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The lawyers of DeLong Caldwell & Bridgers, LLC, commit their experience and energies to providing the highest level of personal service to meet each client's specific requirements. Our practice focuses on corporate and business services, contracts, public and private sector employment matters, issues affecting church and non-profit groups, the representation of persons in complicated personal injury matters, and all manner of complex business and commercial litigation. We also provide sophisticated investigation services for Title II accommodation claims and Title VII claims. Our firm serves a wide variety of clients ranging from individuals and small companies to large multi-national concerns and government entities. Our combined 85+ years of experience provides us with the perspective needed to guide any sized business through its initial organization and in its continuing expansion challenges such as employment issues, restrictive covenants, intellectual property protection, key contracts and risk management issues. Because of our extensive experience in trial and appellate work in state and federal courts both within Georgia, and throughout the United States, we can represent our clients through almost any type of litigation providing a continuity of service. We represent both corporate and individual clients based on our belief that this provides us a unique grasp of the legal and practical concerns of all parties to a dispute or negotiation, and enables us to better fashion more effective strategies to accomplish our client's objectives. Our services to a variety of non-profit and religious organizations are based on the principle that these groups need the same sophisticated business services, but with sensitivity to their missions and an emphasis on controlling costs. The firm leverages state-of-the-art technological capabilities to provide sophisticated, prompt and cost-effective services. DC&B emphasizes the value of proactive and preventive counseling and proper structuring of business and employment relationships. We provide training and instruction to business and governmental entities to enable them to meet their legitimate objectives while complying with the web of complicated laws and regulations affecting their employment and other business decisions. Whether handling the immediate needs of a short-term crisis or laying the foundations for accomplishing long-term goals, DeLong, Caldwell & Bridgers, LLC, will represent each client's interests and satisfy their needs with integrity, dedication and innovation.

Statement of Practice

Business Law, Business Formation, Business Planning, Public and Private Sector Labor and Employment Law, Employment Contracts, Buying and Selling of Business, Corporate Law, Commercial Litigation, Wage and Hour Law, Appellate Practice, Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations, Religious Institutions, Civil Practice, Government, Municipal Law, Law Enforcement, Litigation, Torts, Aged and Aging, Administrative Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Civil Rights, Class Actions, Commercial Real Estate, Constitutional Law, Construction Law, Contracts, Disabilities, Employee Benefits, Family Law, Franchises and Franchising, Fraud and Deceit, General Practice, Health Care, Insurance, Negligence, Partnership Law, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Trade Secrets, Trusts and Estates, Wills.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards

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• American Express

Address

Suite 3100, Centennial Tower
101 Marietta Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30303, (DeKalb & Fulton Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 404-979-3150
Facsimile: 404-979-3170
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Website

http://www.dcnblawfirm.com/

Office Hours

Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Earnest H. DeLong, Jr. (Member) born Thomaston, Georgia, September 30, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Georgia. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1966; J.D., 1970). Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Business Associations Law; Business Formation; Business Transfers; Closely Held Business Law; Commercial Real Estate; Elder Rights; Family Business Law; Construction Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Family Law; Divorce; Franchises and Franchising; Health Care; Hospital Law; Disability Insurance; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Federal Civil Litigation; Federal Litigation; Trial Practice; Charitable Limited Partnerships; Nonprofit Tax Law; Partnership Law; Securities; Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Estate Litigation; Estate Planning; Wills; Contested Wills.Email: Earnest H. DeLong, Jr.

Michael A. Caldwell (Member) born White Plains, New York, May 29, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Maryland; 1979, District of Columbia and Georgia; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Catholic University of America (B.A., cum laude, 1968; J.D., 1971). Editor, Catholic University Law Review, 1971. Author: "Community Defense of Union-Free Status," Mercer Univ. L. Rev 1980. Adjunct Professor, Human Resources Law and Ethics, Georgia State University Graduate School of Business, 1995—. Adjunct Professor, Human Resources, Law Enforcement Command College of Columbus State University, 1996—. Hearing Officer, Georgia Professional Standards Commission. Staff Attorney, Division of Advice, General Counsel's Office, and Field Attorney Region 5, National Labor Relations Board. Member: Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association; National Board of Arbitration; Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers; Arbitrator, National Arbitration Forum. Member: Atlanta, Maryland State and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Editor, Labor and Employment Law Section Newsletter, Chairman, Labor and Employment Section, 1995-1996; Chair, Federal Courts Liaison Committee; Vice Chair, Staff Compensation Committee; District of Columbia Bar; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; St. Thomas More Society (Board Member; President, 1994-1998);. Special Agencies: International Association of Chiefs of Police; Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police (General Counsel); FBI National Academy Associates, Georgia Chapter (General Counsel); Atlanta Metropole. Reported Cases: Scott v. Harris, 127 S.Ct. 1769, 167 L.Ed.2d 686, 75 USLW 4297, 07, 2006 WL3693417 (Brief of Amicus Curiae, Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc.). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Arbitration; Mediation; Corporate Investigations; Employee Benefits; Local Government Defense; Covenants Not To Compete; Employer Rights; Employee Rights; Employer Liability; Employment Contracts; Employment Defense; Employment Discrimination; Employment Law; Executive Employment Law; Executive Severance Contracts; Harassment; Labor Law; Management Employment Law; Management Labor Law; Personnel Policies; Personnel Training; Public Sector Employment Law; Union Organization; Wage and Hour Law; Wrongful Termination; Law Enforcement Disciplinary Proceedings; Law Enforcement Liability; Defense Litigation; Municipal Labor Law; Police Labor Law; OSHA; Trade Secrets; Administrative Law; Administrative Agency Practice; Administrative Hearings and Appeals; Administrative Litigation; Federal Administrative Law; Professional Licensing; Appellate Practice; Business Law; Business Arbitration; Business Dissolutions; Business Formation; Business Litigation; Business Mediation; Business Start-Ups; Business Torts; Age Discrimination in Employment; Collective Bargaining; Confidentiality Agreements; Employee Discipline; Employee Drug Testing; Employer Intentional Torts; Employment Arbitration; Employment at Will; Employment Civil Rights; Employment Disability Discrimination; Employment Litigation; Employment Rights; Employment Termination; Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Fair Employment Practices; Fair Labor Standards; Family and Medical Leave Act; Human Resources Law; Labor Arbitration; Labor Relations; Labor Strikes; Minimum Wage Law; National Labor Relations Act; Noncompete Litigation; Noncompetition and Non-Solicitation; Restrictive Covenants; Retaliatory Discharge; Sexual Harassment; Title VII Discrimination; Unfair Labor Practices; Uniformed Services Employment; Union Contract Negotiations; Workplace Violence; Wrongful Termination Defense.Email: Michael A. Caldwell

Charles R. Bridgers (Member) born Savannah, Georgia, December 3, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Emory University (B.A., Biology and History, 1989); Georgia State College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Outer Barristers Guild. Senior Notes and Comments Editor, Georgia State University Law Review, 1992-1993. Recipient: West Award for Evidence; American Jurisprudence Award for Professional Responsibility. Member, 1991-1992 and Notes and Comments Editor, 1992-1993, Georgia State University Law Review. Presenter: Overtime Requirements and Exemptions, 2002, 2003; State and Federal Personnel Law, 2003; Hiring and Firing in Georgia, 2004. Editor, James Publishing Treatise on Damages, 2006. Member: Georgia Trial Lawyer's Association; Lawyer's Club of Atlanta; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Attorney's Association. Reported Cases: Southwest Halth & Wellness LLC v. Work, 282 Ga. App. 619, 639 S.E.2d 570 (2006); McClain v. Mariner Healthcare, 279 Ga. App. 410, 631 S.E.2d 570 (2006); Fowler v. Our Loving Mother's Children, Inc., 585 S.E.2d 211 (2003); Members of the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, Inc. v. Jackson, 259 Ga.App.647,578 S.E.2d 275 (2003); Brown v. North American Speciality Insurance Company, 235 Ga.App.299, 508 S.E. 2d 741 (1998). Practice Areas: Civil Rights; First Amendment Law; Fraud and Deceit; Federal Practice; Employment Law; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Federal Litigation; Trial Practice; Negligence; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Charitable Organizations Law; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Nonprofit Organizations Law; Public Charities; Tax Exempt Organizations; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Clergy Malpractice; Professional Conduct; Professional Liability Defense; Professional Malpractice; Community Association Law; Homeowners Association Law; Religious Institutions; Church and State; Church Law; Religious Corporation Law; Religious Institutions Liability; Religious Nonprofit Corporation Law; Torts; Civil Liability; Intentional Torts; Tort Liability; Business Formation; Business Law; Business Planning; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Corporate Law; Commercial Litigation; Contracts; Trade Secrets; Defense Litigation; Restrictive Covenants; Employment Contracts.Email: Charles R. Bridgers