Shannon Lawyers

Stewart Bratcher is a trial attorney with over a decade of experience in Georgia courtrooms. Upon graduation from law school in 2005 he accepted a position as an Assistant District Attorney in the Cherokee Judicial Circuit (Bartow and Gordon Counties) where he remained employed until founding The Bratcher Firm. While employed as a prosecutor, Stewart handled thousands of criminal cases ranging from traffic violations to capital murder and tried over 100 cases to verdict before a jury or judge in Superior Court. As the office appellate specialist, Stewart served as appellate counsel in more than 20 cases and orally argued...

Attorney Floyd H. Farless has been in practice since 1976 handling cases in Northwest Georgia in criminal, civil and domestic matters. He began practice with the firm of Clary and Kent following graduation from law school. Since 2000 he has been a sole practitioner serving clients in and around the Floyd County area. Being a small firm he is able to provide personalized service to his clients addressing their cases on an individual basis,

Attorney Zach Burkhalter is a skilled litigator and zealous advocate. He has has extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of DUI defense, including charges relating to marijuana, prescription drugs, alcohol, and other drugs; criminal defense in misdemeanor and felony cases; family law, including divorce, child custody, child support, legitimation, and father's rights; estate and probate law, including highly contested estates; personal injury matters, including automobile, truck, and motorcycle accidents; firearms law and NFA trusts; and general civil litigation. Zachary Burkhalter has a reputation for success in the courtroom. He has secured numerous not guilty verdicts in criminal jury trials...

David C. Smith is an estate planning and elder law attorney in Rome, Georgia. David began practicing law in 1998 after receiving his law degree from the University of Georgia.

Patrick A. Matson is one of the founding partners of Matson & Matson. He practices in the area of personal injury, with an emphasis on automobile wrecks, truck wrecks, premises liability including slip and falls, trip and falls, and inadequate security, wrongful death, nursing home abuse and neglect, and cases involving catastophic injury or death.

Lee joined MSP as an associate in 2012 and was elected to the Partnership in 2019. Lee's practice focuses heavily on litigation and he advises clients on a wide range of disputes, from personal injury to complex contract disputes . He routinely handles cases all the way from seeking efficient resolution at the negotiation phase through trial and, when necessary, the appellate court level. Lee’s client-focused mentality has resulted in numerous 5 and 6 figure settlements for injured victims. Lee is a Rome native and graduated from Darlington School in 2005. Lee attended the University of Georgia where he graduated early...

Randall Carver graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in Economics in 2005 and obtained his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 2008. Since then, he has concentrated his practice on consumer bankruptcy where he worked for one of Atlanta’s largest consumer bankruptcy firms managing their Rome division.
Over his career, Mr. Carver has helped thousands of clients gain control over their finances and protect their property. Mr. Carver aggressively represents his clients’ interests by pursuing unscrupulous creditors who illegally harass borrowers and violate the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act.

Louis has been practicing in Rome since 2016 and looks forward to helping you with all your legal needs. He handle Adoptions, Family Law Cases, Estate Planning, and Corporate Law. Louis is also a trained Guardian Ad Litem serving the Northwest Georgia area. He is a Member of the State Bar of Georgia and the Rome Bar Association He is admitted to Practice in the Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals, All Georgia Superior Courts, and All Georgia Lower Courts.

David Guldenschuh is an attorney and native of Rome, Georgia. He is a 1981 cum laude graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School. After serving a federal appeals court clerkship, he began practicing law in Atlanta at the firm of King & Spalding. Due to the serious illness of his daughter, David returned to Rome in 1990 where he joined the firm then known as Smith Shaw & Maddox. He started his current solo practice in 2004. His practice includes business law and litigation, personal injury and automobile accidents, trusts, will and estates, employment discrimination law, election...

U. S. Army 1969 - 1971; Vietnam Veteran

Firm member T. Neal Brunt has been serving clients since 1988. Before creating his current firm, Mr. Brunt served as a law clerk to Superior Court Judges in the Cherokee Judicial Circuit. He established Brunt & Hood, LLC with Jason P. Hood and Jeffrey M. Hood in 2005.

Joann Brown Williams has been litigating for well over a decade. Joann’s “bread-and-butter” is business litigation, including breach of contract, corporate governance, trade secret, non-compete and non-solicit covenants, employment related disputes in the areas of discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Her “chocolate,” however, are claims dealing with First Amendment and defamation. Joann has tried cases throughout Northeast Georgia in both State and Federal Courts and has practiced in State and Federal Courts throughout the country. Joann has been involved in several high profile cases that have been written about in The Los Angeles Times, The National Law...

