245 Peachtree Center Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30303-1227
TEL: (404) 582-8051
FAX: (404) 688-0671
Areas of Practice
- Insurance Defense
- Litigation
Education
- Palm Beach Atlantic College (B.S., Biology, Chemistry minor, summa cum laude, 1995)
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (J.D., 1999, Casenote Editor: Cumberland Law Review, Legal Research and Writing - Best Memorandum Award - 1996, Legal Research and Writing - Best Brief Award - 1997, Dean's List - five of six semesters, Scholarship of Merit Award - Equitable Remedies - 1998, Scholarship of Merit Award - Law Office Practice - 1998, Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow - Legal Research & Writing, Robert Donworth Freshman Moot Court Competition)
- Central European University School of Law, Budapest, Hungary (Semester Abroad Program through Emory University School of Law for LL.M., 1999)
- Emory University School of Law (LL.M., International Business Transactions, 2000)
Bar and Court Admissions
- Georgia, 2000
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2001
Memberships
- Member of the United States Patent Bar since 2001
- Member of the Georgia State Bar since 2000
Other Experience
- Mabry & McClelland, LLP, Associate, 2003 - 2006
- King & Spalding, LLP, Staff Attorney, 2000 - 2003
- Herman, Middleton, Casey & Kitchens, Contract Attorney, 2000
Attorneys
Joseph J. DinardoAssociate
JOSEPH J. DINARDO joined Smith, Currie & Hancock as an associate in November of 2006. Joe graduated from Emory University School of Law (LL.M. Degree in International Business Transactions, 2000); Central European University (Semester Abroad Program in Budapest, Hungary through Emory University School of Law, LL.M. Program, 1999); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 1999), Case note Editor of the Cumberland Law Review; Palm Beach Atlantic University (B.S. Biology and Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude, 1995). Joe is a member of the Georgia State Bar (2000) and Supreme Court of Georgia (2002). He is licensed to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office (Patent Bar 2001). Joe takes part in missionary work in Central America and Europe.