Page Perry Adds Georgia Securities Lawyer David Worley As Partner
Page Perry, LLC announced today that David Worley, a well-known Atlanta securities litigation practitioner, had joined the firm as a partner.
Worley, until December 31, 2007 a partner in the Securities and Consumer Fraud department of the national plaintiffs’ law firm Motley Rice LLC, and prior to that a partner at the Atlanta securities litigation boutique Chitwood Harley Harnes LLP, has repeatedly been named a Georgia “SuperLawyer” by Atlanta Magazine.
“We are thrilled to have a lawyer of David’s accomplishments joining our firm. His class-action experience protecting the rights of shareholders complements ours, and broadens our ability to represent institutions and investors seeking relief from corporate malfeasance,” said Boyd Page, senior partner of the nationally-recognized securities arbitration firm.
“I am very excited to continue my securities and business litigation practice at Page Perry,” said Worley. “This firm presents a wonderful platform from which to expand my representation of pension funds and institutional and individual investors.”
Worley, 49, 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. 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.
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, and 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.
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 Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia.
Worley, until December 31, 2007 a partner in the Securities and Consumer Fraud department of the national plaintiffs’ law firm Motley Rice LLC, and prior to that a partner at the Atlanta securities litigation boutique Chitwood Harley Harnes LLP, has repeatedly been named a Georgia “SuperLawyer” by Atlanta Magazine.
“We are thrilled to have a lawyer of David’s accomplishments joining our firm. His class-action experience protecting the rights of shareholders complements ours, and broadens our ability to represent institutions and investors seeking relief from corporate malfeasance,” said Boyd Page, senior partner of the nationally-recognized securities arbitration firm.
“I am very excited to continue my securities and business litigation practice at Page Perry,” said Worley. “This firm presents a wonderful platform from which to expand my representation of pension funds and institutional and individual investors.”
Worley, 49, 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. 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.
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, and 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.
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 Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia.