Attorneys

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Daniel B. Millman

Atlanta, GA

404-739-8868

Dan Millman is Counsel in the Atlanta office. Dan regularly defends directors, officers, accountants, lawyers, financial advisors, and other professionals against professional negligence claims. Dan has significant experience representing employers in ADA, ADEA, FMLA, FLSA, and Title VII claims. He has also litigated insurance coverage, real estate, breach of contract, FDCPA, TCPA, and Voting Rights Act cases.

Dan has significant trial, motion practice and deposition experience. He has successfully advocated in state and federal district courts, appellate courts, and arbitration proceedings.

Capabilities

Practice Areas

Appellate Advocacy

Business Litigation

Employment Litigation

Litigation & Appeals

Professional Liability Litigation

Real Estate

Recent News, Articles & Speaking Engagements

Syndicated Conservation Easement Tax Court Update

8th Annual Accounting Risk Management Seminar, Atlanta, November 7, 2023

Georgia Court of Appeals Holds that Non-Solicitation-of-Employees Restrictive Covenants Must Have Express Geographic Limitations

with Shannon M. Sprinkle,

Stites & Harbison Client Alert, August 10, 2023

Panel Ends Golf Club's Bid for Damages Over Liquor License

by Tom Lotshaw, Law360.com, January 26, 2023

Louisville law firm announces big growth in Atlanta

by Jason Thomas, Louisville Business First, January 27, 2022

with Derrick L. Bingham, Julie Comer Cahill, M. Michael Egan, R. Ann Grier, Jennifer M. Guerra, Thomas J. Mihill (TJ), Lewis P. Perling and Shannon M. Sprinkle

Stites & Harbison Continues Expansion in Atlanta: Lands Commercial Litigation Team of 12 from Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell LLP

FranklinIs, January 25, 2022

with Jennifer M. Guerra, Lewis P. Perling and Shannon M. Sprinkle

19 Attorneys Move to Stites & Harbison, Rapidly Growing Atlanta Team

by Jacob Polacheck, Daily Report, January 25, 2022

with Derrick L. Bingham, Julie Comer Cahill, M. Michael Egan, R. Ann Grier, Jennifer M. Guerra, Thomas J. Mihill (TJ), Lewis P. Perling and Shannon M. Sprinkle

Stites & Harbison Adds 19 To Atlanta Team From 2 Firms

Law360, January 24, 2022

Recent Assignments

Shannon Sprinkle and Dan Millman secured summary judgment for their law firm client accused of malpractice arising out of disputes over a confirmed bankruptcy plan.

Won a motion to dismiss for a client in a Federal Syndicated Conservation Easement class action filed against 30 different defendants including lawyers, accountants, appraisers, promoters, and engineers. Claims included RICO, malpractice, negligent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud. Our client was one of only six defendants who were dismissed by the 251 page order.

Georgia Court of Appeals Affirms Summary Judgment Shooting Down Damages Claim (January 2023). Dan Millman and Joe Kingma prevailed for a Georgia municipality which had denied a liquor license. While Court of Appeals did not address whether the applicant was entitled to the license it agreed that damages for lost profits were not available.

Shannon Sprinkle and Dan Millman defeated ADA claims against a recruiting firm and a staffing company in Akins, v. Cella, Inc., 2022 WL 688847 (N.D. Ga. July 18, 2022) and Levins v. Connect Staffing, Inc., 2022 WL 2187109 (N.D. Ga. May 31, 2022). In both cases, the court agreed that the employers’ termination decisions were lawful and justified based on the employees’ actions.

Bar Admissions

Georgia

Georgia Court of Appeals

Supreme Court of Georgia

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia

Memberships

State Bar of Georgia

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Member; Appellate Practice Section, Secretary

Education

J.D.,

2013

cum laude

Emory University School of Law

Org / Honor

Externships – EEOC and DeKalb County District Attorney

Emory Mock Trial Society

Order of Emory Advocates

Deans Awards – Comparative Anglo-American Tort Law and Advanced Criminal Trial Advocacy

B.A.,

1997

cum laude

University of Georgia

More Than Stites & Harbison

Dan started practice at a boutique firm specializing in employment law. After that Dan spent five years in the financial services litigation group of an AmLaw 100 firm and two years at a mid-size regional firm where his practice focused on professional negligence, commercial litigation, municipal litigation, and employment disputes.

After Dan graduated from the University of Georgia, he worked as an actor. Dan appeared in productions of Macbeth, King Lear, Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo & Juliet, and Merry Wives of Windsor throughout the Southeast.

From there, Dan transitioned into full-time work in the hospitality industry. He was a sommelier for two of Atlanta’s leading restaurant groups and a private club.

Accolades

Best Lawyers in America®, Ones To Watch, Commercial Litigation (2021-25)

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Press Releases

Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2025 Best Lawyers® Publications

Honorees Include 12 as “Lawyer of the Year,” 98 in Best Lawyers in America® and 31 in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 98 of its lawyers are included in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®....
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

August 16, 2024

Events

8th Annual Accounting Risk Management Seminar

Date: November 7, 2023 -

Time: 11:45 a.m. -

6:00 p.m.

City Springs Conference Center, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, GA 30328

Presented by Stites & Harbison Please join the Stites & Harbison Accounting Defense team for this seminar! Agenda 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. – Lunch 12:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m. – Program Fraud: Are You a Gatekeeper or Co-Conspirator?, Johannes S. Kingma, Stites & Harbison Accounting Defense Team, Atlanta office; Douglas R. Richmond, Aon...
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

October 02, 2023

Press Releases

Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2024 Best Lawyers® Publications

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 101 of its lawyers are included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence according to the publication....
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

August 24, 2023

Client Alerts

Georgia Court of Appeals Holds that Non-Solicitation-of-Employees Restrictive Covenants Must Have Express Geographic Limitations

For the second time in five years a split panel of the Georgia Court of Appeals decided that a post-employment restrictive covenant without any geographic limitations is unenforceable except in limited circumstances. The bottom line for employers is that while post-employment restrictions on efforts to solicit a former employer’s customers...
by Daniel B. Millman and Shannon M. Sprinkle

August 09, 2023

Press Releases

Stites & Harbison, PLLC Lawyers Named to 2023 Best Lawyers® Publications

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 98 of its lawyers are included in the 2023 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence according to the publication....
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

August 18, 2022

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Articles

Stites & Harbison Adds 19 To Atlanta Team From 2 Firms

Law360 (January 24, 2022, 1:17 PM EST) — Stites & Harbison PLLC has added 12 Copeland Stair Kingma & Lovell LLP attorneys and all seven of Owen Gleaton Egan Jones & Sweeney LLP’s attorneys to its Atlanta office, the firm recently announced. In total, the firm will gain 12 member...
by Jack Rodgers

January 25, 2022

Press Releases

Stites & Harbison Continues Expansion in Atlanta – Lands Commercial Litigation Team of 12 from Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell LLP

ATLANTA—Stites & Harbison, PLLC is pleased to announce that 12 attorneys from Copeland, Stair, Kingma & Lovell, LLP (CSKL), including named Partner Johannes S. Kingma, Managing Partner Shannon M. Sprinkle and General Counsel William D. Newcomb, have joined Stites & Harbison’s Atlanta office. Johannes S. Kingma (Joe), Shannon M. Sprinkle,...
by Stites & Harbison, PLLC

January 24, 2022