- 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.
- Representing 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.
- Representing 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 ruling in the clients’ favor on the merits.
- 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.
Partner,
- Phone: +1 704 444 1106
- Email: brian.boone@alston.com
With experience across many disciplines and jurisdictions, including the U.S. Supreme Court, Brian defends his clients in complex commercial disputes before trial and appellate courts and arbitration panels across the country.
- 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.
Brian Boone focuses his practice on defending Fortune 500 and other companies in complex litigation. He has represented clients before federal and state trial and appellate courts and arbitration panels in cases involving constitutional law, health care, antitrust, RICO, ERISA, and state consumer-fraud laws. He also co-leads the firm’s appellate practice.
In recent years, Brian has, among other engagements, represented a Fortune 100 health care company in numerous litigations across the country relating to drug pricing, represented a client in trial court and appellate proceedings relating to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, defended a Fortune 100 company in dozens of arbitrations, and represented an interstate pipeline company in litigation across the Midwest.
The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized Brian as a leading appellate attorney.
Before entering private practice, Brian served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Karen J. Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
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In the News June 1, 2023Law360 | SD County Must Face Challenge to CO2 Pipeline BanBrian Boone, Michael Hoernlein, and Matthew Hooker are noted for representing Alverson.In the News June 1, 2023Law360 | SD County Must Face Challenge to CO2 Pipeline BanBrian Boone, Michael Hoernlein, and Matthew Hooker are noted for representing Alverson.
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In the News November 16, 2022Reuters | Carbon Pipeline Company Sues Iowa County over Local Siting OrdinanceBrian Boone and Michael Hoernlein are noted for representing Summit Carbon Solutions before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in a lawsuit over a local siting ordinance.In the News November 16, 2022Reuters | Carbon Pipeline Company Sues Iowa County over Local Siting OrdinanceBrian Boone and Michael Hoernlein are noted for representing Summit Carbon Solutions before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa in a lawsuit over a local siting ordinance.
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In the News December 6, 2021Law360 | Justices Won’t Review Challenge to Nuke Plant ShutteringEd Casey, Alex Akerman, and Brian Boone are noted for representing Southern California Edison in successfully opposing a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to review a U.S. Ninth Circuit decision dismissing a lawsuit challenging the company’s storage of spent nuclear fuel at its decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.In the News December 6, 2021Law360 | Justices Won’t Review Challenge to Nuke Plant ShutteringEd Casey, Alex Akerman, and Brian Boone are noted for representing Southern California Edison in successfully opposing a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court to review a U.S. Ninth Circuit decision dismissing a lawsuit challenging the company’s storage of spent nuclear fuel at its decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
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In the News October 22, 2020Law.com, Law360 | Business Groups Deride “New Species of Super Tort” in Oklahoma Opioid JudgmentBrian Boone, Andrew Hatchett, and Rob Vartabedian filed a joint amicus brief on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Tort Reform Association before the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which is reviewing a “super tort” $465 million award against Johnson & Johnson.In the News October 22, 2020Law.com, Law360 | Business Groups Deride “New Species of Super Tort” in Oklahoma Opioid JudgmentBrian Boone, Andrew Hatchett, and Rob Vartabedian filed a joint amicus brief on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Tort Reform Association before the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which is reviewing a “super tort” $465 million award against Johnson & Johnson.
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Class Action MDL Roundup Spring 2015Class Action Round-Up: Spring 2015Welcome to our first rundown of critical class action decisions in 2015. We lead with news of the Supreme Court’s acceptance of the Spokeo case, which will address a key issue on actual harm and Article III standing in class actions. Stay tuned for more developments.Class Action MDL Roundup Spring 2015Class Action Round-Up: Spring 2015Welcome to our first rundown of critical class action decisions in 2015. We lead with news of the Supreme Court’s acceptance of the Spokeo case, which will address a key issue on actual harm and Article III standing in class actions. Stay tuned for more developments.
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
- District of Columbia
- Georgia
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- Emory University (J.D., 2006)
- King College (B.A., 1998)
Memberships
- U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, D.C., and Federal Circuits
- U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia