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M. Steven Campbell
Cornelia, GA Business Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
1104 South Main Street
P.O. Box 489
Cornelia, GA 30531
Free ConsultationBusiness, Insurance Claims and Real Estate
Wake Forest University School of Law
Steve Campbell has practiced civil litigation, family law, municipal law, wills, probate and business law since opening his practice in Cornelia in 1992. He serves as the City Attorney for the City of Cornelia. Steve has previously served as the interim Judge of Probate Court for Habersham County.
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Kim T. Stephens
Athens, GA Business Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Georgia State University College of Law
Kim T. Stephens ranks as one of the most accomplished trial lawyers and attorneys in the state of Georgia. With more than twenty-five years of experience in litigation, he has won numerous awards for litigation and has successfully resolved high profile cases, defending professional and college athletes, doctors, police officers, and teachers charged with crimes ranging from misdemeanors to serious felony crimes. Kim has extensive experience in the areas of criminal law, personal injury, business and contract litigation, and probate law. He practices in all courts including federal courts and appellate courts, representing individuals charged with misdemeanor crimes, including DUI;...
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Wayne Taylor
Atlanta, GA Business Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
(404) 256-0700
One Premier Plaza, Suite 900
5605 Glenridge Dr NE
Atlanta, GA 30342
Business, Environmental, Insurance Claims and Products Liability
Emory University School of Law
Wayne Taylor is an AV rated trial lawyer who joined Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins LLP as a partner in 1995. For the past 26 years, Mr. Taylor has maintained a national practice representing insurers primarily in complex insurance coverage and bad faith matters, including commercial property and business interruption, bad faith and extra-contractual litigation, excess and surplus lines coverage, builder's risk, boiler and machinery, suspected arson and fraudulent claims, Chinese drywall, domestic intrastate and interstate motor truck carrier liability, warehouseman's legal liability, and jewelers block. He has extensive experience in third-party liability analysis and litigation, including general liability,...
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Russell Tiner Bryant
Lawrenceville, GA Business Law Attorney with 36 years of experience
(770) 822-0448
One Culver Center
245 W. Crogan Street
Lawrenceville, GA 30046-4863
Business and Real Estate
The University of Georgia School of Law
Criminal and Civil Trial Lawyer with over 29 years experience in DUI Defense, Traffic Violations Defense, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Divorce & Domestic Relations (Custody, Modification, Contempt, Adoption and Family Violence), Business, Construction, Employment, Landlord-Tenant and Collections law. www.ugalawdawg.com
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John Beasley
Watkinsville, GA Business Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness and Employment
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
John Beasley has nearly 30 years of litigation and trial experience, most of that devoted to handling employment cases on behalf of employees and small employers. He represents clients in both the public and private sectors and has tried cases under most civil rights and whistleblower laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Sarbanes Oxley and the U.S. Constitution. John has also done considerable work on behalf of employees who have lost their jobs as a...
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Kevin O'Mahony
Suwanee, GA Business Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Business and Arbitration & Mediation
William & Mary Law School
Kevin O’Mahony is an AV-Preeminent rated healthcare and business law attorney, representing clients in Georgia. Previously, he led the healthcare practice groups of a midsize Atlanta and southeast regional law firm’s Atlanta office, where he was a partner. Before that, Kevin was a name partner in the Atlanta law firms of Allen McCain & O'Mahony and O'Mahony & Vancil, where he began representing Emory Healthcare, Emory University hospitals, The Emory Clinic and other healthcare providers. He also served as healthcare and business counsel at the large Atlanta-based law firms of Troutman Sanders (now Troutman Pepper) and Drew Eckl & Farnham....
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Robert Wakefield Chambers III
Gainesville, GA Business Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Insurance Claims
Mercer Univ-W.George L.S
Congratulations to Robert W. Chambers, who just received an AVVO.com rating which places him within the Top 1% of Local Lawyers!
Rob Chambers is a founding partner of the law firm of Coleman and Chambers, LLP and is a well-respected lawyer in Gainesville, Hall County and throughout the State of Georgia.
Over the course of Rob's distinguished legal career, he has had the honor of serving the people of Hall County as a State Court Judge, Flowery Branch, Georgia as their City Attorney, his fellow attorneys of Hall and...
