Martin D. Chitwood

Securities, Mediation
2300 Promenade II, 1230 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309


Securities

Admitted

1973, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Eleventh Circuits

Law School

University of Georgia, J.D., 1973

Law School Graduation Year

1973

College

University of Georgia, A.B., 1970; University of Georgia, M.A. 1976

Memberships

Atlanta, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta (Member, Rules, Practice & Judiciary Committee); National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys (NASCAT); National Committee to Support the Antitrust Laws (COSAL)

Biographical

Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Society. Author: The Effects of the English Common Law on the Development of Commonwealth West Africa Legal Systems, University of Georgia Press, 1976; The Securities Reform Act of 1995: Its Effect on Litigation and Capital Formation, Calendar Call, Vol. II, No. 4, Winter 1996. Federal Preemption of State Securities Laws: Uniform Standards or Misguided Reform?, Calendar Call, Vol. III, Spring 1998, No. 1; Securities Class Actions: The Plaintiffs' Perspective; Class Actions and Antitrust Enforcement, The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995--A Synopsis and Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) Update, Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), Georgia, November 2000; Litigating the Class Action Lawsuit in Georgia a manual published by the National Business Institute, 1998. Life Fellow, Lawyers Foundation of Georgia.

Military

Lt., USAR, 1966-1969