Mr. John Wesley Spears, Jr. is a lawyer practicing alternative dispute resolution, appellate practice, estate litigation and 9 other areas of law. John received a B.A. degree from Duke University in 1971, and has been licensed for 50 years. John practices at Spears & Spears, P.C. in Decatur, GA.
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Practice Details
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Payment InformationPayment & Cost FeaturesFixed hourly rates
Fixed fees available
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Firm InformationPositionMemberFirm NameSpears & Spears, P.C.
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesPreuss v. Stokes-Preuss, 275 GA. 437, 569 S.E.2D 857 (2002) (scope of in terrorem clause)
Stewart v. Bourn, 250 Ga. App. 755, 552 S.E.2d 450 (2001) (construction of "next of kin" within Georgia wrongful death statute)
Joseph v. Grisham, 267 Ga. 677, 482 S.E.2d 251 (1997)(affirming summary judgment for propounder of will against caveator's claims of lack of testamentary capacity, undue influence, fraud, misrepresentation
mistake of fact)
Sharp v. Varner, 226 Ga.App. 570, 486 S.E.2d 701 (1997)(child born out of wedlock entitled to inherit from father)
Varner v. Sharp, 219 Ga.App. 125, 464 S.E.2d 388 (1995)(construction of statute permitting inheritance by out-of-wedlock child)
Lemon v. Fidelity Nat'l Bank, 265 Ga. 641, 458 S.E.2d 619 (1995)(vesting of remainder interest)
Diefenderfer v. Pierce, 260 Ga. 426, 396 S.E.2d 227 (1990)(quo warranto
statutory construction)
Baker v. Baker, 194 Ga. App. 477, 390 S.E.2d 892 (1990)(year's support claimant's income tax returns
social security benefits subject to discovery)
First Presbyterian Church v. Price, 248 Ga. 38, 280 S.E. 2d 830 (1991)(will construction).
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1976, Georgia
1976, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
2003, U.S. Supreme Court
2019, North Carolina
MembershipsAtlanta and DeKalb County Bar Associations
State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, Fiduciary Law Section, 2002-2003)
American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Trust and Estate Law
Dispute Resolution)
Atlanta Estate Planning Council
DeKalb Estate Planning Council
Old War Horse Lawyers Club.Bar FellowshipAmerican College of Trust and Estate Counsel. -
Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolEmory University
Class of 1976
J.D.
Other EducationDuke University
Class of 1971
B.A.
Mr. John Wesley Spears, Jr.
150 East Ponce DeLeon Avenue, Ste 260Decatur, GA 30030U.S.A.
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