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Melissa Nicole Hawkins
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 21 years of experience
Divorce and Family
Emory University School of Law
I am so blessed to have the privilege to advocate for families in Georgia. In my practice of restructuring families, I have had the opportunity to represent both husbands and wives and mothers and fathers in their divorces, legitimations, child custody matters, child support modifications and paternity actions. These representations include the prosecution and defense of these matters. While every case is different, many of the cases are ripe for resolution short of litigation. However, some of them must be litigated to the fullest extent in a courtroom. When you decide to hire hlg you are investing in attorneys who...
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Edward D. Buckley
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Civil Rights and Employment
Emory University School of Law
Edward D. Buckley is one of the founding partners of Buckley Bala Wilson Mew LLP. Ed was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, by parents who raised him to make a difference for the better.
Ed understands the hardships that working people face and has built his law practice championing their cause, focusing his practice on civil rights and employment discrimination cases. He has represented people from virtually every walk of life, including hotel laundry workers, truckers, secretaries, food industry workers, technicians, salespeople, teachers, professors, stockbrokers, CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, longshoremen, doctors and lawyers. He has represented numerous executives in everything...
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Bill Needle
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 55 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, IP and Patents
Emory University
Bill Needle is a registered patent attorney who has been exclusively practicing all aspects of Intellectual Property law for 42 years. Mr. Needle began his legal career at the first IP boutique firm in Atlanta (Newton, Hopkins & Orsmby) from 1970-1983. He then founded the IP boutique Needle & Rosenberg which, in 2008, merged into Ballard Spahr LLP. He served as the first Chair of Ballard Spahr's Intellectual Property Department until July 1, 2012 and remains a partner in the firm.
His litigation experience includes being counsel in the copyright and trademark litigation for the CABBAGE PATCH KIDS(R)...
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Heather Sharp
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 15 years of experience
Business
Vanderbilt University Law School
"Heather is an attorney at the Robbins Firm whose practice is focused on complex business disputes, including business torts. Heather has a broad range of experience which includes all phases of litigation and arbitration. This stems from having worked at both large and small law firms and having represented clients ranging from individuals to international corporations. Prior to joining the Robbins Firm, Heather was an associate at the New York City office of the international law firm White & Case LLP, where she represented multinational corporations, international banks, and individuals in a broad range of disputes, including...
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Kimberly Anderson
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Administrative and Health Care
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
"Kimberly Anderson is an attorney at Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield LLC and focuses practice on commercial litigation as well as administrative and regulatory matters for business and individuals. She joined the firm in 2010 after serving as legislative counsel for Ranking Member Jeff Sessions on the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. While legislative counsel on the Judiciary Committee, she advised Ranking Member Sessions and other Republican Judiciary Committee members on pending judicial and executive nomination, including the recent nomination and confirmation of Justice Elena Kagan to the United States Supreme Court. Kimberly earned her J.D.,magna...
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Bukhari R. Nuriddin
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Criminal Defense, Entertainment & Sports and Estate Planning
Howard University School of Law
The Nuriddin Law Company is a full service law firm with a focus on Business Law, Consulting, Criminal Law, Estate Planning, Family Law and Personal Injury Law. We represent companies and individuals concerning various business and personal legal matters. Founded by Bukhari R. Nuriddin, at The Nuriddin Law Company, we recognize that our clients have important legal needs requiring customized legal solutions. Quite often, our clients also have related non-legal needs that they want fulfilled, such as guidance and compassion. Understandably, clients are also concerned about fees. We were established as a community-based practice that serves the...
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Melaniece Bardley Davis
Marietta, GA Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(470) 308-5409
531 Roselane Street NW
Suite 400-130
Marietta, GA 30060
Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Melaniece Davis, founder of Better Law Divorce Lawyers, is a trusted family law attorney serving Marietta and the Atlanta area. With a passion for helping good people through challenging times, Melaniece provides strategic legal representation in divorce, child custody, child support, alimony, property and debt division, military divorce, LGBT family law, and pre/postnuptial agreements. She understands the emotional and financial complexities of family law and is dedicated to protecting her clients’ children, assets, and future. Whether navigating a contentious divorce or seeking a Temporary Protective Order, Better Law Divorce Lawyers delivers compassionate and results-driven legal advocacy.
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Anitra Walker
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 22 years of experience
Estate Planning and Probate
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
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Thomas F. Martin
Atlanta, GA Lawyer
Free ConsultationBusiness, Civil Rights and Employment
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Georgia employment and overtime attorney, Thomas F. Martin, grew up in Queens, New York playing basketball at LaSalle Academy against the likes of Lew Alcindor, prior to being highly recruited to play basketball for the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Upon graduation from the Naval Academy, Tom served in Vietnam for a year on river patrol boats on the rivers and canals of the Mekong Delta. After active duty, Tom obtained his MBA and began a very successful health care career as a senior executive of several hospital corporations that lasted for 28 years and provided him with...
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Tracey Lynn Dellacona
Macon, GA Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Mercer Univ-W.George L.S
In my 6 years as a critical care nurse, I was well known for my relentless persistence on behalf of my patients. Since 1994, I have built the same reputation as a medical malpractice and personal injury attorney.
Originally from Mississippi, I pursued a nursing career because I was interested in helping people and making their lives better. In short, I wanted to heal their hurts!
However, I became disenchanted with nursing after watching a fellow nurse blamed for a doctor’s mistake. Around the same time, an attorney hired me to help him decipher some medical records for a case. Impressed with...
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Susan Jan Sadow
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 44 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
Emory University School of Law
Susan J. Sadow is an aggressive, dynamic workers' compensation lawyer. She is well respected in the Georgia workers' compensation community and has represented individuals who have suffered serious work related injuries since 1981. Ms. Sadow is a frequent speaker and has served as Chairperson of many workers' compensation seminars throughout the State of Georgia. She has successfully negotiated seven figure settlements for numerous clients with Catastrophic on-the-job injuries.
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Nicholas White
Warner Robins, GA Attorney with 31 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
25 years experience in criminal law defense, extensive trial work in serious violent felonies.
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Luanne Bryant Smith
Valdosta, GA Attorney with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Luanne is an experienced workers' compensation attorney who can help in getting you and your family the medical and income benefits to which you are entitled. Luanne believes in putting family first and providing compassionate local legal representation.
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Hon. James G. Tunison
Valdosta, GA Attorney with 36 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Florida State University College of Law and Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
James G. Tunison, Jr joined Slappey & Sadd, LLC in 2020 as a partner and opened the firms’ South Georgia office in Valdosta.
Before coming to the firm, Jim served as a judge in the Superior Court of Georgia since 2009, after being elected by the citizens of the five county Southern Judicial Circuit. He was re-elected without opposition for two additional terms.
As judge, he presided over civil and felony criminal trials and heard non-jury bench trials and hearings. In his first year on the court, Judge Tunison developed and implemented the Lowndes County Pre-trial Release Program. In 2016, he became...
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Daniel M. Epstein M.D.
Valdosta, GA Lawyer with 35 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Harvard Law School
Daniel M. Epstein, M.D. joined Slappey & Sadd, LLC in 2010. Prior to joining Slappey & Sadd, Dan represented physician and hospital clients. He most recently held a position of a partner with a medical malpractice defense firm from 2001 to 2010. At Slappey & Sadd, he represents individuals and their families in cases of serious death as a result of medical negligence, car accidents, defective products, defective premises, and other acts of negligence.
Dan is a native of Atlanta. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, followed by a law degree from Harvard Law...
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Brian K. Cunha
Valdosta, GA Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury and Workers' Comp
Georgia State University College of Law
Brian Cunha is an associate concentrating in Workers’ Compensation. He joined Slappey & Sadd in 2011 after graduating, cum laude, from Georgia State University College of Law. While attending Georgia State, Brian served on the executive committee of the Moot Court Team. Prior to attending law school, Brian obtained a degree in political science with a focus in legal studies from Kennesaw State University, graduating magna cum laude.
After working as a clerk for an insurance defense firm that primarily defended workers’ compensation claims, Brian began to focus on gaining experience while helping individuals in need. He worked with Georgia State’s...
