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14th Floor, 577 Mulberry Street, P.O. Box 229
Macon, Georgia 31202-0229 (Bibb & Jones Cos.)
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(Main Office) Sell & Melton, L.L.P. was formed in 1980 from the merger of the firms of Sell, Comer & Popper, whose lineage dates to the early 1930's, and McKenna, House, Lancaster & Green, whose beginnings were in the 1950's. Buckner F. Melton, the senior partner in the McKenna firm immediately prior to his election as Mayor of the City of Macon in 1976, joined the combined firm in 1980. The Firm provides a broad range of legal services to individuals and corporations in transactions and litigation, both as plaintiffs and defendants, with emphasis on the following areas of law: corporate-private companies; estates and trusts; wills; probate; hospital; health care; administrative; public contracts; white collar crime; tax litigation (both civil and criminal); bodily injury; wrongful death; workers' compensation; medical malpractice; professional malpractice; business; eminent domain; real estate; tax exempt financing; banking; communications; media; bankruptcy (including reorganization and insolvency); negligence; tax (including tax exempt bonds); commercial litigation; municipal; mediation; and trial practice. The Firm represents corporate and business clients headquartered in Macon, Middle Georgia, and Atlanta, and represents various out of state clients. The Firm also represents a number of public entities including various governmental authorities. The Firm has members admitted in all federal and state courts in Georgia, including all trial and appellate courts, the Eleventh and Fifth Circuits Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. Statement of PracticeGeneral Practice. Wills, Estates, Trusts, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Product Liability, Workers Compensation, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Employment Law, Elder Law, Public Law, Appellate Practice, Aviation Law, Banking Law, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Computer Law, Tax Law, Health Care Law, Bonds, Commercial Law. Firm Size: 17
ClientsGENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Macon-Bibb County Industrial Authority
Central Georgia Health Systems, Inc.
Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority
Macon-Bibb County Hospital Authority
CareSouth Health Systems, Inc.
Medical Center of Central Georgia
Development Authority of Bibb County
Macon-Bibb County Board of Health
Middle Georgia Regional Development Center
Development Corporation of Middle Georgia
Macon Telegraph Publishing Co. (The Macon Telegraph)
Gannett Georgia LP (WMAZ-TV)
O.F.I., Inc.
Smith & Sons Foods, Inc. (S & S Cafeterias)
Filmworks, U.S.A.
Fräudenburg Texbond, L.P.
Prince Sheet Metal Works, Inc.
Burgess Pigment Co.
Burgess-Washington Clays, Ltd.
Starcadia, LLC
1842 Inn, LLC
Sportsline, LLC
Woodland Industries, Inc.
LOCAL COUNSEL FOR: Purina Mills, Inc.
G.E. Capital
Georgia Department of Transportation
Ralston Purina, Inc.
United States Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG)
United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc. (USAU)
Diversified Steel Services, Inc.
Archer Daniels Midland Co.
Tempaco, Inc.
Georgia Department of Corrections.
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Address14th Floor, 577 Mulberry Street P.O. Box 229
Macon, GA 31202-0229, (Bibb & Jones Cos.)
PhonePhone: 478-746-8521
Telecopier: 478-745-6426
Website
http://www.sell-melton.com
Andrew W. McKenna (1918-1981).
Mitchel P. House, Jr. (Partner) born Macon, Georgia, November 30, 1934; admitted to bar, 1958, Georgia. Education: Mercer University (A.B., 1956); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1959). Blue Key; Delta Theta Phi (President, 1958). Author: "Contracts" Title of Georgia Encyclopedia of Law, 1963. Member, Georgia State Legislature, 1963-1964. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; American Association for Justice; Bootle American Inn of Court (Founding Member and Master Emeritus). [Brigadier General (Retired), GAARNG]. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Bodily Injury; Medical Malpractice; Negligence; Wrongful Death.Email: Mitchel P. House, Jr.
Doye E. Green, Sr. (1932-2007).