I grew up in Toledo, Ohio. I went to college at Miami (OH) University. I then went to Wake Forest University School of Law.

I have been practicing law since 2001. For more than 14 years, my practice focused on representing companies and insurers in personal injury actions. My specialty was defending truck drivers, motor carriers, and their insurers. I enjoyed the legal work the cases’ results often left me empty and unfulfilled. In 2015, I transformed my practice. Instead of representing companies and insurers, I changed to filing lawsuits against them. I now enjoys being part...

Titus Nichols is a trial lawyer who has successfully obtained verdicts against multi-million dollar corporations at trial. Titus fights on behalf of regular people who have been injured through the negligence of others. Titus’ practice focuses on representing people who have been injured as a result of reckless drivers, work place accidents, defective products, and catastrophic injuries. Titus’ practice also includes representation of people in federal courts throughout Georgia and South Carolina. He has represented individuals in class-action suits regarding environmental contamination as well as consumer fraud. Titus has spent years representing regular people who have been injured in...

I am an attorney who has completely dedicated my practice to the area of criminal defense. I handle cases ranging from traffic tickets to capital murder. My geographic practice area includes metro Atlanta, west Georgia, and counties south of Atlanta. I have been endorsed by over 100 lawyers and countless former clients. My law partner, Dane Garland, also exclusively handles criminal cases in the west Georgia and metro area.

I am the only lawyer named as a SuperLawyer in the area of criminal defense in the west Georgia area. I am also AV rated...

Former JAG Attorney & Army Ranger now representing military service members in their most important legal matters.

Graduated second in his class at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School while working full time as a police officer. Highly effective in litigation and trials. Handled over 1500 criminal cases, felony or misdemeanor. Criminal cases involving alcohol or drugs are 85% of all criminal cases, with personal injury for the remainder. Martindale-Hubbell "av" and Preeminent Rated for several years. Super Lawyers-9 years, as Rising Star or Super Lawyer.

"We Won!!" was not something Josh heard a lot as a kid. Never the sportiest fella, East Cobb, Georgia didn't inspire him to a sportsball career despite his innate athletic ability. Graduating from The Walker School Josh went North, to Clark University, MA (Hippies and folks from New York, and SO MANY international people!). Chasing young love back to Georgia, Josh graduated from Georgia State University College of Law in 2002 without any honors. He was on Mock Trial and did Moot Court, though. And was fun. Josh clerked in Cobb Superior Court (A. Grubbs), closed...

Kim Keheley Frye is a Georgia criminal defense trial attorney with experience defending the accused in over 50 felony and misdemeanor jury trials. A graduate of the University of Georgia and the Georgia State University School of Law. Kim had experience as a Defender-Advocate, Honor Court and the Student Trial teams while in school. Previously working as a prosecutor in both felony and misdemeanor court gives Kim special insight into the workings of the prosecution and law enforcement. In 2008, Frye Law Group was born as a law office to champion and protect the rights of the accused. Kim has...

While growing up as the oldest child of nine, I would often complain to my stepfather about the fact that things around me were not happening fairly. So, at the age of 16, I made a lifelong commitment to making sure things are done fairly. In the beginning, I focused on helping individuals and businesses plan for the future, and life’s inevitable events. Other situations, like a death in the family or Mom’s dementia diagnosis, required immediate action. It soon became clear – the “problem solver” in me (a required character trait when you are the oldest of nine!) realized...

I am a former IRS Office of Chief Counsel attorney who has extensive experience helping clients with IRS audit, Tax Court litigation and syndicated conservation easement cases. I received my law degree in 2000 from Samford University, and my LL.M. in Tax Law from New York University in 2001. After that, I worked in Washington, D.C. for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel. After leaving IRS, I worked at a large law firm for 4 years, and then opened Bomar Law Firm in Atlanta, Georgia in 2007. Prior to graduating law school, I clerked in...

Laura Reis is the founder of ReisLaw, LLC where she has directed her practice to the representation of Georgia’s injury victims for over a decade.

She is dedicated to providing you with professional, experienced and aggressive representation. This is a difficult time in your life and filing a workers’ compensation claim can be a complicated and slow process without a results-oriented lawyer working for you.

Laura Reis has dedicated her practice to the representation of injured workers since 2003. In the past Fifteen Years, Laura has resolved thousands of workers’ compensation claims through trial or settlement and procures millions of dollars for...

