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Valerie Long
Columbus, GA Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
Valerie grew up in a military family, moving around to various duty stations until her father retired to Augusta GA. She graduated high school from The Academy of Richmond County in Augusta GA then attended Radiography School at University Hospital in Augusta. She worked 40 hour weekends as an x-ray tech while attending Augusta College and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration in 1989. She has lived in Columbus GA since 1990 and commuted to Atlanta for law school where she obtained her Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School in 1994. Valerie has been in private practice...
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Jay Sadd
Columbus, GA Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Jay Sadd is a founding partner of Slappey & Sadd LLC in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Sadd has over 30 years of professional legal experience and is dedicated to representing individuals who have been seriously injured and families of those who have lost loved ones due to the negligence or wrongdoing of others. Mr. Sadd has been lead counsel on cases in which his client was awarded or recovered $22,000,000; $18,000,000; $17,000,000, and $10,250,000, along with many other confidential settlements. These high-damage cases are often the result of car accidents, truck accidents, medical malpractice, unsafe premises and the like.
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Brandon Lee Peak
Columbus, GA Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Business and Products Liability
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Brandon L. Peak is a partner at Peak Wooten McDaniel & Colwell LLP, where he has successfully litigated trucking, personal injury, product liability, and class action cases in courts throughout the nation. In 2019, he was lead counsel in a $280 million wrongful death trucking verdict, the largest verdict in a trucking case in American history. Brandon has personally been involved in cases with verdicts and settlements exceeding $1 billion. He enjoys helping clients get their lives back together and, if necessary, trying cases to juries. After graduating summa cum laude from The Citadel and magna...
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Robert L. Hendrix III
Columbus, GA Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University and University of Georgia
Robert L. Hendrix, III (Rob), is an accomplished trial lawyer based out of Morgan & Morgan’s Atlanta office. In the 16 years that he has dedicated towards fighting workers’ compensation cases, he has recovered over $35 million in benefits for his clients. In addition to Mr. Hendix's trial accomplishments, he is also an experienced appellate advocate.
As an active member of the legal community at local, state, and national levels, Mr. Hendrix serves on the Executive Board as President Elect of the Workers’ Compensation Claimant’s Lawyers (WCCL) arm of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. He has previously held the Chair of...
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Mark A Casto
Columbus, GA Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
University of Akron School of Law
Mark Casto stands as a seasoned trial attorney and the visionary founder behind Mark Casto Personal Injury Law Firm. He has carved a niche in the legal arena by specializing in personal injury cases, medical malpractice, and related matters. Mark's stellar reputation has earned him accolades, including recognition as one of Georgia's distinguished Elite Lawyers and the Reader's Choice Award in the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.
Mark's journey into the legal world commenced as a prosecutor, where he amassed an impressive track record of successfully leading over 50 jury trials. His legal acumen then extended to his tenure as a sole practitioner attorney,...
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Bradley R Coppedge
Columbus, GA Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Tax
University of Miami School of Law and Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Mr. Coppedge's practice is devoted to business, tax and personal planning, particularly in the areas of entity selection/formation/operation, estate planning and probate, and tax matters and controversies. With his educational background and LL.M. in Taxation, Mr. Coppedge represents a significant number of small businesses, helps clients create new start-up business (LLCs, c-corporations, s-corporations and partnerships) and also represents a number of physician groups. He advises these clients on the best form of entity from a tax, liability, and operational standpoint, entity formation or incorporation, and continued representation on matters such as employment agreements, buy-sell agreements, contracts, leases, retirement plans...
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Michael E. Manely
Columbus, GA Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Appeals and International
Georgia State University College of Law and Georgia State University College of Law
Michael is the only all family law attorney to win unanimous decisions before both The Supreme Court of Georgia and The Supreme Court of Georgia. In addition, Michael has won before The Supreme Court of Costa Rica. He is admitted to practice in all Georgia courts and federal courts in the Northern and Middle District of Georgia, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. With over 25 years of experience, he has successfully represented thousands of family members in state, federal and international family law cases including divorce, custody, parental kidnapping, paternity, legitimation,...
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Amber Crawford
Columbus, GA Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
The University of Georgia School of Law
Amber N. Crawford is an Associate at Hall Booth Smith in Columbus, Georgia, and she focuses her practice on estate planning, probates, guardianships and conservatorships, business transactions, and fiduciary litigation. She also represents clients in commercial real estate matters.