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Franklin James Hogue
Macon, GA Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Appeals, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law and University System of Georgia - Georgia State University
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Philip M. Brown
Macon, GA Attorney with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law and The University of Georgia School of Law
20 years experience handling hundreds of personal injury matters in the state of Georgia and primarily in the middle Georgia area. AV rated - Martindale-Hubbell
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Joshua Carroll
Macon, GA Lawyer
Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Mercer University
Mr. Carroll is admitted to practice before all state and superior courts in Georgia, as well as the United States District Courts for the Middle District of Georgia and Northern District of Georgia. He regularly practices before the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation. He has been admitted pro hac vice in other jurisdictions and has worked as co-counsel with attorneys outside of Georgia on various matters.
Mr. Carroll’s practice is evenly divided between handling workers’ compensation cases and personal injury cases, including cases involving automobile accidents, trucking accidents, workplace injuries and deaths, wrongful death negligence claims, medical negligence claims, long-term...
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Caleb F. Walker
Macon, GA Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
University System of Georgia - University of Georgia
A Matindale.com preeminent rated attorney, Caleb Walker practices as a personal injury and car accident attorney, which also includes the areas of wrongful death, trucking wrecks, and medical malpractice cases.
Caleb is a seasoned litigator for trial law and appellate law, having argued before the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court. He is also an adjunct faculty member at the Walter F. George School of Law teaching legal writing.
As a law student, Caleb was recognized for his work as a volunteer with the Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council on a case heard by the Georgia Supreme Court....
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Seth Meyerson
Senoia, GA Lawyer
Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
Georgia State University College of Law
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Christopher Jason Perkins
Carrollton, GA Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationWorkers' Comp
The University of Georgia School of Law
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Mr. Charles B. Pyke Jr
Peachtree City, GA Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning
Emory University
As an attorney in private practice in Atlanta, Charles Pyke provides a wide range of estate planning services to his clients, with a primary focus on helping them provide for the security of their loved ones, reduce the estate taxes and avoid or at least minimize the costs and delays of probate, all with a well-crafted estate plan. Mr. Pyke defines the mission statement for Pyke & Associates, P.C. as “Helping people be good stewards of all that has been entrusted to them.” Mr. Pyke, an active member of his community, is well aware of the growing importance of estate...
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Jason R. Schultz
Peachtree City, GA Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationAnimal, Insurance Claims, Legal Malpractice and Personal Injury
Cleveland State University OH
I am certainly "different". I do not have a huge volume law practice. I do not, nor do I claim to, handle every type of legal case imaginable. Each year, I agree to represent a limited number of injury accident victims. I am not a "personal injury mill". You will not see me on the back cover of the yellow pages, on T.V. or on billboards. For me, fewer cases mean more time for you and better results overall.
Since 1991, I have represented accident injury clients throughout Georgia. Most of the cases are...
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Shane Smith
Peachtree City, GA Attorney with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationEstate Planning and Personal Injury
Georgia State University College of Law
Shane Smith calls Georgia his home. Shane attended high school in Fayette County, graduated Magna Cum Laude Georgia State University undergraduate, and later graduated Cum Laude from Georgia State's College of Law in 2000.
After being admitted to the Georgia Bar, Shane then entered the United State's Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. He has served at Fort Campbell and Fort Benning, attending and graduating from the Army's Air Assault School. While in the Army, he practiced criminal defense throughout the Southeast, acting as the lead attorney on the only military homicide in his multistate state district...
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Jeremy Todd Canipe
Peachtree City, GA Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Business, Estate Planning, Personal Injury and Probate
University of South Carolina School of Law
Before founding The Canipe Law Firm, PLLC, Jeremy was a partner at a large multi-state law firm where he helped lead their Business and Contract Law team. He also handled a wide range of court cases in North Carolina and South Carolina, particularly in the areas of workers' compensation, personal injury and contract disputes. Previously, Jeremy worked for a large business litigation law firm and the legal department of a major national bank. Jeremy learned a great deal from this legal experience and puts those lessons to work for his clients in his areas of legal focus....
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Eric Alan Slepian
Peachtree City, GA Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Estate Planning, Probate and Real Estate
Boston University School of Law and Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Eric Slepian knew from an early age that he wanted to practice law. Since then, he has become one of the most successful lawyers in the South Metro Atlanta area. He built his firm from the ground up when his previous boss pushed him to go out on his own. Eric founded what is now Slepian, Schwartz & Landgaard with no money and a few simple rules: no one would ever outwork him; he would always be a good citizen in his community; and, most importantly, he would run his firm the way he lived his life: by the Golden...
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Dr. Bijan Kasraie
Fayetteville, GA Attorney with 26 years of experience
Business and International
John Marshall Law School
Dr. Kasraie is a founding member of Kasraie & Fodor, LLC. He has well over 30 years of legal and executive business experience in several industries, including banking, finance, energy, real estate, manufacturing, recycling, IT, and pharmaceuticals. He has resolved legal, financial, corporate and political issues in the UAE, U.K., France, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Romania, Turkey, Poland, Republic of Georgia, Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, India, Pakistan, Peoples’ Republic of China, Taiwan, Canada, etc. He holds graduate degrees in law and engineering and post graduate studies in finance and banking. In addition, Dr. Kasraie has been the Financial...
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Rudjard Melvin Hayes
Tyrone, GA Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Traffic Tickets
Georgia State University
Rudjard M. Hayes is a Partner at Sanchez Hayes & Associates, LLC, where he heads up the firm’s criminal section, civil litigation section and co-chairs the domestic section. Mr. Hayes previously worked as a Senior Assistant District Attorney (“ADA”) in the Griffin Judicial Circuit. He also formerly served as a Senior ADA in the Coweta Judicial Circuit. In 2007, Mr. Hayes became a partner at Sanchez Hayes & Associates, LLC located in Tyrone, Georgia. Mr. Hayes devotes a substantial portion of his practice to criminal defense where he represents those accused of committing one or more criminal offense in city,...
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Cade Parian
Carrollton, GA Attorney with 18 years of experience
1606 Maple Street
Carrollton, GA 30117
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
When you call Cade Parian, you understand what it means to “Call Cade. Get Paid.” He is not a traditional attorney and The Parian Law Firm, LLC is not a traditional law firm. His approach is personal and compassionate, as if you are a member of his extended family. He has fought for individuals across America to get results they deserve in personal injury litigation, criminal representation, workers’ compensation, and consumer debt collection defense. Cade actively participates in causes that further individual growth. He coaches youth football in his community each year, not to relive his glory years past,...
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Lorena Lee Saedi
Jonesboro, GA Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy and Business
Emory University School of Law
Ms. Saedi is a partner at Saedi Law Group, where she concentrates her practice in all areas of bankruptcy, business, and tax law. Ms. Saedi offers clients quality legal services in all aspects of federal bankruptcy law, and is committed to providing personal attention and affordable solutions to each and every client’s financial obstacles. Prior to starting Saedi Law Group, LLC, Ms. Saedi was a founding partner of the consumer bankruptcy firm of Saedi & Wells, LLC for eight years. Prior to that Ms. Saedi worked as a corporate attorney representing technology companies on a variety of issues. Ms....
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Bruce Millar
Jonesboro, GA Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Emory University School of Law
Senior Attorney Bruce R. Millar earned his Doctorate of Law in 1993 from Emory University School of Law. Prior to law school, he earned degrees in Economics and Business Management from North Carolina State University, where he graduated with Honors.
Mr. Millar has handled over 100cases in Federal Courts and hundreds more in State Courts. He has been interviewed dozens of times, appearing on national television news networks; ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX regarding his cases. Millar’s cases have been featured several times as lead stories on the front page of the Daily Report (Georgia’s largest legal news publication). Bruce often...
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Bob Dufour
Carrollton, GA Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Personal Injury, Social Security Disability and Workers' Comp
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Our firm has helped thousands of clients recover tens of millions of dollars of benefits with claims involving complicated legal issues. We currently represent client's in personal bankruptcy, workers' compensation (work injuries), liability claims, car accidents, personal injury, Social Security Disability (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claims. We offer free consultations to better serve you.
