Phyllis Sumner is a partner in King & Spalding's Business Litigation Practice Group in Atlanta. She represents clients in a wide variety of complex litigation matters involving, among other subjects, commercial disputes, healthcare, False Claims Act, data privacy and security, Fair Credit Reporting Act, RICO, securities and fraud, and provides counsel on a variety of corporate matters, including white-collar criminal and regulatory enforcement matters and internal corporate investigations.
Ms. Sumner served as an Assistant United States Attorney, first for the Northern District of Illinois and then for the Northern District of Georgia, where she successfully prosecuted public corruption, domestic terrorism, tax, financial fraud, money laundering, healthcare fraud and other complex criminal matters. She has extensive experience handling complex, high-profile matters, including the cases against Centennial Olympic Park bomber, Eric Rudolph, and former Mayor of Atlanta, Bill Campbell. She tried a significant number of federal jury trials, directed numerous grand jury investigations and litigated hundreds of evidentiary hearings. Ms. Sumner also has substantial federal appellate experience, including successful oral arguments before the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh and Seventh Circuits. Ms. Sumner applies her extensive trial and prosecutorial experience to the representation of clients in civil and criminal litigation and government investigations.
Recent Speeches and Publications
- Life Sciences Qui Tam & False Claims Litigation, “The End Game: Practical Negotiation Tools for Meeting Your Resolution Goals” (June 2011)
- Moderator, “Social Media Roundtable” (May 2011)
- King & Spalding Energy Forum, “Social Media: More or Less?” (April 2011)
- King & Spalding Client Alert, “Retailers and Marketers Beware of Collecting Consumer ZIP Codes” (February 2011)
- King & Spalding Client Alert, “Northern District of Georgia Dismisses False Claims Act Case Alleging off-Label Marketing of Medical Device” (August 2009)
- King & Spalding University e-Learn Series, “Making Privacy Public: How Rapidly Changing Data Privacy Laws May Impact Your Organization” (April 2009)
- HCCA Compliance Today Article, “It’s a FACTA: FCRA Requirements Can Expose Medical Providers to Liability” (November 2008)
- King & Spalding Client Alert, “Deadline for Compliance with FACTA’s ‘Red Flag’ Rule” (September 2008)
- King & Spalding University e-Learn Series, “Cyberliability and Data Security Breaches: Is Your Company Prepared and Protected?” (September 2008)
- King & Spalding University e-Learn Series, “Data Theft and Security Breach Actions: Litigation and Legislative Issues” (February 2008)
- ICLE White Collar Crime Conference Moderator, “Slugging It Out In the Court of Public Opinion: Keeping The Ethics Gloves On” (February 2008)
- Federal Bar Association Moderator, “Conversation with the Honorable Griffin B. Bell” (December 2007)
- ICLE Evolution of Crime in the 21st Century Speaker, “Fraud, Abuse and Compliance Under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005” (December 2006)
- Open World Program Speaker, “Observing the Federal System - Duties of a Prosecutor” (November 2005)
- DOJ National Advocacy Center Instructor, RICO/Organized Crime Seminar (October 2005)
- Emory School of Law Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques Instructor (May 2005)
- ICLE White Collar Crime Seminar, “Technology in the Courtroom” (December 2003)
