Arnall Golden Gregory

Arnall Golden Gregory
Name	Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Founded	1999
Headquarters	Atlanta, Georgia
Attorneys	250+
Practice areas	Business, Litigation, Real Estate, Health Care, Labor and Employment, Tax, Intellectual Property

Arnall Golden Gregory is a United States-based law firm founded in 1999 with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm focuses on corporate representation, litigation, regulatory counseling, transactional work, and public policy matters for commercial clients, public entities, and nonprofit organizations. Over its history the firm has advised clients across sectors including technology, health care, finance, real estate, and higher education.

History

The firm was formed in 1999 through a merger that brought together partners with backgrounds in regional practices and national firms, creating a platform in Atlanta, Georgia to serve clients across the Southeastern United States and nationally. During the 2000s Arnall Golden Gregory expanded through lateral hires and practice-group growth, aligning with trends in mergers seen among firms such as Jones Day, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, and Jones Walker. In the 2010s the firm broadened its service offering into regulatory and government relations, linking practices familiar from firms like Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Holland & Knight. The firm’s timeline includes strategic openings and recruiting that mirrored expansion strategies of firms such as Baker McKenzie and DLA Piper to serve national accounts, state agencies, and institutional clients. Arnall Golden Gregory has positioned itself among notable Atlanta-headquartered firms including King & Spalding and Alston & Bird while maintaining an independent partnership structure similar to Greenberg Traurig.

Practice Areas

Arnall Golden Gregory’s practice areas encompass transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters. Core corporate practices include mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, and securities counseling comparable to services from Latham & Watkins and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. The firm’s litigation and trial group handles commercial disputes, appellate matters, and white-collar defense, operating in forums like the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and state courts alongside litigators from firms such as Morris, Manning & Martin and Dentons. Real estate practice covers development, financing, leasing, and land use, intersecting with work typical of Cushman & Wakefield-advised clients and municipal projects involving City of Atlanta authorities. Health care and life sciences counseling addresses regulatory compliance, transactional work, and reimbursement issues, paralleling practice seen at Hogan Lovells and McDermott Will & Emery. Labor and employment services include counseling on workforce policies, compliance with federal statutes administered by agencies like the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and litigation in federal venues. Tax, employee benefits, and estates work support corporate structuring and executive compensation akin to offerings from Ernst & Young-advised legal teams. Intellectual property and technology practice assists clients on patents, trademarks, licensing, and data-privacy matters, interfacing with regulatory regimes such as those enforced by the Federal Trade Commission.

Notable Cases and Transactions

The firm has represented corporate clients in significant mergers, acquisitions, capital-raising transactions, and restructurings, appearing in matters that invoked state regulatory review or federal securities considerations involving the Securities and Exchange Commission. Arnall Golden Gregory counseled hospitals, health systems, and life-science firms in transactions involving reimbursement arrangements and regulatory approvals, often coordinating with counsel experienced before the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and state health departments. The litigation team has handled appellate work at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and complex commercial disputes in federal district courts, working on cases that required coordination with experts and opposing counsel drawn from national firms such as WilmerHale and Sullivan & Cromwell. The firm’s public-sector clients have included municipal entities and higher-education institutions engaged in public procurement, bond financings, and regulatory compliance, similar in scope to matters handled by counsel for Georgia State University and municipal authorities.

Offices and Locations

Arnall Golden Gregory’s headquarters is in Atlanta, Georgia, with additional offices established to serve regional and national clients. The firm’s geographic footprint enables representation in major judicial districts and regulatory centers across the United States, facilitating appearances before state courts and federal tribunals in jurisdictions such as the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Office locations were chosen to connect with commercial markets, financial centers, and governmental institutions, providing access to agencies like the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Justice, and state regulatory bodies.

Awards and Rankings

Arnall Golden Gregory has received recognition in legal directories and rankings for practice strength and attorney quality, appearing in lists compiled by industry publications and research organizations alongside peer firms including Chambers and Partners-ranked practices and The Legal 500-recommended teams. Individual attorneys have been named in regional and national honor rolls and lists that track leading lawyers in areas such as health care, real estate, corporate transactions, and litigation, comparable to recognitions offered by Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers.

Firm Leadership and Notable Alumni

Firm leadership has included managing partners and practice chairs with prior experience in regional law firms, in-house counsel roles, and public-sector positions. Arnall Golden Gregory alumni have gone on to serve in government appointments, judicial roles, corporate legal departments, and nonprofit leadership—career paths similar to alumni of firms such as Proskauer Rose and Nixon Peabody. Several former partners and counsel maintain profiles as advisers, board members, and commentators on legal developments, contributing to professional associations like the American Bar Association and state bar organizations.

Category:Law firms based in Atlanta