Stephen M. Katz - Marietta, GA

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • Georgia State University
    B.A.
    Major: Finance

Current Employment Position(s)

• Owner/Counsel

Past Positions

• Rowe, Foltz & Martin, P.C., Associate Attorney, 1991 - 1997

Languages

• English

• French

• Hebrew

Classes and Seminars

• Sexual Harassment in Education, Litigation Under TItle IX, 2016
  
• The Fair Labor Standards Act, Handling on FLSA Overtime Claim From Start to Finish, 2015
  
• Social Media, Issues and Challenges, 2014

Representative Cases

• Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools, 969 F.2d 617 (11th Cir. 1990) reversed 503 U.S. 60 (1992)
• Peretz v. Cohn, No. A16A1723 (Ga. Ct. App. Mar. 7, 2017)
• Wagner v. Daewoo Heavy Industries America, 314 F.3d 541 (11th Cir. 2002)(en banc)
• United States of America ex rel Nancy C. Locklear v. The Hospital Authority of Floyd County
• Quarles v. Hamler, 652 Fed. Appx. 792 (11th Cir. 2016)
• Lathem v. Dept of Children and Youth Servs., 172 Fad 786, 792 (11th Cir.1999)
• Walker v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., 122 F.3d 1079 (11th Cir. 1997)
• Spivey v. Elliott, 29 F.3d 1522 (11th Cir. 1994)
• Walker v. Internal Revenue Service

Published Works

Articles

• "Sexual Harassment in Employment and Education", (Co-Author), The Verdict, Journal of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
  
• "Same Sex Sexual Harassment: Is It Actionable?", (Co-Author), The Verdict, Journal of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
  

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1986
• Georgia, 1986
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Other Affiliations

• Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity (Board of Directors)
• New York State Bar Association, 1986 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association, 1986 - Present (Member)