Attorney Profiles
Thomas Dean Bever Atlanta, Georgia
| Partner, since
1993 | |
| phone | (404) 233-4171 |
| fax | (404) 261-2842 |
| Email Me | |
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After obtaining his JD and MBA from the
Tom returned to
A sampling of Tom's cases are listed below:
- Year Joined Organization:
- 1991
- Areas of Practice:
- White Collar Criminal Defense
- Health Care
- Government Contracting
- Internal Investigations
- Tax
- Environmental
- Securities
- Bar Admissions:
- Georgia, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1983
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1983
- Georgia Court of Appeals, 1983
- Supreme Court of Georgia, 1983
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 1992
- Education:
- University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia,
1982
J. D. - University of Virginia Darden Graduate Business School, Charlottesville, Virginia,
1982
M.B.A. - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina,
1976
B. A.
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Honors: Honors Program
Honors: N.C. Fellows Program - London School of Economics, London, England,
1976
Certificate
- Representative Cases:
- U.S. v. Ricks, 817 F.2d 692 (C.A.11 (Ga.) 1987)
- U.S. v. Davis, 799 F.2d 1490 (C.A.11 (Ga.) 1986)
- Mustin v. Citizens & Southern Nat. Bank, 309 S.E.2d 822 (Ga.App. 1983)
- Atlantic States Const., Inc. v. Beavers, 301 S.E.2d 635 (Ga. 1983)
- United States of America v. Timothy P. Heath, 1:01-CR-174 (U.S. District Court, E. District of Tennessee )
- State of Georgia v. Asutosh C. Vyas, M.D., Case No. 99CR03399 (State Court of Clayton County )
- United States v. Dennis A. Marzano, 1:00-CR-084-JTC (U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta Division) )
- Classes/Seminars Taught:
- Speaker, Annual Seminar in Georgia on Corporate Internal Investigations, 2009
- Speaker, HCCA Southeast Regional Annual Conference on the Georgia False Medicaid Claims Act, 2008
- Speaker, Annual Seminar in Georgia on Corporate Internal Investigations, 2008
- Speaker, "Defending an Employee in the Context of an Investigation," Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2005
- Speaker, Seminar on Federal Criminal Practice, Georgia's Institute for Continuing Legal Education, "Sentencing After Blakely", 2005
- Speaker, CLE International, Commercial Leases Conference, Georgia, 2004
- Speaker, Annual Seminar in Georgia on Real Estate Law, 2004
- Speaker, Annual Seminar in Georgia on Health Care Fraud, 2000
- Speaker, Annual Seminar in Georgia on White Collar Crime, 1998
- Speaker, Annual Seminar in Georgia on Health Care Fraud, 1998
- Speaker, Annual Seminar in Georgia on White Collar Crime, 1997
- Speaker, Annual Seminar in Georgia on Health Care Fraud, 1997
- Speaker, Fourth Annual National Seminar on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, 1995
- Speaker, American Bar Association's National Health Care Fraud Seminar, 1995
- Speaker, Annual Seminar in Georgia on White Collar Crime, 1994
- Honors and Awards:
- Georgia's Super Lawyers (Criminal Defense: White Collar), Atlanta Magazine, 2009
- The Best Lawyers in America (White Collar Criminal Defense; Criminal Defense; Commercial Litigation), 2009
- Georgia's Super Lawyers (Criminal Defense: White Collar), Atlanta Magazine, 2008
- The Best Lawyers in America (White Collar Criminal Defense), 2008
- Georgia's Legal Elite (Criminal Law), Georgia Trend Magazine, 2007
- Martindale Hubbell Legal Directory AV Rating
- Georgia's Super Lawyers (Criminal Defense: White Collar), Atlanta Magazine, 2005
- Special Commendation, FHA Mortgage Loan Fraud Prosecutions, Department of Justice, 1988
- Finalist, Univ. of VA Law Sch. William Minor Lile Moot Court Comp.
- University of North Carolina Fellows and Honors Programs
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court, 1987 - 1989
- State Bar of Georgia, 1982 - Present
- Member
- American Bar Association
- Member
- Past Employment Positions:
- Jones, Bird & Howell
- Alston & Bird
- United States Attorney's Office, Northern District of Georgia, 1985 - 1990
- Office of Independent Counsel, Associate Counsel
- Birth Information:
- November 13, 1953, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America