Melanie is a results-driven DUI and criminal defense attorney. Her unique experience as a prosecutor, defense attorney and judicial candidate have provided her the knowledge and insight to contest her clients’ cases aggressively.
While in private practice, she is honored to have been recognized by her peers as a Super Lawyers’ Rising Star, one of the legal profession’s top achievements. By anonymous votes of Georgia lawyers, she was recognized for her legal work in the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 editions of Georgia Super Lawyers magazine. The Rising Star award is reserved for attorneys under the...

I am a founding partner of Meriwether & Tharp LLC, where we have been helping clients through difficult times for over 20 years. In my current role as a managing partner, I can assist more clients through our team of over thirty divorce attorneys in the Atlanta area.

We know that obtaining a divorce can be a difficult process. Not only do you have to navigate the legal complications surrounding equitable division, child support, alimony, and child custody, but you also have to deal with the emotional toll a divorce places on you and your family. Many of...

Jay Sadd is a founding partner of Slappey & Sadd LLC in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Sadd has over 30 years of professional legal experience and is dedicated to representing individuals who have been seriously injured and families of those who have lost loved ones due to the negligence or wrongdoing of others. Mr. Sadd has been lead counsel on cases in which his client was awarded or recovered $22,000,000; $18,000,000; $17,000,000, and $10,250,000, along with many other confidential settlements. These high-damage cases are often the result of car accidents, truck accidents, medical malpractice, unsafe premises and the like.

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Our areas of practice ranges from prenuptial agreements and child support matters to complex custody battles, and high-asset divorces. We are well-known and respected in the legal community as highly intellectual and skilled attorneys, and quickly gained a reputation of being known as fearless litigators because of our track record!

We developed a niche area of of the law that focuses on Father’s Rights. Although we represent both men and women, we discovered that there was a need for Fathers to have more legal representation in the courtroom as they are traditionally the "underdogs" when fighting for custody. So it...

Like each of his three partners at the Warshauer Law Group, Michael Warshauer enjoys taking on difficult legal challenges – those that require analyzing complex data and developing creative approaches that are not evident to others. This ability to see what others don’t see is often what attracts clients and referrals to the firm. Michael’s background as a nationally known lawyer for victims of railroad accidents has prepared him for the complex litigation that he handles every day. Michael continues to handle railroad and FELA claims, but spends most of his time helping people who have been injured by...

Allen Harris practices exclusively in Divorce and Family Law. He is a member of the Lawyer’s Club of Atlanta, the Atlanta Bar Association (Family Law Section), and the State Bar of Georgia (Family Law section).

Allen received his B.A. degree from Georgia College and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Walter F. George Law School, Mercer University. He has been licensed and practicing law since 1985. He has a comprehensive understanding of complex issues that arise in Divorce and Family Law. He teaches Continuing Legal Education to other lawyers on subjects including:

Division of Property
Child Custody
Child Support
Domestic Violence
Prenuptial Agreements
Division...

Born in Beirut, Lebanon. Attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. He then went on to receive his J.D. from John Marshall Law School, and an LL.M. in Dispute Resolution from the University of Missouri – Columbia Law School. Additionally, Mr. Elkhalil is a member of the American Bar Association and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Fluent in Arabic, Mr. Elkhalil is extremely active in his community and participates in a variety of community, cultural, and civil rights organizations.

UGA,1973, with honors. UGA School of Law, 1976. Georgia DUI legal book co-author & DUI defense litigation practice, best attorney ratings. Top lawyer ratings with Martindale-Best Lawyers-Super Lawyers-Best Law Firms in America. Chaired or co-chaired over 40 legal seminars for ICLE-GA beginning in 1978 In 1991, wrote 101 Ways to Avoid a Drunk Driving Conviction with co-author Reese I. Joye, Jr. Started the annual 2-day seminar, Defense of Drinking Drivers handled by ICLE-GA Speaker at the 1992 ATLA DC convention & the 1993 ATLA national convention Sponsored the first NHTSA training seminar for criminal defense lawyers in Atlanta GA in July 1994....

Casey W. Stevens worked in the insurance claims management business full time while attending Georgia State College of Law. Upon graduation in 1998, Attorney Stevens went to work for a large Atlanta insurance defense firm. In 2001, he started his own plaintiff's firm, representing the injured. Mr. Stevens has handled hundreds of injury cases, resulting in millions of dollars of settlements for his clients.

Casey Stevens handles ONLY personal injury cases that result from someone else's negligence. Our firm specializes in accident law, including automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, pedestrians, bicycles, ATV's, boats, small watercraft, and golf carts. ...