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| | Address | | 801 Broad Street, Suite 700 | | Augusta, Georgia 30901 | | (Richmond Co.) | | | |
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| Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley,
A Professional Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
General practice including Civil, Trial and Appellate in all Courts, Corporation, Securities, Real Estate, Insurance, Taxation, Probate, Construction, Media, Communications and First Amendment, Employment, Local Government, Healthcare, Bankruptcy, Trust, Municipal Finance, Environmental Law, Computer and Technology, Medical Malpractice, Product Liability, Class Action Law and Intellectual Property. | Firm Profile:
Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, with its two locations, has a long history in both Augusta, Georgia and Aiken, South Carolina. The firm was founded in 1916 by William Hale Barrett and James Meriwether Hull. In 1999, the firm ushered in a new chapter in its history by combining with the Aiken Firm of Henderson & Salley, which was established in 1872 by Daniel Sullivan Henderson. Firm members have served as members of the State legislatures in both Georgia and South Carolina, and the Augusta City Council. They also have been appointed to the Federal and State Court benches. In addition, firm members have held various positions in state and local bar associations, other legal professional organizations, civic clubs and churches. Members of the firm speak and write on topics in their area of expertise in national and state seminars and publications. The firm has grown with the Augusta community and has long been the largest firm in the city. The firm is presently composed of 21 partners, 9 associates and 2 of counsel. The firm carries the highest legal ability rating in Martindale-Hubbell. Three of the firm's lawyers have been selected by their peers to be among the Super Lawyers in Georgia and nine have been included in the "Best Lawyers in America" publication. Graduates of the law schools of Boston University, Emory University, University of Florida, University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Harvard University, Mercer University, New York University, Vanderbilt University and the University of South Carolina are members of the firm. A staff of thirty-seven provides the firm with competent, professional support. Our Augusta office occupies the seventh and eighth floors of the SunTrust Bank Building in Augusta's downtown business district overlooking the Savannah River. The Aiken office is located directly across the street from the Aiken Judicial Center in historic downtown Aiken, which lies approximately fifteen miles east of the Augusta office. Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley is engaged in a general civil practice with an emphasis on general civil litigation, corporate law, securities regulation, taxation, public finance, commercial real estate, employment law, banking law, bankruptcy law, media law, insurance law, computer and technology law, first amendment law and environmental law. The firm enjoys a broad local client base of publicly held companies, several privately held corporations, financial and lending institutions, public authorities and health care institutions. The firm also acts as local counsel for several large corporations, two public utilities, a railroad and numerous insurance companies. | | Firm Size: 32 | Clients:
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Advanced Services, Inc.; Allen Batchelor Construction, Inc.; Augusta IT; Augusta Riverfront Limited Partnership; Battery Properties, LLC; Castleberry/Snow's Brands, Inc.; Columbia County, Georgia; Community Newspapers, Inc.; CPI, Inc.; Creel Foundation; CSRA Federal Credit Union; Dawson, Taylor & Co.; Georgia Press Association; Girl Scouts, Central Savannah River Council; Gold Mech, Inc.; Housing Authority of the City of Augusta; Hull Storey Retail Group, LLC; InfoPro; IntelliSystems; Master Pontiac Buick GMC, Inc.; MAU, Inc.; McKnight Construction Co.; Merry Land Properties, Inc.; Milton Ruben Motors, Inc.; Morris Communications Company, LLC; Perfection-Schwank, Inc.; Platts Funeral Home, Inc.; R.W. Allen Construction Co.; Roberts Digital Data; Savannah River Site Redevelopment Authority; Sizemore, Inc.; South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank; The Medical College of Georgia Physicians Practice Group Foundation; Trinity Hospital of Augusta; Walton Options for Independent Living, Inc.; Walton Rehabilitation Hospital. |
