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| | Address | | The Armstrong House, 447 Bull Street, P.O. Box 2139 | | Savannah, Georgia 31402-2139 | | (Chatham Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Bouhan, Williams & Levy LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Corporate Practice, State and Federal Courts. Admiralty, Products Liability, Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Medical/Legal/Professional Malpractice, Municipal Financing, Banking and Finance, Taxation, Estate Planning, Probate, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Environmental, Antitrust, Administrative and Regulatory, Commercial, Construction, Healthcare, Workers Compensation, Bankruptcy, Labor and Employment, Education, Trademarks, Immigration, Divorce, Domestic Relations, Aviation and White Collar Crime. | | Year Established: 1886 | Firm Profile:
Bouhan, Williams & Levy LLP is a member of the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. | | Firm Size: 21 | Clients:
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR: Board of Public Education for the City of Savannah and County of Chatham; First Chatham Bank; FCB Financial Corp.; Chatham Area Transit Authority; Powers Holdings, LLC; Peeples Industries, Inc.; Thomas & Hutton Engineering Co.; Donaldson Enterprises, Inc.; Johnny Harris, Inc.; The Foxfield Co; Deemer, Dana & Froehle, LLP. |
COUNSEL FOR: International Paper Co.; International Paper Realty Corp.; AT&T; Georgia Power Co.; The Southern Company; Chevron USA, Inc.; Alltel Communications, Inc.; Cingular Wireless Communication, Inc.; Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; A.D.T. Security Services, Inc.; Raycom America, Inc.; Wachovia Bank, N.A.; Wachovia Securities, Inc.; Salomon Smith Barney; Marine Office-America Corp.; American Airlines; AirTran Airways; Southern LNG, Inc.; Jepson Associates, Inc.; Sustainable Forests, LLC; SunTrust Bank; Bernard Williams & Co.; iTech for Business, LLC; Brampton Plantation, LLC; Quadrant Financial, Inc.; Lofton Restaurant Group, LLC; Coastal bio-Fuels; Savannah Toyota; AquaSouth Construction Co.; Forest Commodity Corp.; Moran Towing of Savannah, Inc.; Fuller Chevrolet-Geo, Inc.; Coastal Sleeve Label, Inc.; Hercules, Inc.; Federated Mutual Insurance Co.; Harleysville Insurance Cos.; Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.; LandAmerica Financial Group; Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co.; Lloyd's Claims Office; Zurich-American Insurance Group; The Chubb Group; Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. |
Other Office Locations of Bouhan, Williams & Levy LLP
Jesup, Georgia, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | John J. Bouhan (1886-1971). | | B. H. Levy (1912-1988). | | George W. Williams (1911-1999). | | Frank W. Seiler (Member) born Savannah, Georgia, February 20, 1933; admitted to bar, 1958, Georgia. Education: Newberry College; University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1956; J.D., 1957). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Governor's Commission on Appellate Judicial Selection, 1971-1973; State Bar of Georgia Disciplinary Board, 1971-1973; Judicial Nominating Commission for the State of Georgia, 1973-1975; Judicial Council, State of Georgia, 1973-1974. Chair, Board of Trustees, Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1972-1973. Chair, State of Georgia Court Reporter Certification Board, 1974-1975. Member, President's Club, University of Georgia, 1980. Member, 1985 and Chair, 1986, Board of Visitors, University of Georgia, School of Law. Awarded Distinguished Service Scroll, University of Georgia Law School, 1988. President, University of Georgia National Alumni Association, 1996-1997. Member: Georgia State Games Commission, 1989; Savannah Olympic Support Council for 1996 Olympic Games; Screen Actors Guild. Member: Savannah Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (President, 1972-1973); Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1974-1977); International Association of Insurance Counsel. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Georgia Society of Hospital Attorneys; Old War Horse Lawyers Club. Practice Areas: Litigation; Product Liability; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Employment. Email: Frank W. Seiler | | Walter C. Hartridge (Member) born Savannah, Georgia, August 14, 1933; admitted to bar, 1961, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1955); Harvard University (LL.B., 1961). Phi Beta Kappa; Raven. Honorary Consul of France, 1979-1991. Member, Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission, 1997—. Member: Savannah and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member: Board of Governors, 1976—; Disciplinary Board Review Panel, 1991-1994); Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (Chair, 1982); Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Admiralty; Antitrust; Civil Litigation. Email: Walter C. Hartridge | | Edgar Pomeroy Williams (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, August 17, 1938; admitted to bar, 1961, Georgia. Education: Vanderbilt University; University of Georgia (B.A., 1960; LL.B., 1962); Georgetown University (LL.M., Taxation, 1965). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Federal Bar Journal, 1963-1965. Member: Savannah and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Tax; Corporate; Estate Planning; Banking; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Edgar Pomeroy Williams | | Edwin D. Robb (Member) born Camden, New Jersey, July 7, 1940; admitted to bar, 1970, Georgia. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1963); University of Georgia (J.D., 1970). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review, 1969-1970. Author: Note, "Dockside Injuries Under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act," 3 Georgia L. Rev. 622, 1969. Member: Savannah Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Maritime Law Association of the United States (Member, Committee on Stevedoring and Terminal Operations, 1980—); Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. [Lt. Cmdr., USNR]. Practice Areas: Admiralty; General Casualty; Products Liability; Toxic Tort; Mediator. Email: Edwin D. Robb | | Leamon R. Holliday, III (Member) born Wilmington, North Carolina, May 4, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Georgia. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (B.E.E., 1967); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1970). Phi Kappa Phi; Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu. Member, Georgia Law Review, 1969-1970. Member, Georgia Council of School Board Attorneys. Member: Savannah (President, Younger Lawyers Section, 1976-1977), Federal Energy and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Maritime Law Association of the United States. Practice Areas: Education; Construction; Employment; Civil Litigation. Email: Leamon R. Holliday, III | | B. H. Levy, Jr. (Member) born Savannah, Georgia, May 25, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1970); University of Georgia (J.D., 1973). Phi Alpha Delta. Echols Scholar, 1966-1970. Notes Editor, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1972-1973. Member: Savannah Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Workers' Compensation Section). [Capt., USAFR]. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Real Estate; Commercial. Email: B. H. Levy, Jr. | | John G. Lientz (Member) born Savannah, Georgia, March 23, 1948; admitted to bar, 1973, Georgia. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1970); New York University (J.D., 1973). Root-Tilden Scholar. Law Clerk to Chief Judge Alexander A. Lawrence, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia, 1974-1975. Member: Savannah Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Bankers Association (Member, Bank Counsel Section). Practice Areas: Banking; Corporate; Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: John G. Lientz | | M. Tyus Butler, Jr. (Member) born Athens, Georgia, October 13, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Georgia. Education: College of William and Mary; University of Georgia (A.B., 1970); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1974). Phi Delta Phi. Lead Articles Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1973-1974. Member: Savannah, Federal (Member, Labor and Employment Section, 1979—) and American (Management Member, Committee on Practice and Procedure under the NLRA and Labor and Employment Law Section, 1979—) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section); American Employment Law Council, 1998—. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Bankruptcy. Email: M. Tyus Butler, Jr. | | Roy E. Paul (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, July 10, 1957; admitted to bar, 1981, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978; J.D., cum laude, 1981). Phi Alpha Theta; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Editorial Board, 1979-1980; Managing Board, 1980-1981, Georgia Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Dudley H. Bowen, Jr., U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1981-1983. Member: Savannah Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction; Class Action; Fire Loss; Healthcare. Email: Roy E. Paul | | Peter D. Muller (Member) born Savannah, Georgia, July 16, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Georgia. Education: U.S. Naval Academy; University of Georgia (A.B.J., 1984; J.D., 1987). Phi Kappa Phi; Golden Key. Member, Order of Barristers. Member, Georgia Law Review Editorial Board, 1985-1986. Vice Chairman, Moot Court Board, 1986-1987. Member: ABA Moot Court Team, 1985-1986; Intrastate Mock Trial Team, 1986-1987. Author: Owens and Muller "Recent Developments in Georgia Law," 1993 Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Journal. Member: Savannah and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Younger Lawyers Division Executive Council, 1988-1999; Director, 1993-1996, 1997-1998); Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (Director, 2006—). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Employment. Email: Peter D. Muller | | Melanie L. Marks (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, June 21, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., magna cum laude, 1981; J.D., cum laude, 1984). Phi Alpha Delta (Vice Justice, 1983-1984). Member: Savannah Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Savannah Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Real Estate. Email: Melanie L. Marks | | Carlton E. Joyce (Member) born Montreal, Quebec, Canada, January 13, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Georgia. Education: Emory University (B.S., 1986); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1989). Law School Senator, 1987-1988. Author: "Defending an Aviation Case in Georgia," 1991. President, Board of Governors, Emory University, 2000-2001. Member: Savannah Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Professional Malpractice; Aviation. Email: Carlton E. Joyce | | Ann Marie Stack (Member) born Savannah, Georgia, January 23, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Georgia. Education: Mercer University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1984); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1987). Phi Kappa Phi; Beta Beta Beta; Gamma Sigma. Member, Moot Court. Member: Editorial Board, Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1986-1987. Member: Atlanta (Member, Environmental Law Section), Savannah and American (Member, Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Vice Chair, 