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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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Craig Thrift
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, Collections, Construction and Real Estate
Washington and Lee University School of Law
For over 15 years Craig Thrift has represented clients in business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, franchising, real estate, leasing, corporate, limited liability company, partnership, securities, financing, and general business matters.
He serves as a trusted advisor to businesses and their owners in evaluating potential deals and developing strategies for success. Mr. Thrift brings a deep understanding of the legal, tax and business aspects of transactions to complex deals including mergers, acquisitions and sales of businesses, private offerings, financings and loan transactions, and structuring and restructuring of corporations, limited liability companies, joint ventures and partnerships. He advises clients regarding loans, non-competition covenants,...
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Seth Meyerson
Senoia, GA Lawyer
Elder, Estate Planning and Probate
Georgia State University College of Law
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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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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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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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Frank H. Carter
Adel, GA Lawyer with 13 years of experience
Free ConsultationBankruptcy, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
Jones School Of Law at Faulkner University
All 3 Attorneys were born and raised in Adel, Cook County, Georgia. Local firm with over 50 years combined experience.
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Philip M. Brown
Macon, GA Attorney with 30 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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Skyler Alexander Taylor
Peachtree City, GA Attorney with 22 years of experience
P.O. Box 2713
Peachtree City, GA 30269-0713
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Georgia State University College of Law
Skyler A. Taylor is the founder of his own law firm, Skyler A. Taylor, P.C. From his offices in Peachtree City, Georgia, Mr. Taylor provides his legal services to clients in the Atlanta-metro area and the counties of Fayette, Spalding and Coweta. Mr. Taylor divides his practice between criminal defense and the representation of plaintiffs in personal injury cases, and he has acted as lead attorney in a number of civil and criminal cases. His legal skills and knowledge have earned him the distinction of Rising Star by Super Lawyers. Mr. Taylor earned a Bachelor of Science with...
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Mr. Charles B. Pyke Jr
Peachtree City, GA Lawyer with 34 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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Shane Smith
Peachtree City, GA Attorney with 25 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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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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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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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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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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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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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
Law Office of Bob Dufour
Strategic. Relentless. On Your Side.
"Specializing in People and Law"
At the Law Office of Bob Dufour, we provide aggressive, client-focused representation in landlord-tenant disputes, personal injury claims, business law, workers’ compensation, and Social Security disability cases across Carrollton and West Georgia.
Whether you're a tenant facing wrongful eviction, injured in a auto accident or slip and fall, suffering from a worker related injury and battling for benefits, or a business owner protecting your bottom line—we fight smart, and we fight hard.
With over 20 years of experience, Bob Dufour is the name Georgia residents trusts when everything’s...
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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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Luanne Bryant Smith
Valdosta, GA Attorney with 20 years of experience
2935 North Ashley Street
Suite 112
Valdosta, GA 31602
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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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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Hon. James G. Tunison
Valdosta, GA Attorney with 37 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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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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Judith Delus Montgomery
East Point, GA Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Family and Immigration
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
Judith Delus Montgomery is a Caribbean-American Attorney who was born in the Bahamas and migrated to the United States at the age of 4. Judith grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida, and is first generation American raised by Haitian Immigrant Parents. Judith has always had a desire to protect everyday citizens and ensure that their voices are heard. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science and Education from Florida State University on a full academic scholarship. Judith then attended Thomas M. Cooley Law School at Western Michigan University on a partial academic scholarship. She went on...
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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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Daliah Brill
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 31 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Landlord Tenant, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Georgia State College Of Law and Georgia State University College of Law
Brill Law is a law firm in Atlanta Georgia. Our firm offers the experience, efficiency, ethics and integrity that have earned the respect of clients. Practice Areas: Real Estate, Dispute Resolution, Landlord Tenant, Contracts,
Personal Injury.
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Beverly Bates
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 64 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Special Master, State of Georgia, 1987-1995 by annual appointment of Governor. Recipient, Younger Federal Lawyer Award, Atlanta Chapter, Federal Bar Association, 1972. President, Walter F. George School of Law Alumni Association, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, 1976-77. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Georgia, 1966-1974. Legal counsel of record in over 100 state, federal, and military cases reported by legal publishers. Admitted to practice in U. S. Supreme Court, 1965; U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Georgia, 1966; U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1981; U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982. ...
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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.
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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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Kyle H. Jarzmik
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal Defense, DUI & DWI, Personal Injury and Traffic Tickets
Georgia State University College of Law
I was born in suburban Chicago, grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina, and attended Wake Forest University. After working for a large law firm while in college and graduating with a bachelor’s degree in economics, I attended Georgia State University College of Law in Atlanta.
During law school, I interned with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia. There, I was involved in the prosecution of federal drug, fraud, and white collar crime cases. I was also given the rare opportunity as an intern to make arguments and question witnesses in a mail fraud jury trial in which...
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Sheri O Oluyemi
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness and Employment
Osgood Hall Law School
Sheri is a labor and employment lawyer licensed to practice law in the states of Georgia and New York. She is also admitted to the bar in Ontario, Canada. Over the past ten years, Sheri has gained the education, experience and expertise in representing both employers and employees in all manner of workplace-related disputes. For instance, she has assisted management in the drafting and implementation of human resource policies, employment contracts, business organization and non-compete/non-solicitation agreements. She has also assisted employees in wrongful termination, whistleblower defense, unpaid wage claims, and discrimination/harassment, among many other complex legal issues.
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Robert Stephen Meyring
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 20 years of experience
Estate Planning and Probate
Emory University
Robert S. Meyring, Attorney helps all people and families with wills, trusts, probate, estate litigation with his dedicated Trusts & Estates Law Firm. provides clients with comprehensive Trusts and Estates legal services including trust-based estate planning, probate of estates, will contests, guardianship and conservatorships.
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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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Garrett Pendleton
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 20 years of experience
(404) 812-5322
Tower Place 100, Suite 1800
3340 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30326
Asbestos, Business, DUI & DWI and Divorce
Stetson University
After six years in large multinational law firms engaged in the most sophisticated litigation in state and federal courts nationwide, and internationally, Mr. Pendleton continues to focus his practice on aviation, insurance and general civil litigation matters. Licensed both in Georgia and Florida, and admitted to the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Georgia and the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, Mr. Pendleton provides top tier legal representation and counseling delivering advocacy, solutions and results.
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Sara Tess Ballew
Atlanta, GA Attorney with 13 years of experience
3355 LENOX ROAD SUITE 660
Atlanta, GA 30326
Free ConsultationEmployment and Health Care
University of Kansas School of Law
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Rachel Berlin Benjamin
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 15 years of experience
(678) 439-0330
945 East Paces Ferry Road NE
Suite 2000
Atlanta, GA 30326
Free ConsultationArbitration & Mediation and Civil Rights
Pace University
Rachel Berlin Benjamin works tirelessly to fight for employees’ rights and prides herself in providing clients with high-quality and compassionate representation. Rachel primarily represents employees who have been subjected to unlawful discrimination and retaliation. She also prosecutes wage and hour disputes and effectively negotiates severance agreements.
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Debra Lyn Scott
Atlanta, GA Lawyer with 29 years of experience
Estate Planning and Probate
Debra Scott earned a Juris Doctor in Law from Syracuse University College of Law, a Master of Public Health from Emory University Rollins School of Public Health and a Bachelor's degree from the University of California, Riverside in Political Science. Debra currently is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association, Estate Planning Section. She studied accounting at Clayton State University, in Atlanta, Georgia and was conferred membership into the Golden Key Honor Society