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Lawrence Walker Jr
Houston County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 60 years of experience
Business, Appeals, Real Estate and Workers' Comp
University of Georgia
Founding Partner of Walker Hulbert Gray & Moore, LLP, born Macon, Georgia, 1942; admitted to bar, 1965, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (J.D., 1965). Phi Delta Phi (Magister of Wilson Inn, 1965). Associate Justice, University of Georgia Honor Court, 1963-1965. Judge, Perry Municipal Court, 1966-1972. Deputy Assistant Attorney General, State of Georgia, 1969-1976. Attorney for City of Perry, 1972-1986. State Representative, Georgia General Assembly, 1973-2004. Majority Leader, House of Representatives, 1986-2004. 1984 International Business Fellow. Chairman, State Legislative Leaders Foundation, 1998-2001. Member, Georgia Department of Transportation Board, January 2007 – June 2009, representing Georgia s Eighth Congressional District. ...
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W. Steven Harrell
Houston County, GA Business Law Attorney with 38 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Bankruptcy and Workers' Comp
University System of Georgia - University of Georgia
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Kevin P. Parker
Pike County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Business and White Collar Crime
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Kevin earned Bachelor of Science in Criminology and Master of Public Administration (MPA) degrees while working in state and local government as a Georgia POST certified police officer, probation officer, and training instructor. As an attorney, he continues to maintain his certifications by attending public safety training courses.
Kevin graduated Magna Cum Laude from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law in Macon, Georgia. There, he excelled academically and was ranked among the top ten students in his class. Kevin also worked hard to obtain the practical experience and skills necessary to be an exceptional advocate for his clients. While...
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Clayton Thomas Kendrick
Pike County, GA Business Law Attorney with 5 years of experience
Business
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
At Kendrick Law Office, I take a personable, professional, and client-centered approach to help you achieve your desired results, and to help you navigate difficult situations and decisions, wherever you may be located. Whether it be a lawsuit, a probate matter, or planning for your family’s future, I am here to help. Call, text, or email me today, or come see me in beautiful downtown Zebulon.
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Julia Hall Magda
Bibb County, GA Business Law Attorney with 23 years of experience
Business and Employment
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
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Taylor S Brown
Bibb County, GA Business Law Attorney
3573 Vineville Ave
Macon, GA 31204
Business and Real Estate
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
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Steven Royce McNeel
Bibb County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Business and Real Estate
Mercer University
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Jehan Yasmin El-Jourbagy
Monroe County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Business and Administrative
University of Georgia
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Donald Lewis Roberts
Wilkinson County, GA Business Law Attorney with 4 years of experience
Business, Real Estate and Tax
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Hassan Hussein Elkhalil
Fulton County, GA Business Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Business, Immigration and International
John Marshall L.S. (Atlanta)
Born in Beirut, Lebanon. Attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He then went on to receive his J.D. from John Marshall Law School, and an LL.M. in Dispute Resolution from the University of Missouri – Columbia Law School. Additionally, Mr. Elkhalil is a member of the American Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Fluent in Arabic, Mr. Elkhalil is extremely active in his community and participates in a variety of community, cultural, and civil rights organizations.
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Jonathan Avi Barash
Fulton County, GA Business Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Jon Barash offers his clients over twenty years of experience practicing a broad range of commercial litigation issues, including business litigation, construction litigation, contract disputes, real estate disputes, restrictive covenants, and covenants not to compete litigation, shareholder and partnership disputes, business torts, business divorces, and commercial collections. He has considerable experience assisting businesses, state and local governments, and individual clients in litigation, mediations, and arbitrations in both state and federal courts, and pre-suit when possible.
Jon has achieved an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating, the highest rating awarded for legal ability and ethical standards, from Martindale-Hubbell. He is also among a...
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JJ Poole
Fulton County, GA Business Law Attorney
Free ConsultationBusiness, Entertainment & Sports, IP and Real Estate
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
JJ Poole is the owner of JJ Poole Attorney at Law, LLC and an Associate Closing Attorney that works with Elite Law. He specializes in Sports and Entertainment Contracts, Civil Litigation, Intellectual and Real Property law, and is a certified Agent for the NFL and NBA player associations.
Attorney Poole is an alumni of the University of Georgia and Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. He is also a licensed five-star rated residential and commercial real estate broker, and graduate of the Atlanta Realtors Association Leadership and Development Program. His designations include Certified Foreign Investor Specialist, as well as Certified...
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Lee Hamil Little
Fulton County, GA Business Law Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Employment
Georgia State University College of Law
Lee Little is a partner and attorney at Little Health Law, a prestigious and highly rated healthcare law firm. She is licensed to practice law in Georgia and has extensive experience representing medical professionals in various legal matters, including contracts, credentialing, and fraud and abuse investigations.
As an AV-rated lawyer, she is also a member of the Health Care Compliance Organization and the American Health Lawyers Association. In addition, she collaborated as an affiliate for Georgia Regents University, working closely with University leaders to grow their academic health center.
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Kevin S. Little
Fulton County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Business
Georgia State University College of Law
Kevin Little is one of the founding partners of Little Health Law, a law firm solely dedicated to protecting healthcare providers. With over 25 years of experience as an attorney, he has held Martindale-Hubble’s prestigious AV rating for over a decade. Licensed to practice in Georgia and South Carolina, he exclusively represents medical professionals, advising them in contract, operations, administrative and medical board matters. He also advocates for his clients in complex litigation matters, arbitration, and other forms of dispute resolution.
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Mark Issa
Fulton County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Entertainment & Sports
Georgia State University College of Law
The Issa law firm is dedicated to providing personalized counsel and legal representation of the highest ethical and professional standards. Our firm attempts to work with people of all ages, ethnic and socio-economic groups, to provide personal legal services at an affordable price.
Our philosophy is that a personal, positive, results-oriented relationship with a client is the formula for mutual success. We provide our clients with first-rate legal representation, working with them to determine their goals and placing their interests first.
Our mission is to help our clients achieve their goals. Our success is measured in the thoughtful, creative, personalized representation and...
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Sasan Nematbakhsh
DeKalb County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Business, Arbitration & Mediation and Real Estate
Georgia State University College of Law
We are here to serve your Real Estate, Business, Litigation, and dispute resolution legal needs. Our real estate team helps clients transact smoothly and litigate effectively. Whether you are fighting a right of way condemnation or a partnership dispute, we will fight fiercely for you. We have extensive real estate development and syndication experience. Let us put our expertise to use for you. We are a small business that uniquely understands the challenges ahead of other small businesses.
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Michael A. Sullivan
Fulton County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Business, Securities and Tax
Vanderbilt University Law School
Recognized as one of the "Best Lawyers in America," Michael A. Sullivan is a former federal prosecutor with 35+ years of legal experience in complex civil litigation, internal investigations, and criminal prosecutions. He recently served as Counsel to the Volkswagen AG Independent Compliance Monitor Larry D. Thompson. He also advises clients in the U.S. and abroad on compliance with U.S. laws.
He also has successfully tried complex cases for individuals and companies, including cases of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, other business disputes, and serious personal injury.
In whistleblower cases, he represents qui tam whistleblowers in cases under the False...
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Ms. Althea Stacy Prince
Fulton County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Business and Immigration
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Ms. Prince has practiced law for 21 years. She provides strategic, quality representation to her clients. She is an Ivy League graduate and former big-firm attorney with experience representing clients in complex and large exposure cases. Her practice has afforded her significant opportunities to handle cases from inception through trial/resolution in federal and state court.
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Jason Doss
Fulton County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(855) 534-4581
1827 Powers Ferry Rd
Building 23, #100
Atlanta, GA 30339
Free ConsultationBusiness, Employment and Securities
Florida State University College of Law
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Jake Slowik
Fulton County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Harvard Law School
At Slowik Estate Planning, my goal is to get to know you, your family, and your business, and build a life-long working relationship.
Estate planning often engenders stress, confusion, and apprehension. I have dedicated my practice to providing clients with peace of mind through trusted legal counsel. My personal background has instilled in me a deep commitment to offering this vital service to families in similar circumstances.
By developing custom legal solutions together, we will protect your loved ones' well-being and safeguard your assets.
Let's talk today about creating your legacy for tomorrow.
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Mark A. Baker
Fulton County, GA Business Law Attorney with 42 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Entertainment & Sports and IP
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University and University of Alabama School of Law
A lawyer for over 30 years, Mark's extensive legal background representing large corporate entities and artists both established and emerging, as well as his work as a gigging musician, make him equally comfortable navigating the halls of Corporate America and the mustiest of music halls. Licensed to practice law in all the federal and state courts of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Alabama, as well as the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Mark is an alumnus of the University of Alabama (B.A.) and Cumberland School of Law (J.D.), and served two years as judicial law clerk to a federal judge....
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Antonio Molina
Gwinnett County, GA Business Law Attorney with 6 years of experience
Business, Immigration and Real Estate
Georgia State University College of Law
Antonio Molina is a Veteran, a community leader, and an Attorney. Antonio is a graduate of Emory University and Georgia State University College of Law. Antonio began his legal career working as a corporate law attorney focused on litigation, transactional law, regulatory, and compliance work. Antonio is now an Attorney with the community-focused firm of Nguyen & Pham, which focuses on personal injury, immigration, transactional, and real estate law matters.
Antonio currently serves as Chairman of the Georgia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, as a member at large for the Latino Community Fund, the Georgia Independent College Association, and was recently...
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Cory D. Raines
Fulton County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 9 years of experience
(404) 682-9885
One Alliance Center
3500 Lenox Road N.E., Suite 1500
Atlanta, GA 30326
Business and Entertainment & Sports
The University of Georgia School of Law
Attorney Raines has represented individuals and organizations in a variety of business and civil matters. Prior to founding Raines Legal Group, P.C., he worked for two Atlanta area law firms where he focused on litigation and bankruptcy. His current practice primarily consists of representing established and emerging entertainment and sports professionals. He specializes in drafting contracts, business consulting, general representation and has successfully negotiated and closed licensing, management, touring, and record deals for his diverse client list. As a litigator, he has recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars for his clients through lawsuits involving civil liability and business disputes....
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Dayna W. Thomas
Fulton County, GA Business Law Lawyer
Business, Entertainment & Sports, IP and Trademarks
Emory University School of Law
Atlanta business and entertainment lawyer with a passion for helping people build their lives, careers, and businesses with the support of the law. My practice includes both transactions and litigation. I help people build a foundation for success in entrepreneurship through educating and advising clients on the appropriate corporate entity structure, copyright and trademark protection, licensing, brand management, contracts, business strategy, and so much more. Entertainers are inherently entrepreneurs because they are their business! I am thrilled when clients come across a business opportunity that would help them reach their goals in entrepreneurship and/or entertainment. It is...
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Kasey Libby
Fulton County, GA Business Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Appeals and Arbitration & Mediation
Georgia State University College of Law and University of Georgia
I am a litigation expert in Georgia estates and trusts, and I represent business clients in corporate, contract and commercial matters. I represent clients all across Georgia in estate and trust disputes such as will contests and breaches of fiduciary duty. I also help clients with standard Georgia probate and administration matters. I am an experienced advocate in Georgia guardianship and conservatorship proceedings, and other Georgia elder law matters. I also represent closely-held companies in business-to-business relations, partner and shareholder issues, and contract and Georgia commercial disputes. In all of these matters, I am an experienced negotiator focused on helping...
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John Mays
Fulton County, GA Business Law Attorney with 14 years of experience
Business, Appeals and Employment
Emory University School of Law
I provide legal counsel to small businesses, focusing on their employment matters. Our firm specializes in wage and hour litigation, and I have served as defense counsel in both individual and collective overtime actions, but we also have a strong record defending against discrimination suits and representing corporate interests before administrative agencies and tribunals.
I also represent employees in individual and collective actions for minimum wage violations, unpaid overtime, unpaid commissions, and other claims arising under federal wage and hour law. I handle the majority of my firm's misclassification cases involving salaried workers and independent contractors.
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James Patrick Galvin Jr.
DeKalb County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Arbitration & Mediation and Securities
University of Miami School of Law
James P. Galvin is the founder of Galvin Legal. He is a member of the Florida Bar and the State Bar of Georgia. He graduated from Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance. He obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, Florida. At the University of Miami, he completed the litigation skills program, which included serving as a Certified Legal Intern with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. Mr. Galvin actively participated in the Investor Rights Clinic as a Certified Legal Intern, Returning Fellow,...
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Sydnee Mack
Fulton County, GA Business Law Attorney
Business, Entertainment & Sports, IP and Trademarks
Emory University School of Law
Sydnee Mack Attorney at Law is a boutique law firm that specializes in Sports & Entertainment, Small Business and Trademarks. Attorney Mack is highly experienced in the areas of contract drafting, review and negotiation, risk management, business formation/compliance and trademark filing/portfolio management. She is committed to helping athletes, entertainers, creatives, side-hustlers, dreamers, sports businesses and small businesses build and protect strong brands and companies.
In addition to her work as a law firm owner and operator, Attorney Mack is an author and law professor. She is author of 10 Steps to StartUP, a fun, easy-to-read, legal and business strategy...