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R. David Sammons Jr
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Georgia State University College of Law
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Matthew Momtahan
Villa Rica, GA Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Matthew Momtahan founded the Momtahan Law Firm in 2015 with a mission to serve the people of west Georgia with the same high level of service that could be found at larger Metro Atlanta law firms, but with the personal touch and relationships that could only be found at home here in west Georgia. Matthew brings his years of litigation experience in service to his clients primarily in the areas of Business & Real Estate Litigation, Personal Injury, Wills & Probate Law, and Family Law. Matthew is the only attorney in Villa Rica to be selected as a Super Lawyer...
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Beth Moeller
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 22 years of experience
(404) 748-9122
1175 Peachtree St NE
100 Colony Square, Suite 1850
Atlanta, GA 30361
Free ConsultationEmployment
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Beth Moeller represents both employees and employers in all aspects of employment and civil rights litigation, and has litigated a number of complex wage and hour collective and Rule 23 class actions. Beth has litigated single plaintiff, multi-plaintiff, and class and collective action cases in federal and state courts around the country. Beth advises clients on a variety of compliance issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act and other applicable laws and regulations. She has represented clients in cases involving allegations of discrimination, retaliation, harassment, wrongful termination, failure to accommodate, breach of contract, and other violations of state...
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Teresa Ross
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationPersonal Injury
Georgia State University College of Law
Teresa Ross, a South Carolina native, graduated with honors from the College of Charleston with a degree in Communications. While in law school, Teresa clerked for Judge Lana Layton of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and also prosecuted misdemeanor crimes at the Fulton County Solicitor General’s Office. Teresa was a member of the Bleckley Inn of Court and was chosen as a Pupil of the Year in the Weltner Inn of Court.
Amongst other distinguished honors, Teresa Ross earned the national Custer-Tuggle Award for excellence in family law. That same year, she earned her Juris Doctor with honors from Georgia State...
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Alan Hamilton
Atlanta, GA Lawyer
Personal Injury and Products Liability
University System of Georgia - University of Georgia
Alan Hamilton focuses his law practice on significant personal injury cases, wrongful death, and business torts. Alan has helped numerous clients obtain seven- and eight-figure verdicts and settlements during his career. He has represented individuals and appeared before courts in twelve different states. Prior to co-founding Shiver Hamilton, LLC, Alan practiced with a nationally recognized trial firm and served as a federal judicial law clerk. Since its founding in 2011, Shiver Hamilton has obtained a series of outstanding jury verdicts, many of them far exceeding the insurance company’s best offer.
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James Victor Doyle Jr
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Free ConsultationAsbestos, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Samford University
Mr. Doyle handles cases for people who have been injured by dangerous pharmaceuticals or defective products, in addition to personal injuries due to the negligence of others. His practice is devoted almost entirely to representing plaintiffs. To date, lawyers at Doyle Law Firm have recovered over $63 Million for their clients. The Atlanta and Birmingham offices of Doyle Law Firm are currently accepting clients with claims related to the following products: Chinese drywall, Accutane, Actonel, Boniva, Fosamax, Yaz, Yasmin, asbestos, Biomet M2A Magnum Hips, DePuy Orthopaedics ASR Hips, Smith and Nephew Hips, Stryker Rejuvenate Hips, Wright Conserve...
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Benning Grice Jr
ATLANTA, GA Attorney with 48 years of experience
(404) 888-3787
Northcreek Office Park Bldg. 300-600
3715 Northside Parkway,N.W.
ATLANTA, GA 30302
Free ConsultationEstate Planning and Probate
Woodrow Wilson College of Law
Mr. Grice's law firm's particular areas of expertise are the probate of Wills and the administration of estates, and the preparation of Wills, Trust Agreements, Powers of Attorney, and Health Care Directives, Mr. Grice has been practicing law for forty-three years. Previously he was a Vice President, Trust Officer, and Branch Manager with SunTrust Bank (now Truist Bank), responsible for the administration of estates and trusts.