Verona “Missy” Sandberg is a Partner in the Litigation Practice of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP. Ms. Sandberg was a Partner at Freeborn & Peters, which combined with SGR in 2023.
Ms. Sandberg has worked on a wide range of cases dealing with Antitrust, Class Action, Breach of Contract, Shareholder Disputes, Trusts and Estates, and other Complex Litigation.
Ms. Sandberg represents clients in commercial disputes in state and federal courts throughout the country with a focus on critical and dispositive trial motions and appeals in complex cases. Significant matters include: defending clients in nationwide antitrust class action in which plaintiffs sought $500 million in damages resulting in defense judgment and successful defense of judgment on appeal; defending a large private home improvement chain and its owner against claims for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and promissory estoppel; obtaining approval from the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division for $18 billion merger between a Canadian mining company and one of its competitors; and defending an accounting firm against securities fraud claims and successfully arguing for the imposition of sanctions against plaintiffs under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.
Ms. Sandberg has experience working as an in-house attorney at a global company during a secondment assignment in 2018.
Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Sandberg was a consultant at Arthur Andersen LLP where she provided financial consulting services and damages analyses to attorneys and corporate clients.
Ms. Sandberg earned her B.S. from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with honors, and her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, where she was Editor of the Journal of International Law and Business.