(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

General Practice, Residential and Commercial Real Estate, Foreclosure, Landlord Tenant, Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights, Personal Injury, Condominium and General Business Law, Sports and Entertainment Law, Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning and Administration, Private Foundations, Legislative and Governmental Affairs, Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts, Arbitration and Mediation and Regulatory Compliance.

Address

Suite 3200
Six Concourse Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30328, (DeKalb & Fulton Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 678-281-6500
Fax: 678-281-6501

Website

http://www.mccalla.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

Atlanta Office: 400 Northridge Road, 30050. Telephone: 770-643-7200. Fax: 866-761-0279.

Roswell Office: 900 Holcomb Woods Parkway, 30076. Telephone: 678-277-5000. Fax: 678-281-6501.

Roswell Office: 1544 Old Alabama Road, 30076. Telephone: 678-281-6500. Fax: 678-281-6501.

Memphis Office: 6363 Poplar Avenue, 38119. Telephone: 1-901-767-8551. Fax: 1-901-767-8552.

Texas Office: 12300 Ford Road, Suite 212, 75234. Telephone: 1-972-243-0515. Fax: 1-866-772-4392.

MEMBERS OF FIRM

John G. Aldridge, Jr. (Member) born Durham, North Carolina, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1990); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1993). Member, Emory Moot Court Society. Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Commercial Foreclosure; Debtor and Creditor Reorganization; Mortgage Banking Law; Creditors; General Business Law.

Penni A. Alper (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee; 1992, Georgia. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 1985); Georgia State University School of Law (J.D., 1988). Member: American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. (Resident, Old Alabama Road Office). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Foreclosure; Creditors' Rights.

Erin Stark Brown (Partner) born San Antonio, Texas; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama. (Not admitted in Georgia). Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., 1995); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1999). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; American Bankruptcy Institute. (Also practicing individually in Montgomery, Alabama). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Mortgage Banking Law; Probate Matters; Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate; Creditors Rights.

Marissa G. Connors (Member) born Blountstown, Florida, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Florida; 1998, Georgia. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1993; J.D., with honors, 1996). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: State Bar of Georgia; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Debtor and Creditor Reorganization; Mortgage Banking Law; Creditors Rights; Business Law.

Carl B. McGehee, Jr. (Member) born Albany, Georgia, 1969; admitted to bar, 1998, Georgia. Education: Georgia Southern University (B.A., 1991); American University, Washington College of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: State Bar of Georgia. (Resident, Holcomb Woods Parkway Office). Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate.

Daniel D. Phelan (Member) born Detroit, Michigan, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Michigan; 1988, Georgia; 1994, Florida. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., cum laude, 1971); University of Detroit (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Member, Board of Directors, USFN. Member: State Bar of Michigan (Former Committee Member, Civil Procedure Committee, 1982-1987); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Legislative Committee). Fellow: American College of Mortgage Banking Attorneys. (Resident, Old Alabama Road Office). Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Foreclosure; Landlord Tenant; Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights.

Richard E. Raymer (Member) born Lancaster, South Carolina, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, Georgia. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1960); New York University School of Law, Hirschman Scholar; Duke University (LL.B., 1963). Past President, Atlanta Board of Education. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Legislative Practice; Government Affairs; Regulatory Compliance.

Richard H. Siegel (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., Honors Program, magna cum laude, 1973; J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. (Resident, Northridge Road Office). Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Foreclosure; Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights.

Kimberly A. Weber (Member) born Salem, Massachusetts, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Massachusetts; 2001, Georgia. Education: Providence College (B.A., cum laude, 1990); Boston College (J.D, 1993). Member: Massachusetts Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Creditors Rights Litigation.

W. Reese Willis, III (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Tennessee; 2002, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1987); Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law (J.D., 1991). Member: State Bar of Georgia; Tennessee Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Workers Compensation; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Products Liability.

John D. Schlotter (Partner) born Montreal, Canada, 1950; admitted to bar, 1980, California; 1999, Georgia. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., Economics and Finance, 1972); Western State University College of Law, San Diego (J.D., 1979). Member: State Bar of Georgia; State Bar of California. (Resident, Northridge Road Office). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights.