Before joining Hall Booth Smith, Amber spent several years at a firm in Newnan, Georgia, where she specialized in probates and estate planning. She also represented creditors’ rights in Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases, handled contract negotiations, closed commercial and residential real estate transactions, and litigated civil and transactional matters. She served as a guardian ad litem and court appointed attorney in Probate,...
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John David Blair
Columbus, GA Lawyer with 19 years of experience
(866) 995-8663
1100 Brookstone Centre Parkway
Suite 201
Columbus, GA 31904
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Employment and Insurance Defense
Regent University School of Law and Wright State University
Persuasive and creative team player with nearly 6 years legal experience, 12 years total work experience, and solid interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills that move others beyond positions to results. Works well unsupervised while maintaining client goals and adhering to rigid deadlines. Quick, resourceful, and enjoys new challenges.
My practice areas: as required by the rules of the Georgia State Bar and other state bars, I do not claim "specialization" in any area. However, I have practiced extensively in the following areas:
Insurance representation/defense in the areas workers' compensation, litigation and tort cases, longshore cases, and premises/commercial liability matters....
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Joseph M. Colwell
Columbus, GA Attorney
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Mercer University
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Ramsey B. Prather
Columbus, GA Lawyer
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Tulane University
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Stephen Scot Sikes
Columbus, GA Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationMercer Univ-W.George L.S
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America Ashley Cross
Columbus, GA Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Mrs. Cross has been practicing law since 2000. Mrs. Cross handles the Georgia and Alabama bankruptcies for our firm. She also has a vast knowledge in Real Estate and Wills and Probates. Having admittance to practice law in both Alabama and Georgia, Mrs. Cross has been a member of the State Bar of Georgia since 2000 and the Alabama State Bar since 2002. Mrs. Cross is a proud alumna of Auburn University where she received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and received her Doctorate in Jurisprudence from Walter F. George Mercer University School of Law in 2000.
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Gerald Ray Akin
Columbus , GA Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Bankruptcy
John Marshall L.S. (Atlanta)
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Mariel Smith
Columbus, GA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Employment
University of Arkansas School of Law
Mariel Smith’s primary practice is Labor & Employment Law. She has years of experience defending companies in lawsuits and prelitigation investigations involving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, Georgia Department of Labor, and the U.S. International Trade Commission. Her litigation experience in Employment and Labor Law include defending employers in wage and hour, discrimination and harassment claims. She also has experience in representing clients in mediation. She assists clients in workplace internal investigations and workforce reductions.
Mrs. Smith originally joined the Columbus office of HBS in 2011 after she worked for several years as...
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Brian Roy Carmichael
Columbus , GA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
18 9th Street
Ste 303
Columbus , GA 31901
Bankruptcy and Consumer
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Faulkner University
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David T. Rohwedder
Columbus, GA Lawyer
Products Liability and Workers' Comp
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
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Joel O. Wooten
Columbus, GA Attorney with 49 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Environmental and Products Liability
University of Georgia
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James E. (Jim) Butler Jr.
Columbus, GA Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Business
The University of Georgia School of Law
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David Cowan Rayfield
Columbus, GA Attorney with 22 years of experience
Business, Consumer and Insurance Claims
University of Alabama
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John W. Roper
COLUMBUS, GA Attorney with 41 years of experience
Employment
Atlanta Law School
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Mr. Zachary W. Davis
Thomaston, GA Attorney with 11 years of experience
(706) 647-1842
P.O. Box 832
300 West Gordon Street
Thomaston, GA 30286
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Zachary joined Mallory, Trice, & Davis in 2013 and has since became a Partner of the firm. In 2014, he was elected President of the Thomaston Bar Association and currently sits as the President today. Zachary attended the University of Georgia and Valdosta State University, and graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor's in History. He later obtained his Juris Doctorate in 2013 from John Marshall Law School. He is admitted to practice law in all Georgia courts. His primary areas of practice are Personal Injury, Social Security Disability, Wrongful Death, Workers' Compensation, Estate Planning, Probate, Real...
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Tanner Woods Pittman
LaGrange, GA Attorney with 18 years of experience
Real Estate
University of Georgia
Tanner Pittman has practiced law serving both individuals and large organizational clients. Presently, his practice concentrates on estate services, civil litigation, and legal transactions. His varied background, ranging from retail banking to international business, to the legal field, helps Tanner bring a rich array of experience to bear upon his clients' legal issues.
Education and background
Tanner graduated with honors from the University of Georgia School of Law, a top-tier institution, recently ranked 12th in the nation among public law schools by U.S. News and World Report. His coursework concentrated on business law and included such subjects as corporations, corporate...
