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Thomas C. Rowsey
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 33 years of experience
White Collar Crime
The University of Georgia School of Law
Mr. Rowsey’s practice focuses on family law, divorce, criminal defense and personal injury law. With over 25 years of experience serving clients in Georgia, his ability to successfully handle various legal matters has earned him an AV® Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. This is the highest rating conferred by this nationally recognized and respected directory of lawyers and law firms, and is based upon direct feedback from legal professionals. His recognition not only reflects competence with regard to astute legal skills, but also speaks to his client communication and ethical standards as well.
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Norman D. McKellar
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationTax and White Collar Crime
University of Tennessee College of Law
Norman D. McKellar practices law in the areas of IRS tax resolution and federal criminal defense, with an emphasis on tax fraud and white collar federal crimes. Mr. McKellar has successfully defended clients in criminal cases in both federal and state courts and in U.S. Tax Court. Mr. McKellar was voted by his peers as a “Top Attorney” for 8 straight years by Knoxville’s CityView magazine. In 2014, Mr. McKellar was selected as a member of the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” by the National Trial Lawyers, and he also received this same award in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and...
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Jill Polster
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and White Collar Crime
Georgia State University College of Law
Known as a fierce advocate, what distinguishes Jill G. Polster from other criminal defense attorneys is her passion for fighting for the underdog along with her extensive experience handling criminal cases.
-Polster has experience on both sides of the courtroom as a prosecutor and a defense attorney giving her a 360-degree view of your case.
-Polster has handled literally thousands of criminal cases from misdemeanors to murders.
-She has extensive jury trial experience with a proven track record of success both as a prosecutor and as a defense attorney.
-Polster thinks outside-the-box when it comes to crafting the most favorable resolution possible...
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Luisa Priscilla Alejos
Fulton County, GA Attorney
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Mississippi College School of Law
Luisa Alejos is a Georgia native and founder of L.P.A. Law. She received her undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Sociology from Georgia State University and her J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law. Since childhood, service has been a cornerstone of her life and she has maintained that value in her practice.
While at Georgia State University, she dedicated her time to volunteering with immigrants and children and interned at the Department of Juvenile Justice. Once in law school, she expanded to her volunteer hours at the Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance and externed at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Once...
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Travis Little
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Products Liability
University of Kentucky College of Law
Travis Little represents individuals and families in personal injury and wrongful death litigation. He has litigated against some of the largest corporations in the world, including Allstate, Bombardier, Coca-Cola, Delta, Hilton, Kroger, Lyft, Marriott, McDonalds, Nestle, State Farm, Subway, Target, Walmart, and others.
In September 2010, he was a key member of the legal team that secured a landmark $43.5 million wrongful death verdict in Floyd County, Georgia. Since 2014, he has held an “AV – Preeminent” peer rating, the highest rating awarded by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2018 and 2019, he was listed as a SuperLawyers “Rising Star.” In 2020, he...
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Stacey Allen Carroll
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness
University of Georgia
Stacey Carroll is an experienced trial lawyer who has litigated hundreds of civil lawsuits for both individuals and businesses, many of which involved millions of dollars in damages. He has first-chaired jury trials in Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee, and has been recognized as an elite “Super Lawyer” by Georgia Super Lawyers magazine, a distinction given to less than 2% of the state’s lawyers. Stacey’s litigation philosophy is based on legal creativity, meticulous preparation, and relentless aggression. From the moment of the initial client consultation, Stacey prepares each case for presentation to a jury at trial, as he...
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Angel A. Figueredo
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Seton Hall University School of Law
Angel Figueredo attended Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck, NJ where he received his B.S. in Accounting and graduated cum laude in 1981. Mr. Figueredo became a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant in New Jersey where he worked as an accountant for a CPA firm and Fortune 500 companies for 16 years until he graduated from law school in 1997.
He attended law school at Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, NJ and obtained his J.D in May of 1997. Immediately after graduating from law school he began working as a personal injury and workers’ compensation attorney,...
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Jonathan Smith
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 14 years of experience
(470) 260-9417
2650 Holcomb Bridge Road
Suite 620
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Georgia State University College of Law
Jonathan J. Smith joined the Law Offices of Morrison & Hughes after several years of working as an insurance defense attorney. Using the knowledge he obtained in defending employers and insurance companies, Jonathan has dedicated his practice for the last several years to assisting injured and aggrieved people in recovering all benefits to which they are entitled under Georgia Law.
Jonathan attended Dickinson College, where he received his undergraduate degree in History in 2000. Later, he was awarded his J.D. from Georgia State University, where he was Vice President of the Moot Court Board, and received an award for Best Overall...
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Jeffrey S. Gartzman
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 50 years of experience
Tax
Emory University School of Law and Emory University School of Law
Located in Atlanta, The Gartzman Law Firm, P.C., was founded in 1988 to help people throughout metro Atlanta, Georgia, and nationally resolve IRS and state tax problems, find tax relief and settle tax debt. We have helped thousands of clients by taking the weight of tax debt off their shoulders and efficiently and effectively resolving the tax problems they face.
Since opening The Gartzman Law Firm in 1988, our law firm continues to help people throughout the state face some of their most personally difficult challenges in life. Our focus is on professional, ethical and successful representation for clients who have...
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David M. Schnipper
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationWhite Collar Crime
Berry College
Attorney David M. Schnipper, founder of Schnipper Law, P.C., honed his legal skills while working in two District Attorney’s offices. After gaining invaluable experience and making significant professional contacts on the prosecution side, Mr. Schnipper moved on to his true passion personal injury law and criminal defense.
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Jeffrey Kaufman
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 48 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Jeffrey Kaufman is the founding attorney of Kaufman Injury Law, P.C. and has been practicing law for over 35 years. He attended law school at Mercer University, graduating in 1977. He obtained his undergraduate degree in political science from Washington University in St. Louis. He is admitted to practice in all Georgia State Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, U.S. District Court, and the Northern District of Georgia. Jeffrey Kaufman is a member of several organizations including the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, American Association for Justice, and the Southern Trial Lawyers Association. To contact Jeffrey, please...
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Sherard Kendre Dixon
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 25 years of experience
(404) 733-1166
1349 West Peachtree Street Northwest
#1995
Atlanta, GA 30309
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
University of Tennessee - Knoxville
SK Rod Dixon focuses his practice exclusively on personal injury law, which ranges from trucking accidents to shooting cases to medical malpractice cases. He has secured numerous, multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients. He has gotten a bunch of smaller ones too!
Rod has been recognized as a top lawyer by Super Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, and Georgia Trend Magazine, and his cases have been featured in various publications and national television shows.
Rod founded The Dixon Firm, PC in 2009 after spending ten years practicing as a defense lawyer at two of the most...
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Michael Kaufman
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Workers' Comp
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Michael Kaufman is an Atlanta native and recent graduate of Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law. He obtained his undergraduate degree in History at the University of Georgia. During law school, Michael worked as a law clerk for another Atlanta personal injury firm and also as a judicial clerk for the Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. He was very active in his law school community, holding leadership positions in the Mercer Trial Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, and Student Bar Association. Michael founded the MTLA Trial Lecture Series, a school-wide lecture series featuring Georgia's top...
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Sara Tess Ballew
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 13 years of experience
3355 LENOX ROAD SUITE 660
Atlanta, GA 30326
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of Kansas School of Law
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Wes McDaniel
Fulton County, GA Attorney
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School and The University of Georgia School of Law
Wes McDaniel is a leading Georgia workers’ compensation lawyer and Partner at Hansford McDaniel - Workers' Compensation Attorneys. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and then obtained his Juris Doctor from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. During his early legal career, he defended insurance companies and employers. This experience gave him insight into how the opposition thinks and creates a case. He uses this information to prepare stronger cases for his injured clients. His legal success and commitment to his clients have gained him inclusion in organizations such as the Georgia’s Bar Workers’ Compensations and Litigation...