John T. Crane (Partner) born Nashville, Tennessee, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas. (Not admitted in Georgia). Education: University of Tennessee at Knoxville (B.S., 1999); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: State Bar of Texas; National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees; American Bankruptcy Institute; Mortgage Bankers Association; American Legal and Financial Network; USFN. (Also at Dallas, Texas Office). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Debit Collection; Mortgage Regulatory Compliance; Creditors Rights.

John J. O'Boyle, Jr. (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Texas. (Not admitted in Georgia). Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., 1971); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1974). Member: State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. (Also practicing individually in Dallas, Texas). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Foreclosures; Creditor Bankruptcy; Post-Foreclosure Evictions.

SENIOR COUNSEL

Andrew B. Goldberger (Senior Counsel) born Jackson, Mississippi, February 16, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Florida and Georgia. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1989); University of Florida (J.D., with honors, 1993). Editor-in-Chief, Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy, 1993. Member: State Bar of Georgia (Co-Chair, Community Service Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 2003); The Florida Bar (inactive). Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Regulatory Litigation.

Stuart S. Gordan (Senior Counsel) born Fort Dix, New Jersey, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1995); University of Tulsa College of Law (J.D., 1998). Member: State Bar of Georgia. (Resident, Holcomb Woods Parkway Office). Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Foreclosures.

Robert Michael Sheffield (Senior Counsel) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1949; admitted to bar, 1996, Georgia. Education: Edinboro State College (B.A., 1967); Atlanta Law School (J.D., 1994). Member: State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association. (Resident, Old Alabama Road Office). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Civil Litigation; Foreclosure; Domestic Relations.

ASSOCIATES

Michael Allgood (Associate) born Panama City, Florida; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia. Education: University of Florida (B.S., Business Administration, 1999); Georgia State University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member: State Bar of Georgia. (Resident, Old Alabama Office). Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate.

Kent E. Altom (Associate) born Nash County, North Carolina, 1971; admitted to bar, 2002, Alabama; 2004, Georgia. Education: Samford University (B.S., 1992); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 2002). The Order of Barristers; Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow; American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence. Law Clerk to the Honorable Thomas B. Bennett, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 2002-2004. Member: State Bar of Georgia; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Bankruptcy; Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate.

Meredith Atwood (Associate) born Savannah, Georgia, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 2001; J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Litigation.

Alice Allen Blanco (Associate) born Hollywood, Florida, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Florida; 1988, Georgia. Education: Stetson University (B.A., 1980; J.D., 1982). Member: The Florida Bar; State Bar of Georgia. (Resident, Northridge Road Office). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.

Heather Bock (Associate) born Clearwater, Florida; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1993); George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs (M.A., 1995); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2006). Member: Bar Association of Atlanta; State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Bankruptcy; Real Estate.

Karrollanne K. Cayce (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Georgia. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1987); Mercer University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Law Clerk for the: Honorable John T. Laney, III, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Georgia, 1990-1992; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Georgia, 2000-2001. Member: State Bar of Georgia. (Resident, Northridge Road Office). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.

LaKisha A. Clark (Associate) born Cleveland, Ohio, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, Georgia. Education: Georgia State University (B.A., 2002); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 2008). Member: State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.Email: LaKisha A. Clark

Deborah L. Conley (Associate) born Tampa, Florida, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Florida; 1997, Georgia. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., Mass Communications, 1990); Stetson University (J.D., 1993). Member: State Bar of Florida; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.

Tenise Cook (Associate) born 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 2002); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Georgia. (Resident, Old Alabama Road Office). Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate.

C. Troy Crouse (Associate) born Knoxville, Tennessee, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia. Education: University of Pittsburgh (B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1989); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 1992). Member: State Bar of Georgia. (Resident, Old Alabama Road Office). Practice Areas: Real Estate Title Examination.

