 |   | | | Law Firm in Marietta, Georgia | | A Limited Liability Partnership |
| | Address | | 192 Anderson Street | | Marietta, Georgia 30060-8604 | | (Cobb Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 770-429-1499 | | Telecopier: 770-429-8631 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.mijs.com | | |
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| Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Ad Valorem Property Taxation, Bankruptcy, Business Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Condemnation, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Employment Law, Estate Planning and Administration, Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Tax Deferred Exchange, Family Law, Divorce, Insurance Defense, IRS Disputes, Municipal Law, Patent Law, Partnership, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Taxation, Trusts and Estates, Estate Planning, Workers Compensation and Zoning Law. | Firm Profile:
Moore Ingram Johnson & Steele's practice is divided among seven primary areas of law: Corporate, Estate Planning and Administration, Liability and Workers' Compensation Insurance Defense, Litigation, Local Government Law, Real Estate and Tax. The corporate and tax departments work closely together to insure that all transactions handled by the firm receive a multi-disciplinary review. The firm has a substantial estate planning and administration practice coordinating the disposition of assets with the corporate and real estate departments. Our insurance defense department represents insurance companies and self-insured corporations in defending liability and workers' compensation claims. The litigation department handles a variety of criminal and general civil matters including domestic, business, construction, commercial, probate, personal injury, wrongful death, tax appeals, and shareholder disputes. The firm's attorneys have represented state and local governments in education matters, zoning and condemnation matters, tax district issues, law enforcement matters, and personnel matters. The real estate department represents lenders, developers, builders and individuals in the Metropolitan Atlanta area in all aspects of land acquisition and development as well as commercial leasing matters. Additionally, the firm also handles real estate litigation for zoning, condemnation, landlord-tenant, contracts and title problems. | | Firm Size: 45 | Representative Clients:
American Professional Risk Services; Association Services, Inc.; Atlanta Gas Light Company; B & S Underwriters; BB & T; Billy Schultz Companies; Black & David Homes, Inc.; Builders Insurance Company; C.W. Matthews Contracting Company, Inc.; Canal Insurance Company; Cambridge Integrated Health Services, Inc.; Carl Black; Challenge Financial Investors Corp. d/b/a Challenge Mortgage; Charles Kastner Companies; Cherokee Ford Mercury, Inc.; Chicago Title Insurance Co.; Choate Construction Company; Circle Supply Companies; City of Douglas; City of Woodstock, Georgia; Cleveland Electric; CNA Insurance Company; Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority; Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Community Bank of West Georgia; CompFirst; Conduit Communications, Inc.; Coosa Steel Corp.; Cotton States Properties, Ltd.; Cousins Properties; Cracker Barrel Old Country Stores, Inc.; Crawford & Company; Cyco International, Inc.; Days Chevrolet, Inc.; Devoe & Raynolds, Inc.; Draw-Tite, Inc.; Elcor Corporation; Equity Utility Service Co. Inc.; ESI, Inc. of Tennessee; Fidelity National Title Insurance Company; First American Title Insurance Company; Fulton Performance Products, Inc.; Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.; Georgia Administrative Services, Inc.; Georgia Waste Systems, Inc.; Georgian Bank; Gwinnett Banking Company; Hampton Island Preservation; Home Depot; Home Builders Association of Georgia; HRH Insurance; IHDS of Tallahassee; Investors Title Insurance Company; Jackson & King, Inc.; Jasper Lumber Company; Jeff A. Hedden Builders, Inc.; John Weiland Homes, Inc.; Kraftmaid Cabinetry, Inc.; Lake Erie Screw Corporation; Larry Nelson Companies; L.B. Smith, Inc.; Lummus Supply, Inc.; Macauley Properties Limited; Masco Corporation; McDonald's; Mohawk Industries, Inc.; Morrison Homes, Inc.; Bank of North Georgia; Northwest Bank and Trust; O'Steen Adjusting Service; PMA Group; Province Properties, Inc.; Realm National Insurance Company; Regions Bank; Retail Planning Corporation; Riverside Bank; Robert Bowden, Inc.; Ryan's Restaurant Group, Inc.; Shaw Industries, Inc.; Southern Industrial Mechanical, Inc.; Southern National Bank; SouthTrust Bank of Georgia, N.A.; State Claims Adjusters of Georgia, Inc.; SunTrust Bank; TransAmerica Specialty Insurance Company; Travelers Insurance Company; Walton Communities, Inc.; Waste Management, Inc. | Approved ATTORNEYS FOR:
Chicago Title Insurance Co.; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; Fidelity National Title Insurance Company; First American Title Insurance Company; Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation. References: Bank of North Georgia; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company; C. W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc.; Chicago Title Insurance Company; Fidelity National Title Insurance Company; Metaldyne Lester Precision Die Casting, Inc.; Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc.; Reece Products, Inc.; Riverside Bank; Sharp Residential Builders & Developers, Inc.; Southern National Bank; Traton Homes Realty, Inc.; United Community Bank. | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | John H. Moore (Member) born Moultrie, Georgia, April 23, 1945; admitted to bar, 1970, Georgia, Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Mercer University (A.B., 1967; J.D., 1970). Phi Delta Phi. Articles Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1969-1970. Member: Cobb County Bar Association (President, Younger Lawyers Section, 1978-1979; Member, Board of Trustees, 1981-1995; President, 1994-1995); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Board of Governors, 1981-1993). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Zoning; Condemnation. | | Stephen C. Steele (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, October 19, 1951; admitted to bar, 1978, Georgia, Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., with honor, 1973); Emory University (J.D., 1978). Tau Beta Pi. Assistant Solicitor, Cobb County Solicitor's Office, 1978-1980. Assistant District Attorney, Cobb Judicial Circuit, 1986-1987. Member: Cobb County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, Family Law Section, 2005). Charles Long Street Weitner Family Law Inn of Court (Executive Committee, 2005). Practice Areas: Family Law. Email: Stephen C. Steele | | William R. Johnson (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, January 11, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Georgia; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1999, Tennessee; Civil and Chancery Courts of Tennessee; Tennessee Court of Appeals; Tennessee Supreme Court; Federal Courts of Tennessee; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. Education: Berry College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1980); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Brainerd Currie Honor Society. Member and Author, Mercer Law Review, 1981-1983. Member: Tennessee Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Product Liability, General Practice and Trial). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Law; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Workers' Compensation Law; Products Liability. | | Robert D. Ingram (Member) born Marietta, Georgia, June 15, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Georgia; 1999, Tennessee; U.S. Supreme Court; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Kennesaw College (B.S., with honors, 1981); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1984). Member, Moot Court Society. Member, Intra-State Mock Trial Team. Recipient, Emory Law School Litigation Award. Named as Georgia Super Lawyer, Atlanta Magazine, 2004, 2005, 2006. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc., 2006. Intern: U.S. Senator Herman Talmadge, 1980; U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, 1981. Student Prosecutor, Cobb District Attorneys Office, 1983-1984. Member: Advisory Council, State Board of Workers' Compensation, 1997—; Judicial Qualifications Committee, 2006—. Member, Investigative Panel, 2004-2005 and Member, Review Panel, 2006-2007, State Disciplinary Board. Member, 2002-2006 and Chair, 2006-2007, Board of Trustees, Institute of Continuing Legal Education. Director, Northwest Bank & Trust, Acworth, Georgia. Trustee: Georgia Bar Foundation, 2004-2006; Lawyer's Foundation of Georgia, 2004-2006. Member: Cobb County (Member: Board of Trustees, 1993-2004; President, 1998-1999) and Tennessee Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (President, 2005-2006; Secretary, 2002-2004; Member: Board of Governors, 1993—; Executive Committee, 1998—; Chair: Bench and Bar Committee, 1997-2005; Chair: Foundation of Freedom Commission (2006-2007); Member, Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, 2004-2006); Georgia Supreme Court (Special Master); Federal Judicial Screening Panel (Member appointed by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, 2005—); Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Old Warhorse Lawyers Club; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Emory Law School Trial Lawyers Association (President). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Torts; Workers Compensation. Email: Robert D. Ingram | | J. Brian O'Neil (Member) born Tampa, Florida, February 11, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: Georgia State University (B.B.A., 1982); University of Georgia (J.D., 1985; M.B.A., 1986). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Professional Responsibility. Member, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1983-1984. Honor Court Justice, 1984-1985. Member: Atlanta, Cobb County and American (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Corporation Law; Business Law; Intellectual Property; Secured Lending; Franchising; Bankruptcy Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: J. Brian O'Neil | | G. Phillip Beggs (Member) born Winter Gardens, Florida, March 2, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1983); Mercer University (J.D., 1986). Member: Cobb County Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Real Property; General Practice). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Leasing Law; Insurance Defense; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation. Email: G. Phillip Beggs | | Eldon L. Basham (Member) born Los Angeles, California, March 1, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1974); Mercer University (J.D., 1978). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Moot Court Board, 1977-1978. Vice President, Student Bar Association, 1977-1978. City Attorney, City of Woodstock, Georgia. Counsel, Cobb Galleria Centre. Member: Cobb County Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Past Chair, Executive Committee, Real Property Law Section, 2002-2003; Member, Bank Counsel Section). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Corporation Law; Municipal Law. Email: Eldon L. Basham | | Matthew J. Howard (Member) born Columbus, Ohio, September 28, 1960; admitted to bar, 1989, Georgia, Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals; 1990, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S., 1984); Capital University (J.D., 1989); Emory University (LL.M., Taxation, 1992). Delta Theta Phi. Member: Cobb County and American (Member: Section on Taxation; Estate and Gift Tax Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Fiduciary Law Section); Cobb County Estate Planning Council (President, 1992). Reported Cases: Choate Construction Company v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo, 1997-495. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Family Wealth Transfer; Living Trusts; Special Needs Trusts; Trust Planning; Wealth Preservation; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Federal Tax Controversies; Generation Skipping Tax; Like Kind Exchanges; State Tax Controversies; Tax Litigation; Deferred Compensation; Employee Stock Ownership Plans; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Taxation. Email: Matthew J. Howard | | Jere C. Smith (Partner) born Atlanta, Georgia, April 23, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1989); Mercer University (J.D., 1992). Phi Alpha Delta. Chair, The Georgia Ballet, Inc. 2004-2006. Board Member: Metropolitan Atlanta Boy's and Girl's Club, Inc. 2001-2004; Wellstar Foundation 2000. Cobb County Justice Foundation Member. Member: Cobb County (Member, Young Lawyers Section ) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Reported Cases: Byrd v. JRC Towne Lake, Ltd. et.al., 225 Ga. App. 506, 484 S.E.2d 309 (1997); Fraker v. C.W. Matthews Contracting Company, Inc., 272 Ga.App. 807, 614 S.E.2d 94 (2005). Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Materialmens Liens; Collections; Insurance Defense. Email: Jere C. Smith | | Clayton O. Carmack (Member) born Dalton, Georgia, December 23, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1989); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Brainerd Currie. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, PreTrial Advocacy. Member, Mercer Law Review, 1990-1992. Member: Cobb County Bar Association (Member, Younger Lawyers Section); State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Business Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment Law; Securities Law. Email: Clayton O. Carmack | | Kevin B. Carlock (Member) born Summit, New Jersey, May 6, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 2001, Tennessee. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., Management, 1989); Mercer University (J.D., 1992). Member: Cobb County and Tennessee Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Workers Compensation Section). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Professional Liability; Subrogation. Email: Kevin B. Carlock | | Alexander T. Galloway, III (Member) born Albany, New York, January 15, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1995, Georgia Court of Appeals; 1996, Georgia Supreme Court; 1999, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia; 2002, Tennessee; 2005, U.S. District Court, Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee. Education: Susquehanna University (B.S., 1990); Walter F. George Law School, Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Phi Alpha Delta (Treasurer, 1991-1992). Named as Atlanta Magazine Super Lawyer "Rising Star," 2005-2006. Member, 1991-1992 and Articles Editor, 1992-1993, Mercer Law Review. Author, "Lampf v. Gilbertson: The Wrong Answer to a Long-Awaited Question," 43 Mercer Law Review 1307, 1992. Member: Cobb County and Tennessee Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute; Risk and Insurance Management Society. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage Disputes; Defense Litigation. Email: Alexander T. Galloway, III | | J. Kevin Moore (Member) born Marietta, Georgia, August 25, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1992); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Brainerd Currie Honor Society; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Mercer Law Review, 1994-1996. Member: Cobb County Bar Association (Board of Trustees, 1997-1999, 2002-2003; President, Younger Lawyers Division, 1997-1999); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Board of Governors, 2002—; District Representative, Younger Lawyers Division, 1998-2003). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Zoning; Condemnation; Business Litigation. Email: J. Kevin Moore | | Rodney R. McColloch (Member) born Bellefontaine, Ohio, June 6, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 1989; J.D., 1993). Phi Alpha Delta (Chief Justice, 1991-1992). Articles Editor, Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law (1992-1993). Author: "Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty," 22 Ga. J. Int'l. & Comp. L. 211 (1992). Member: Cobb County Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Workers' Compensation Section). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense; Subrogation. Email: Rodney R. McColloch | | Harry R. Tear III (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, August 29, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1991); University of Georgia (J.D., 1994). Phi Alpha Delta (Justice, 1992-1993). Editorial Board, 1992-1993; Articles Editor, 1993-1994; Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. Member: Cobb County Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Workers Compensation Section; Formal Advisory Opinion Board, Member, 2005); Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Reported Cases: Moffitt Construction v. Barnes, 263 Ga. App. 175, 587 S.E.2d 293, BFCDR 2870, Sept. 11, 2003. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense. Email: Harry R. Tear III | | William Troy Hart (Member) born Evansville, Indiana, September 16, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 2003, Tennessee. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1990; M.S., 1993); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., Cum Laude, 1996). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Cobb County and Tennessee Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation Defense; Professional Malpractice; Insurance Defense; Torts; Subrogation. Email: William Troy Hart | | Daniel A. Landis (Member) born Dayton, Ohio, October 2, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio; 1993, North Carolina; 1996, Georgia. Education: Miami University (B.S., 1987); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Phi. Moot Court. Certified Public Accountant, North Carolina, 1990. Past President, North Atlanta Chapter, The Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants. Member: Cobb County and North Carolina Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Corporate; Estate Planning; Tax Litigation. Email: Daniel A. Landis | | Jeffrey A. Daxe (Member) born Augusta, Georgia, March 30, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1994); Washington University (J.D., 1997). Member: Cobb County Bar Association; Cobb Justice Foundation; State Bar of Georgia (Member: Labor and Employment Section; Young Lawyer's Division, Board of Directors). Reported Cases: Smith v. Starband Communications, 211 Fed. Appx. 831 (11th. Cir. 2006); Smith v. Starband Communications, 2006 WL 562187 (N.D.Ga. March 7, 2006); Sanders v. Lull, 411 F.3d 1266 (11th Cir. 2005); Laviano v. Travelers Ins. Co., 276 Ga. App. 611, 624 S.E.2d 189 (2005); FitzSimons v. W.M. Collins Enterprises, Inc., 271 Ga. App. 854, 610 S.E.2d 654 (2005); Dryvit Systems, Inc. v. Stein, 256 Ga. App. 327, 568 S.E.2d 569 (2002). Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Labor and Employment; Personal Injury; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Subrogation. Email: Jeffrey A. Daxe | | Susan S. Stuart (Member) born Suffolk, Virginia, February 3, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1992); Mercer University (J.D., 1996). Member: Cobb County Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Section); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Young Lawyers Section). Practice Areas: Real Estate; Local Government Law; Condominium Association Law; Condominium Development. Email: Susan S. Stuart | | Brian D. Smith (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, August 19, 1970; admitted to bar, 1997, Georgia. Education: University of Florida (B.S.B.A., 1992; J.D., with honors, 1996). Member, Estate Planning Council of North Georgia. Member: Cobb County and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation, Estate and Gift Tax Committee) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Tax Deferred Exchanges. Email: Brian D. Smith | | ASSOCIATES | | Joyce W. Harper (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, May 3, 1943; admitted to bar, 1982, Georgia; 1983, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals. Education: University of Georgia (B.S.Ed., 1965); Georgia State University; Woodrow Wilson College of Law (J.D., 1981). Member, Woodrow Wilson Journal of Law, 1980-1981. Member: Cobb County Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Real Property Section). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Insurance Defense; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Title Insurance. Email: Joyce W. Harper | | Amy K. Weber (Associate) born Long Beach, California, October 10, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: California State University at Dominguez Hills (B.S., in Accounting, 1993); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., 1999). Member, Moot Court, 1997-1999. Order of Barristers. Member: Cobb County Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation(50%); Commercial Litigation(45%); Construction Litigation(5%). Email: Amy K. Weber | | Kim Ann Roper (Associate) born Wiesbaden, Germany, April 5, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Georgia. Education: Kennesaw State University (B.S., in Political Science, 1997); Georgia State University (J.D., 2000). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Reported Cases: Moffitt Construction v. Barnes, 263 GA. App. 175, 587 S.E.2d 293 BFCDR 2870, September 11, 2003. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Kim Ann Roper | | Tara C. Riddle (Associate) born Port Jefferson, New York, December 26, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Georgia. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1996); Florida State University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member, Florida State University Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable George H. Kreeger, Cobb County Superior Court. Member: Cobb County Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Zoning Law; Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Business Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Adoptions. Email: Tara C. Riddle | | Kelli L. Wolk (Associate) born Bellflower, California, August, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Georgia. Education: Southwest Missouri State University (B.S., Communications, 1992); Georgia State University College of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Cobb County Bar Association (Member: Elder Law Section; Board of Trustees); State Bar of Georgia (Member: Elder Law Committee, Younger Lawyer Division; Fiduciary Law Section; Elder Law Section). Reported Cases: Travis v. Travis, 279 Ga. 847, 261 S.E.2d 721 (2005). Practice Areas: Probate; Estate Planning; Elder Care; Elder Law; Adult Guardianship; Advance Directives; Conservatorship; Dependent Adult Abuse; Elder Guardianship; Guardianship Administration; Incompetency Proceedings; Ancillary Probate; Probate Litigation; Probate Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Civil Litigation. Email: Kelli L. Wolk | | Victor P. Valmus (Associate) born Pensacola, Florida, February 15, 1960; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia. Education: Kennesaw State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1998); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Order of the Coif. Member: Cobb County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce; Criminal Defense; Personal Injury. Email: Victor P. Valmus | | Karine M. Polis (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 2002); Loyola University-Chicago School of Law (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Family Law; Criminal Law. Email: Karine M. Polis | | T. Shane Mayes (Associate) born Rome, Georgia, June 15, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Georgia. Education: Georgia Southern University (B.B.A., Finance, cum laude, 1999); Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 2002). Associate Chief Justice, Moot Court Board, 2001-2002; President, Black Law Students Association, 2000-2001. Listed in Who's Who Among American Law Students. Member, State Bar Professionalism Committee, 2005-2006; Member, State Bar Finance Committee, 2005-2006; Member, State Bar Evidence Study Committee, 2005-2006. Member: Cobb County Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Workers Compensation; General Practice and Trials). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation Defense; General Liability; Insurance Defense; Premises Liability; Employment Litigation. Email: T. Shane Mayes | | Angela H. Smith (Associate) born Augusta, Georgia, October 20, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia and U.S. District Court, District of Georgia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Georgia (B.S., Biology, 1996); University of Alabama (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Member: National Environmental Moot Court Team; Journal of the Legal Profession. Practice Areas: Litigation; Intellectual Property. Email: Angela H. Smith | | Ophelia Chan (Associate) born Hong Kong, December 11, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.S., 1998); Georgia State University (J.D., 2001). Member: Cobb County Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Probate Litigation; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Guardianship; Elder Law; Advance Directives; Conservatorship; Guardianship Administration; Incompetency Proceedings; Adult and Minor Guardianship; Contested Wills. Email: Ophelia Chan | | Darrell L. Sutton (Associate) born Marietta, Georgia, November 4, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Georgia; Georgia Supreme Court; Georgia Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia. Education: Berry College (B.S., cum laude, 2000); Mercer University (J.D., 2003). Mercer Moot Court Board, 2002-2003. Recipient, GD Wilson Award. ISI Honors Fellow. Member: Cobb County Bar Association (President, Young Lawyers Division, 2007-2008; Vice President, Young Lawyers Division, 2006-2007); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Executive Council, Young Lawyers Division, 2005—). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense; General Liability; Civil Litigation. Email: Darrell L. Sutton | | James D. Walker, III (Associate) born Augusta, Georgia, April 26, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., Finance, 2000); Georgia State University (J.D., M.B.A., 2003). Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Corporate & Banking section). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Trusts and Estates. Email: James D. Walker, III | | Christopher C. Mingledorff (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia. Education: Florida State University (B.A., Finance and Multinational Business, 2002); Mercer University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Christopher C. Mingledorff | | Jennifer White (Associate) born Oak Ridge, Tennessee, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Tennessee; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Tennessee. (Not admitted in Georgia). Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.S., 1999); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (J.D., 2002). Member: Knoxville Bar Association (Member, Barristers Executive Committee); Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court (Reporter, 2005-2006) Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense; Civil Litigation; Negligence; Premises Liability. Email: Jennifer White | | Angie Cheatham (Associate) born Springfield, Missouri, June 7, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Georgia; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, Supreme Court of Georgia and U.S. District, Northern District of Georgia. Education: Florida State University (B.S., 2001); Georgia State University (J.D., 2004). Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member: Workers Compensation Section; Young Lawyers Division); Cobb County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Defense. Email: Angie Cheatham | | Suzanne E. Henrickson (Associate) born Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia. Education: Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (B.A., 1995); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Civil Litigation. Email: Suzanne E. Henrickson | | Graham E. McDonald (Associate) born 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 2002); Georgia State University (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense. Email: Graham E. McDonald | | Brandon C. Hardy (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: University of Mississippi, 1997; Emory University (J.D., 2006). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Contracts. Email: Brandon C. Hardy | | Stayce Burkhart (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Florida; 2007, Georgia. Education: University of Washington (B.A., 2001); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Wills; Probate; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Family Trusts; Powers of Attorney. Email: Stayce Burkhart | | Sarah E. Stottlemyer (Associate) born Sylva, North Carolina, November 22, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2001); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Family Law(10%); Workers Compensation Defense(90%). Email: Sarah E. Stottlemyer | | Ryan Prescott (Associate) born Marietta, Georgia; admitted to bar, 2004, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia School of Law. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; General Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Insurance Defense Subrogation; Loss Recovery; Personal Liability Defense; Workers Compensation Appeals; Workers Compensation Defense; Workers Compensation Subrogation. Email: Ryan Prescott | | Clay S. O'Daniel (Associate) born Springdale, AR, March 2, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; Georgia Supreme Court. Education: Furman University (B.A., 2001); Georgia State University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Georgia State University Law Review, 2000-2001. Member: State Bar of Georgia; Cobb County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability Defense. Email: Clay S. O'Daniel | | Jennifer A. Ringsmuth (Associate) born Fort Myers, Florida; admitted to bar, 2005, Florida; 2007, Georgia. Education: Davidson College (B.S., 2001); Florida State University (J.D., with honors, 2005); University of Florida (LL.M., 2006). Email: Jennifer A. Ringsmuth | | OF COUNSEL | | John L. (Jack) Skelton, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Marietta, Georgia, August 21, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia, Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia; 2004, Tennessee. Education: Oglethorpe University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1977); University of Georgia (J.D., 1980). Omicron Delta Kappa; Alpha Chi. Recipient, Faculty Award, Oglethorpe University. Member: Cobb County Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Reported Cases: Willig v. Shelnutt 224 Ga.App.530, 480 SE2d 924 (1997). Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: John L. (Jack) Skelton, Jr. | Other Office Addresses:
Knoxville, Tennessee Office: 408 North Cedar Bluff Road, Suite 500, 37323. Telephone: 865-692-9039. Fax: 865-692-9071.
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