MEMBERS OF FIRM
Gwenn Dorb Holland (Member) born New York, N.Y., January 26, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Georgia. Education: Boston University (B.A., 1973); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1977). Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Sections on: Probate Litigation; Family Law); State Bar of Georgia; Lawyer's Club of Atlanta; The Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Estate and Fiduciary Litigation; Family Law; Employment Litigation; Business Litigation.Email: Gwenn Dorb Holland
David N. Schaeffer (Member) born Augusta, Georgia, July 30, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Georgia. Education: Duke University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1978); University of Virginia (J.D., 1981). Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Board Member, 2003; President-Elect, 2008; Vice President, 2007-2008; Secretary, 2006-2007; Treasurer, 2005-2006; Board of Litigation Section, 1998; Chair, 2003-2004; Treasurer, 2000-2001; Secretary, 2001-2002; Chair-Elect, 2002-2003); State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Personal Injury; Professional Malpractice; Nursing Home Litigation; Employment Litigation.Email: David N. Schaeffer
Tina Shadix Roddenbery (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 27, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B.J., cum laude, 1984; J.D., 1987). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Listed: "Georgia's Legal Elite"; "Georgia's Super Lawyers." Member, Editorial Board, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1985-1986. Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Family Law Section); State Bar of Georgia (Member: Family Law Section; Executive Committee, 2002-2008; Chair, Family Law Study Committee, 2001-2003; Executive Committee, 1993-1996; Disciplinary Board, 1993, 1995; Board of Governors, 1993, Younger Lawyers Section; President, 1994-1995); Lawyers Club of Atlanta; The Charles Longstreet Weltner Family Law Inn of Court; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Family Law; Probate Law; Adoption Law; Child Custody; Mediation; Civil Litigation.Email: Tina Shadix Roddenbery
James D. Blitch IV (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, May 21, 1965; admitted to bar, 1996, Georgia. Education: Duke University (A.B., cum laude, 1987); University of Virginia (M.A., 1992); University of Georgia (J.D., 1996; M.B.A., 1996). Author: "Fairness and Fair Value: Why discounts Are Now Inappropriate Under Georgia's Dissenter's Rights Statute," 6 Georgia Bar Journal 12, June 2001. Co-author: "It's Not Over 'Til It's Over: Bill of Costs," Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Journal, 1997. Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Board of Litigation Section, 2003; Secretary, 2008); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Bench and Bar Committee, 2001); Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court (Barrister, 2000-2002). Reported Cases: Blitch v. Peoples Bank, 246 Ga. App 453 (2000); Estate of Bud Hill v. ConAgra Poultry Co., 1997 WL 538887 (N.D.Ga. Aug. 25, 1997) Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Personal Injury; Employment Litigation.Email: James D. Blitch IV
ASSOCIATES
Sarah T. Gordon (Associate) born Littleton, New Hampshire, May 5, 1965; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: Middlebury College (B.A., Political Science, summa cum laude, 1987); Middlebury College (M.A., 1988); Georgia State University College of Law (J.D., 2006). Phi Beta Kappa. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.Email: Sarah T. Gordon
Lucy M. Martin (Associate) born Houston, Texas, December 21, 1961; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: University of Dublin Trinity College (B.A., 1983); Open University (M.B.A., 1997); Georgia State University (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Family Law; Estate and Fiduciary Litigation.Email: Lucy M. Martin