(Main Office)

Kent Beals and Bill Ragsdale, classmates at the University of Virginia Law School, began practice together on January 2, 1980. Ellis Hooper and Bill Seigler joined the Firm in 1981, with the partnership of Ragsdale, Beals, Hooper & Seigler formally created in January 1982. Russell Patterson began his practice with the Firm in 1985. Hal Gray and Bert Broadfoot joined the Firm in 1999; Brian Morrissey and Ed Mangiafico joined in 2006. As of September 2006, the name of the Firm was changed to Ragsdale, Beals, Seigler, Patterson & Gray, LLP. Our founding partner Kent Beals passed away in 2007. Bill Ragsdale elected to take Of Counsel status as of January 1, 2009.

Since its inception, our Firm has provided top-quality legal services with a personalized touch. We represent entities of all sizes from publicly-traded companies to family-owed businesses. Our size and our consistent attention to the providing of legal services in an efficient manner are two significant assets in ensuring our clients receive the value they seek.

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Litigation, Estate Planning, Trust and Probate, State and Federal Taxation, Real Property, Bankruptcy, Workout and Creditors' Rights, Ad Valorem Property Taxation, Construction, Architecture, Engineering and Design, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Alcoholic Beverage Regulation and Control, Personal Injury Litigation and Immigration Law.

Firm Affiliations

AMERICAN PROPERTY TAX COUNSEL

Clients

GENERAL BUSINESS: Daimler Trucks North America, LLC
Wachovia Bank, N.A.
News Corporation
Dealer Services Corporation
Pratt Industries (U.S.A.), Inc.
Freightliner LLC
General Electric Company
The Kroger Co.
The Rouse Company
Host Marriott Corporation
Makita USA, Inc.
NCR Corporation
El Paso Corporation
Forest Landowners Association, Inc.
Telecommunications, Inc.
Fieldcrest Walk, Ltd.
Cushman & Wakefield Cos.
Duke Realty Corporation
Clubcorp Golf USA, Inc.
Travel Inc.
Premier Golf, Inc.
Immersive Commerce and Communications, LLC
EPM Marketing, LLC
Madison Retail, LLC
Ramco-Gershenson, LLC
Synergy Professionals, Inc.
Alltek, Inc.
Interval, LLC
Metrotainment Cafes, Inc.
Farmers Basket, Inc.
Beluga Holdings, Ltd.
Conglomerated Hosts, Inc.
Sahara Japanese Architectural Woodworks, Inc.
Sickelsteel Development, LLC
East Cobb Dental, P.C.

CONSTRUCTION: Hensel Phelps Construction Co.
Balfour Beatty Construction Inc.
Southern Environmental Services, Inc.
Turner Construction Company
C.W. Matthews Contracting Company
T.W. Phillips Grading, Inc.
The Beck Group
Harris Door & Drawer, Inc.
CRG International, Inc.
Mitchell Construction Co.
Certified Wall Systems, Inc.
CRI Homes, Inc.
Tools for Trades, Inc.
Roy Varnadoe Piping Company, Inc.
NLC Construction Company, LLC
Parbold Contractors, Inc.
Southern Ditching, Inc.
SRC Construction, Inc.
Moody Family Housing, LLC
GlenRich, LLC
Lusk Construction Company, Inc.
Level 5, LLC.
Buckhead Electric, Inc.
S.G. Smithson, Inc.
Level 5 LLC
Plumbmaster, Inc.
American Pipe & Iron, Inc.
Ragan Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND DESIGN: Heery International, Inc
Niles Bolton Associates, Inc.
Pond & Company
Rosser International, Inc.
CMMI, Inc
Heery/TVS Joint Venture
Perkins+Will, Inc.
Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Harris Engineering Corp.
Geo Hydro Engineering, Inc.
AI3, Inc.
Heath & Lineback Engineers, Inc.
NTEC Systems, Inc., Turner Associates Architects & Planners, Inc.

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE REGULATION AND CONTROL: Eagle Rock Distributing Company
Georgia Beer Wholesalers Association, Inc.
Empire Distributors, Inc., Whale Enterprises.