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R. David Sammons Jr
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability and Workers' Comp
Georgia State University College of Law
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Bonnie Monique Youn
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 30 years of experience
(678) 426-3183
1430 West Peachtree St., NW, Ste. 100
Atlanta, GA 30309
Immigration
Boston University School of Law
Bonnie is a Legal Recruiting Manager with The RMN Agency, recognized by the Daily Report as Atlanta’s top legal recruiting firm for the past 5 years in a row (2016 - 2020). Bonnie joined the team in May 2016 and works confidentially with legal candidates, listening and providing counseling to get them to the next stage of their careers. She specializes in distilling aspirations and goals, conducting resume review, preparing lateral partner questionnaires, business development sheets, and interview coaching. She is also the liaison for a number of employer accounts.
Ethnically Korean but born in the Philippines, Bonnie began her legal...
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Kimberly Anderson
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Administrative
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
"Kimberly Anderson is an attorney at Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC and focuses practice on commercial litigation as well as administrative and regulatory matters for business and individuals. She joined the firm in 2010 after serving as legislative counsel for Ranking Member Jeff Sessions on the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. While legislative counsel on the Judiciary Committee, she advised Ranking Member Sessions and other Republican Judiciary Committee members on pending judicial and executive nomination, including the recent nomination and confirmation of Justice Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court. Kimberly earned her J.D.,magna...
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David Lilenfeld
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP and Trademarks
Ohio State University - Columbus
David M. Lilenfeld is an intellectual property attorney and founder of Lilenfeld PC, an intellectual property boutique law firm in the Buckhead area of Atlanta. His Firm represents clients in disputes involving trademarks, copyrights, patents and trade secrets. With the talented lawyers in his Firm, David also works with clients to protect their intellectual property assets. David is a graduate of Hunter College with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy. He earned his J.D. at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 1996 where he was a member of The Ohio State Law Journal. David has been...
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Beth Moeller
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(404) 748-9122
1175 Peachtree St NE
100 Colony Square, Suite 1850
Atlanta, GA 30361
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Beth Moeller represents both employees and employers in all aspects of employment and civil rights litigation, and has litigated a number of complex wage and hour collective and Rule 23 class actions. Beth has litigated single plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class and collective action cases in federal and state courts around the country. Beth advises clients on a variety of compliance issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act and other applicable laws and regulations. She has represented clients in cases involving allegations of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, failure to accommodate, breach of contract, and other violations of state...
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Thomas F. Martin
Fulton County, GA Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness and Employment
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Georgia employment and overtime attorney, Thomas F. Martin, grew up in Queens, New York playing basketball at LaSalle Academy against the likes of Lew Alcindor, prior to being highly recruited to play basketball for the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Upon graduation from the Naval Academy, Tom served in Vietnam for a year on river patrol boats on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta. After active duty, Tom obtained his MBA and began a very successful health care career as a senior executive of several hospital corporations that lasted for 28 years and provided him with...
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Heather Sharp
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Business
Vanderbilt University Law School
"Heather is an attorney at the Robbins Firm whose practice is focused on complex business disputes, including business torts. Heather has a broad range of experience which includes all phases of litigation and arbitration. This stems from having worked at both large and small law firms and having represented clients ranging from individuals to international corporations. Prior to joining the Robbins Firm, Heather was an associate at the New York City office of the international law firm White & Case LLP, where she represented multinational corporations, international banks, and individuals in a broad range of disputes, including...
