STEVEN W. HARDY 800 Johnson Ferry Rd Atlanta, Georgia 30342 404-497-8045

Education:  Brigham Young University (B.A., magna cum laude,1987); Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley (J.D., 1990); Associate Editor, California Law Review; 99th percentile on the LSAT.

Bar Admissions:  1991, Delaware; 1994, Georgia; U.S. Courts of Appeals for 11th and Federal Circuits; U.S. District Courts for the District of Delaware and the Northern District of Georgia; Supreme Court of Georgia; Georgia Court of Appeals.

Member: State Bars of Georgia (Intellectual Property, Technology Law and Litigation Sections), State Bar of Delaware; Atlanta Bar Association (Intellectual Property, Litigation and Solo Practice/Small Firm Sections); Lawyers Club of Atlanta.  Mr. Hardy serves on the board of directors of the Solo Practice/Small Firm Section of the Atlanta Bar, on the Litigation Committee of the Technology Law Section of the Georgia State Bar, and on the Membership Committee of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta.

Reported Cases: Newitt v. First Union National Bank, 270 Ga. App. 538, 607 S.E.2d 188 (2004); Chouinard v. City of East Point, 546 S.E.2d 827 (2001); American Airlines, Inc., et al v. U.S., 75 F3d 1535 (1996);  Big Rivers Electric Corp., et al v. William H. Thorpe, et al, 921 F.Supp 460 (1996).

Publications: Overview to the E-Discovery Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Verdict, the Journal of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Spring 2007; The New E Discovery Rules, presented to the Sole Practitioner/Small Firm Section Meeting, Atlanta Bar Association (January 19, 2007) and to  the Technology Law Section of the Georgia State Bar (December 6, 2006); Personal Jurisdiction in Georgia Over Claims Arising From Business Conducted Over the Internet, Georgia State Bar Journal (June 2006); Eleven Ways to Avoid Legal Liability, presentation to the Sandy Springs Business Association (March 8, 2006); Update on Georgia Law Regarding Personal Jurisdiction, Georgia Journal of Technology Law (Winter 2005); ; Proving Infringement of Software Copyrights, Georgia State Bar Technology Law Section Newsletter (Summer 2004); Spoliation of Electronic Documents, Georgia State Bar Technology Law Section Newsletter (Winter 2003).