Edward S. Sell, III (Partner) born Athens, Georgia, July 4, 1941; admitted to bar, 1964, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 1963; J.D., 1965). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Blue Key; Pi Sigma Alpha. Lecturer in Law, Mercer University, 1975. Law Assistant to Justice Bond Almand, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1966. Chairman, Board of Trustees: Macon Libraries, 1971-1974; Middle Georgia Regional Library, 1971-1972. Trustee, Peyton Anderson Foundation, 1988. Named Lawyer of the Year in 1999 by the Macon Bar Association. Pro Bono Attorney of the Year - 1998. Chairman, Administrative Board - 1989 and Chairman, Board of Trustees - 2002-2007 Mulberry Street United Methodist Church. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. [LCDR, USNR, 1966-1972]. Practice Areas: Commercial(10%); Media(10%); Bankruptcy(35%); Real Estate(35%); Probate(10%).Email: Edward S. Sell, III
John A. Draughon, Sr. (Partner) born Macon, Georgia, March 13, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Emory University (B.B.A., 1969); Georgia College (M.B.A., 1979); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Macon, Bibb County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) (Former President, Georgia Chapter). [1st Lt., USAF, 1969-1972]. Reported Cases: Department of Transp. v. Bacon Farms, L.P., 270 Ga.App. 862, 608 S.E.2d 305 (2004) Bibb County v. Higgins, 241 Ga.App. 161, 526 S.E.2d 379 (1999) Bibb County v. Short, 238 Ga.App. 291, 518 S.E.2d 484 (1999) Macon-Bibb County Hosp. Authority v. Reece, 236 Ga.App. 669, 513 S.E.2d 243 (1999) Department of Transp. v. Sharpe, 236 Ga.App. 109, 511 S.E.2d 244 (1999) Sharpe v. Department of Transp., 270 Ga. 101, 505 S.E.2d 473 (1998) National Treasury Employees Union v. Macon-Bibb County Hosp. Authority, 230 Ga.App. 448, 496 S.E.2d 760 (1998) Macon-Bibb County Hosp. Authority v. Reece, 228 Ga.App. 532, 492 S.E.2d 292 (1997) Georgia Dept. of Human Resources v. Phillips, 268 Ga. 316, 486 S.E.2d 851 (1997) Department of Transp. v. Sharpe, 226 Ga.App. 354, 486 S.E.2d 619 (1997) Bivins v. Bruno's, Inc., 953 F.Supp. 1558 (M.D.Ga. 1997) Sharpe v. Department of Transp., 267 Ga. 267, 476 S.E.2d 722 (1996) Gunn v. Department of Transp., 222 Ga.App. 684, 476 S.E.2d 46 (1996) National Treasury Employees Union v. Macon-Bibb County Hosp. Authority, 219 Ga.App. 828, 467 S.E.2d 1 (1995) Department of Transp. v. Sharpe, 219 Ga.App. 466, 465 S.E.2d 695 (1995) Macon-Bibb County Hosp. Authority v. National Treasury Employees Union, 265 Ga. 557, 458 S.E.2d 95 (1995) Sturm v. TOC Retail, Inc., 864 F.Supp. 1346 (M.D.Ga. 1994) Cullens v. Georgia Dept. of Transp., 29 F.3d 1489 (11th Cir. 1994) Department of Transp. v. Sharpe, 213 Ga.App. 549, 445 S.E.2d 343 (1994) National Treasury Employees Union v. Macon-Bibb County Hosp. Authority, 213 Ga.App. 724, 445 S.E.2d 777 (1994) Cullens v. Georgia Dept. of Transp., 827 F.Supp. 756 (M.D.Ga. 1993) Macon-Bibb County Hosp. Authority v. Houston County, 207 Ga.App. 530, 428 S.E.2d 374 (1993) Macon-Bibb County Hosp. Authority v. National Union Fire Ins. Co., 793 F.Supp. 321 (M.D.Ga. 1992) McCombs v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 200 Ga.App. 28, 406 S.E.2d 549 (1991) Branch v. G. Bernd Co., 764 F.Supp. 1527 (M.D.Ga. 1991) Williams v. Cook, 192 Ga.App. 811, 386 S.E.2d 665 (1989) Glaser v. Meck, 258 Ga. 468, 369 S.E.2d 912 (1988) Kurtz