Gillsville Lawyers

As an athlete for 20 years, Mike recognizes the benefits of hard work, proper training and being prepared for the competition. Today, these traits help him achieve winning results for his clients. A graduate of the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, Mike has litigated in a diverse range of law throughout Georgia and has appeared as lead trial counsel in 47 Georgia counties. Mike has served as co-counsel with some of Atlanta's largest firms, and he has also represented family members of some of the best known attorneys in the country. ...

Workers compensation attorney with 25 years of litigation experience. Mediator and former Gwinnett County Magistrate Court Judge. U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) with 25 years of military service.

Representing injury victims and families in wrongful death matters for over a decade in metro-Atlanta and throughout the rest of Georgia. Mr. Spaulding combines relentless hard work on each of his cases with a dedication to always being available to each and every one of his clients whenever they have questions or concerns or just need someone to talk to about what they are going through. He has obtained national recognition from the trial lawyer industry for the exceptional results he has obtained for his clients over the years.

Tyler Carey grew up in Athens, Ohio and moved to Augusta, Georgia for college where he attended and graduated from Augusta University. During his undergraduate studies, Tyler was a member of the Student Conduct Board, as well as awarded the Who’s Who Among American College Students from Universities. After Augusta University, Tyler moved to Loganville to attend Emory University’s School of Law.

During Tyler's first year of law school, he interned for Bryan Frost which sparked his desire to help those overwhelmed by the legal system.

During his time at Emory, Tyler helped write am amicus curie brief to the United States...

EXPERIENCE: For nearly 13 years, I have focused on representing clients in a variety of complex cases involving immigration law, criminal defense and family law. I have successfully helped thousands of clients over the years with extremely difficult cases.

RESULTS DRIVEN: Our goal is always to get you the best result possible. We don't make guarantees of a particular outcome, but what we do guarantee is that we will aggressively pursue every legal avenue possible as we fight for you.

OUR DIFFERENCE: I take pride in every person that entrusts me with their legal matter. For that...

Ken has practiced bankruptcy law for over 28 years in Georgia. Ken also is a part time Magistrate Court Judge for Gwinnett County. Ken is married with 2 children who attended Mill Creek High School and Georgia Tech. Ken served as President of the Mill Creek Band Booster Club and President of the Mill Creek Athletic Association. Ken is currently currently serving as the Director of the Gainesville Aid Project (GAP).

Karla Y Vogel, CLU®, ChFC® has over 23 years legal experience and concentrates her law practice in the areas of estate/probate administration, real estate matters, and tax representation. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University, her Master's degree from Emory University, and her Juris Doctor degree from Georgia State University College of Law. She is the founder of Vogel Law Office, LLC, a virtual tax and financial consulting law firm that helps you to resolve concerns about Death, Dirt & Taxes(SM) by providing legal solutions at reasonable prices. Whether you need a Will, have a Real Estate...

Ali founded The Auto Accident Attorneys Group to help his clients receive the justice they deserve. Ali's clients receive the benefit of his extensive experience as a fierce advocate in the courtroom, and he is committed to ensuring that every client receives proper compensation. Ali has helped recover millions of dollars in settlements and judgments. Ali graduated from Pepperdine University School of Law, where he met his wife and partner Jamie. Ali and Jamie live in Marietta, Georgia with their two daughters.

I am a versatile family law attorney attorney who is skilled in bringing resolution to complex and simple family law matters. I combine my education and professional experience with personal experience to guide clients with strategic legal advice, compassionate support and solution-focused advocacy. As a family law attorney and former social worker, I am experienced in helping clients with domestic, family law and divorce issues including paternity, legitimation, child custody modification, child support modification, grandparent visitation, enforcement of court orders, family violence and pre- and post-nuptial agreements. I also act as a Guardian ad Litem in contested custody cases and...

Prior to attending law school, I served in the United States Army as an Infantry Officer. I served as a Rifle Platoon Leader, Mortar Platoon Leader, Instructor, Battalion Staff Officer and an Infantry Rifle Company Commander. I began practicing law in Canton, Georgia in 1993. After obtaining a Master of Laws concentrating in litigation, I logged several thousand hours in the courtroom developing a practice in domestic relations, criminal law and commercial litigation. In 2007 I was certified as a mediator, using my years of courtroom experience coupled with alternative dispute resolution training to help people resolve...

