245 Peachtree Center Avenue NE
Atlanta, GA 30303
TEL: (404) 582-8050
FAX: (404) 688-0671
Areas of Practice
- Surety Law
- Arbitration
- Contracts
- Litigation
- Mediation
Education
- Reed College (B.A., Meritorious Senior Thesis)
- University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., Law Review, Order of the Coif, Moot Court Board, Top 10% of Class)
Bar and Court Admissions
- Georgia, 1982
- Texas, 1984
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
Memberships
- State Bar of Georgia, Past Chair and Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
- Atlanta Bar Association, Member, Construction Law and ADR Sections
- American Bar Association, Member
- Lawyers Club of Atlanta
- Consortium on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Other Experience
- Law Offices of Clifford F. Altekruse, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, 1999 - 2005
- Killorin & Kilorin, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988 - 1999
- Winstead, McGuire, Seachrest & Minnick, Dallas, Texas, 1984 - 1988
- Stokes, Shapiro, Fussel & Genberg, Atlanta, Georgia, 1982 - 1984
Attorneys
Clifford F. AltekruseAssociate
CLIFFORD F. ALTEKRUSE joined the Atlanta office of Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP in 2005. Cliff received his B.A. degree, with a Meritorious Senior Thesis, from Reed College in Portland, Oregon. He received his J.D. degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review, the Moot Court Board, and finished in the top ten percent of his class. Cliff has represented general contractors, subcontractors, sureties, construction managers, owners (public and private), architects, engineers, insurance companies, suppliers, lenders, real estate developers, and others in litigation as well as mediation and arbitration. Cliff is a member of the Georgia Bar and Texas Bar, and is a past chairman of the State Bar of Georgia's Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, a registered mediator in Georgia, as well as a founding member of the Georgia Academy of Mediators and Arbitrators. He is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th and 11th Circuits.