Print EmailText:SmallMediumLarge

Scott P. Hilsen

Partner


Scott Hilsen is a partner who represents companies and individuals in securities and business-related litigation. Mr. Hilsen also is a Certified Fraud Examiner and serves as special counsel to companies in connection with internal and government investigations. He works with the firm’s Special Matters and Investigations Steering Committee, and is the Vice-Chair of the Forensic Accounting Advisory Board of the School of Accountancy at Georgia Southern University.

Mr. Hilsen is a founder and Co-Chair of the Securities and Corporate Litigation subsection of the Atlanta Bar Association. He has been chosen by Law and Politics as a Georgia Super Lawyer Rising Star in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Mr. Hilsen is the co-editor of Alston & Bird’s The Fraud Reporter newsletter, and he hosts an annual seminar on managing the risks of corporate fraud and misconduct.

Mr. Hilsen received his J.D., cum laude, in 1993 from Georgia State University, where he was the Managing Editor of the Georgia State University Law Review. He received an M.B.A. in 1993 from Georgia State University and a B.A. in Criminology and Law in 1989 from the University of Florida.

Representative Experience

  • Lead defense counsel in Wagner v. First Horizon Pharma. Corp., 464 F.3d 1273 (11th Cir. 2006), a case of first impression in the Eleventh Circuit, which adopted the “sounds in fraud” doctrine for claims alleging fraudulent conduct under the Securities Act of 1933.
  • Conducted internal and government investigations of companies in healthcare, banking and financial services, mortgage, real estate, internet, retail, and parcel delivery industries.
  • Counsel on a trial team that won a $50 million jury verdict in a securities-related case involving claims for breach of contract, business fraud, and tortious interference.


Scott P. Hilsen

One Atlantic Center
1201 West Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
Phone: 404-881-4517
Fax: 404-253-8146

Education

  • Georgia State University
    (J.D., 1993)
  • Georgia State University
    (M.B.A., 1993)
  • University of Florida
    (B.A., 1989)

Admitted to Practice

  • Georgia