Biography

Ms. Birg is a partner in the Litigation Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP.  She assists clients with protecting their business interests in complex commercial litigation cases involving fraud, federal and state RICO claims, defamation, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and duty of loyalty, as well as trade secret misappropriation, franchise disputes, and intellectual property claims.  Ms. Birg is available to assist in patent litigation and other litigation involving complex technology.  Her experience spans all forms of dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration, as well as litigation in federal and state courts across the country.  Ms. Birg also has been integrally involved in complex internal investigations and State of Georgia bid protests.

Ms. Birg regularly consults on revisions to business-to-business merger and asset acquisition contracts, employment agreements, and noncompetition agreements, as well as confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements designed to protect commercially sensitive and proprietary information.

Ms. Birg’s clients primarily include medium-sized and large public and private, national and multinational companies engaged in a variety of industries, including technology, insurance, real estate, franchises, and financial services.

Prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw, Ms. Birg practiced in Washington, D.C., and in Atlanta, Georgia.  After graduating from Emory University School of Law, Ms. Birg clerked for the Honorable Stanley F. Birch, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.  Following her clerkship for Judge Birch, Ms. Birg clerked for the Honorable Willis B. Hunt, Jr., on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Education

J.D., Emory University School of Law (1994)

B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, with honors (1988)

Admissions

• Georgia
• District of Columbia
• Florida

Courts

• United States Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Eleventh Circuits
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
• Georgia Supreme Court
• Georgia Court of Appeals