Adwoa Ghartey-Tagoe Seymour represents companies and manufacturers in products liability litigation, business tort and contract disputes and insurer tortious bad faith litigation. In addition, Ms. Seymour represents financial institutions in cases involving loan servicing claims, federal lending laws and regulations, and consumer protection claims. She is also a registered neutral in the areas of mediation and arbitration with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolutions and, in 2010, was selected as an A. Leon Higginbotham Fellow of the American Arbitration Association. Ms. Seymour uses her alternative dispute resolution and litigation skills to represent clients in state courts, federal courts, mediations, and various arbitration forums. Ms. Seymour also serves on the national counsel defense teams for various clients developing defense, discovery and trial strategy, managing local counsel, negotiating and assessing opportunities for alternative dispute resolutions, and litigating those cases pending in the southeast.

While in law school, Ms. Seymour received the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Graduate Award, honors in the second year litigation practicum and the Best Overall Advocate Award in the Moot Court Board Appellate Advocacy competition.  In addition, Ms. Seymour interned with the Honorable A. Harris Adams of the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Honorable Penny Brown Reynolds of Fulton County State Court.

In the community she has demonstrated her strong passion for child advocacy by representing children in truancy proceedings in Fulton County Juvenile Court through the Truancy Intervention Project and serves on the organization's Board. She also serves on the Board of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society.  Ms. Seymour also serves in a leadership capacity over her church's youth ministry.

Select Representations

Ms. Seymour's representative experience includes:

• Successfully represented two corporate defendants in premises liability action pending in Superior Court, which successfully ended in dismissal
• Successfully represented a healthcare company in federal litigation involving COBRA claims and ERISA fiduciary disputes, which resulted in a complete dismissal on summary judgment
• Successfully represented a banking client in arbitration pending before the National Arbitration Forum in a breach of contract dispute, resulting in an award in favor of client
• Advising an insurance client on the prevention and defense of tortious bad faith claims  
• Successfully represented banking client on a motion to dismiss or compel arbitration in the Superior Court of Fulton County resulting in a complete dismissal of credit card consumer's claim for invasion of privacy

Bar and Court Admissions

Georgia, 2006

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Georgia Supreme Court

Georgia Court of Appeals

Education

Georgia State University, J.D., cum laude, 2006

Miami University, B.A., 2000

Publications

• "Georgia Appellate Court Backs Lenders Who Proceed to Foreclose Without the Promissory Note," Attorney At Law Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 4, co-authored with Wendy Godfrey, Spring 2013
• "Tainted Imports Require Refresher On CPSC Reporting Requirements; Companies Must Report a Product if a Defect Constitutes a Substantial Product Hazard," Industry Week, co-authored with William Custer, August 2007
• "USDA Arbitrarily Deregulates Genetically Modified Alfafa: The Future of Agricultural Biotechnology Starts Here," The Agriculturalist Lawyer, Vol. 3, Issue 2, co-authored with V. Robert Denham, Jr. and M. Lawrence Mattila, September 2007

Professional Affiliations

• State Bar of Georgia – Product Liability, General Practice and Trial, and ADR Sections (member)
• American Bar Association, Member
• Atlanta Bar Association Litigation and ADR sections, Member
• Multi Bar Leadership Council (2008-2009)
• Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys, Executive Board
• The Gate City Bar, Member
• Logan E. Bleckley Inn of Court, Pupil (2005-2006)
• Lawyers of Color Affinity Group, Atlanta Office Representative

Civic Involvement and Honors

• Georgia Rising Star (2012-2013)
• Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Board of Directors
• Truancy Intervention Project, Board of Directors, Volunteer Attorney
• Georgia Afterschool Investment Council, former Board of Directors
• Georgia State University College of Law Alumni Council, Admissions Committee Chair
• American Arbitration Association Higginbotham Fellow Program (2010)
• Atlanta Women's Foundation Destiny Fund (Class of 2009)
• Sandtown Middle School Local School Advisory Council