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Lorena Lee Saedi
Gainesville, GA Business Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Bankruptcy
Emory University School of Law
Ms. Saedi is a partner at Saedi Law Group, where she concentrates her practice in all areas of bankruptcy, business, and tax law. Ms. Saedi offers clients quality legal services in all aspects of federal bankruptcy law, and is committed to providing personal attention and affordable solutions to each and every client’s financial obstacles. Prior to starting Saedi Law Group, LLC, Ms. Saedi was a founding partner of the consumer bankruptcy firm of Saedi & Wells, LLC for eight years. Prior to that Ms. Saedi worked as a corporate attorney representing technology companies on a variety of issues. Ms....
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James Cale Rogers
Gainesville, GA Business Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
(678) 928-5755
1370 Thompson Bridge Rd
Suite 300
Gainesville, GA 30501
Business and Real Estate
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Mr. Cale Rogers is a partner with Coleman, Chambers & Rogers, LLP, Cale assists clients in a variety of areas, including general business and civil litigation, and serious personal injury matters. He is the supervising attorney in our commercial and residential real estate closing department. He also regularly represent clients in probate court, handles real estate litigation, general business and civil litigation, and serious personal injury matters.
Cale has earned a number of noteworthy distinctions. In 2013, he achieved an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating in Legal Ability and Ethical Standards issued by one of the...
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Ms. Bonnie Lowe Jones
Dawsonville, GA Business Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Business, Appeals and White Collar Crime
Tulane University
Jones Law, LLC is a full-service law firm specializing in civil litigation and criminal defense. Clients from the greater Atlanta and North Georgia areas are welcome! Please feel free to contact us with any questions. You may reach us by telephone at (678) 947-4687 or by e-mail at info@JonesLawLLC.com.
The following is a listing of the firm's typical areas of practice and may not necessarily include every type of law we handle. Please contact us with any inquiries or for additional information.
Personal Injury Claims: Automobile Accidents; Premise Liability; Product Liability; Medical Malpractice; Wrongful Death
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Scott Kelley Spooner
Suwanee, GA Business Law Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Georgia State University College of Law
At Spooner & Associates, P.C., we put our clients first. Our objective is to efficiently resolve each case with our client's interests at the forefront of every decision. We are a firm of skilled litigators who are aggressive in the courtroom. However, when it is in our client's best interests, we can handle cases through negotiation or methods of alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation.
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Craig Alan Long
Cumming, GA Business Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
George Mason Univ (Fairfax VA)
I founded Craig Long, LLC, in 2004 focusing on practicing law in the following areas: Real Estate Law, Corporate Law and Civil Litigation. I am a sixth generation native Atlantan, with deep familial roots in Atlanta. Five generations of my family are buried in the historic Oakland cemetery in Atlanta. I graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Government from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1997. I also served as vice-president and president of the student body while at Liberty University. My Juris Doctor degree was earned from George Mason University School of...
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Christopher John York
Duluth, GA Business Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Business, Bankruptcy, IP and Workers' Comp
Emory University and Emory University School of Law
Attorney Chris York is committed to helping clients navigate a complicated legal system. As an experienced attorney, he is always focused on helping clients obtain outcomes that are justified. He focuses on giving them the peace of mind they deserve. At our law firm in Duluth, GA, we genuinely care about every client we work with. His personal interests include running, watching tennis matches, and being a dedicated father to three teenagers, a boy and two girls.
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Gregory Riley
Buford, GA Business Law Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
University of Tulsa
Welcome. At Riley Law Firm, I work with clients in the areas of wills, trusts, estate planning, real estate closings, and general business matters. With offices in Buford (Hamilton Mill) and Johns Creek, I offer my experience and dedication to build lasting client relationships in order to better serve my clients and help them make informed legal and financial decisions.
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James W. McKenzie Jr.
Lawrenceville, GA Business Law Attorney with 48 years of experience
(770) 476-9793
3883 Rogers Bridge Road
Suite 206A
Lawrenceville, GA 30097
Business, Appeals and Arbitration & Mediation
The University of Georgia School of Law
In 2011, Jim McKenzie was honored by Martindale Hubbell/Lawyers.com for having maintained an “AV” rating for highest or “pre-eminent” legal skills and ethical standards for thirty consecutive years (1980-2010). He continues to achieve that consistent “AV” rating. The significance of the “AV” Rating by Martindale.com and Lawyers.com is described as follows: “The AV preeminent [rating] is a significant rating accomplishment- a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.” www.martindale.com/products-services-peer-review-rating. (Martindale-Hubbell and Lawyers.com are the national legal locator and ranking service). Atlanta native and a Gwinnett...
