Practice Areas - Business Law
- Business Litigation
- Small Business Law
- Corporate Law
- Business Formations
- Contracts
- Breach of Contract
- Partnerships
- Limited Liability Companies
- Joint Ventures
- S Corporations
- Non-Profit Corporations
- Strategic Alliances
- Buying or Selling a Business
- Dissolving a Business
- Retirement Planning
- Trade Secrets
- Licensing
- Intellectual Property
- Non-Compete Agreements
- Reproductive Law
| - Estate Planning
- Will Drafting
- Probate
- Trusts and Real Estate
- Zoning
- Land Use
- Construction
- Development
- Restrictive Covenants
- Leasing
- Environmental
- Eminent Domain
- Real Estate Litigation
- Prenuptial Agreements
- Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
- Fraud and Fiduciary Breach
- Transactional and Commercial Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Licensing and Governmental Approvals
- Appellate Practice
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| University | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 1976; University of Georgia, M.B.A., 1980 |
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| Law School | University of Georgia, J.D., 1979; Emory University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 1987 |
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| Admitted | 1979, Georgia |
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| Memberships | Cobb County Bar Association (Chair, Communications Committee, Business Law and Litigation Sections, 2008-2009); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Continuing Legal Education Bridge the Gap Committee, Younger Lawyer's Section, 1983-1986); The Federalist Society. |
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| Born | Brunswick, Georgia, May 1, 1954 |
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| Biography | Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa Tau Alpha; Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Iota Epsilon. Author: "Observations of Laws of Surrogacy in the U.S.," The American Surrogacy Center, Inc., April 1996; "Recent Court Decisions Concerning the Law of Surrogacy," The American Surrogacy Center, Inc., August 1996; "The Legal Status of Surrogacy in Georgia," The American Surrogacy Center, Inc., April 1996; "Assisted Reproductive Technology (A.R.T.) and Surrogacy-A Perspective for the Georgia Jurist," 2006. Addressed the annual conference of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) on "Informed Consent and Third Party Reproductive Issues" (2000) and "Managing Legal Risk in the Assisted Reproductive Technologies Environment" (2004). Leadership Cobb, 1992. Member: Cobb County Ordinance Review Committee, 1993-1995; Hospital Authority of Cobb County, 1996-2000; Wellstar Regional Health Board at Cobb, 1996-2001; Coverdell Leadership Institute, 1999. |
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| Reported Cases | Schoenbaum Ltd. Co., L.L.C. v. Lenox Pines, L.L.C., 262 Ga. App. 457, 585 S.E.2d 643 (2003); Worthy v. Holmes, 287 S.E.2d 9, 249 Ga. 104 (S. Ct. 1982); Holmes v. Worthy, 282 S.E. 2d 919, 159 Ga. App. 262 (Ct. App. 1981); WMM Properties, Inc. v. Cobb County, 339 S.E.2d 252, 255 Ga. 436 (S. Ct. 1986); City of Powder Springs v. WMM Properties, Inc., 325 S.E.2d 155, 253 Ga. 753 (S. Ct. 1985); Whelchel v. Laing Properties, Inc., 378 S.E.2d 478, 190 Ga. App. 182 (Ct. App. 1989); Chastain v. State, 339 S.E.2d 298, 177 Ga. App. 236 (Ct. App. 1985); Cobb County v. Webb Dev. Corp., 398 S.E.2d 3, 260 Ga. 605 (S. Ct. 1990); Coplin v. Broadnax, 349 S.E.2d 748, 256 Ga. 291 (1986); Cousins v. Cousins, 315 S.E.2d 420, 253 Ga. 30 (S. Ct. 1984); East Piedmont 120 Assocs. v. Sheppard, 434 S.E.2d 101, 209 Ga. App. 664 (Ct. App. 1993); Hampton Ridge Homeowners Assoc. v. Marett Properties, 460 S.E.2d 790, 265 Ga. 655 (S. Ct. 1995); Scott v. Thompson, 415 S.E.2d 508, 202 Ga. App. 746 (Ct. App. 1992); Scott v. Thompson, 388 S.E.2d 371, 193 Ga. App. 487 (Ct. App. 1989); Marett v. Professional Ins. Careers, Inc., 410 S.E.2d 373, 201 Ga. App. 178 (Ct. App. 1991); Arnau v. Cochran, 361 S.E.2d 173, 257 Ga. 550 (S. Ct. 1987); Bullock v. Bullock, 292 S.E.2d 872, 162 Ga. App. 744 (Ct. App. 1982). |
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| ISLN | 906136629 |
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