LOCAL COUNSEL FOR: Alea of London; American Hardware Insurance Group; Amoco Polymers, Inc.; Association County Commissioners of Georgia; Atlanta Gas Light Co.; Augusta Canal Authority; Augusta Iron & Steel, Inc.; Augusta Stallions Area Football Franchise; Bank of America; Bank of Burke County; BellSouth; Blanchard & Calhoun; Bob Bennett Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.; Bobby Jones Ford; Central of Georgia Railroad Company; Club Car, Inc.; Companion Property and Casualty; Cotton States Insurance Company; CSR America, Inc.; CVS Pharmacy, Inc.; Dixie Clay Co.; DSM Chemicals; Employers Reinsurance Corp.; Energy Consulting Group, LLC; First Professional Insurance Company; Garrett Aviation, Inc.; Genuine Parts Company; Great-West Life & Annuity Ins. Co.; Inland Services Corp. (Southland Construction Co.); Institutions Food House, Inc.; Johnson Controls World Services, Inc.; Kemper Insurance Companies; Kimberly-Clark Corp.; Knology, Inc.; KONE, Inc.; Kronotex, USA; Life of Georgia Insurance Co.; Lloyds of London; MAG Insurance Company; MCG Health, Inc.; Microsoft Corp.; Nationwide Insurance Co.; Network Data Systems; Norfolk Southern Corporation; Olin Corporation; Paine College; PDS Hearst, Inc.; Polaris America, Inc.; Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company; Regions Bank; Sears, Roebuck & Co.; SunTrust Bank; Textron/E-Z-Go Div.; TIG Insurance Company; The Lamar Company, LLC; The Medical Protective Company; United Insurance Company of America. | 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
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A Professional Corporation
Aiken, South Carolina, U.S.A.
| | James M. Hull (1885-1975). | | George B. Barrett (1894-1942). | | Julian J. Willingham (1887-1963). | | John Bell Towill (1907-1991). | | Robert C. Norman (1919-2000). | | Julian B. Salley, Jr. (1912-2005). | | W. Hale Barrett (Member) born Augusta, Georgia, February 11, 1929; admitted to bar, 1954, Georgia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S., 1950); University of South Carolina; University of Georgia (LL.B., 1955). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Recognized in "Best Lawyers in America." Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Member: Augusta (President, 1973) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, Corporate and Banking Section, 1975-1976). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law. Email: W. Hale Barrett | | Lawton Jordan, Jr. (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, January 7, 1940; admitted to bar, 1963, Georgia. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Georgia (LL.B., 1964). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, Student Editorial Board, Georgia Bar Journal, 1963-1964. Law Assistant to Associate Justice Bond Almand of the Supreme Court of Georgia, 1964-1965. Member: Augusta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate Law. Email: Lawton Jordan, Jr. | | Patrick J. Rice (Member) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, January 15, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, Georgia. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S., 1963); University of Georgia (LL.B., 1966). Phi Delta Phi. Executive Editor, Student Editorial Board, Georgia Bar Journal, 1965-1966. Editor, Georgia Defense Lawyers Journal, 1983. One of 100 Super Lawyers in Georgia; Best Lawyers in America. Member: Augusta (President, 1987) and American (Member, Litigation, Tort, Insurance and Health Law Section, 1978) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Board of Governors, 1980-1986); Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1989-1990); Young Lawyers Club of Augusta (President, 1974-1975); Augusta Area Trial Lawyers Association (Secretary, 1976-1978); Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability Law; Commercial Litigation; Trial Practice; Health Law. Email: Patrick J. Rice | | Douglas D. Batchelor, Jr. (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, January 4, 1945; admitted to bar, 1969, Georgia and Florida; 1988, South Carolina. Education: University of Virginia (A.B., 1966); University of Florida (J.D., with honors, 1968). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, University of Florida Law Review, 1967-1968. One of Super Lawyers in Georgia; Best Lawyers in America. Member: Augusta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; The Florida Bar; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Health Care; Municipal Finance Law; Local Government Law. Email: Douglas D. Batchelor, Jr. | | David E. Hudson (Member) born Manchester, Georgia, March 13, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Georgia. Education: Mercer University (A.B., summa cum laude, 1968); Harvard University (J.D., cum laude, 1971). Law Clerk to Hon. Griffin B. Bell, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1971-1972. Chair, Civil Justice Reform Committee, Southern District of Georgia, 1991-1994. Member, 1994-1998 and Chair, 1998, Georgia Board of Bar Examiners. One of 100 Super Lawyers in Georgia; Best Lawyers in America. Member: Augusta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Augusta Area Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1982). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (1992—). [Capt., U.S. Army, 1972-1974]. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Communications Law; Construction Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: David E. Hudson | | Neal W. Dickert (Member) born Newberry, South Carolina, July 28, 1946; admitted to bar, 1974, South Carolina; 1975, Georgia. Education: Wofford College (A.B., 1968); University of South Carolina (M.B.A., 1969; J.D., 1974). Member: Society of Wig and Robe; South Carolina Law Review, 1972-1974. Judge, Superior Court for the Augusta Judicial Circuit, 1997-2007. Chairman, Board of Trustees for the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education, State of Georgia, 2005-2007. Chairman, Family Law Committee for the Council of Superior Court Judges, 2003-2005. Graduate of the National Judicial College and served as Facilitator for the General Jurisdiction Course at the National Judicial College (2002). Author: "Georgia Handbook on Foundations and Objections," Thomson-West, 2003 (updated annually); "Avoiding Judicial Arrogance: A Personal Essay," Judges Journal, Vol. 44, No. 1, p.21, Winter 2005; "From the Bar to the Bench: Reflections of a Rookie Judge," Georgia Bar Journal, Vol. 4, No. 6, 1999; "Opening Statements" Verdict Magazine, Vol. 26, No. 3, p. 14, 2001. Member: Augusta (Member, Executive Committee, 1980-1981; Vice President, 1995; President-Elect, 1996; and President, 1997) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Board of Governors, 1986-1998); South Carolina Bar; Fellow: Lawyers' Foundation of Georgia; Georgia Bar Foundation. [1st Lt., U.S. Army, 1969-1971]. (Also at Aiken, South Carolina Office). Practice Areas: Litigation; Trial Practice; Mediation; Appellate Practice; Complex Litigation. Email: Neal W. Dickert | | William H. Tucker (Member) born Terre Haute, Indiana, October 28, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, South Carolina. (Not admitted in Georgia). Education: DePauw University (B.A., 1974); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1978). Gold Key; Phi Delta Phi. Assistant Solicitor, Second Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, 1978-1980; Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law. Member: Aiken County (Secretary, 1981) and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Civil Litigation; Real Property. Email: William H. Tucker | | William F. Hammond (Member) born Augusta, Georgia, November 3, 1947; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia; 1981, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Augusta College (B.B.A., 1970); Mercer University (J.D., 1980); New York University (LL.M., 1982). Recipient: National Accounting Association Scholarship; Georgia Banking Association Estate Planning Award. Certified Public Accountant, Georgia, 1977 (Inactive). Member: State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association (Member: Taxation; Real Property and Probate Sections). Practice Areas: Estate Planning Law; ERISA; Tax Planning; Litigation; Corporate Law; Employee Benefit Law. Email: William F. Hammond | | Mark S. Burgreen (Member) born Union, South Carolina, December 2, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, South Carolina; 1986, Georgia. Education: Erskine College (A.B., summa cum laude, 1982); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1985); New York University (LL.M., in Taxation, 1986). Order of the Wig and Robe; Order of the Coif. Member: Augusta and American Bar Associations; South Carolina Bar; State Bar of Georgia; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Estate Planning Law; Corporate Law; Securities. Email: Mark S. Burgreen | | George R. Hall (Member) born Red Springs, North Carolina, September 27, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, South Carolina; 1987, Georgia. Education: Presbyterian College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1986). Member: Order of the Coif; Order of the Wig and Robe. Recipient: Best Lawyers in America; Georgia Super Lawyers. Member: Augusta (President, 2007) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; South Carolina Bar; Young Lawyers Club of Augusta (President, 1993-1994); Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 2003-2005); National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Tort Law; Trial Practice. Email: George R. Hall | | James B. Ellington (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia; admitted to bar, 1987, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., summa cum laude, 1984; J.D., magna cum laude, 1987). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Blue Key; Robert W. Woodruff Scholar. Winning Team, Talmadge Moot Court Competition, 1986. Member, Editorial Board, 1985-1986 and Executive Research Editor, 1986-1987, Georgia Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable Dudley H. Bowen, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, 1987-1988. Best Lawyers in America. University of Georgia Law School Association Council, Member, 1999-2006, President 2004-2005. University of Georgia School of Law Board of Visitors, 2006—. Member: Augusta (Treasurer, 2000-2001) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Review Panel, State Disciplinary Board, 2000—; Chair, 2003-2004; Member, Formal Advisory Opinion Board, 2004—; Vice Chair, 2007—); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Civil Rights Litigation; Local Government Law; Media Law; Libel, Slander and Defamation; Trial Practice; Appellate Practice. Email: James B. Ellington | | F. Michael Taylor (Member) born Valdosta, Georgia, August 24, 1955; admitted to bar, 1988, Georgia; 1989, South Carolina. Education: Armstrong State College; University of Georgia (B.A., 1981); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1988). Member, 1986-1988 and Managing Editors Staff, 1987-1988, Mercer University Law Review. Co-Author: "Lynch v. Waters: Tolling Georgia's Statute of Limitations for Medical Malpractice," 38 Mercer Law Review, 1987. Member: Augusta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; South Carolina Bar; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Law; Workers Compensation Law; Trial Practice; Medical Malpractice; Commercial Litigation; Common Carrier Law; Contracts; Litigation; Products Liability. Email: F. Michael Taylor | | William J. Keogh, III (Member) born Greenwich, Connecticut, February 4, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Georgia. Education: Duke University (B.A., 1988); Emory University (J.D., 1991). Recent Publication Editor, Emory International Law Review, 1990-1991. Recent Publication Review, "Political Violence & The Law in Ireland," 4 Emory International Law Review 239, 1990. Member: Augusta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Board of Governors, 2004—; District Representative, Young Lawyers Section, 1996-2002); Young Lawyers Club of Augusta (President, 1998). Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Eminent Domain; Construction Law; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: William J. Keogh, III | | Edward J. Tarver (Member) born Killeen, Texas, July 22, 1959; admitted to bar, 1991, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; Georgia Court of Appeals, Georgia Supreme Court. Education: Augusta College (B.A., 1981); University of Georgia (J.D., 1991). Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to the Hon. Dudley H. Bowen, Jr., U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, 1991-1992. Former Chairman, Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Senate. Member: Augusta, National and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Augusta Conference of African American Attorneys. [Captain, U.S. Army, 1982-1989]. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Litigation(75%); Municipal Finance(5%); Employment Law(20%); Trial Practice; Insurance Defense. Email: Edward J. Tarver | | R. E. (Rand) Hanna, III (Member) born Clifton Forge, Virginia, April 26, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia and South Carolina. Education: West Virginia University (B.S.E.E., 1988); University of South Carolina (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Order of the Coif; Order of the Wig and Robe. Member: State Bar of Georgia; South Carolina Bar; Listed, Best Lawyers in America, Real Estate Law. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate. Email: R. E. (Rand) Hanna, III | | James M. Holly (Member) born Aiken, South Carolina, September 5, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, South Carolina; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; 2003, Georgia. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., cum laude, 1972; J.D., 1976). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of Wig and Robe. Recipient of Order of Palmet—ed by Governor Richard W. Riley, 1984. Chief of Staff for South Carolina State Treasurer, 1995-1999. City Attorney, Aiken, South Carolina, 1985-1995. County Attorney, Aiken County, South Carolina, 2007—. Assistant Attorney General, South Carolina, 1978-1984. Member: State Bar of Georgia; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Government; Municipal Finance; Regulatory Law; Commercial Real Estate Development. Email: James M. Holly | | Timothy E. Moses (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 8, 1964; admitted to bar, 1994, Georgia, South Carolina and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: United States Naval Academy (B.S., 1986); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1994). Phi Delta Phi (Vice Magister, Calhoun Inn, 1992-1993); Order of the Wig and Robe. Articles Editor, 1993-1994 and Student Editorial Board Member, 1992-1994, Real Property, Probate and Trust Journal. Member: Augusta and American (Member: Intellectual Property and Computer Law Committee; Labor and Employment Law Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Technology Law Section); South Carolina Bar (Former Member, Technology Committee). [Lieut., U.S. Navy, 1986-1991; Lieut. Cmdr., U.S. Naval Reserves, 1991-1994]. Practice Areas: Computer and Technology Law; Intellectual Property; Employment Law. Email: Timothy E. Moses | | Tara R. Simkins (Member) born Augusta, Georgia, January 31, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Georgia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., 1989); University of Georgia (J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. Secretary, Student Bar Association. Member, Atlanta Bar Association, 1992-1998. Member: Augusta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court, 1996-1999 (Barrister). Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Real Estate; Commercial Law. Email: Tara R. Simkins | | James V. Painter (Member) born Jamestown, New York, October 15, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Georgia; 1997, South Carolina; 2008, New York. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.S., 1991); University of Georgia (J.D., 1994). Co-Author: with Wiley A. Wasden III, "Recent Developments in Georgia Premises Liability Law: Criminal Activity Cases," Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, 1996. Member: Augusta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Products Liability. Email: James V. Painter | | Darren G. Meadows (Member) born Covington, Georgia, October 13, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1990); Georgia State University (J.D., 1994). Member, 1991-1994, Vice President, 1992-1993 and President, 1993-1994, Environmental Law Society, Georgia State University. Board Member, Georgia Air and Waste Management Association, 1998-2000. Member: Augusta and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy & Environmental, 1994—; Public Sector, 1994-1999) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Environmental, At Large Board Member, 2001; Real Estate, 1994—; Local Government, 2001—). Practice Areas: Environmental; Corporate Law; Real Estate; Health Care; Regulatory Law. Email: Darren G. Meadows | | James S. V. Weston (Member) born Charleston, South Carolina, December 5, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Georgia; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1991); Innsbruck University; Mercer University (J.D., 1996). Recognized, "Georgia Rising Star," 2005 and 2006. Law Clerk, Superior Courts Judges of the Augusta Judicial Circuit, 1996-1997. Member: Augusta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (District Representative, Young Lawyers Division); Defense Research Institute; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 2005—). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Commercial Litigation; Professional Malpractice; Health Care Litigation. Email: James S. V. Weston | | —————————— | | Christopher A. Cosper (Associate) born Gainesville, Florida, December 15, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia; 2006, South Carolina. Education: University of Georgia (B.S., 2001); University of Georgia (J.D., 2004). Order of the Coif. Executive Notes Editor, Georgia Law Review. 2002-2004. Author: "Rehabilitation of the Juror Rehabilitation Procedure," 37 Ga. L.Rev. 1471 (2003). Member: Member: Augusta Bar Association; Young Lawyers Association; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Young Professionals of Augusta. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Commercial Litigation; Class Actions; Class Action Defense; Medical Malpractice; Communications Law; Tort Law. Email: Christopher A. Cosper | | John B. West (Associate) born Carrollton, Georgia, December 3, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Tennessee; 2001, Georgia; 2002, South Carolina. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1996); Vanderbilt Law School (J.D., 1999); Boston University (LL.M., Taxation, 2004). Judicial Clerk, Honorable Holly M. Kirby, Tennessee Court of Appeals, 1999-2000. Member: Augusta, Tennessee and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Corporate Code Revision Committee); South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Business Transactions. Email: John B. West | | Thomas L. Cathey (Associate) born Charlotte, North Carolina, October 26, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, North Carolina; 2001, Georgia. Education: Duke University (B.A., cum laude, 1997); University of North Carolina (J.D., 2000). Order of the Coif, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Communication. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Thomas L. Cathey | | Davis A. Dunaway (Associate) born Augusta, Georgia, July 24, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Georgia; Supreme Court of Georgia and U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., Finance, 2000; J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member, Family Counseling Center, CSRA Board of Directors. Member: Augusta Bar Association; Young Lawyers of Augusta (Executive Board Member, 2004—; Vice-President, 2008; President-Elect, 2009); Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Tort Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Communications Law. Email: Davis A. Dunaway | | J. Christopher Driver (Associate) born Berlin, Germany, August 15, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: Medical College of Georgia (B.S., summa cum laude, 1997); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Author: Note, "African AIDS Crisis: Implications From the Rise of Managed Care in South Africa," 30 Ga. J. Int'l & Comp. L. 305, 2002. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Construction Law; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law. | | Alana Kyriakakis (Associate) born Enid, Oklahoma, December 22, 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, Georgia; 2005, South Carolina. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1997); University of South Carolina (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Order of the Coif; Order of Wig and Robe. Member, South Carolina Law Review, 2002-2004. Author: " Conner v. City of Forest Acres: The End of the At Will Employment Era?," 54 SC Law Rev. 1113. Member: Augusta Bar Association; Young Lawyers Association (Executive Board Member). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Civil Rights Litigation; Trial Practice; Appellate Practice. Email: Alana Kyriakakis | | Susan M. Clapp (Associate) born Frankfort, Kentucky, September 29, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, North Carolina; 2007, Georgia. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., cum laude, 2001; J.D., 2004). Member: North Carolina Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); Augusta Bar Association (Young Lawyers Division); Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; American Bar Association. (Also at Aiken, South Carolina Office). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: Susan M. Clapp | | Paul K. Simons, Jr. (Associate) born Augusta, Georgia, April 1, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, South Carolina. Education: University of the South (B.A., Economics, 2001); University of South Carolina School of Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Condominium Development; Conservation Easements; Conveyancing; Easements; Land Acquisitions; Land Sales; Land Trusts; Manufactured Housing Law; Mobile Home Law; Planned Unit Development Law; Quiet Title; Real Estate Acquisitions; Real Estate Contracts; Real Estate Development; Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Estate Sales; Real Estate Title; Real Estate Title Examination; Real Estate Title Insurance; Real Property Acquisitions; Real Property Development; Residential Real Estate; Right of Way Easements; Bank Foreclosures; Banking Law; Secured Lending; Litigation; Civil Litigation; Defense Litigation. | | Michael E. Fowler, Jr. (Associate) born Augusta, Georgia, September 16, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama; 2001, Georgia; 2002, South Carolina. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1995); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2000). In-house Counsel, Hull Storey Retail Group, 2004-2008. Member: Birmingham, Augusta and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; South Carolina Bar. (Also at Aiken Office). Special Agencies: International Council of Shopping Centers, 2004 —. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Contracts; Corporate Law; Business Law. Email: Michael E. Fowler, Jr. | | OF COUNSEL | | James K. Stucko (Of Counsel) born Chicago, Illinois, November 20, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962, Illinois; 2003, Georgia. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.B.A., 1961; J.D., 1962). Lamba Alpha, Land Use/Economics Honorary Society, 1991—. Managing Editor, Notre Dame Law Review, 1961-1962. Village Attorney, Village of Deerfield, Illinois, 1970-2000. Member: Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations, 1962-2000. Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Commercial Transactions; Municipal Law; Land Use. Email: James K. Stucko | | N. Shannon Gentry Lanier (Of Counsel) born Gainesville, Georgia, April 27, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B.J., 1989, J.D., 1992). Law Clerk, Hon. William M. Fleming Jr., Chief Judge, Augusta Judicial Circuit, 1992-1994. Member: Augusta Bar Association (Secretary, 1995-1996); State Bar of Georgia; Young Lawyers Club of Augusta (Member, Executive Committee, 1995-1996); Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Communications Law; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: N. Shannon Gentry Lanier | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Aiken, South Carolina Office: 111 Park Avenue, 29801. Telephone: 803-648-4213. Fax: 803-648-2601.
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