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Russell Hodges
Cumming, GA Business Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Business
Vanderbilt University Law School
At Hodges Law Firm, we handle a wide range of legal issues for clients throughout the Atlanta area, including elder law, estate planning, probate, Medicaid planning and protection, asset protection, litigation, and business law and services. We are knowledgeable in the law and understand the real life implications of legal actions. I have devoted more than thirty years of practice to: -Helping people protect their assets and those of their elderly parents and loved ones; -Creating legal structures where they can grow those assets, safely; -Providing vehicles to pass those assets along, safely and securely to...
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Gary L Coulter
Watkinsville, GA Business Law Lawyer with 53 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Tax
New York University School of Law and The University of Georgia School of Law
I have over 35 years of experience with Tax, Business and Estate law, transactional work, and wealth management. Working in many areas such as tax-exempt organizations, estate planning, tax controversies, corporate law, mergers, acquisitions, real estate transactions, partnerships, and limited liability companies, individual and corporate taxation. My legal team has a well-deserved reputation of excellence in providing smart, sensible, and cost-effective legal and business solutions for our clients. We offer high-quality legal work and exceptional, personal client service. I serve a wide range of clientele, and every client relationship is valued greatly. Each engagement benefits from the depth...
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Ashley Trinh
lawrenceville, GA Business Law Attorney with 8 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Emory University
Former Assistant Solicitor General in both DeKalb and Gwinnett county. Conducted hundreds of bench and jury trials. Traffic tickets, Family Violence Battery and Assault, DUIs, Driving While Licensed Suspended, Driving Without a License, CDL drivers, Reckless Driving, Racing, Under 21 drivers, and more.
Call me for a free consultation. Let me put my knowledge to work for you!
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William J. Smith
Dacula, GA Business Law Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness, Consumer, Employment and Products Liability
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
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Jeremy Akin
Athens, GA Business Law Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Business and Environmental
The University of Georgia School of Law
Jeremy Akin is a Litigation Associate at Johnson Marlowe, LLP in Athens, Georgia. He represents clients in construction, zoning, and land use matters related to development projects.
Jeremy graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he founded the school’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Society. During law school, he served as Conference Editor for the Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law, a Student Ambassador of the Rusk International Law Center, and externes with the Athens-Clarke County Superior Court and Public Defender’s Office, as well as the Georgia River Basin Center. Jeremy is recipient of the Atlanta Bar...
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Jerry Lee
Cleveland, GA Business Law Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Business
Woodrow Wilson Col.of Law and Harvard Law School
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David McLeod
Gainesville, GA Business Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Business
Georgia State University
McLeod Law Firm, P.C. provides quality legal representation for its clients across North Georgia. Our lawyers provide legal services for the following types of cases: personal injury, divorce, family law, criminal law, and business law. We pledge to always keep our clients fully informed, to work efficiently, and to promptly respond to our clients' needs. We continually update our practice to incorporate the most appropriate communication, technological, and legal advances in an effort to better serve our clients. We are located in historical downtown Gainesville, Georgia.
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Lisa Durham Taylor
Watkinsville, GA Business Law Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Business, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
The University of Georgia School of Law
Lisa’s client-centered law practice includes advice, counseling, and litigation in all aspects of labor and employment law as well as general business law advice, document drafting and litigation of business disputes. She also utilizes her expertise in legal research and writing and knowledge of the appellate process to provide top-notch representation in civil appeals in both state and federal courts. Most recently, Lisa became registered through the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution as a mediator and arbitrator, and she brings her wide range of legal experience and her ability to see and understand all sides of a dispute to assist...
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Andrew Hill III
Athens, GA Business Law Lawyer with 47 years of experience
Business and Products Liability
The University of Georgia School of Law
Athens personal injury attorney Drew Hill is committed to helping his clients fight for the justice and recovery they deserve after someone else’s negligence leaves them facing serious, long-lasting injuries. While his practice focuses on many different types of personal injury cases, including medical negligence and products liability, Drew also handles complex mass torts and truck accident cases. Over the course of his years in practice, he has successfully fought for and won multimillion dollar settlements and jury verdicts on behalf of his clients. He has worked tirelessly to hold hospitals and doctors, trucking companies and motor vehicle operators, nursing...