Emilie O. Denmark (Associate) born Mobile, Alabama; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude). Phi Beta Kappa. Senior Research Editor, The Law and Psychology Review, ATLA Trial Advocacy Team. Member, Junior League of Atlanta. Member: State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.

Elizabeth A. George (Associate) born Monongahela, Pennsylvania, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: Waynesburg College (B.S., Honors Program, magna cum laude, 2001); Ohio Northern University Petit College of Law (J.D., with distinction, 2006). Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Bankruptcy Law; Real Property; Creditors' Rights); Georgia Association of Women Lawyers; National Association of Women Lawyers; American Bankruptcy Institute; Metro Atlanta Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys Group; International Women's Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation. Practice Areas: Consumer and Commercial Bankruptcy Litigation; Foreclosures; Evictions; General Real Estate Litigation.

Joshua R. Greene (Associate) born New York, New York, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Georgia and New Jersey. Education: State University of New York at Binghamton (B.A., 1998); Georgia State University (J.D., 2003). (Resident, Holcomb Woods Parkway Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate.

Whitney Groff (Associate) born Mobile, Alabama, 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, Georgia; 2001, Florida and New York. Education: Queens College (B.A. Business Administration, 1997); Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center (J.D., 2000). Member: State Bar of Georgia; State Bar of Florida; State Bar of New York; Atlanta Bar Association. (Resident, Northridge Road Office). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.

A. Michelle Hart (Associate) born Frankfurt, Germany, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, Georgia. Education: Georgia State University (B.S., 1998); Georgia State College of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association. (Resident, Northridge Road Office). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.

Melody R. Jones (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia; 2006, Alabama. Education: Georgia State University (B.B.S., 2001); University of Tennessee College of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; State Bar of Alabama. Practice Areas: Foreclosures; Evictions.

Jonathan H. Kasper (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 2000); Mercer University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate.

Anthony E. Maselli (Associate) born Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Georgia. Education: Mercer University (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.

Jarrod S. Mendel (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, July 13, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A. 2002; J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Railroad Law; Insurance Defense.

Cristine L. Patterson (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Georgia. Education: North Georgia College and State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2004); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Litigation.

Linda C. Pitts (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1965; admitted to bar, 2004, Massachusetts; 2005, Georgia. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., 1988); Suffolk University Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Moot Court Honor Board, 2002-2004. Managing Editor, Suffolk Journal of Trial and Appellate Advocacy, 2003-2004. Member: State Bar of Georgia; Massachusetts Bar Association; American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Real State Foreclosure; Real Estate Litigation.

Ann C. Porter (Associate) born White Plains, New York, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.S., 1975); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1980). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate.

Lisa K. Rose (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, May 22, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.S., cum laude, 1996); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation.

Sarah A. Rosenblum (Associate) born August 27, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois; 2003, Missouri; 2003, Kansas; 2005, Georgia. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1998); Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditor Bankruptcy; Foreclosures.

Melissa Sawyers (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 2002); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Georgia Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.

Thomas Alexander Sears (Associate) born Indianapolis, Indiana, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1994; J.D., 1997). Phi Kappa Phi. (Resident, Old Alabama Road Office). Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate Title Examination.

Adam Silver (Associate) born Marietta, Georgia, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: Emory University, Goizueta Business School (B.B.A., 2001); Mercer University (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Georgia. (Resident, Old Alabama Road Office). Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate Foreclosure; Creditors' Rights.

Michelle G. Smith (Associate) born Wakefield, Virginia, 1975; admitted to bar, 2007, Georgia. Education: Barton College (B.A., 1997; B.S., 1997); John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2007). Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Real Property; Bankruptcy Law). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.

Maria Tsagaris (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 2002); Mercer University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Georgia, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers. (Resident, Northridge Road Office). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy.

Wendy Webb (Associate) born Michigan City, Indiana, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, South Carolina; 2002, Florida; 2003, Georgia. Education: Butler University (B.S., 1991); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1995). Member: State Bar of Georgia; State Bar of Florida; South Carolina Bar; American Bar Association; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Litigation.