Brian D. Boone

Partner,

Charlotte

Phone: +1 704 444 1106
Email: brian.boone@alston.com

With experience across many disciplines and jurisdictions, Brian defends his clients in complex commercial disputes before trial and appellate courts and arbitration panels across the country.

Defeated class certification in multiple ERISA cases against a Fortune 100 company.
Representing a Fortune 100 health care company in litigation around the country relating to insulin pricing.
Represented a client in trial court and appellate proceedings relating to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
Represented the largest independent Coca-Coca bottler in the United States in a putative class action challenging the company’s 401(k) investment lineup.
Represented an interstate pipeline company in litigation across the Midwest relating to its pipeline project.
Petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court in Dart Cherokee Basin Operating Co. LLC v. Owens, No. 13-719, resulting in a successful ruling in the clients’ favor on the merits.
Defeated arbitration claims exceeding $30 million against a Fortune 100 company after a final hearing.
Served as appellate counsel in a complex commercial dispute before the Second Circuit. The Second Circuit affirmed a large judgment in the clients’ favor.
Defending a Fortune 100 health care company against multiple putative nationwide class actions.
Represented 77 former state attorneys general as amici curiae supporting former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s case before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging his convictions for public corruption.
Served as appellate counsel before the Supreme Court of Georgia in a commercial dispute over Ferrari race cars.
First chair in multiple favorable expedited arbitrations for a Fortune 100 company.
Defended Georgia’s business judgment rule before the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Represented a natural gas joint-action agency in federal litigation over hedge prices.
Representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce as amicus curiae in multiple cases across the country on issues ranging from the reach of public-nuisance law to the standards for class certification to constitutional checks on verdicts.
Represented a global automobile manufacturer in one of the largest multidistrict litigations in history.
Represented a national satellite television provider in putative nationwide antitrust class actions challenging the National Hockey League’s and Major League Baseball’s systems for distributing telecasts of live games.

Bar Admissions

North Carolina
District of Columbia
Georgia
U.S. Supreme Court

Education

Emory University (J.D., 2006)
King College (B.A., 1998)

Court Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia

Clerkships

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Hon. Karen J. Williams