David Worley has nearly 20 years of experience in complex civil trial and appellate litigation, including many years representing trustees of union pension funds and international and local unions, with substantial experience in portfolio monitoring and securities and other class action litigation. He has repeatedly been named a Georgia "Super Lawyer" in the field of securities litigation. Among the major securities cases he managed were In re Cryolife Securities Litigation and In re AFC Enterprises Securities Litigation, cases that produced two of the ten largest securities fraud settlements in the history of the Northern District of Georgia.

Among Mr. Worley's noteworthy securities fraud class action litigation experience on behalf of institutional and individual clients as court-appointed lead or co-lead counsel, head or co-head of litigation teams, and/or active participation are the following matters:

• Represented national union pension fund and local union pension plan on behalf of class in securities fraud litigation against Beazer Homes USA, Inc.;
• Represented trust fund on behalf of class in securities fraud litigation against Witness Systems, Inc.;
• Represented investment trading company on behalf of class in securities fraud litigation against Coca Cola Enterprises, Inc.;
• Represented institutional and individual investors on behalf of class in securities fraud action against Cryolife, Inc.;
• Represented institutional and individual investors on behalf of class in securities fraud action against AFC Enterprises, Inc.;
• Represented individual investors on behalf of class in securities fraud action against Profit Recovery Group;
• Represented a foreign investment fund and U.S. investment company on behalf of class in securities fraud litigation against Mirant Corp.; and
• Represented a state retirement system on behalf of class in securities fraud litigation against Providian Financial Corp.

David Worley's consumer and ERISA class-action litigation experience includes:

• Currently represents individual consumers on behalf of nation-wide class against Earthlink, Inc., in Georgia state court action for imposition of improper early termination fees;
• Represented individual telecommunications customers on behalf of class in action against national telecommunications companies for violation of wiretapping statutes;
• Represented class of air traffic controllers in action under ERISA for payment of dental benefits; and
• Represented company employees in class action under ERISA arising from securities fraud by national auto parts manufacturer.

Mr. Worley has represented union pension funds in over 70 separate litigation actions in federal courts around the nation.

Among Mr. Worley's noteworthy reported decisions are:

• Atwater v. National Football League Players Ass'n, 2007 WL 1020848, 181 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2993 (N.D. Ga. 2007);
• National Air Traffic Controllers Ass'n v. Dental Plans, Inc., 2006 WL 1663286, 38 Employee Benefits Cases (BNA) 2755 (N.D. Ga. 2006);
• Hipps v. United Steelworkers of America, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4716, 85 FEP Cases (BNA) 367 (N.D. Ga. 2001);
• Hoffman v. St. Joseph's Hospital, 1998 WL 283540, 4 Wage & Hour Cases 2nd (BNA) 972 (N.D. Ga. 1998);
• Turlington v. Atlanta Gas Light Co., 135 F.3d 1428 (11th Cir. 1998)
• Turner v. American Federation of Teachers, Local 1565, 138 F.3d 878 (11th Cir. 1998);
• Evans v. McClain of Georgia, Inc., 131 F.3d 957 (11th Cir. 1997);
• Harrison v. Northwest Airlines, Inc., 162 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2062 (N.D. Ga. 1999)

Mr. Worley has served a Chair of the Labor and Employment Law Sections of both the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association and as Co-Chair of the Federal Legislative Developments Committee of the American Bar Association's Committee on Labor and Employment Law. He has lectured on arbitration, litigation and election law topics at numerous continuing legal education seminars. For many years he was a member of the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee. From 1998 to 2001, Worley served as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia and a member of the Democratic National Committee, and has been a delegate to four Democratic National Conventions. He currently serves as a member of the Georgia State Election Board.

Mr. Worley received his undergraduate degree cum laude from Harvard College in 1980, and graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1985, where he was a member of the National Moot Court Team and received the Johnson & Swanson Award for excellence in written advocacy. He has been admitted to the trial and appellate courts of Georgia, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, the Eleventh Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia.