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In summary, some of my cases/legal matters have included:
- Representation of the seller at the closing of a $6,000,000 apartment complex.
- $1,500,000 jury verdict against trucking company in personal injury case (assisted as an associate in another firm).
- Defended against a $1,400,000 franchise lawsuit (lawsuit dismissed immediately before trial).
- $985,000 jury verdict in a franchise litigation lawsuit (included $385,000 in punitive damages. This was the largest verdict of the five similar lawsuits against the same restaurant franchisor).
- Defended against a $300,000 plus construction lawsuit by a national homebuilder (lawsuit dismissed before trial).
- Obtained $55,000 settlement offer in federal lawsuit for international freight damage case.
- Several acquittals in felony criminal jury trials.
- $210,000.00 settlement (the homebuilder repurchased the Forsyth County, GA home in a construction lawsuit).
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- LL.M. in Litigation, Emory University Law School, Atlanta, Georgia (1986).
- J.D., University of Arkansas Law School, Fayetteville, Arkansas (1982).
Outstanding Oral Argument Award Winner, Moot Court (1980).
- B.A. in Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia (1979).
- B.A. Honors in History, University of Missouri-Columbia (1979).
Academic All Big 8 (now Big 12 Conference).
- FEDERAL: United States Supreme Court; United States Circuit Court for the 11th Circuit (Atlanta); United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia; United States Tax Court; United States Court of Claims.
- GEORGIA: Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals.
- MISSOURI: Missouri Supreme Court; Missouri Eastern Court of Appeals (St. Louis); Missouri Southern Court of Appeals (Springfield); and Missouri Western Court of Appeals (Kansas City).
- Resolved cases as Court appointed mediator through the Cobb County Mediation Program (personal injury, divorce, and general civil).
- Resolved cases as Court appointed mediator through the Fulton County Magistrate Court Mediation Program (landlord-tenant cases).
- Handled many Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcies.
- Handled business and consumer law matters.
- Represented Homeowners Associations and Condominium Associations with many court appearances and trials in several metropolitan Atlanta Magistrate and Superior Courts.
- Represented many divorce clients.
- Handled probate of estates.
- Drafted wills and trusts for estate planning.
- Handled traffic and D.U.I. cases.
- Intern for Atlanta Superior Court Judge (1986).
- Intern for Civil Litigation Law Firm in downtown Atlanta (1986).
- Intern for Suburban County District Attorney’s Office (1985).
- Judge for Appellate Moot Court, University of Missouri-Columbia Law School (1985).
- Judge for Mock Trial, Emory University Law School.
- Registered Mediator in Georgia.
- Past President, Cobb County Mediators’ Association.
- Member, Rotary Club of Johns Creek.
- Helped handle French translation for 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics as member of the Protocol Department (stationed at Protocol front desk in the Olympics' headquarters in lobby of Atlanta Marriot Marquis Hotel).
- As part of the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics’ preparation in 1995, wore badge indicating French translator and helped straighten out baggage problems, etc. for any country with French speaking Olympic delegates at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Greeted the Olympic Delegation from France at the airplane, and escorted them to baggage and transportation.
Please contact us via Email or simply call 770.886.7207.
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