APPROVED TITLE ATTORNEYS FOR: Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.

Approved Title Agents For:

Chicago Title Insurance Company
Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. of Tennessee
Stewart Title Guaranty Co.
First American Title Insurance Co. References: Wachovia Bank N.A.
SunTrust Bank
Bank of America
Chase Manhattan Bank.

Address

2400 International Tower - Peachtree Center
229 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303-1629, (DeKalb & Fulton Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 404-588-0500
Fax: 404-523-6714

Website

http://www.rbspg.com

MEMBERS OF FIRM

D. Kent Beals (1936-2007).

William J. Seigler III (Member) born Mount Airy, North Carolina, October 7, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, Georgia. Education: Davidson College (B.A., History, with honors, 1968); The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (M.A., 1970); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., with honors, 1975). Order of the Coif, Alpha Phi Omega. Judge, Holderness Moot Court, 1974-1975. Member, North Carolina Law Review, 1974-1975. Member: Atlanta (Member, International Transactions Section) and American (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law, International Law and Taxation Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Corporate and Banking Law, Fiduciary Law, General Practice, Trial Law, International Law and Taxation Sections); Lawyers Club of Atlanta. [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1972; USAR, 1972-1976]. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Estate Planning Law; Real Estate Law.Email: William J. Seigler III

William Russell Patterson, Jr. (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, November 30, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 1981; J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Golden Key National Honor Society. Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Bankruptcy, Litigation, Small Firm, Dispute Resolution Sections); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Bankruptcy, Corporate and Banking, General Practice and Trial Sections); Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Special Agencies: Special Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Georgia Insurance Commissioner. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditor's Rights; Reorganization; Commercial Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: William Russell Patterson, Jr.

Herbert C. Broadfoot, II (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, August 8, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, Tennessee; 1974, Georgia. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1966); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1969). Member, Panel of Trustees, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1979—. Member: Atlanta, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, Bankruptcy Law Section, 1984-1985). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Commercial Law.Email: Herbert C. Broadfoot, II

Herbert H. Gray, III (Member) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 5, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit and U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 1975); Emory University (J.D., 1978). Phi Delta Phi. Listed, Construction Law, Georgia Super Lawyers. Member, Mediation Panel and Commercial, Construction and Large and Complex Case Panels of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member, Georgia Academy of Mediators and Arbitrators. Registered Civil Mediator, Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. Member, American Property Tax Counsel. Author: "Dispossessory and Distraint Procedure" and "Ejectment," Georgia Jurisprudence, Lawyers Co-op Publishing, 1995. Member: Atlanta (Member, Construction Law and Dispute Resolution Sections) and American Bar Associations (Member, Sections on: Dispute Resolution and Forum Committee on the Construction Industry); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Dispute Resolution Section); Lawyers Club of Atlanta (President, 1991-1992; Member, Executive Committee, 1986-1993); Atlanta Lawyers Foundation (Trustee, 1993-2001; Chairman, 1995-1996); The Associated General Contractors (Member, Georgia Branch). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Real Estate Law and Litigation; Alcoholic Beverage Control.Email: Herbert H. Gray, III

