MEMBERS OF FIRM
Carr G. Dodson (Member) born Americus, Georgia, August 29, 1937; admitted to bar, 1961, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1959; LL.B., 1961). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Gridiron Secret Society. Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review. Representative, General Assembly of Georgia, 1967-1971. Minority Leader, 1970-1971. Faculty, ICLE Seminars on Georgia Practice and Procedure, Evidence and Medical Malpractice. Member: Macon Bar Association (President, 1976); State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, Insurance Section); American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; Georgia Bar Foundation; W.A. Bootle American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: General Trial Practice; Corporation; Banking and Business Law.Email: Carr G. Dodson
Timothy K. Adams (Member) born Macon, Georgia, November 14, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962, Georgia. Education: Emory University (A.B., 1960); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1963). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa. Kappa Alpha Order. Member: Macon Bar Association (Past President); State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, Fiduciary Law Section, 1973); National Lawyer's Association. Practice Areas: Corporation; Banking and Business Law; Wills; Trusts; Estate and Estate Planning Law.Email: Timothy K. Adams
H. Jerome Strickland (Member) born Port St. Joe, Florida, February 8, 1940; admitted to bar, 1963, Georgia. Education: Auburn University; Mercer University (LL.B., 1964). Kappa Alpha Order; Tau Kappa Alpha; Phi Alpha Delta. Faculty Member, ICLE Seminars: "Preparation of A Lawsuit"; "Georgia Discovery"; "Law Office Systems"; "Bridge-the-Gap"; "Trial Skills." Trustee, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 1990-1993. Assistant Solicitor General, Macon Judicial Circuit of Georgia, 1966-1968. Member, State Disciplinary Board, 1977-1980, Chairman, Special Committee on Trial Lawyer Competency, 1985-1987, Member, 1987-1993 and Chairman, 1992, Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency, State of Georgia. Member, 1993-2000 and Chairman, 1998, 1999, Advisory Group on Civil Justice to U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Member: Board of Governors, 1976-1986; Special Committee on Standards of the Profession, 1997); American Judicature Society; National Lawyer's Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, 1996-2003 and Chairman, 2001-2002, State Committee); Georgia Bar Foundation (Trustee, 1996; Treasurer, 1997); W.A. Bootle American Inn of Court (Member, Judicial Nominating Commission, 2003). Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death.Email: H. Jerome Strickland
Hubert C. Lovein, Jr. (Member) born Macon, Georgia, April 30, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Georgia. Education: Emory University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1968); University of Georgia (J.D., magna cum laude, 1971). Sigma Alpha Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Gridiron Secret Society. Member, Moot Court Team, 1969-1970. Member, Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review, 1969-1970. Faculty Member, ICLE. Member: Macon (Past President) and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Board of Governors, 1996-2004); Georgia Bar Foundation. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Business Law; Corporate; Trust and Estate; Insurance Defense.Email: Hubert C. Lovein, Jr.
W. Warren Plowden, Jr. (Member) born Bainbridge, Georgia, May 10, 1944; admitted to bar, 1968, Georgia. Education: Davidson College (A.B., 1965); Mercer University (LL.B., magna cum laude, 1968). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Editorial Board, Mercer Law Review, 1966-1968. Law Clerk to the Hon. Griffin B. Bell, U.S. Circuit Judge, 5th Circuit, 1970-1971. Chancellor, South Georgia Annual Conference, United Methodist Church, 1976. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; National Association of Bond Attorneys; Georgia Council of School Attorneys (Member, Executive Committee, 1978-1997); National Council of School Attorneys. [U.S. Army, 1969-1971, Capt.]. Practice Areas: School Law; Civil Rights; Employment Discrimination; Governmental Law; Public Finance.Email: W. Warren Plowden, Jr.
Rufus D. Sams, III (Member) born Corpus Christi, Texas, June 13, 1947; admitted to bar, 1971, Georgia. Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Mercer University (A.B., 1970; J.D., cum laude, 1971). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Mercer Law Review, 1970-1971. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: General Practice; Workers Compensation; Trial Practice; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death.Email: Rufus D. Sams, III
Steve L. Wilson (Member) born Macon, Georgia, March 4, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Georgia. Education: Emory University (A.B., 1969); University of Georgia (J.D., 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Articles Editor, Georgia Law Review, 1971-1972. ICLE Seminars on Real Estate, Commercial Law and Ethics. Chairman Leadership Macon 1981-1982. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Transactional Law; Banking Law; Business Law.Email: Steve L. Wilson
Thomas C. Alexander (Member) born Thomasville, Georgia, November 24, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Georgia. Education: Mercer University; University of Georgia (B.B.A., cum laude, 1973); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Brainerd Currie Honor Society, Mercer Law School. Member, Editorial Board and Fifth Circuit Survey Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1975-1976. Co-Author: "Handbook on Georgia Medical Malpractice Law," The Harrison Company, 1991. Author: "Products Liability in Georgia, An Updated Overview," ICLE, pages 1-247, Sept. 23, 1988. Faculty: Macon Bar CLE Products Liability Seminar, May, 1984; ICLE Seminars on Products Liability and Medical Malpractice, including Products Liability Law, Insurance Law Institute, 1982 and 1985; ICLE Seminar "Products Liability", September 1988; Medical Malpractice-Lecturer Insurance Law Institute Fall, 1986; "Medical Malpractice in Georgia-An Overview," p.1-298, Republished by ICLE in Medical Malpractice Seminar 1987 and 1988. Member: Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (Director, 1986-1992); Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. Fellow: Georgia Bar Foundation; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death.Email: Thomas C. Alexander
Robert C. Norman, Jr. (Member) born Augusta, Georgia, October 2, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia. Education: Furman University; University of Georgia (A.B., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Law Clerk, Hon. Judge Wilbur D. Owens, Jr., Chief Judge U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia, 1980-1982. Member, State of Georgia Ethics Commission, 1997-2002. Kappa Alpha Order; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Macon Bar Association (President, 2001); State Bar of Georgia (Member: Younger Lawyers Section; Executive Council, Executive Committee, 1984-1988); Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; W.A. Bootle American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Environmental Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Land Use; Zoning Law; Personal Injury.Email: Robert C. Norman, Jr.
Howard J. Strickland, Jr. (Member) born Macon, Georgia, November 5, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Georgia. Education: The Citadel (B.A., 1985); University of Georgia (J.D., 1988). Representative, 1989-1990 and Chairman, Youth Judicial Program, 1990-1991, Younger Lawyers Section. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Adoption Law; Condemnation.Email: Howard J. Strickland, Jr.
Cater C. Thompson (Member) born Macon, Georgia, January 25, 1959; admitted to bar, 1983, Georgia. Education: Auburn University; Mercer University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1980; J.D., cum laude, 1983). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Mercer Law Review, 1981-1983. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: General Practice; Bankruptcy.Email: Cater C. Thompson
Thomas W. Joyce (Member) born Columbia, South Carolina, June 19, 1958; admitted to bar, 1989, Georgia. Education: Wofford College (A.B., 1980); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1989). Phi Kappa Phi; Brainerd Currie Honor Society. Member, Mercer University Law Review, 1988-1989. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Creditors Rights in Bankruptcy.Email: Thomas W. Joyce
Brandon A. Oren (Member) born Muncie, Indiana, May 7, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Georgia. Education: Bob Jones University (B.A., 1986); University of Georgia (J.D., 1989). Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court. vice-Chairman, Mock Trial Board. Order of Barristers. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense.Email: Brandon A. Oren
Sharon Hurt Reeves (Member) born Cordele, Georgia, February 15, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B.J., 1991; J.D., 1995). Intrastate Mock Trial Championship, 1995. Regional ABA Mock Trial Tournament Finalist, 1994. Chairperson, Mock Trial Board. Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court. Order of the Barristers. Advisor, State 4-H Board of Directors. Trustee, Georgia 4-H Foundation. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense; Trial Practice; Probate.Email: Sharon Hurt Reeves