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Bill Needle
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 55 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, IP and Patents
Emory University
Bill Needle is a registered patent attorney who has been exclusively practicing all aspects of Intellectual Property law for 42 years. Mr. Needle began his legal career at the first IP boutique firm in Atlanta (Newton, Hopkins & Orsmby) from 1970-1983. He then founded the IP boutique Needle & Rosenberg which, in 2008, merged into Ballard Spahr LLP. He served as the first Chair of Ballard Spahr's Intellectual Property Department until July 1, 2012 and remains a partner in the firm.
His litigation experience includes being counsel in the copyright and trademark litigation for the CABBAGE PATCH KIDS(R)...
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Michael R. Braun
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Products Liability
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
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Edward D. Buckley
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Employment
Emory University School of Law
Edward D. Buckley is one of the founding partners of Buckley Bala Wilson Mew LLP. Ed was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, by parents who raised him to make a difference for the better.
Ed understands the hardships that working people face and has built his law practice championing their cause, focusing his practice on civil rights and employment discrimination cases. He has represented people from virtually every walk of life, including hotel laundry workers, truckers, secretaries, food industry workers, technicians, salespeople, teachers, professors, stockbrokers, CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, longshoremen, doctors and lawyers. He has represented numerous executives in everything...
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Michael L. Thompson
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationInsurance Claims and Products Liability
University System of Georgia - University of Georgia
Prior to joining the McArthur Law Firm, Michael began his career as an associate with a mid-sized litigation firm focusing his practice on liability defense work. In this job, he representing individuals, insurance carriers, and government entities in personal injury litigation.
A native of Toccoa, Georgia, the Georgia lawyer attended undergrad at the University of Georgia where he graduated with honors. Following undergrad, Michael also attended law school at the University of Georgia where he graduated cum laude.
During law school, Michael served as a summer clerk to the Honorable John J. Ellington of the Georgia Court of Appeals prior to...
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AJ Merrill
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Entertainment & Sports, IP and International
University of Southern California
AJ helps Media, Technology, Online, Education and other businesses launch, grow, and build lasting relationships with customers, partners and the community through a strong public benefit / social cause focus. He likes to make it Fun, because life is short! (And, it turns out, Fun is Good for Business! :)
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Melissa Davis Strickland
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
University of Georgia
Melissa, “Missy” Strickland is the founder and principal attorney at Buckhead Family Law, serving clients throughout Atlanta and surrounding communities in divorce and other important family law matters. After years of practicing family law as an attorney with larger law firms, Missy decided to open her own firm to be able to provide more customized representation to her clients. She has practiced family law at some of Atlanta’s top firms since 2006, and handles a full range of domestic relations matters including divorce in Atlanta, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, child custody, child support, alimony, contempt actions, paternity and legitimation.
After graduating...
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Beverly Bates
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 63 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Special Master, State of Georgia, 1987-1995 by annual appointment of Governor. Recipient, Younger Federal Lawyer Award, Atlanta Chapter, Federal Bar Association, 1972. President, Walter F. George School of Law Alumni Association, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, 1976-77. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Georgia, 1966-1974. Legal counsel of record in over 100 state, federal, and military cases reported by legal publishers. Admitted to practice in U. S. Supreme Court, 1965; U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Georgia, 1966; U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1981; U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982. ...
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Tracey Barbaree
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 33 years of experience
(404) 748-9122
1175 Peachtree St NE
100 Colony Square, Suite 1850
Atlanta, GA 30361
Free ConsultationEmployment
The Ohio State University Michael E. Moritz College of Law
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Pamela E. Palmer
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Employment
College of William and Mary
Pamela's practice focuses on representing private and government entities in all types of employment-related matters. She has extensive experience in providing advice and counsel to a range of clients on resolving workplace issues and developing a positive and profitable workplace. Pamela provides training to her clients to help prevent workplace disputes and compliance issues. Prior to joining Elarbee Thompson, Pamela worked as a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Atlanta District Office, where she represented the agency in all aspects of litigation.