Brian J. Morrissey (Member) born Yonkers, New York, January 31, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Florida; 1985, Georgia; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1978); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., with honors, 1981). Phi Eta Sigma; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Holderness Moot Court Bench. Author: "Constitutional Protections," An Introduction to Law in Georgia: 1986 Update and Teacher's Supplement (Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, 1986). Co-Author: "Optimizing Enforcement Procedures in Equipment Financings," Equipment Leasing Monitor, May/June 1987, Vol. 14, No. 3 (Molloy Associates, Wynnewood, Pa.); "Payment Issues for Prime Contractors and Subcontractors," Engineering News Record and Construction Education Management Association (Vail, Colo., Nov. 1988); "Annual Survey of Construction Law," 42, 43, 44 Mercer Law Review, 1990-1992; 46 Mercer Law Rev., 1994; 47, 48, 51 Mercer L. Rev. 1995, 1996, 1999, Chapter 13: "Risks and Coverage Under Life Insurance Policy;" Chapter 14: "Risks and Coverage Under Health and Accident Insurance Policy;" Chapter 18: "Notice and Proof of Claim;" Chapter 19: "Rights and Obligations of Insureds and Insurers," Ga. Jur., Insurance (Rochester: Lawyers Cooperative Publishing 1995); "Georgia Construction Law: What Do You Do When . . .?" National Business Institute, 2000; "Essentials of Construction Mediation in Georgia," National Business Institute, 2002; "Advanced Construction Law," National Business Institute, 2003; "Mold Litigation is Growing," National Business Institute, 2003. Member: Cobb County, Atlanta (Member: Construction Law Committee; Coordinating Committee for the Olympics) and American (Member: Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Employee Benefits, Fidelity and Surety Law and Public Regulation of Insurance Committees of the Tort and Insurance Practice Sections; Construction Litigation Committee of the Litigation Section; Forum on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Legislative Affairs Section; Environmental Law and Civil Practice Rules Committees); The Florida Bar (Member, Civil Procedure Rules Committee). Practice Areas: Construction Law; Surety Law; Employment Litigation; Insurance; Civil Litigation; Corporate Law; General Business Transactional Law.Email: Brian J. Morrissey

Edgar S. Mangiafico, Jr. (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, October 11, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Georgia. Education: Georgia State University (A.B., cum laude, 1975); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1978). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Blue Key. Author, Ch. 20 "Extent of Loss and Liability of Insurer," Ch. 24, "Apportionment and Contribution Between Insurers," Ch. 25 "Subrogation" Insurance, Georgia Jurisprudence (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co.), Vol. 16, 1995. Member: Atlanta, Sandy Springs and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Insurance Section); Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Personal Injury; Products Liability Law; Commercial Litigation; Mediation.Email: Edgar S. Mangiafico, Jr.

John W. Winborne (Member) born November 9, 1945; admitted to bar, 1973, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 1967); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1973). Georgia Law Review, 1971-1973. Recent Developments Editor, 1972-1973. Member: Atlanta and American (Member: Committee On Insurance Coverage Litigation, Litigation Section; Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. [Lt., U.S. Naval Reserve, active duty, 1967-1970]. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Litigation; Insurance Arbitration.Email: John W. Winborne

Ronald D. Reemsnyder (Member) born 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Mount Union College (A.B., cum laude, with honors, 1970); Duke University (J.D., 1974). Listed, Georgia Super Lawyers, Commercial Litigation. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation; Trial Practice.

Lisa F. Stuckey (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 29, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Georgia; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona. Education: Mercer University (B.A., 1983); Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University (J.D., 1986). Member, American Property Tax Counsel. Member: Atlanta, DeKalb, Douglas County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Ad Valorem Tax.Email: Lisa F. Stuckey

ASSOCIATE

Joyce Y. Kim (Associate) born Anaheim, California, March 2, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B.J., magna cum laude, 2003; J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Probate; Wills; Trusts; Residential Real Estate.

OF COUNSEL

John W. Ragsdale, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Greenville, South Carolina, August 23, 1934; admitted to bar, 1962, Florida; 1974, District of Columbia; 1975, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 1956); University of Virginia (L.L.B., 1962). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, 1980— and Convener, 1991—, Interim Trustee Panel of U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Real Property and Bankruptcy Sections); State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta (President, 1997-1998). [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1956-1959]. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Creditors Rights Law; Reorganization Law; Real Property.Email: John W. Ragsdale, Jr.

Lisa Boardman Burnette (Of Counsel) born Franklin, Pennsylvania, February 9, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia. Education: University of South Carolina (B.S., with honors, 1989); Emory University (M.B.A., 1993; J.D., 1993). Golden Key. Executive Editor, Bankruptcy Developments Journal, 1992-1993. Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Bankruptcy Law Section). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Reorganization; Civil Litigation; Business Law.Email: Lisa Boardman Burnette