Duane D. Sitar

Duane D. Sitar: Attorney with Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Attorney Awards
  • Martindale-Hubbell Peer AV Preeminent Rating
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Biography

Duane D. Sitar has represented a wide array of clients, including public companies, closely held businesses, individual executives, record and music publishing companies, and physician practices regarding acquisitions, dispositions, strategic alliances, capital finance, dynastic planning, entertainment and transactional activities, aircraft and capital equipment acquisitions, leasing and finance, and general estate planning. He frequently assists clients in all facets of their business lives from formation through and including final disposition and dissolution, and has filled the functional role of in-house counsel. Duane has experience in representing medical and dental practitioners, real estate developers, record company and entertainment executives, as well as business entrepreneurs.

Concentrations

•Transactional entertainment
•General corporate, commercial and finance
•Estate planning
•Taxation (individual, corporate, partnership, wealth transfer)
•Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and reorganizations
•Probate
•Health care

Recognition & Leadership

Awards & Accolades

•Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, 2026
•Team Member, a Law360 “Media & Entertainment Practice Group of the Year,” 2022
•Team Member, a U.S. News - Best Lawyers 'Law Firm of the Year' in Entertainment Law - Music, 2011-2012
•Listed, Georgia Trend magazine, 'Legal Elite,' 2011
•Rated, AV Preeminent 5.0 out of 5

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Areas of Practice (4)

  • Corporate
  • Tax
  • Entertainment, Media & Sports
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
University of Georgia, B.B.A., Accounting, 1985; University of Georgia, B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1985; University of Georgia, B.B.A., with high honors, 1985
Law School Attended:
University of Georgia School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1988; Emory University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation, 1991
Year of First Admission:
1988
Admission:
1988, Georgia
Memberships:

Professional & Community Involvement

•Member, American Bar Association, Corporate and Taxation Sections

•Member, Atlanta Bar Association

Birth Information:
Seymour, Indiana, January 22, 1963
Reported Cases:
Experience: Representation Matters: Represented regional airline in acquisition/leasing of more than $1 billion of capital equipment.; Represented publicly and privately held companies in both majority and minority equity investments and sales as well as equity asset acquisitions and dispositions.; Represented large and small physician groups in establishing internal and external contractual and employment relationships, implementing management, provider and governmental compliance programs, and disposing and acquiring practices.; Represented executives in establishing employment and benefit relationships.; Represented owners in structuring and coordinating business and dynastic family succession and estate planning.
ISLN:
903674650

Payment Information

Credit Cards Accepted
American Express

Peer Reviews

5.0/5.0 (1 review)
Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent Rating Badge

  • Legal Knowledge

    5.0/5.0

  • Analytical Capability

    5.0/5.0

  • Judgment

    5.0/5.0

  • Communication

    5.0/5.0

  • Legal Experience

    5.0/5.0
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Location

  • Atlanta, GA
    Terminus 200 , Terminus 200, 3333 Piedmont Road NE, Suite 2500
    Atlanta, GA 30305

    678-553-2630 Phone
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