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Kenneth D. Teal
LaGrange, GA Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability, White Collar Crime and Workers' Comp
Emory University School of Law
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Brian David Lockerbie
LaGrange, GA Attorney with 41 years of experience
Workers' Comp
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Brian D Lockerbie, Attorney and Counselor at Law, has been practicing law for over 30 years. His practice consists primarily of Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, and Workers' Compensation cases. He handles Wrongful Death Claims, Auto Accidents, and Insurance Settlements, along with job related injuries as well. Mr. Lockerbie is licensed to practice law in Georgia and Alabama. He was appointed Chief Magistrate of Troup County, Georgia in 1986. He is a Vice President of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and a contributing member of the Georgia...
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Brian Joel Aplin
LAGRANGE, GA Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
EDUCATION:
Mercer University - Walter F. George School of Law (2017)
- 1st Place - Widener University (Delaware) Moot Court Competition
- Student Bar Association
Mercer University - College of Liberal Arts (2007)
- Major: Biology
- Minor: Chemistry
LICENSURES:
- Georgia - Superior, State, and all lower courts (2017)
- Georgia - Court of Appeals (2018)
- Georgia - Supreme Court (2018)
PRIOR EMPLOYMENT:
Bibb County Public Schools (2007-2014)
- High School Science Teacher & Coach
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Catherine M Jenkins
GREENVILLE, GA Attorney with 4 years of experience
(706) 450-9982
564 S. Talbotton St.
564 S TALBOTTON ST
GREENVILLE, GA 30222
Business and Real Estate
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Catherine Jenkins believes that each client needs time to tell their story and she designed her practice so she could take the time with her clients to do that. Catherine believes that the key to finding the best solution involves fully understanding the problem. And Catherine enjoys the process of meeting and talking with clients.
Catherine developed a knack for problem solving while serving over a decade in the U.S. Army. She brings that outside-the-box thinking into facilitating simple solutions such as a sending a request or email on behalf of a client so that issues can be...
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James G Baker
LaGrange, GA Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Bankruptcy
Mississippi College School of Law
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William C. Head
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Free ConsultationAdministrative
University System of Georgia - University of Georgia
UGA,1973, with honors. UGA School of Law, 1976. Georgia DUI legal book co-author & DUI defense litigation practice, best attorney ratings. Top lawyer ratings with Martindale-Best Lawyers-Super Lawyers-Best Law Firms in America.
Chaired or co-chaired over 40 legal seminars for ICLE-GA beginning in 1978
In 1991, wrote 101 Ways to Avoid a Drunk Driving Conviction with co-author Reese I. Joye, Jr.
Started the annual 2-day seminar, Defense of Drinking Drivers handled by ICLE-GA
Speaker at the 1992 ATLA DC convention & the 1993 ATLA national convention
Sponsored the first NHTSA training seminar for criminal defense lawyers in Atlanta GA in July 1994....
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Ken Shigley
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Emory University School of Law
Ken Shigley is:
- The first Georgia lawyer to earn three national board certification in his practice area (Truck Accident Law, Civil Trial Advocacy & Civil Pretrial Advocacy) from the National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Recipient of Traditions of Excellence Award for lifetime achievement
- Past President, State Bar of Georgia
- Author of 11 editions of a book on trial preparation in injury cases
He has been an attorney in cases racking up total recoveries of $22 million in 2019 alone.
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Cory Yager
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationImmigration
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Graduated second in his class at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School while working full time as a police officer. Highly effective in litigation and trials. Handled over 1500 criminal cases, felony or misdemeanor. Criminal cases involving alcohol or drugs are 85% of all criminal cases, with personal injury for the remainder. Martindale-Hubbell "av" and Preeminent Rated for several years. Super Lawyers-9 years, as Rising Star or Super Lawyer.
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Robin Frazer Clark
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Products Liability
Emory University School of Law
ROBIN FRAZER CLARK
Robin Frazer Clark is the owner and founder of the law firm of Robin Frazer Clark, P.C., and has practiced law in Georgia for 31 years. Ms. Clark devotes her practice exclusively to plaintiff’s personal injury. Her motto is “A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats.”
Ms. Clark was sworn in as the Fiftieth President of the State Bar of Georgia on June 2, 2012, only the second woman ever to serve as President of the State Bar of Georgia and served as President of the 45,000-member association in 2012-2013. One of Ms. Clark’s initiatives she created...
