(Main Office)

Statement of Practice

General Civil Practice in Georgia and South Carolina. Trials. Corporation, Securities, Insurance, Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate, Commercial and Bankruptcy Law.

Clients

GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Ashmore Concrete Contractors, Inc.
Downtown Development Authority of Augusta, Georgia
First Bank of Georgia
Georgia Bank & Trust Company of Augusta
Georgia Business Net, Inc.
Georgia Business Net Telecommunications, LLC
WayneWorks, LLC
WayneWorks Marine, LLC
WayneWorks Threads, LLC.

COUNSEL FOR: 1st Source Bank
Air 1st Aviation Companies, Inc.
Albion Kaolin Co., a Division of United Catalysts, Inc.
Amica Mutual Insurance Co.
Augusta Newsprint Co.
Augusta Partnership for Children, Inc.
Augusta Woodlands Corp.
Bank of America, N.A.
Battle Lumber Company
Central Savannah River Land Trust
Duffie Properties Group
Fidelity Financial Services, Inc.
First Bank Mortgage
Georgia-Carolina Bancshares, Inc.
General Accident Group
Haltermann Partners, Inc.
ITC Commercial Funding, LLC
JBC Development, Inc.
J M Huber Corp.
Kimco Realty Corporation
Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.
Marine Midland Automotive Financial Corp.
Martin-Marietta Materials, Inc.
Palmetto Farm Credit, ACA
Pharmacia Corporation
Primary Care Properties, LLC
PQ Corp.
Queensborough National Bank & Trust Co.
Regions Bank
Regent Security, Inc.
SRP Federal Credit Union
SunTrust Bank
The Geneva Companies
The Kroger Co.
United Services Automobile Assn.
Time Equities
Trustreet Properties, Inc.
WAGT Television, Inc.
Walton Rehabilitation Hospital
Wells Fargo Bank.

APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Chicago Title Insurance Co.
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company (Policy Writing Agent for Georgia and South Carolina) and Lawyers Title Insurance Group (Policy Writing Agent for Georgia and South Carolina).

Address

3rd Floor
209 Seventh Street
Augusta, GA 30901, (Richmond Co.)

Phone

Phone: 706-722-7543
Fax: 706-722-1822

Website

http://www.wtsmlaw.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

MEMBERS OF FIRM

William Byrd Warlick (Member) born Cartersville, Georgia, November 4, 1941; admitted to bar, 1965, Georgia and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 1964; LL.B., 1965). Phi Delta Phi. Contributor, Georgia Bar Journal, 1964-1965. Editor, Georgia Defense Lawyers Journal, 1982. Member: Augusta (President, 1995) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (Director, 1976-1985); Augusta Area Trial Lawyers Association; Young Lawyers Club of Augusta (President, 1975-1976). Practice Areas: Corporate; Commercial Law; Litigation; Real Estate; Banking Law.Email: William Byrd Warlick

Roy D. Tritt (Member) born San Diego, California, November 4, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Georgia and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., cum laude, 1971); University of Georgia Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review, 1972-1974. Member: Augusta (Treasurer, 1989) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Treasurer, Young Lawyers Section, 1981-1982; Member, Executive Committee, Real Property Law Section, 1998-2004; Chairman, Title Standards Committee of Real Property Law Section, 1999-2004). (Resident, Martinez Office). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Estate Planning; Residential Real Estate.Email: Roy D. Tritt

Charles C. Stebbins, III (Member) born Darien, Georgia, March 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Georgia, Alabama; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Harvard University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1971); Harvard Law School (J.D., 1975). Law Clerk to: Hon. R. E. Varner, U.S. District Judge, Middle District of Alabama, 1975-1976; Hon. R. T. Rives, Senior Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1976-1977. Member: Augusta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Alabama State Bar. Reported Cases: (Selected Recent Cases) O'Neal v. Garrison, 263 F.3d 1317 (11th Cir. 2001); Patterson v. Southeastern Newspapers, Inc., 533 S.E.2d 119 (Ga. App 2000); Haddle v. Garrison, 525 U.S. 121, 119 S.Ct. 489, 142 L.Ed.2d 502 (1998); Hornsby v. Hunter, 262 Ga.App. 598 (2003); Harkins v. Channell, 274 GA.App. 478 (2005); Hipster, Inc. v. Augusta Mall Partnership, 661 S.E. 2d 652 (2008). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Commercial Law; Creditor Bankruptcy; Corporate Law.Email: Charles C. Stebbins, III

James S. "Jeb" Murray (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 9, 1967; admitted to bar, 1995, Georgia; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia; 2005, South Carolina; 2009, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1990); University of Georgia, School of Law (J.D., 1994). Chief Judge, Hephzibah Municipal Court. Chief Assistant Solicitor General, 1997-2002. Chairman, Board of Directors, Central Savannah River Land Trust. Two Term President, Board of Directors, Safe Homes of Augusta; Member, Board of Directors, Imperial Theater; Member, Ethics Committee for Gracewood State School and Hospital. Member: Augusta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Probate Law; Environmental Law; Insurance Law; Banking Law; Real Estate Law.Email: James S. "Jeb" Murray

OF COUNSEL

Richard E. Miley (Of Counsel) born Charleston, South Carolina, January 28, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, South Carolina and Georgia and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Clemson University (B.A., 1967); Emory University (J.D., 1973). Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Staff, Journal of Public Law, 1973. Law Clerk to Hon. Anthony A. Alaimo, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1974-1975. Member: Augusta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; South Carolina Bar. (Also practicing individually in North Augusta, South Carolina).Email: Richard E. Miley