Based on a survey of corporate counsel at Fortune 1000 companies, Mr. Beck is one of only 29 attorneys in the entire country to be selected for the second year in a row by corporate counsel as providing "Outstanding Client Service." In 2010, Mr. Beck was named the Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year by Intellectual Property Magazine. Although he has handled government contract, product liability and antitrust (civil and criminal) litigation in the course of his career, he currently focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation, particularly copyright, and on consumer product, FDA and NHTSA recalls.

Copyright

Mr. Beck has served as lead counsel in some of the most important copyright cases in the United States. Several of his reported cases are now included in standard law school case books. As a result, Mr. Beck has been asked to discuss his cases at law schools including Harvard, Stanford, The University of Texas, Duke and other institutions and in countries ranging from Russia to India. In addition to litigation in courts throughout the country, Mr. Beck has served as mediator in a number of copyright infringement disputes involving works ranging from motion pictures to architecture, and was named a "Power Mediator" by The Hollywood Reporter.

Product Recalls

Mr. Beck designed and helped quarterback one of the most successful recalls in Consumer Product Safety Commission history involving an appliance that allegedly caused at least 11 deaths. As a result of his work, he was invited by the Consumer Product Safety Commission to make a presentation to The U.S. Conference Board in Washington regarding recall techniques. At a subsequent public hearing in Washington, the Vice Chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission referred to him as "one of the most knowledgeable persons in the country about consumer product recalls." Mr. Beck chaired the panel on the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act at the annual meeting of the Association of Corporate Counsel in the Fall of 2009 in Boston.

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Prior to moving to Atlanta, Mr. Beck served as Legal Services attorney for indigents in Washington, D.C., produced a television program on the law for a Washington, D.C. television station, developed a mathematical model of the criminal justice system for the Urban Institute in Washington, and served in the U.S. Army, receiving the Meritorious Services Medal and two Army Commendation Medals.

Mr. Beck has received the prestigious Burton Award, which recognizes legal writing, for an article in Copyright World. He is a recipient of the Emory Medal, the highest award of the Emory Alumni Association. Mr. Beck was recognized in The Best Lawyers in America^® for Intellectual Property Law, Entertainment Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution in 2012 and each of the 11 years immediately preceding. He was named a 2012 “Atlanta Lawyer of the Year” in the area of Intellectual Property by The Best Lawyers in America^®. Mr. Beck has been named a Georgia "Super Lawyer" in the areas of Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property, and Entertainment & Sports by SuperLawyers magazine. He was also listed in the 2009 and 2010 editions of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business for Intellectual Property and was listed as #1 in the 2011 edition. Mr. Beck has been recognized as a top U.S. practitioner in Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets by Chambers Global 2012. He was recommended by Legal 500 US for Copyright in 2011. Mr. Beck was recognized by Benchmark: Litigation as a 2011 "Litigation Star” for Georgia and is AV^® rated by Martindale-Hubbell.*

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