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William Blake McCarty
Lawrenceville, GA Business Law Lawyer with 41 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment and Tax
Emory University School of Law
Senior Attorney and Counselor at Law: (1986-2019)
W. Blake McCarty, Esq. dba The McCarty Law Practice
* Founded and operated successful law offices at the Equitable Building, Perimeter Center Terrace, and the Ravinia in Atlanta. Hired, trained, and managed personnel, vetted incoming engagements, developed case strategies, worked with expert witnesses, and handled all aspects of client engagements for over 1,000 clients.
* Provided AV-rated domestic and international tax, ERISA, entity governance, corporate-partnership-LLC business transaction planning, negotiating, regulatory compliance, and contract drafting, securities law, employment law compliance, and counsel to Boards, officers, directors,...
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Don (Chip) Gaskill Jr.
Duluth, GA Business Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Business, Employment, IP and Products Liability
Vanderbilt University Law School
Chip Gaskill has spent his entire career practicing law in the Metro Atlanta area. He is dedicated to exhibiting professionalism and high ethical standards with a view toward creating a relationship of confidence and trust with his clients. He is an experienced attorney focused on results. His personal interests include marathons, enjoying high school and college football and being a devoted husband and father to two teenage girls.
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John David Alexander
Suwanee, GA Business Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Business and Insurance Defense
Texas Wesleyan College
John Alexander has been a member of the Georgia Bar since 2001. He has been a civil litigator for over 20 years. John is active in all areas of the firm’s practice and appears in all trial and appellate courts throughout the State, focusing on surety and construction litigation. John is also proficient in corporate formation, lien law, probate matters and estate planning, including wills, trusts, healthcare directives, guardianships, and all types of power of attorney. John has extensive experience in meeting his clients’ needs.
John received his undergraduate degree from Georgia State University in...
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Stephen P. Fuller
Johns Creek, GA Business Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
(770) 622-4700
10475 Medlock Bridge Road
Suite 820
Johns Creek, GA 30097
Business, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Real Estate
Mr. Fuller is the managing partner of the firm and oversees the litigation practice. He has been involved in hundreds of large cases and appeals. He ensures that the business-like and hands-on approach used in the business practice is continued in the litigation practice. Mr. Fuller has extensive trial experience with tremendous results in jury verdicts and substantial settlements for both Plaintiffs and Defendants. He has attended numerous hands on seminars conducted by the best trial attorneys in the country.
Historical: Managing Partner at Fuller Sloan LLC from 2019-Present, Local Managing Partner at CKR Law L.L.P. from 2014-2019, Davidson, Fuller...
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Thomas E. Raines
Duluth, GA Business Law Attorney with 52 years of experience
I am married with two children and five grandchildren. During my 46 years of experience in business and corporate law, estate planning and probate administration, it has been my objective to provide a combination of expertise, experience and close client relationships, resulting in personalized and innovative legal representation to clients in an efficient and cost effective manner.
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Matthew Van Dyke
Cumming, GA Business Law Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Business
Emory University School of Law
Matthew Van Dyke has a service-driven practice with a specific focus of adding value and maximizing efficiencies for the Client. Mr. Van Dyke believes that it takes a cooperative effort in order to accomplish the Client’s goals.
For his business clients, Mr. Van Dyke will work with you to add value to your organization while being efficient and minimizing the risks for litigation. However, if litigation does arise, Mr. Van Dyke will represent your interests zealously, both in the courtroom and in the boardroom. For clients who have been charged with a crime, Matthew will work with you and for you...
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Bonnie Miller Rich
Duluth, GA Business Law Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Business and Tax
Georgia State University College of Law
Bonnie Rich has nearly 30 years of experience in a variety of taxation, estate planning, and business law matters. She has represented individuals, business owners, and local governments and has served as in house counsel for a major financial services corporation. From 2008 until 2018 she taught law students valuable skills in litigation, client counseling, and professional and ethical responsibility by supervising and mentoring those students as they represented clients through a clinical taxation course at the Georgia State University College of Law. Bonnie was a member of the Georgia General Assembly during the 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 legislative...