1995-1997; Officer at Large, 2000-2002, Environmental Law Section). Practice Areas: Environmental. Email: Ann Marie Stack | | David Michael Conner (Member) born Savannah, Georgia, February 18, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., Accounting, magna cum laude, 1992; J.D., cum laude, 1995). Phi Alpha Delta. Publications Editor, The Georgia League, 1994-1995. Representative, Student Bar Association. Chief Advocate, University of Georgia Student Judiciary. Member: Savannah and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Class Actions; Litigation. Email: David Michael Conner | | William L. Ronning (Partner) born March 18, 1971; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., Risk Management and Insurance, 1993); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., M.B.A, 2001). Member: Savannah Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Real Property Section). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate; Commercial Transactions. Email: William L. Ronning | | OF COUNSEL | | Alan S. Gaynor (Of Counsel) born Savannah, Georgia, October 11, 1928; admitted to bar, 1951, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1950; LL.B., 1952). Member: Savannah Bar Association (President, 1985-1986); State Bar of Georgia. [Captain, JAGD, U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1952-1954]. | | Samuel A. Cann (Of Counsel) born Savannah, Georgia, May 24, 1927; admitted to bar, 1954, Georgia; 1959, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 1950; J.D., 1954). Phi Kappa Phi. Law Clerk to the Chief Judge of the Eastern Judicial Circuit of Georgia, 1954. Author: "Vignettes in Common Law History," Georgia State Bar Journal, V. 8, p. 37. Instructor, Business Law and Real Estate, Armstrong College of Savannah, 1954-1956, 1961. Member: Savannah and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. [U.S. Army, 1946-1947]. Languages: French. Practice Areas: General Practice. | | ASSOCIATES | | Todd M. Baiad (Associate) born Danbury, Connecticut, May 14, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., Political Science, 1997); Emory University (J.D., 2000). Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk to the Federal Trade Commission of Atlanta. Member: Savannah and American Bar Associations (Member, Business Law Section); State Bar of Georgia; Maritime Law Association of the United States; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute. Practice Areas: Admiralty Law; Regulatory Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: Todd M. Baiad | | Corinne E. Anderson (Associate) born Huntington, New York, March 7, 1957; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio; 2003, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.S., 1980); University of Akron (J.D., summa cum laude, 2000). Member, Akron Law Review, 1997-1998. Author: Note, "A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner: Life After Indopco: Tax Treatment of a Target Corporation's Unsuccessful Hostile Tender Offer Defense Fees," 31 Akron Law Review 409 (1998); Comment, "A Current Perspective: The Erosion of Affirmative Action in University Admissions," 32 Akron Law Review 181 (1999). Member: Savannah and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; State Bar of Ohio (inactive); Savannah Estate Planning Council; Georgia Association for Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Corporate; Tax; Estate Planning; Medicaid Planning; Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Corinne E. Anderson | | Anne Allen Westbrook (Associate) born Savannah, Georgia, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia. Education: Hollins College (B.A., 1996); University of Georgia (J.D., 2001). Order of the Barristers. Member: Moot Court Board, 1999-2001; National Moot Court Team, 2000-2001; Kings Inns International Moot, 2000; Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Team, 1999-2000; Pupil, Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court, 2000-2001. Member, Editorial Board, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1999-2000. Member: Savannah Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Professional Malpractice; Domestic Relations. Email: Anne Allen Westbrook | | Eric S. Fulcher (Associate) born Thomaston, Georgia, April 7, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B.J., Public Relations, magna cum laude, 2001; J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Member, Georgia Law Review, 2003-2004. Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert B. Propst, Senior U.S. District Court Judge, Northern District of Alabama, 2004-2005. Author: Note, "Rhetorical Hyperbole and the Reasonable Person Standard: Drawing the Line between Figurative Expression and Factual Defamation," 38 Ga. L. Rev. 717 (2004). Member: Savannah and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Education. | | Christopher M. Ramsey (Associate) born Greenville, South Carolina, February 23, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, South Carolina; 2007, Georgia. Education: Clemson University (B.A., History and Political Science, magna cum laude, 2003); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2004-2006. Law Clerk to the Honorable G. Ross Anderson, Jr., District Court Judge for the District of South Carolina, 2006-2007. Author: "The Devout Valedictorian and Lee v. Weisman: Where the Court Should Go Next," 2005 Education Law and Policy Forum. Member: Savannah Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; State Bar of South Carolina. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Education Law. Email: Christopher M. Ramsey | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Jesup, Georgia Office: 204 W. Cherry Street, Suite 201, 31545. Telephone: 912-427-9870. Fax: 912-427-9876.
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