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Brandee J. Kowalzyk

Partner

Atlantic Station
201 17th Street NW
Suite 1700
Atlanta, GA 30363
T 404.322.6040
F 404.322.6050
brandee.kowalzyk@nelsonmullins.com
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Brandee Kowalzyk practices in the areas of pharmaceutical and medical device defense, commercial litigation, aviation, and product liability.

Brandee Kowalzyk practices in the areas of pharmaceutical and medical device defense, commercial litigation, aviation, and product liability.

Experience

Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Experience

  • Served as first-chair trial counsel in civil actions in Georgia State Court and Magistrate Court, in which she represented product manufacturer defendants against allegations of product defect and/or contract disputes
  • Served as second-chair trial counsel in a multimillion-dollar commercial action in Georgia Superior Court, in which she was active in the defense of this lawsuit, including drafting motions and briefs, participating in voir dire, arguing motions in limine, and conducting the direct examinations of key witnesses
  • Experience in pre-trial aspects of nationwide litigation involving prescription medical devices
  • Deposed and defended the depositions of plaintiffs, experts, corporate representatives, and other witnesses
  • Drafted and argued pre-trial motions
  • Negotiated settlements in cases arising from alleged product defects and commercial disputes, including independently represented manufacturer defendants at mediations and arbitrations

Previous Professional Experience

  • Managing editor of Pulp & Paper magazine, a monthly business-to-business magazine about the worldwide pulp and paper industry

Educational Activities

  • Georgia State University College of Law
    • Served as editor in chief of the campus literary magazine
Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Experience

  • Served as first-chair trial counsel in civil actions in Georgia State Court and Magistrate Court, in which she represented product manufacturer defendants against allegations of product defect and/or contract disputes
  • Served as second-chair trial counsel in a multimillion-dollar commercial action in Georgia Superior Court, in which she was active in the defense of this lawsuit, including drafting motions and briefs, participating in voir dire, arguing motions in limine, and conducting the direct examinations of key witnesses
  • Experience in pre-trial aspects of nationwide litigation involving prescription medical devices
  • Deposed and defended the depositions of plaintiffs, experts, corporate representatives, and other witnesses
  • Drafted and argued pre-trial motions
  • Negotiated settlements in cases arising from alleged product defects and commercial disputes, including independently represented manufacturer defendants at mediations and arbitrations

Previous Professional Experience

  • Managing editor of Pulp & Paper magazine, a monthly business-to-business magazine about the worldwide pulp and paper industry

Educational Activities

  • Georgia State University College of Law
    • Served as editor in chief of the campus literary magazine

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Professional Activities

  • State Bar of Georgia
  • American Bar Association
  • National Native American Bar Association
  • Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
    • Tribal Appellate Court Judge
    • Election Court of Appeals Judge
  • DRI Indian and Tribal Law Task Force
  • Advisory Board of the Georgia State University College of Law Center for Law, Health & Society

Community

  • Member of the board of directors for the Gold Shield Foundation, a nonprofit organization aimed at providing financial and other support to the families of police officers and firefighters who are injured or killed in the line of duty
  • Heads the Firm's Atlanta office’s implementation of the Wills for Heroes program, a project that provides complimentary wills for emergency first response personnel throughout the United States

Brandee Kowalzyk practices in the areas of pharmaceutical and medical device defense, commercial litigation, aviation, and product liability.

Experience

Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

Experience

  • Served as first-chair trial counsel in civil actions in Georgia State Court and Magistrate Court, in which she represented product manufacturer defendants against allegations of product defect and/or contract disputes
  • Served as second-chair trial counsel in a multimillion-dollar commercial action in Georgia Superior Court, in which she was active in the defense of this lawsuit, including drafting motions and briefs, participating in voir dire, arguing motions in limine, and conducting the direct examinations of key witnesses
  • Experience in pre-trial aspects of nationwide litigation involving prescription medical devices
  • Deposed and defended the depositions of plaintiffs, experts, corporate representatives, and other witnesses
  • Drafted and argued pre-trial motions
  • Negotiated settlements in cases arising from alleged product defects and commercial disputes, including independently represented manufacturer defendants at mediations and arbitrations

Previous Professional Experience

  • Managing editor of Pulp & Paper magazine, a monthly business-to-business magazine about the worldwide pulp and paper industry

Educational Activities

  • Georgia State University College of Law
    • Served as editor in chief of the campus literary magazine

Education

  • Georgia State University College of Law, JD (2005)
    • Board Member, Moot Court
    • Received honors for excellence in the Litigation Workshop
  • Minot State University, BA (1999)

Admissions

  • Georgia

Practice Areas

Industries

  • State Bar of Georgia
  • American Bar Association
  • National Native American Bar Association
  • Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
    • Tribal Appellate Court Judge
    • Election Court of Appeals Judge
  • DRI Indian and Tribal Law Task Force
  • Advisory Board of the Georgia State University College of Law Center for Law, Health & Society
  • Member of the board of directors for the Gold Shield Foundation, a nonprofit organization aimed at providing financial and other support to the families of police officers and firefighters who are injured or killed in the line of duty
  • Heads the Firm's Atlanta office’s implementation of the Wills for Heroes program, a project that provides complimentary wills for emergency first response personnel throughout the United States
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