(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

General Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Antitrust, Construction Law, Corporate, Environmental, Finance, Administrative, Computer, Commercial, Product Liability, Insurance, Eminent Domain, Management, International, Probate, Estate Planning, Real Estate and Taxation Law.

Representative Clients:

1st Community Bank
ABG Development
American Insulated Wire
American's Watershed Landkeeper, LLC
Atlanta Spirit, LLC
Atlanta Local Development Corporation
Bank of Milan
Bank of Wrightsville
Better World Fund, Inc.
Blue Ridge Developments, Inc.
Blue Ridge Nursing Homes, Inc.
Branch Banking & Trust Company
Bridgeview Capital Solutions, LLC
Business Loan Center, Inc.
Capital Partners CDC
Chestatee State Bank
Classic Real Estate, Inc.
Columbus Bank and Trust Company
Community Bank and Trust Company
Community Bank of Pickens County
Community National Bank of Ashburn
Community West Bank
Cordele Banking Company
Cousins Properties, Inc.
CSRA Local Development Corporation
Darby Bank & Trust Company
Doc Green's Gourmet Salads, Inc.
Eagle National Bank
Eastside Investments, LLC
Fayette County Bank
First Coweta Bank
First Flag Bank
First Georgia Community Bank
First State Bank of Donalsonville
General Electric Capital Corporation
Georgia Certified Development Corporation
Georgia Department of Natural Resources Real Estate Division
Grand Expanse Real Property International, N.V.
Gwinnett National Bank
Haven Trust Bank
Hutchinson Porter, LLC
Johnson R&D/Excellatron
Kairos Development, Inc.
Landmark Commercial Real Estate, Inc.
Lanier National Bank
LCM Investments, LLC
Main Street Bank
Mama Fu's Noodle House, LLC.
Moe's Southwest Grill, LLC
North Georgia National Bank
North Point Group, Inc.
Nuclear Threat Initiative, Inc.
Omni National Bank
Performing Arts Program for Youth, Inc.
PharmaSource Healthcare, Inc.
Piedmont Healthcare
Piztros, LLC
PJ's Coffee and Wine Bar, Inc.
Planet Smoothie, Inc.
Quantum National Bank
R.E. Turner
Security State Bank
Seydel International
Seydel-Woolley Foundation, Inc.
Southland Bank
Sterling Bank
Suntrust Bank, N.A.
Ted Turner Documentaries, LLC
Ted Turner Pictures, LLC
Ted's Montana Grill, Inc.
The Bank of Worth
The Conservation Fund
The Economic Development Corporation of Fulton County
The First State Bank
The Georgia Certified Development Corporation
The Lending Source, LLC
The Peachtree Bank
The Seydel Companies
The Summit National Bank
Thomas Financial Group, Inc.
Turner Enterprises, Inc.
Turner Foundation, Inc.
United Nations Foundation, Inc.
Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper
Urban Realty Partners, LLC
Witherby International, N.V.
Zions First National Bank.

Address

Marquis Two Tower
285 Peachtree Center Avenue, N.E., Suite 2300
Atlanta, GA 30303, (DeKalb & Fulton Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 404-588-0505
Telecopier: 404-588-0137

Website

http://www.dpslegal.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

G. Thomas Davis (Member) born Savannah, Georgia, August 6, 1941; admitted to bar, 1971, Georgia; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Young Harris College (A.A., 1961); Georgia Southern College (B.S., 1963); University of Georgia (J.D., 1971). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Moot Court. Member of Editorial Board, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1969. Senior Assistant Attorney General of Georgia, 1971-1976. Special Assistant Attorney General, 1976—. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1964-1967]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Construction Law.Email: G. Thomas Davis

William Terry Pickren (Member) born Folkston, Georgia, August 16, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Georgia. Education: Young Harris College (A.B.A., 1969); University of Georgia (B.A., 1971); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 1974). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Transactional Banking.Email: William Terry Pickren

J. Rutherford Seydel, II (Member) born Dallas, Texas, April 4, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 1986); Mercer University (J.D., 1989). Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate; Transactional Banking; Entertainment Law.Email: J. Rutherford Seydel, II

Paul R. Jordan (Member) born Marion, Ohio, July 6, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Georgia. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., cum laude, 1970); Emory University (J.D., 1973). Member, Moot Court Society. Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; General Business.Email: Paul R. Jordan