v. Williams, 188 Ga.App. 14, 371 S.E.2d 878 (1988) Brooks v. Coliseum Park Hosp., Inc., 187 Ga.App. 29, 369 S.E.2d 319 (1988) Mathis v. Allied Wholesale Distributors, Inc., 680 F.Supp. 1545 (M.D.Ga. 1988) Macon-Bibb County Hosp. Authority v. Georgia Kaolin Co., Inc., 817 F.2d 98 (11th Cir. 1987) Macon-Bibb County Hosp. Authority v. Georgia Kaolin Co., Inc., 646 F.Supp. 90 (M.D.Ga. 1986) Macon-Bibb County Hosp. Authority v. Ross, 176 Ga.App. 221, 335 S.E.2d 633 (1985) Clark v. Citizens & Southern Nat. Bank, 243 Ga. 703, 257 S.E.2d 244 (1979) Simmons v. Simmons, 243 Ga. 128, 252 S.E.2d 908 (1979) Wilson v. Citizens Bank, Peach County, 143 Ga.App. 402, 238 S.E.2d 754 (1977) Valentine v. Allstate Ins. Co., 140 Ga.App. 411, 231 S.E.2d 799 (1976). Practice Areas: Eminent Domain(50%); Hospital Law(25%); Mediation(5%); Business Litigation(20%).Email: John A. Draughon, Sr.
R. (Chix) Miller (Partner) born Ravenna, Ohio, June 21, 1948; admitted to bar, 1978, Georgia. Education: United States Military Academy (B.S., 1970); Mercer University (J.D., 1978); Emory University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1980). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Jessup Cup International Law Moot Court Team. Freshman Oral Argument Competition Co-winner. Assistant Managing Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1977-1978. Author: Articles at 28 Mercer Law Review 395, 1976-1977 and 29 Mercer Law Review 323, 1977-1978. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; National Association of Bond Lawyers. [Capt., U.S. Army, Airborne Ranger, 1970-1975]. (Managing Partner). Practice Areas: Tax (including Tax Exempt Bonds); Trusts, Estates and Wills (including Probate).Email: R. (Chix) Miller
Jeffrey B. Hanson (Managing Partner) born Brunswick, Georgia, March 5, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Georgia. Education: Georgia Southern College (B.S., cum laude, 1988); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Phi Kappa Phi. Church Council Chair, Martha Bowman Memorial UMC, 2006-2008. Member: Macon Area Wesley Foundation Board, 2005-2007; South Georgia United Methodist Leadership Academy, 2002. Member: Macon Bar Association (Executive Committee, 2004; President, 2007) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; William A. Bootle American Inn of Court (Executive Committee, 2002; President, 2008). Reported Cases: Virginia Ins. Recip. v. Pilzer, 278 Ga. 190, 599 S.E.2d 182 (2004); Bohlen v. Spears, 270 Ga. 322, 509 S.E.2d 628 (1998); Johnson v. Knebel, 267 Ga. 853, 485 S.E.2d 451 (1997); Cohen v. Lowe Aviation Co., Inc., 221 Ga.App. 259, 470 S.E.2d 813 (1996); Macon-Bibb County Hospital Auth. v. Madison, 204 Ga.App. 741, 420 S.E.2d 586 (1992). Practice Areas: General Civil Practice; Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Aviation; Mediation; Probate.Email: Jeffrey B. Hanson
Jon R. Hawk, Sr. (Partner) born Wilmington, North Carolina, September 13, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, Georgia. Education: Appalachian State University (B.A., 1993); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 1997). Member, Bootle American Inn of Court. Member: American Bar Association; Workers Injury Law Group; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Middle Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Personal Injury(30%); Wrongful Death; Workers Compensation(70%).Email: Jon R. Hawk, Sr.