Attorney M. Qader A. Baig has more than 30 years of experience in the courtroom and is an asset to any case. He is intimately familiar with the local legal systems and has worked as both a prosecutor and a defense lawyer. This background, representing all sides in past legal battles, gives him a comprehensive perspective, familiarity, and comfort with all types of cases. Some lawyers are only interested in billable hours; others are interested in Justice. Mr. Baig has dedicated his career to the virtues enshrined in the State seal of Georgia: "Wisdom, Justice and Moderation." We do...

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. EDUCATION J.D., Georgia State University College of Law, 2004 B.A., University of Georgia, 2001 JURISDICTIONS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE State Bar of Georgia,...

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,...

I am a litigation partner at Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin representing employers and insurers in defending workers' compensation claims. I handle claims at all stages in the claim, including at inception, through litigation, hearings, and appeals, mediations, and settlement. I also specialize in subrogation recovery on behalf of my clients, protecting their interests by asserting liens in third-party fault scenarios. I have also gained experience in handling Occupational Accident claims and contingent liability scenarios for employers who choose to obtain occupational accident insurance for their employees. I graduated from the University of Georgia in 2008 with a Bachelor of...

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...

Scott Slappey is a partner in the firm of Slappey & Sadd, LLC, in Atlanta, Georgia. He holds a B.S. from Georgia Southwestern College, 1983, and a Law Degree from the Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, 1986. Scott has been a member of the State Bar of Georgia since passing the bar examination in 1986. Scott is also a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, and the Workers’ Compensation Claimant’s Lawyer’s Association.

Scott’s main area of practice is in the representation of injured workers in workers’ compensation cases. His experience in the field of workers’ compensation began...

I am a pure criminal defense attorney and I take great pride in that fact. Even before law school, my goal was to become one of the best criminal defense attorneys of my time. I realized that goal was achievable the very first time I stepped into a courtroom because advocating for my client gave me a true sense of purpose. Since then, my passion for helping people and defending them against the government continues to grow every day. To me, standing up for a person, who is being prosecuted by the government, is the most honorable act. I truly...

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

Rouse & Company LLC - is a law firm dedicated to helping people fight serious felony and misdemeanor charges in Georgia. If you or a family member are facing charges that require jail time, e.g. drug offenses, weapons charges, RICO violations, obstruction, assault / battery, DUI / DWI, fraud, etc., before you determine how to handle your bond, you should call S. Carlton Rouse, Esq. for a consultation. Although we are primarily located in Snellville, Georgia, we have and continue to represent individuals and families throughout the State of Georgia. Call us and let us put our expertise and experience...

John has been practicing law for over 20 years and brings his experiences from thousands of real estate transactions to make your experience the very best it can be. The firm provides knowledgeable, compassionate and superior legal advice to each and every client. The firm's mission is to bring peace to our clients and their constituents by providing superior service and legal counsel for all real estate transactions, matters, and closings.

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;...

Stuart Oberman is the founder and principal attorney of Oberman Law Firm, a highly regarded law firm that specializes in business law, healthcare law, intellectual property, corporate transactions, real estate law, estate planning, probate, and litigation. With over 30 years of experience, Mr. Oberman has become known for his thorough, practical approach to legal issues, offering both strategic advice and personalized counsel to clients ranging from individual clients to local-region-national and global corporations. Mr. Oberman’s extensive experience allows him to advise clients on a broad array of legal matters, offering guidance in areas such as: Business Law: Including business and entity formation,...

Sean A. Black is a trial lawyer focusing on criminal, DUI and traffic defense. He accepts a small number of serious personal injury and wrongful death claims. He is a 1992 graduate of the Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia.

He lives in Toccoa, Georgia, with his wife and two children.

He is a member of the Toccoa Elks Lodge.

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,...

Legal Accomplishments Gary Martin Hays' legal accomplishments span more than 35 years of practice, and he frequently lectures to other attorneys on the best way to handle personal injury and workers' compensation claims. Other accomplishments include: Membership in the prestigious Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, a society limited to those attorneys who have received a verdict or settlement of at least $2 million. He is a multi-year recipient of the Super Lawyer’s designation, as voted on by other lawyers in Georgia. The American Trial Lawyers' Association named him one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Georgia since 2007. Lawdragon included him as...

Kevin Adamson has always taken great pride in providing individualized attention and compassionate service to his clients. In fact, it was this desire to truly get to know clients that led Kevin to start his own firm.

“In some firms, the cases are just files and numbers,” he says. “But I wanted to give a personal touch to the clients. I started my practice with the thought of having a smaller number of cases that I could focus more attention on.”

