2016
• Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, 2016 - Present
• Secretary, Fernbank Museum of Natural History Board of Trustees, 2011 - 2012
• University of Cincinnati College of Engineering Dean's Advisory Council, 2009 - Present
• Emory University School of Law, Volunteer Practitioner Participant in "Orientation to Professionalism" Programs, 2012 - Present
• State Bar of Georgia Military and Veterans Legal Assistance Program - Volunteer Attorney, 2017 - 2019
• Chairman, Board of Directors, Fernbank Museum's Artemis Young Professionals Guild, 2006 - 2007
• Board of Directors, Fernbank Museum's Artemis Young Professionals Guild, 2000 - 2007
• Haygood Hoops – Assistant coach for second and third grade girls' basketball teams, 2011 - 2013
• Inman Middle School - Crosswalk Dads, 2012 - 2013
• Morningside Elementary School - PTA Parent Work Days Coordinator, 2013 - 2014
• Morningside Elementary School - Chess Club Coordinator, 2007 - 2013
• Morningside-Lenox Park Association – Monumental Ball Planning Committee, 2010 - 2015
• Morningside Elementary School – PTA Nominating Committee, 2012 - 2013
• Atlanta Legal Aid: Eviction Defense Litigation Program, 2005 - 2008

Published Works

Articles

• Annual Analysis of Georgia Class Action Law, "The Law of Class Action: Fifty-State Survey", formerly known as "Survey of State Class Action Law", American Bar Association's Section on Litigation, 1999 to Present
  
• "Litigating Rule 23(g) - Inspiring Originality on Both Sides of the Class Bar", 8 Class Action Litigation Report (CLASS), No. 9, at p. 350, 2007
  

Bar Admissions

• Georgia, 1994
• Alabama, 2000
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1995
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 2000
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 2004
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia, 2014
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1994
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1998

Specialties and Certifications

• Special Master for more than eighty litigation proceedings by appointment of the Superior Court of Fulton County (2015 - present)

Other Affiliations

• President-Elect, Federal Bar Association, 2025 to Present
• Treasurer, Federal Bar Association, 2024 to Present
• General Counsel, Federal Bar Association, 2017 - 2018
• President’s Award (as part of Membership Strike Force), 2024
• President’s Award, 2018
• Board of Directors, Federal Bar Association, 2013 - 2016
• Federal Bar Association, National Membership Chair, 2023 to 2024
• Federal Bar Association, Deputy Membership Chair, 2022 to 2023
• Federal Bar Association, Chair of Task Force on FBA Annual Meeting & Convention, 2022 to 2024
• FBA Law Student Division Board member (ex officio) – 2023 to Present
• Federal Bar Association, Kintner Public Service Scholarship Selection Committee, 2022 to 2023
• Federal Bar Association, Atlanta Chapter - Chair of Planning Committee for 2017 FBA Annual Meeting & Convention, 2015 to 2017
• Atlanta Bar Association, Judicial Selection & Tenure Committee, 2016 to 2017
• Fellow, Foundation of the Federal Bar Association, 2012 to Present
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 2016 - Present
• Federal Bar Association's Honorable Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Award Selection Committee Chair, 2013
• Federal Bar Association, Chair of Constitution, Bylaws, Rules and Resolutions Committee, 2016 to 2017
• Federal Bar Association's Constitution, Bylaws, Rules and Resolutions Committee, 2012, 2014, 2015 to 2018
• Federal Bar Association, Atlanta Chapter, 2009 - 2010 (President)
• Federal Bar Association's National Council, 2009 - Present
• American Bar Association Advisory Panel, Section on Litigation
• Atlanta Bar Association, Section on Litigation
• Defense Research Institute (DRI), Commercial Litigation Committee and Class Action Litigation Subcommittee
• The Lawyers Club of Atlanta – Member 2007 to present

Fraternities and Sororities

• Sigma Chi