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JoAnn Holmes
Lawrenceville, GA Business Law Attorney
Business and IP
Emory University School of Law
Our clients are innovative 7 and 8 figure companies with national and global reach. They create brands, license software, and distribute content to Fortune 500 enterprises, governmental agencies and strategic partners. The diverse industries we serve include technology, food and beverages, manufacturing, healthcare, finance, consulting and professional services.
We align with middle market business leaders who value agile, responsive legal collaboration, and profit-focused guidance. Many clients are founders, families and friends who've grown their privately held businesses through savvy acumen and faithful perseverance. We commit to your success, and build longstanding relationships as trusted advisors.
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Jason Ramsland
Athens, GA Business Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Business and Employment
Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Jason Ramsland is an attorney of counsel at Johnson Marlowe LLP. He focuses on business and corporate transactions and litigation, employment related matters, and business development.
Over the years Jason has helped clients both big and small, from large corporations with global footprints to the minimum-wage earning employee. He approaches legal disputes with problem-solving philosophy, seeking to help clients through their legal matters with a broad perspective.
Before joining Johnson Marlowe LLP, Jason was a partner with the firm Ball Eggleston in Lafayette, Indiana, where he litigated business disputes and employment related cases. He has taken on huge retailers like Target and...
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Steven Leibel
Dahlonega, GA Business Law Lawyer with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Emory University
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Spence Johnson
Athens, GA Business Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Business
Georgia State University College of Law
Spence is a business attorney who specializes in the representation of small to mid-sized companies in complex disputes, litigation, and transactions. Whether he is helping a closely-held business bring in investors, or litigating contentious partnership breakups, his focus is pragmatic resolution of client issues. When voluntary resolution efforts don't work out, he has a long track record of winning cases for his client in court and arbitration across the U.S. In construction cases, Spence represents owners, contractors, and subcontractors at all phases of the construction process from negotiation of contracts to litigating defect disputes. He also represents clients in disputes...
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Dustin Marlowe
Athens, GA Business Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
(706) 425-8740
Johnson Marlowe LLP
335B Oconee Street
Athens, GA 30601
Business
The University of Georgia School of Law
Dustin Marlowe practices at Johnson Marlowe LLP in Athens, Georgia. Before starting Johnson Marlowe with his law partner, Spence Johnson, Dustin was a partner at Orr Brown Johnson LLP in Gainesville, Georgia, and also served two years as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable William C. O’Kelley, Senior United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
Through his service as a federal law clerk, Dustin developed an extensive understanding of federal practice and procedure and acquired an expertise in commercial litigation, including contract disputes, business torts, and collections, as well as catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death,...
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David Alan Dismuke
Athens, GA Business Law Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Business and Tax
The University of Georgia School of Law
As an Athens attorney at Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C., David Alan Dismuke assists clients with a broad range of legal matters, including tax law, corporate transactions, estate planning, estate administration, and trust administration. An attentive person, David always takes a great interest in the concerns of his clients. He strives to treat people in the way that he would like to be treated. Many of the issues that David handles can be incredibly complex, which is why he takes the time to explain everything in a way that is easy to understand. He believes that the more informed...
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Harsharn Makkar
Duluth, GA Business Law Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Business and Immigration
Ohio Northern University
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David Anton
Alpharetta, GA Business Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Quinnipiac University School of Law
David Anton has practiced law in the metro-Atlanta area since 1994. During this time, he has represented thousands of clients, both individual and business clients, in a wide range of matters including personal injury cases, divorce, real estate matters, contract disputes, and appeals just to name a few. In addition to representing individuals and consumers, David Anton serves as general counsel for multiple small, medium and large businesses in the Atlanta area handling a variety of legal issues such as employee matters, collections, contract disputes, and general litigation. Mr. Anton is admitted to practice before all state and appellate...
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Douglas Warren Auld
Snellville, GA Business Law Lawyer with 37 years of experience
Business
Georgia State University
Warren has practiced law with his firm, D. Warren Auld, P.C., Attorney at Law from 1987 to the present. The firm’s office is located in Gwinnett County in Snellville, Georgia.
For three decades Warren has engaged in a general practice encompassing domestic, criminal, business representation and civil litigation. He has accepted appointments and served as a Guardian ad Litem in Juvenile and Superior Court. He has served as Special Master for the Georgia Supreme Court and has been voted the "Best Lawyer to Get you Out of Trouble" in Gwinnett County.
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