Greenberg Traurig Grows Atlanta Office

ATLANTA - The Atlanta office of Greenberg Traurig LLP has announced that Kurt R. Erskine, former assistant U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia and deputy chief of economic crimes, joined the firm as a shareholder in the White Collar Litigation Practice.

During his tenure with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Erskine worked on a variety of economic crime and public corruption cases, including the Atlanta Police Department corruption cases which grew out of the Kathryn Johnston shooting in 2006. As deputy chief, Erskine oversaw the criminal health care and computer prosecutions in the Northern District of Georgia. He recently completed a two-week trial against an Atlanta radiologist charged with health care, wire and mail fraud, securing guilty verdicts on 32 counts.

With a team of more than 500 litigation attorneys, Greenberg Traurig's litigation practice offers firsthand experience and wide-ranging resources to address clients' interests when planning or engaged in litigation. Greenberg Traurig has more than 90 former federal and state prosecutors in its litigation group.

Greenberg Traurig LLP is an international, full-service law firm with approximately 1,800 attorneys serving clients from more than 30 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.gtlaw.com.