Frank N. White 404.873.8744 [direct] 404.873.8745 [fax] frank.white@agg.com Area of Practice Bankruptcy, Litigation, Intellectual Property

Frank N. White has been practicing law since 1989, and is a partner in the firm's Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights and Workout Practice Group and Litigation Practice Group. Mr. White's practice encompasses a broad range of bankruptcy, litigation and intellectual property matters.

In the bankruptcy area, Mr. White concentrates on creditors' rights under the Bankruptcy Code, with an emphasis on issues relating to public utilities. Issues frequently arising in his bankruptcy work include the securing of deposits, pre-payments and other adequate assurance of future performance from extremely high-volume utility service customers, the curing of contract defaults when a debtor assumes and/or assigns its assets to a purchaser, responding to claim objections filed by debtors, and the handling of myriad types of adversary proceedings arising out of bankruptcy cases. Mr. White's recent bankruptcy representations include serving as counsel to one of the largest trade creditors in the bankruptcy case of Network Plus Corp., pending in Wilmington, Delaware; serving as counsel to one of the largest trade creditors in the bankruptcy case of Rhythms NetConnections, Inc., pending in New York, New York; serving as counsel to one of the largest trade creditors in the bankruptcy case of Arch Wireless, Inc., pending in Worcester, Massachusetts; and serving as counsel to one of the largest trade creditors in the bankruptcy case of CoServ, Inc., pending in Fort Worth, Texas, and litigating to a successful conclusion complex jurisdictional and procedural issues in a related adversary proceeding.

Mr. White's experience also covers the entire spectrum of general, commercial litigation, with an emphasis on copyright, trade secret and other intellectual property issues. For example, Mr. White has successfully prosecuted and defended copyright infringement actions involving computer software, photographs and musical compositions. Mr. White has also handled litigation matters involving breach of contract issues, business torts, non-compete covenants, fraud, libel, constitutional claims and defenses, and a host of other business-related issues.

Mr. White also does both litigation and transactional work in the area of entertainment law, with an emphasis on issues relating to the music business and the use of music in film and television. Mr. White's entertainment clients include recording artists signed to major and independent record labels, unsigned artists, songwriters and composers, filmmakers, producers and recording studios, two independent record labels and an independent music retailer.

Professional Activities
State Bar of Georgia (Sections: Litigation, Entertainment & Sports Law)
Atlanta Bar Association (Section: Bankruptcy)

Education
A.B., Duke University, 1986 (cum laude)
J.D., University of Georgia, 1989 (magna cum laude; Order of the Coif)
Georgia Law Review, Notes Editor

Admitted to Practice
State of Georgia, 1989
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit