Dan Ashburn practices in the areas of securities, corporate and financial institutions litigation. He has extensive experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in lawsuits in state and federal courts across the nation.

Mr. Ashburn's broad corporate and business litigation practice has included representing clients in securities class action and shareholder litigation, litigating complex issues involving bank loans and accounts, director and officer liability, financial and accounting fraud, embezzlement, breach of fiduciary duty, state and federal RICO claims, commercial and contract claims, and indemnification and insurance coverage disputes. He is also involved in banking regulatory and enforcement matters in addition to other government civil and criminal investigations, and has helped clients respond to government subpoenas and informal requests for information, as well as complex civil discovery matters and third-party subpoenas. Mr. Ashburn also has experience addressing issues confronting technology-based clients, such as protection of copyright and trade secrets, unfair competition and covenants not to compete. In addition, he has represented clients in mediation, arbitration, and other alternative means of resolving disputes. Mr. Ashburn has extensive appellate experience in both federal and state appellate courts.

Mr. Ashburn is also a member of the Firm's Special Matters and Investigations team and serves on that team's steering committee. Mr. Ashburn has conducted internal and external corporate investigations of fraud and other white collar crime, and has worked with state and federal regulators and law enforcement involved in such investigations. Mr. Ashburn has assisted clients with recovering large sums of misappropriated funds as well as limiting exposure to liability. He has assisted companies with understanding and complying with the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, and has also provided advice and guidance to corporate boards and audit committees regarding developing and implementing internal controls and good corporate governance standards and procedures.

Prior to coming to Powell Goldstein LLP, Mr. Ashburn served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Division of Georgia's Attorney General's Office, where he represented the State of Georgia in federal and state trial and appellate courts throughout the state. Mr. Ashburn has been involved in numerous high-profile and precedent-setting cases, including over 50 cases resulting in published opinions by the Georgia Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.