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Harrison W. Kohler
Fulton County, GA Attorney
Free ConsultationEmory University
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Bukhari R. Nuriddin
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Entertainment & Sports and IP
Howard University School of Law
The Nuriddin Law Company is a full service law firm with a focus on Business Law, Consulting, Criminal Law, Estate Planning, Family Law and Personal Injury Law. We represent companies and individuals concerning various business and personal legal matters. Founded by Bukhari R. Nuriddin, at The Nuriddin Law Company, we recognize that our clients have important legal needs requiring customized legal solutions. Quite often, our clients also have related non-legal needs that they want fulfilled, such as guidance and compassion. Understandably, clients are also concerned about fees. We were established as a community-based practice that serves the...
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Don Brown
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Insurance Defense
Georgia State University College of Law
Don Brown is a senior associate at Hall Booth P.C. and has been proudly serving the firm for more than ten years. The numerous amounts of clients that he has worked for have come to expect Don's frequent and thorough updates. Don's primary focus in his work is to ensure that his clients' interests are well protected. As Don receives more cases, he approaches each one with that in mind. Once these clients begin working with Don, they realize that they have an extremely strong advocate in their corner and that they placed their legal...
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Michael Raymond Rethinger
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy
The University of Georgia School of Law
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Brian H. Sumrall
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 23 years of experience
Business and Workers' Comp
Georgia State University
If you have a worker's compensation case, contact an attorney from he Law Office of Brian H. Sumrall to get the results you deserve. For more information about your case and how we can help, visit our website today.
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Tracy S. Reeves Jr.
Fulton County, GA Attorney with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and White Collar Crime
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Tracy S. Reeves, Jr. graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor’s Degree in both Criminal Justice and Political Science. He then graduated from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School in 2010 after taking a year off to work at Hawkins, Parnell & Young, LLC in the Asbestos and Products Liability Litigation Divisions.
Tracy began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Coweta Judicial Circuit. There he helped in establishing the Gang Intelligence Network as well as training prosecutors and law enforcement officers in investigating and prosecuting gang cases. Tracy was also the head of...
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James Victor Doyle Jr
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationProducts Liability
Samford University
Mr. Doyle handles cases for people who have been injured by dangerous pharmaceuticals or defective products, in addition to personal injuries due to the negligence of others. His practice is devoted almost entirely to representing plaintiffs. To date, lawyers at Doyle Law Firm have recovered over $63 Million for their clients. The Atlanta and Birmingham offices of Doyle Law Firm are currently accepting clients with claims related to the following products: Chinese drywall, Accutane, Actonel, Boniva, Fosamax, Yaz, Yasmin, asbestos, Biomet M2A Magnum Hips, DePuy Orthopaedics ASR Hips, Smith and Nephew Hips, Stryker Rejuvenate Hips, Wright Conserve...
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Garrett Pendleton
Fulton County, GA Lawyer with 20 years of experience
(404) 812-5322
Tower Place 100, Suite 1800
3340 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30326
Business and Insurance Claims
Stetson University
After six years in large multinational law firms engaged in the most sophisticated litigation in state and federal courts nationwide, and internationally, Mr. Pendleton continues to focus his practice on aviation, insurance and general civil litigation matters. Licensed both in Georgia and Florida, and admitted to the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Georgia and the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, Mr. Pendleton provides top tier legal representation and counseling delivering advocacy, solutions and results.
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Alan Hamilton
Fulton County, GA Lawyer
Products Liability
University System of Georgia - University of Georgia
Alan Hamilton focuses his law practice on significant personal injury cases, wrongful death, and business torts. Alan has helped numerous clients obtain seven- and eight-figure verdicts and settlements during his career. He has represented individuals and appeared before courts in twelve different states. Prior to co-founding Shiver Hamilton, LLC, Alan practiced with a nationally recognized trial firm and served as a federal judicial law clerk. Since its founding in 2011, Shiver Hamilton has obtained a series of outstanding jury verdicts, many of them far exceeding the insurance company’s best offer.