Virginia R. Woodley (Member) born Jesup, Georgia, December 31, 1951; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia. Education: Georgia Southern College (A.B., magna cum laude, 1974); Emory University (J.D., 1980). Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Corporate Law.Email: Virginia R. Woodley

David R. Hughes (Member) born Lynchburg, Virginia, April 14, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia; U.S District Court, Western District of Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1990); Harvard University (M. Div., 1986). Order of the Barristers. Recipient: American College of Trial Lawyers' Medal for Excellence in Advocacy; Leadership, DeKalb, 1998. Member: DeKalb County (Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee, 2002-2004), Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Employment Litigation.Email: David R. Hughes

Donald P. Boyle, Jr. (Member) born Richmond, Virginia, April 26, 1962; admitted to bar, 1989, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1997, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, summa cum laude in English, 1984); Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary (J.D., 1989). Editor-in-Chief, Georgia Bar Journal. Staff Member, 1987-1988 and Member, Board of Editors, 1988-1989, William and Mary Law Review. Chairman, Students' Day in Court Committee, 1992-1996. Author: Book Review, "Trial By Jury," Ga. B.J. (Oct. 2006); Civil Practice and Procedure, 29 U. Rich L. Rev. 897 (1995); Civil Practice and Procedure, 28 U. Rich. L. Rev. 959 (1994); Philosophy, History and Judging, 30 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 181 (1988). Member: State Bar of Georgia; Virginia State Bar. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Donald P. Boyle, Jr.

Ronald R. Pennington (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, April 20, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Georgia; 1995, Virgin Islands and U.S. District Court, District of Virgin Islands. Education: Mercer University (B.A., Political Science, 1989; J.D., 1992). Member: State Bar of Georgia; Virgin Islands (Member, Committee on Bar Journal) and American (Member: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section; Young Lawyers Division) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Corporate Law.Email: Ronald R. Pennington

J. Patrick M. Sneed (Member) born Madison, Tennessee, June 4, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Georgia. Education: University of Tennessee at Martin (B.B.A., summa cu, laude, 1996); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Lending; Real Estate Transactions.Email: J. Patrick M. Sneed

Joshua D. Marks (Member) born Manhasset, New York, December 11, 1969; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1992); Georgia State University (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Recipient: Awards for Excellence in Research, Writing and Advocacy and Environmental Law, Computer Assisted Learning Institute; Arnall, Golden & Gregory Environmental Law Award. Author: "Analysis of Georgia's 'Patient's Right to Know Act'," Georgia State University Law Review, Fall 2001 Issue; "Regulating Agricultural Pollution in Georgia: Recent Trends and the Debate Over Integrator Liability," Georgia State University Law Review, Summer 2002 Issue. Associate Legislative Editor, Georgia State University Law Review, 2001-2002. Vice President, Environmental Law Society, 2001-2002. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Section on Environment, Energy and Resources); State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Corporate Law; Environmental Law.Email: Joshua D. Marks

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William G. Bertram (Associate) born Jamestown, Kentucky, January 17, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Kentucky; 1999, Florida; 2007, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th and Federal Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., 1994); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1997). Member: Kentucky and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; The Florida Bar; American Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Real Estate.Email: William G. Bertram

Maxmillian Sun Kim (Associate) born Carrollton, Georgia, May 19, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1997); State University of West Georgia (B.B.A., 1999); Georgia State University (J.D., 2002). Formerly, Law Clerk, U.S. Trustees' Office, U.S. Department of Justice. Certified Public Accountant, Florida, 2002. Member: State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Law; Real Estate.Email: Maxmillian Sun Kim

Brian P. Brouillard (Associate) born Providence, Rhode Island, April 21, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 2003); Georgia State University College of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Real Property; Corporate Counsel; Business). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Real Estate.Email: Brian P. Brouillard

James Bradford Simpson (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, December 9, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Georgia. Education: Brown University (B.A., 2004); Georgia State University College of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Real Property Section). Practice Areas: Commercial Lending; Commercial Real Estate.

Parks K. Stone (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, April 1, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Georgia. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 2004); Georgia State University College of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Georgia; American and Atlanta Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Tort Litigation; Bankruptcy; Collections; Commercial Collections.

OF COUNSEL

Winslow A. Ward, III (Of Counsel) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Georgia. Education: University of Tennessee (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Business; Corporate Counsel; International; Technology Law). Languages: Japanese. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate; International; Contracts; Electronic Commerce.