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Brandon Lee Peak
Muscogee County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Appeals 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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Bradley R Coppedge
Muscogee County, GA Business Law Attorney with 28 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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Dwayne Brown
Fulton County, GA Business Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
University of Alabama School of Law
Attorney Dwayne L. Brown always puts his clients first, working hard to build a strong attorney-client relationship that’s based on trust and that produces real results. By effectively and expertly managing each case and giving clients the attention and interaction they deserve, Brown has earned a stellar reputation for client satisfaction and collected millions of dollars in compensation for his many clients from all over Alabama and throughout the United States.
“I have always believed that the law is the greatest weapon against tyranny and injustice,” Brown says. “Injustice is like a deep sea of water that if not contained will...
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Wayne Taylor
Fulton County, 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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Christine Forsythe
Fulton County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Business and Employment
The University of Georgia School of Law
Attorney Christine Forsythe has been a licensed attorney for over a decade, practicing in both Georgia and Florida. She has worked in the criminal and civil arena, but spent the vast majority of her career as a trial attorney/litigator for one of the largest insurance companies in the United States. She brings this wealth of knowledge and experience to her clients, and her cases.
In her most recent role prior to starting her law firm, Attorney Forsythe served as In-house Claims and Litigation Counsel for a national company, managing risk, a decentralized claims department and claims including (general liability, motor vehicle,...
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Russell Tiner Bryant
Gwinnett County, 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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Schuyler Elliot
Gwinnett County, GA Business Law Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Atlanta Law School
Emergency Bankruptcy Filing to STOP Foreclosure Sale. 770-633-9913.
Since 1993, Schuyler Elliott has been representing clients with disputes against their mortgage company-lender, such as wrongful foreclosure and breach of contract aka Foreclosure Defense. Also, filing bankruptcy to stop a foreclosure sale, which is scheduled the first Tuesday of each month, with a few exceptions. One benefit offered is last minute bankruptcy filings to stop a foreclosure sale. Appointments to stop the foreclosure sale can be made Saturday and Sunday and up to Midnight on Monday to meet with clients and file bankruptcy to STOP the foreclosure sale....
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Christopher James Diwan
Fulton County, GA Business Law Attorney with 20 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
Georgia State University College of Law
As Diwan Law’s founder, Christopher J. Diwan has expertise in multiple areas of the law. He represents clients in cases involving Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Collection and Collection Defense, Criminal Defense, and other Litigation.
Diwan Law, LLC. is a full-service law firm in Atlanta, GA that is dedicated to providing exceptional and personalized legal service to our clients. Diwan Law represents clients in cases involving civil rights law, traffic ticket defense, debt collection, premises liability, debt collection litigation defense, criminal defense, and more.
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J.D., Georgia State University College of Law, 2004
B.A., University of Georgia, 2001
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Jon David Huffman
DeKalb County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 12 years of experience
(404) 373-4008
3562 Habersham at Northlake Building J
Suite 200
Tucker, GA 30084
Free ConsultationBusiness and Real Estate
Emory University School of Law
Mr. Huffman’s hallmark is aggressive and effective representation. He excels in the most contentious of cases with proven results in trial. Mr. Huffman practices in the areas of real estate disputes, business disputes, fraud, construction disputes, technology litigation, trade secrets and restrictive covenant litigation. He also does other cases that demand zealous and forceful representation.
Mr. Huffman treats every case like it will go to trial and normally conducts several trials and arbitrations per year. Often, he takes over for other attorneys when it becomes clear that a case will need to be tried.
Recently, after an 8-day jury...
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Tanya Ireti Nebo
Fulton County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 17 years of experience
(404) 635-6326
384 Northyards Boulevard
Building 100, Suite 190
Atlanta, GA 30313
Business and Real Estate
University of Virginia
We are NeboLaw, a business and real estate law firm and advisory center focused on addressing the needs of entrepreneurs. We help our clients successfully buy, sell and operate small businesses. Our approach intertwines the law with good business sense. We offer practical legal advice with an eye on identifying solutions that are in your long-term best interests. At NeboLaw, we help entrepreneurs bring their vision to fruition. We then help them grow their business and, ultimately, protect what they’ve built.
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Amber Crawford
Muscogee County, GA Business Law Lawyer with 7 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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Jason Smith
Coweta County, GA Business Law Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Bankruptcy
Drake University -IA
Attorney Jason G. Smith of Southern Piedmont Law PC has been practicing more than 18 years specializing in family law, including divorce, child custody, child support, and adoption. The firm prides itself on delivering personal attention and cost effective, quality representation. Recently Attorney Smith has been in the national news winning a landmark case that made legal history.