Michael V. Coleman is a partner in Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell’s corporate department. His practice includes general corporate, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and corporate internal investigations. Mr. Coleman has served as counsel to a broad range of business organizations on a variety of legal matters, and has extensive experience in advising company directors and officers. He has played a lead role in a broad variety of transactions, including asset transfers, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings, and private equity transactions. Mr. Coleman also has substantial experience in government/business transactions and business litigation.
As the City Attorney for the City of Atlanta under former Mayor Maynard Jackson from 1990 to 1994, Mr. Coleman supervised a law department of approximately 35 lawyers and provided daily advice to the City Council and the Mayor. He has been involved in a number of high profile legal matters during his career, including serving as a principal attorney for the City of Atlanta during the negotiation of several agreements in connection with the 1996 Olympics, and representing Central Atlanta Progress in connection with the creation of the Atlanta Downtown Improvement District (Downtown Ambassador Force).
Mr. Coleman also represented Turner Broadcasting System and the Atlanta Hawks in connection with the development and financing of Phillips Arena and represented the City of Atlanta in connection with the development and financing of Atlantic Station.
Mr. Coleman has published articles on general corporate law and Georgia securities law.
Education
- J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School, 1979
- B.S., Evansville University, 1976
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 1982
- Tennessee, 1979
Publications & Presentations
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Instructor, Legal Issues in Privatization, Zambia Privatization Agency, Lusaka, Zambia (May 1996)
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Co-Author, “Regulatory Evolution of Limited Offerings in Georgia,” 20 Georgia State Bar Journal 202 (1984)
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Author, “A Review of the Business Judgment Rule,” National Bar Association Magazine (January 1990)
- Panelist, “The Purchase and Sale of a Going Concern,” 1990 NBA Convention, Commercial Law Section
Professional History
Partner in the law firm of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
City Attorney for the City of Atlanta, 1990-1994
Professional Affiliations
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Gate City Bar Association
Member, Atlanta Bar Association
Member, National Bar Association
Community Leadership
Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Inc.,
Board of Directors, 1994-1999
Metropolitan YMCA, Board Member, 1996-1998
Research Atlanta, Board Member, 1997-2000
University of Georgia Foundation, Trustee, 1995-1998
Vanderbilt Law School Alumni Board, 1993-1996
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