Who We Are

Peter Morgan

pm@morganeasley.com

Peter Morgan brings a wide range of business, legal, and life experience to his representation of North Fulton companies, businesses throughout Georgia and the United States, and overseas clients, including companies in Europe, India, and Australia.

Born in the United Kingdom, and educated in England, Scotland, and California before moving to Georgia in 1995, Peter’s practice focuses on business transactions, business contracts, tax, and intellectual property.

As a transactional attorney, Peter rolls up his sleeves and learns the business of his clients, drafting the contracts and agreements that make their businesses run.  He supports entrepreneurs and growing business with cost-effective legal services, from fast LLC and corporate formations to tax-efficient, multi-entity structures.  Equally at home in or out of court, Peter mediates, arbitrates, and litigates contract disputes throughout Georgia, in state courts as well as before the American Arbitration Association.  He handles trademark matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board in Virginia, and he is admitted to the Bar of the United States Tax Court and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Peter helps individuals and business owners safely document the purchase, sale, or lease of businesses and real property.  He advises companies and franchise systems on trademark and copyright protection and trade secrets, and he serves as general counsel for both small and mid-sized firms in the North Metro area, assisting numerous non-profit corporations as well as for-profit companies with operational issues as well as board ethics and governance.

Before turning to the law, Peter was a tenured university professor and published author.  He taught business writing and entrepreneurship, among other classes, from California to Georgia and internationally in Mexico and Japan. He has been named among Georgia’s Super Lawyers by Atlanta Magazine and speaks frequently to groups of entrepreneurs as well as to other lawyers when he teaches continuing legal education (CLE) classes. Peter has won awards for legal ethics and volunteered his time to assist low-income taxpayers in resolving disputes with the IRS.  He lives in Marietta with his wife, a university professor, and their son, a filmmaker.

Bar Admissions 

• All Georgia State Courts
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Georgia Supreme Court
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• United States Tax Court
• Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

Erin Easley (née Schaub)

ee@morganeasley.com

Erin Easley provides strategic representation and counseling to businesses and professionals in labor and employment matters as well as commercial disputes, in and out of the courtroom. Erin partners with each client individually to understand their specific industry, company structure, and goals, then develops a comprehensive and cost-effective approach tailored to her client’s circumstances.

Erin brings clarity to the often complex and unintuitive federal and state laws governing employment and independent contractor relationships. She prepares, reviews, and revises employee policies and handbooks, restrictive covenants, and employee and independent contractor agreements. Erin also advises and represents clients in company internal investigations, assists companies in disciplining and/or terminating employees, and defends employers against EEOC or OSHA charges of discrimination or retaliation.

An experienced negotiator and advocate, Erin represents clients throughout Georgia in complex employment and commercial litigation in both federal and state courts. She is experienced handling cases arising from discrimination, harassment, retaliation, minimum wage and overtime, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, and premises liability. A firm believer that not every dispute requires years of prolonged court proceedings, Erin regularly uses mediation, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolutions to bring her clients’ disputes to an early conclusion.

Erin has been named to the prestigious list of Super Lawyers in the State of Georgia. She is active in North Fulton and the surrounding communities. A recent graduate of Leadership North Fulton, Erin spearheaded her group’s partnership with The Summit Counseling Center to market and develop an infrastructure for Summit’s THRIVE Group, which provides in-school group counseling to struggling and/or low-income middle school students throughout the North Fulton community. Erin also volunteers as an attorney judge for national law school mock trial competitions and as an attorney coach for the State Bar of Georgia’s High School Mock Trial Competition.

Select Publications

ADA, Title III: Protecting the Handicapped or Legally Extorting Small Businesses?, published in the Defense Research Institute’s national magazine For the Defense, January 2017 edition.

Wage Litigation: the Potential Impact of Anderson, et al. v. Southern Home Care Services, Inc., et al. on Georgia Employers, published in the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association’s Law Journal, 2016 edition.

New Laws for 2016: State by State Legislative Update (Georgia), published in the Defense Research Institute’s journal DRI Employment and Labor Law Committee, New Laws for 2016.

Employment Lemon (Protection) Laws and the Dangers of Hiring Previously Injured Employees, published in the Defense Research Institute’s Job Description, Volume 27, Issue 4.