In 1978, I became corporate counsel for All American of Ashburn, Inc., a local mobile home manufacturer in the United States with over $100 million year in sales with 9 plants in 5 states. A large portion of the work for the mobile home manufacturer pertained to warranty claims, contracts and negotiations with account receivable lendors, and state and federal government agencies. All-American also developed mobile home and modular subdivisions in which I was a major decision contributor, operations manager, and handled the legal work. As corporate counsel of All-American I was involved in a number of different development projects in Mobile, Alabama, Tallahassee, Florida and Houston, Texas, and gained extensive experience in subdividing land and in mobile home parks. In 1983, All-American filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in which I was co-counsel. A substantial amount of experience was acquired in the area of bankruptcy.
After the liquidation of All-American, three other mobile home manufacturers were established by former All-American employees. I was also retained as corporate counsel for Homestead Homes, Inc., a mobile home manufacturer, and served as corporate counsel from 1984 to 1989. In 1996, I incorporated and began representing a new mobile home company, Craftmade Homes, Inc., in Sylvester, Georgia.
As my practice has grown I have been placed on a retainer or represented at various times in the past for several local corporations,and have repsented PAGE in this district for over sixteen years. In 1980 I was incorporator and legal counsel in the application for the charter of Worth Federal Savings & Loan Association and was secretary, corporate counsel, a loan committee member and a member of the board of directors of Worth Federal from 1980 to 1989. In 1985, as co-counsel, a petition was filed to convert the association to a stock association which was granted. In 1991, Worth Federal was sold to a bank holding company. In the first five to seven years of my practice, as is required in a small town, you are appointed to a substantial number of criminal cases. As a result of these appointments I gained a significant amount of trial experience. As more lawyers became members of the local bar association they were appointed to these criminal cases and my appointed criminal cases became fewer. In the last three to five years my practices have been increasingly involved in plaintiff litigation including traffic accidents and wrongful death actions, medical malpractice, contractual disputes, and workers compensation hearings. I presently do a large percentage of real estate closings, collections, bankruptcy creditor representation and foreclosure work for a local bank. I also represent two large multiple state check cashing business throughout the United States as their corporate counsel. As a general practitioner in a small town, I handle collections, contracts, business transactions, divorces, wills, trusts, and estate planning. My practice includes cases and files in a diverse number of areas, but as my practice has grown I have been able to be more selective about my cases and become personally involved in my other businesses I own and my personal investments. Today my practice is diversified but is dominated by plantiff litigation, domestic disputes, representing deffered deposit corporations and real estate closings.