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Ryan Locke
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
University System of Georgia - University of Georgia
Ryan Locke represents people who have been injured and people who have been unfairly convicted from his office in Atlanta. Formerly a public defender, Ryan uses the same passion and relentless advocacy for his clients today. Ryan is also an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law; hosts a podcast about appellate practice called Georgia Appellate Review; and maintains comprehensive legal resources on his website for lawyers and the public, such as his guide for using the HITECH Act to get cheap medical records and his guide for people to change their name and gender in Georgia government documents.
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Henry Barnett
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 40 years of experience
(800) 786-8851
315 W. Ponce De Leon Avenue
Suite 850
Atlanta, GA 30030
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Emory University School of Law
Attorney Hank Barnett graduated in 1983 from Emory Law School in Atlanta, Georgia, and has devoted his entire legal career to helping workers who have suffered on-the-job injuries obtain medical care and money benefits. Mr. Barnett gives clients the legal service they need and the respect that they deserve. We know the stress and frustration that can be involved in the workers’ compensation claims process. We provide experienced legal advocacy to injured workers in Georgia. Learn more about workers’ comp lawyer Hank Barnett by clicking on the link below.
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Charles Scholle
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
University of Georgia School of Law
As the founding partner at Scholle Law, Charles Scholle has practiced law in the Atlanta metro area and throughout Georgia, for nearly three decades. He has recovered millions of dollars for his clients. He has also earned the highest preeminent ratings from his peers for both excellence in legal practice and ethical standards. Scholle Law is dedicated to injury practice areas including, serious personal injury, traumatic brain injury, wrongful death and motor vehicle accidents. We have a reputation for excellence and dedication to our clients which is backed up by their reviews of their experience with our firm.
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Ellaretha Coleman
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Insurance Claims
Howard University School of Law
Ellaretha Coleman is an accomplished litigation attorney with experience defending the rights and best interests of individuals throughout the Atlanta-metropolitan area, as well as the state of Florida.
Ms. Coleman has substantial experience in the areas of Family Law, Divorce Law, and Custody.
Ms. Coleman has been widely applauded by both clients and peers for her written and oral advocacy skills, but it is her genuine and personable approach towards client relationships which has most distinguished her. A talented and business-savvy entrepreneur, Ms. Coleman continues to diversify her practice to ensure the fulfillment of every client's needs. Ms. Coleman...
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John Seay
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 13 years of experience
Entertainment & Sports
The University of Georgia School of Law
We represent musicians, producers, record labels, filmmakers, and artists. Our founder, John Seay, is an artist with a decade of experience in the entertainment industry as a musician, writer, and former tour manager. John is formerly Of Counsel in the entertainment practice group at Loeb & Loeb's Nashville, Tennessee office, one of the largest and most comprehensive such practice groups in the world.
John is a 2016-2018 Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star in Entertainment & Sports Law, a distinction awarded to only 2.5% of attorneys in Georgia. In 2017, he was named a Legal Elite in Entertainment Law by Georgia...
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Laura Cunard Reis
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Emory University School of Law
Laura Reis is the founder of ReisLaw, LLC where she has directed her practice to the representation of Georgia’s injury victims for over a decade.
She is dedicated to providing you with professional, experienced and aggressive representation. This is a difficult time in your life and filing a workers’ compensation claim can be a complicated and slow process without a results-oriented lawyer working for you.
Laura Reis has dedicated her practice to the representation of injured workers since 2003. In the past Fifteen Years, Laura has resolved thousands of workers’ compensation claims through trial or settlement and procures millions of dollars for...
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David S. Ballard
Fayetteville, GA Attorney with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Consumer
University System of Georgia - University of Georgia
A Double Dawg from the University of Georgia, high honors in Political Science in 2007, and honors at UGA Law School in 2011. David's practice includes bankruptcy, personal injury, civil litigation and criminal defense. AV-Preeminent (highest lawyer ratings in legal ability and ethical conduct. "Superb" attorney ratings by AVVO, plus was named a 2018 Rising Star by Super Lawyers. David is currently President of the Fayette County Bar Association and is an adjunct professor at Georgia Military College in Fayetteville.
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Mr. Robert Neal Katz
Decatur, GA Attorney with 37 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims, Products Liability and Workers' Comp
The University of Georgia School of Law and The University of Georgia School of Law
Robert Katz received his B.B.A. and Juris Doctor (Cum Laude) from the University of Georgia. He completed judicial clerkships in the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Superior Court of DeKalb County prior to entering private practice, and founding Katz Personal Injury Lawyers in 1994, where he is focuses on representing individuals in personal injury cases.