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| | Address | Suite 300
One Decatur TownCenter, 150 East Ponce de Leon Avenue, P.O. Box 250 | | Decatur, Georgia 30030 | | (DeKalb Co.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 404-378-4300 | | Fax: 404-378-3617 | | |
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(Main Office)
| Weekes & Candler, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
School Law, Municipal Law, Estate, Estate Administrator, Estate Planning, Guardianship, Wills and Probate, Business, Corporate, Family, Divorce, Adoptions, Child Custody. | | Year Established: 1927 | | Firm Size: 6 | Representative Clients:
DeKalb County Board of Education; Clayton County Board of Education; City of Clarkston; Metropolitan Regional Educational Service Agency; Taliaferro County Board of Education. | Rate Information:
Free Initial Consultation
| | Gary M. Sams (Managing Partner) born New Smyrna Beach, Florida, April 3, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Florida; 1966, Georgia. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1962); University of Florida (J.D., 1965). Phi Delta Phi. County Administrator and County Guardian, 1980—. Member, Bar Council, Northern District of Georgia, 1984-1987. Member: Atlanta, Decatur-DeKalb and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; The Florida Bar; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: General Practice. Email: Gary M. Sams | | J. Stanley Hawkins (Member) born Lithonia, Georgia, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Georgia. Education: Florida State University (B.A., cum laude, 1971); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Gold Key. Special Projects Editor, Georgia Law Review, 1973-1974. Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: School Law; Litigation; General Practice. Email: J. Stanley Hawkins | | Harold N. Eddy, Jr. (Member) born Binghamton, New York, July 22, 1961; admitted to bar, 1989, California; 1992, Connecticut; 2003, Georgia. Education: Washburn University (B.S., 1984); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1989). Associate and Of Counsel, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP, 1989-1999. Practice Areas: School Law; Litigation; General Practice. Email: Harold N. Eddy, Jr. | | —————————— | | Reagan G. Sauls (Associate) born Huntsville, Alabama, May 26, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Maryland; 2004, Georgia. Education: Georgia Southern College (B.S., 1999); Washington College of Law (J.D., 2002). Law Clerk, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C. Associate: Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Gorby, Reeves & Peters, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia; Hudgins Law Firm, Alexandria, Virginia. Member: American Bar Association; Georgia Association of Women Lawyers; Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.; State Bar of Georgia. Fellow: American Bar Association; Georgia Association of Women Lawyers; Maryland State Bar Association, Inc.; State Bar of Georgia. | | Sharese L. Shields (Associate) born Kansas City, Missouri, August 25, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Illinois; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2005, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: Clark Atlanta University (B.A., Journalism, 1993); Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology (J.D., 1999). Vice President, Black Law Students Association. Member: National Trial Team; Moot Court Honor Society. Recipient, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Certificate. Member: Atlanta and Gate City Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys. Practice Areas: School Law; General Liability; Litigation; Wrongful Death; Construction Law; Probate. | | OF COUNSEL | | Thomas A. Cox (Of Counsel) born Johnson City, Tennessee, July 28, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Georgia. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., with high honors, 1973); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Phi Beta Kappa. Adjunct Professor of Law, Emory University, 2004. Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, LLP, 1983-2003. Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Litigation; Education Law; Commercial Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Thomas A. Cox |
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