Matthew T. Strickland (Member) born Macon, Georgia, February 12, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Georgia. Education: The Citadel (B.A., 1995); University of Georgia (J.D., 1998). Member, Moot Court Board, 1996-1998. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Business Litigation; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Wrongful Death.Email: Matthew T. Strickland
Sherry Hall Culves (Member) born Fort Myers, Florida, March 12, 1975; admitted to bar, 1999, Georgia. Education: University of FLorida (B.S., 1996); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Phi Delta Phi. Managing Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1997-1999. Author: Note, "Smith v. State: The Georgia Supreme Court Mandated Jury Instructions in Battered Person Syndrome Cases," 49 Mercer L. Rv. 1141 (1998). Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Education Law; Labor and Employment.Email: Sherry Hall Culves
Jeffery O. Monroe (Member) born Sparta, Georgia, September 5, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1996; J.D., 2000). Phi Beta Kappa. Chairman, Younger Alumni Committee, University of Georgia School of Law, 2005-2006. Deacon, Second Darien Missionary Baptist Church, 1990. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Probate; Litigation; Charitable Organizations Law.Email: Jeffery O. Monroe
Callie E. Dickson Bryan (Member) born Bainbridge, Georgia, October 26, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., cum laude, 1999); Georgia State University College of Law (J.D., 2002). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court, 2000-2002. Member, Student Trial Lawyers Association, 2000-2002. Coach, Baldwin High School Mock Trial Team. Mentor, Milledgeville Teen Court Program. Member: Historic Macon; Leadership Macon; Leadership Baldwin. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation.Email: Callie E. Dickson Bryan
Eugene S. Hatcher, Jr. (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, August 9, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Georgia. Education: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (B.A., 1994); Mercer University School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member: Macon Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance.Email: Eugene S. Hatcher, Jr.
ASSOCIATES
J. Patrick Goff (Associate) born Macon, Georgia, March 27, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Georgia. Education: Mercer University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 2001); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., 2004). Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Litigation; Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Insurance Defense; Self Insured Defense.Email: J. Patrick Goff
Blake C. Sharpton (Associate) born 1976; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1998); Walter F. George School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Banks and Banking; Business Law; Commercial Real Estate; Local Government Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Municipal Bonds; Public Offerings.Email: Blake C. Sharpton
Elizabeth B. Baum (Associate) born 1973; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., 1996); Mercer University (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Georgia.Email: Elizabeth B. Baum
Canon Brown Hill (Associate) born DeKalb, Georgia, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B.J., 2002); Mercer University (J.D., 2005). Member: Towaliga Bar Association; Macon Bar Association. Practice Areas: Public School Law.Email: Canon Brown Hill
Christopher J. Arnold (Associate) born Albany, Georgia; admitted to bar, 2008, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia, Terry College of Business (B.B.A., Real Estate, cum laude, 2005); Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law (J.D., 2008). Member: Moot Court Board; Bootle Inn of Court. Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Business Law; Business Litigation; Insurance Defense.Email: Christopher J. Arnold
OF COUNSEL
Frank C. Jones (Of Counsel) born Macon, Georgia, June 19, 1925; admitted to bar, 1950, Georgia. Education: Emory University (B.B.A., 1947); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (LL.B., 1950). Honorary Doctor of Laws, Mercer University, 1996. Editor-in-Chief, Mercer University Law Review. Practiced with: Jones, Cork & Miller, Macon, G.A., 1950-1977; King & Spalding, Atlanta, G.A., 1997-2001. President, State Bar of Georgia, 1968-1969. Member, House of Delegates, American Bar Association, 1972-1994. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers, 1971 (President, 1993-1994); American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. President, U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society, Washington, D.C., 2002. Trustee Emertius: Emory University, Atlanta; Welsyan College, Macon, Georgia. Member, Board of Trustees, The Carter Center, Atlanta. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Appellate Practice.Email: Frank C. Jones
Charles M. Cork, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Macon, Georgia, July 13, 1931; admitted to bar, 1955, Georgia. Education: Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; Mercer University, Macon, Georgia (A.B., 1954; LL.B., cum laude, 1955). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Wills; Trusts; Estate and Estate Planning Law; Employee Benefit.Email: Charles M. Cork, Jr.