Julia H. Magda (Partner) born Albany, Georgia, April 19, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia. Education: Mercer University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Brainerd Currie Honor Society. Member, Mercer Law Review. Leadership Macon (2002). Macon Magazine's "Five Under Forty" Young Leaders (2006). Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; William A. Bootle American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Employment Law; Litigation.Email: Julia H. Magda
Aimee J. Hall (Partner) born Andrews Air Force Base, Camp Springs, Maryland, April 19, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: Mercer University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1999; J.D., cum laude, 2002). Phi Kappa Phi. Brainerd Currie Honor Society. Member Mercer Law Review. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; William A. Bootle American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Social Security Disability.Email: Aimee J. Hall
Blake Edwin Lisenby (Partner) born Macon, Georgia, July 7, 1963; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 1986); Mercer University (J.D., 2001). Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Real Estate.Email: Blake Edwin Lisenby
E. S. Sell, Jr. (1917-2007).
ASSOCIATESChristy Crowe Childers (Associate) born Arlington, Georgia; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia. Education: Mercer University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Member: Brainerd Currie Honor Society; Mercer Law Review; Moot Court Board. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Fellow: William Augustus Bootle American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Practice.
Brian P. Adams (Associate) born Macon, Georgia. January 15, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., Political Science, 2002); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., 2005). Member: State Bar of Georgia; Macon and American Bar Associations; William A. Bootle American Inn of Court; American Association of Justice. Practice Areas: Civil Practice.
James D. Garner (Associate) born Cumberland, Maryland; admitted to bar, 2007 Georgia. Education: Wake Forest University (B.S./M.S., 2001); Mercer University (J.D., 2006). Member: Macon Bar Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Probate; Civil Practice; Estate Planning; Taxation.
David H. McCain (Associate) born Decatur, Georgia, September 30, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., Accounting, 2003); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., cum laude). Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Civil Practice.
M. Devlin Cooper (Associate) born Macon, Georgia, 1981; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia. Education: Georgia State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 2002); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 2005). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Fellow: William Augustus Bootle American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Adoption Law; Litigation; Eminent Domain.Email: M. Devlin Cooper
OF COUNSELJohn D. Comer (Of Counsel) born Macon, Georgia, April 30, 1923; admitted to bar, 1948, Georgia. Education: Harvard College (A.B., 1947); University of Georgia (LL.B., cum laude, 1949). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Trustee: Middlesex School, 1971-1978; Trustee Peyton Anderson Foundation, 1988. Member: Macon (President, 1956) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Board of Governors, 1967-1970); Georgia Society of Hospital Attorneys (President, 1984-1985). Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; American Bar Foundation. [1st Lt., Field Artillery, A.U.S., active duty, 1943-1946]. Practice Areas: Corporate-Private Companies; Estates and Trusts; Wills; Probate; Health Care.Email: John D. Comer
Buckner F. Melton (Of Counsel) born Arlington, Georgia, October 24, 1923; admitted to bar, 1948, Georgia. Education: Norman College; Mercer University (A.B., 1949); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., 1949; Doctor of Laws, honorary, 1998). Phi Alpha Delta. City Attorney, Macon, 1959-1963. Mayor of Macon, 1975-1979. Board Member, Georgia State Board of Industry and Trade, 1979-1983. Member, Board of Governors, Mercer University Medical School, 1979-1985. Member: Macon (President, 1961) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. [LCDR, USNR; active duty, 1942-1946, 1951, 1952]. Practice Areas: Administrative Law(25%); Public Contracts (National, State and Local)(10%); Corporate-Private Companies(65%).Email: Buckner F. Melton
Joseph W. Popper, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Macon, Georgia, June 14, 1932; admitted to bar, 1959, Georgia. Education: Wharton School of Finance & Commerce, University of Pennsylvania (B.S.E., 1954); Mercer University (LL.B., 1959). Phi Alpha Delta. Associate Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1958-1959. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Georgia, 1963-1964. U.S. Magistrate, 1971-1974. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Professional Malpractice; Business Law.Email: Joseph W. Popper, Jr.
LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNELLinda Luck born Charleston, South Carolina, January 11, 1946; Education: Macon College (A.B., 1989); Georgia College (B.S., 1991). Phi Theta Kappa. Practice Areas: Real Estate(100%).Email: Linda Luck
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