Kevin has been providing full-service plaintiff’s counsel to clients who have suffered personal injuries since 2001.

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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....

Shireen Hormozdi began her career in Atlanta as an attorney with a national consumer law firm. During her first year in practice, she tried a case in federal court before Hon. Beverly B. Martin in the Northern District of Georgia and successfully appealed a case before the Georgia Court of Appeals. She left the firm for a federal judicial clerkship with the Hon. E. Clayton Scofield, III in the Northern District of Georgia.

After she completed her clerkship, Ms. Hormozdi worked for a large law firm in Florida, defending Fortune 500 companies against personal injury, products liability and premise liability cases....

For more than 30 years, Thomas J. Ashenden has been dedicated to representing injured people who have been the victims of negligence. Ashenden & Associates, during that time, has been handling catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from negligence involving automobiles, trucks colliding with automobiles, trucks colliding with other trucks, premises liability, medical negligence, hotel and apartment negligence due to inadequate security, and Workers’ Compensation claims. Mr. Ashenden has represented many clients who have been victimized by the negligence and gross negligence of tractor-trailer truck drivers. Some of the largest recoveries in his 30 years have come as a...

Aggressive and relentless, Mr. Poole develops custom tailored strategies designed to achieve exceptional outcomes for his clients. He represents businesses, business owners, and individuals in a wide range of complex litigation matters, including partnership and shareholder disputes, breach of contract, fraud, business torts, real estate disputes, and trade secret misappropriation. His extensive experience extends to high-stakes cases involving corporate governance issues, unfair competition claims, employment-related conflicts, and recovery for fraud. Mr. Poole’s practice spans industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and real estate, allowing him to bring industry-specific insight to every case. Known for his tenacity, he has successfully represented clients...

Arthur began his legal career at the Office of the Public Defender for the Augusta Judicial Circuit. During his time as an APD, Arthur represented hundreds of criminal defendants and tried both misdemeanor and felony cases to jury verdict. After leaving the Office of the Public Defender, Arthur entered private practice and turned his attention to representing the interests of injured workers across the state of Georgia.

Arthur graduated from Augusta State University, after which he went to work in Alaska as a commercial fisherman. Arthur believes that his experience in Alaska was invaluable, not only because it taught him the...

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.

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...

Kimberly DeCarrera brings together legal and accounting fields to provide clients with advice and know-how as an unclaimed property adviser.

Providing legal services on unclaimed and abandoned property to Fortune 500 companies in diverse industries such as transportation and logistics, financial services, health care, retail, media, software and technology, and manufacturing.

• Single and multi-state audit defense for client companies (including audits led by third-party auditors such as Kelmar Associates, Innovative Advocates Group, Verus, Xerox/ACS)
• Audit Assessment Appeals and Litigation
• Comprehensive Compliance Strategies, including Canada and other foreign jurisdictions
• Interest Assessment Appeals
• Accounts Receivable Solutions...

Founding attorney Jeffrey L. Dickerson began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Houston Judicial Circuit. During that time, he was responsible for prosecuting all types of crimes, ranging from shoplifting to homicide. Later in 2002, he was appointed to Houston County’s “Narcotics and Organized Crime” litigation team, where he gained valuable experience handling drug crimes ranging from simple possession to trafficking. Attorney Dickerson now runs his own firm in metro Atlanta dedicated solely to DUI and drug possession defense, and he has successfully obtained not-guilty verdicts in DUI-Per Se, DUI Less-Safe, and in various VGCSA cases...

Attorney Douglas Kaleita is an experienced litigation attorney who has served the families of Atlanta, GA for over 22 years. He specializes in personal injury and workers’ compensation cases and he strives to settle injury claims outside of court whenever possible. Over the years, Attorney Kaleita has earned the trust and respect of the bar, the local court, his fellow counsel and his peers. With a track record of success, Mr. Kaleita has been able to recover millions of dollars for his clients, not to mention he also offers a free initial consultation to all interested in using his legal...

Michael has over eight years of experience handling every type of injury litigation claim. Michael solely represents people who were seriously injured or the family members of loved ones who have died. Michael has successfully litigated all types of cases throughout his career, including injuries caused by machine failures, product failures, motor vehicle wrecks, trucking wrecks, drunk drivers, unsafe premises, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, and all other types of negligence claims. Michael graduated Magna Cum Laude from Georgia State University College of Law in 2012. Following graduation, Michael joined a large Atlanta litigation defense firm. He...