On Monday, August 23, 2010, Mr. Mason argued a Motion to Dismiss in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County.  Plaintiff sought actual damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, and litigation costs against two (2) Mason Bahr clients in an employment litigation case.  Plaintiff alleged the violation of the Family Medical Leave Act, retaliation in Violation of Title VII, disparate treatment in Violation of Title VII, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.  Mr. Mason based Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss on Plaintiff’s failure to perfect service timely as to one Defendant, and the failure to perfect service against the other Defendant.  Following oral argument from both sides and the consideration of the pleadings, the Court granted Mr. Mason’s Motion to Dismiss as to both Defendants and dismissed Plaintiff’s case.

In May 2010, Mr. Mason settled a motorcycle injury case for $600,000.00, where Mason Bahr’s client suffered a partial amputation of his foot, a broken scapula, and broken clavicle.  Mr. Bahr handled the insurance coverage aspect of the claim.  The case settled for the maximum amount of insurance coverage that was available.

In March 2010, Mr. Mason became outside counsel to an Atlanta based professional services firm that provides project managers, subject-matter experts, and the resources to clients on critical accounting projects.

In January 2010, Mr. Mason successfully defeated a Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment on a suit on account collection case in the State Court of Gwinnett County. Ultimately, Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed its case without any payment from Mason Bahr’s Defendant client.

In January 2010, Mr. Mason negotiated a successful commercial loan deficiency for a Mason Bahr client who owned a hotel. Mr. Mason negotiated the deficiency from approximately $540,000.00 to $20,000.00.

In October 2009, Mr. Mason negotiated a successful loan reduction with the FDIC of a client’s large commercial loan. The negotiations reduced the client’s loan obligation by approximately $700,000.00.

June 2009:  Mr. Bahr successfully concluded a multi-million dollar insurance coverage dispute between a construction company and a large, national insurance company.  In this matter, the insurance company sued the firm’s client, a Florida-based construction company that conducts operations throughout the Southeast.  The insurance company contended that multiple years of insurance policies did not provide coverage for certain claims lodged against the construction company.  The matter was resolved upon terms mutually agreeable to the parties.

June 2009:  Mr. Bahr was retained to serve as outside general counsel to a residential real estate brokerage located in Woodstock, Georgia.  The firm now serves as general counsel to more than twenty real estate brokerages in Georgia, both in the metropolitan Atlanta area and throughout the state.

May 2009:  Mr. Bahr represented the buyers in a multi-million dollar transaction involving the negotiation for, and acquisition of, a multi-state regional franchise of a nationally prominent real estate company.

In April of 2009, Mr. Bahr obtained summary judgment in a complex multi-million dollar insurance coverage dispute on behalf of a family whose son died while riding as a passenger of a vehicle involved in a one car accident.  In this matter, the insurance company for the driver of the car filed a lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that its automobile and umbrella insurance policies did not cover the accident.  In the course of this matter, the insurance company denied two separate policy limits demands.  The trial court found full coverage for the accident under both insurance policies.  The insurer did not file an appeal, and is now facing very significant bad faith claims in the underlying wrongful death lawsuit.