Our 11th annual listing of Georgia’s top attorneys, selected by their peers, highlights nearly 800 lawyers from every corner of the state in 10 different practice areas: Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights, Business Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, General Practice, Labor & Employment, Personal Injury, Public Finance/Bonds and Taxes/Estates/Trusts. To compile this listing, we mailed ballots to a sampling of several thousand attorneys who are members of the State Bar of Georgia and whose practice areas correspond to the areas we are featuring. We also put a ballot on our website, www.georgiatrend.com, which could be downloaded or submitted online. Any attorney who is a member of the state bar and lives and practices in Georgia was eligible to vote and to be voted onto the list. Respondents were not allowed to vote for themselves; they could vote for other members of their firms if they voted for an equal or greater number of attorneys outside their firms. The names of the top votegetters appear in the following pages in alphabetical order. They are listed in the categories into which their peers voted them, although some may practice in more than one area. The listings are determined solely by lawyers’ votes; places on the list are not for sale. New this year: The names of attorneys who are advertisers appear in blue type. Ballots were tallied and names verified by the Georgia Trend editorial staff. EDITED BY CHRISTY SIMO AND SUSAN PERCY www.georgiatrend.com I DECEMBER 2013 I 61
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Our 11th annual listing of Georgia’s top attorneys,selected by their peers, highlights nearly 800 lawyers from every corner of the state in10 different practice areas: Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights, Business Law, Corporate Law,Criminal Law, Family Law, General Practice, Labor & Employment, Personal Injury, PublicFinance/Bonds and Taxes/Estates/Trusts.
To compile this listing, we mailed ballots to a sampling of several thousand attorneyswho are members of the State Bar of Georgia and whose practice areas correspond to theareas we are featuring. We also put a ballot on our website, www.georgiatrend.com, whichcould be downloaded or submitted online.
Any attorney who is a member of the state bar and lives and practices in Georgia waseligible to vote and to be voted onto the list. Respondents were not allowed to vote forthemselves; they could vote for other members of their firms if they voted for an equal orgreater number of attorneys outside their firms.
The names of the top votegetters appear in the following pages in alphabetical order.They are listed in the categories into which their peers voted them, although some maypractice in more than one area.
The listings are determined solely by lawyers’ votes; places on the list are not for sale.New this year: The names of attorneys who are advertisers appear in blue type.
Ballots were tallied and names verified by the Georgia Trend editorial staff.
(advertisers’ names shown in blue) www.georgiatrend.com I DECEMBER 2013 I 69
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The Bernstein Firm, P.C.1180 Peachtree Street, Suite 2210Atlanta, Georgia 30309Tel: 404.522.1200Fax: 404.810.9092Email: [email protected]
Practice Areas:• Criminal Defense• Civil Litigation
BJ Bernstein
BJ Bernstein has spent 25years practicing law inGeorgia. She practicescrimi nal defense law withexperience in both trial and appellate work. Shealso handles civil trial litigation. BJ and her firm,The Bernstein Firm, handles all types of criminalcases from serious felonies such as murder, whitecollar fraud, and assault to misdemeanor andtraffic offenses. Her civil work has includedwrongful death, personal injury and church abuse.She has been recognized with many awardsincluding the John Jay College Justice Award. BJis also frequently sought for commentary on legalissues for network and cable television.
Barnes Law Group31 Atlanta StreetMarietta, Georgia 30060Tel: 770.227.6375Fax: 770.227.6373E-mail: [email protected]
Practice Areas:• Personal Injury/
Wrongful Death• Auto Accidents• Trucking Accidents• Medical Malpractice• Nursing Home Abuse• Products Liability• Class Actions• Complex Business Litigation• Special Litigation
Having spent 25 years in elected office and morethan 40 years in the practice of law, Governor Barnesbrings a wealth of experience to each and every case.Focusing on personal injury, consumer fraud, complexbusiness litigation, medical malpractice, wrongfuldeath, and governmental affairs, Governor Barneshas spent his entire professional life Making ItRight for those who’ve been wronged.
Practice Areas:• Personal Injury• Wrongful Death• Products Liability• Medical Malpractice
Fred Bergen represents individuals in personalinjury, wrongful death and products liability cases,with a concentration in medical malpractice actionsthroughout Georgia. He has been selected as oneof The Best Lawyers in America, Georgia SuperLawyer, and Top 100 Attorneys in Georgia. He isadmitted to practice in all lower and appellate GeorgiaCourts, U.S. District Courts in Georgia; U.S. Courtof Appeals, 4th, 5th, and 11th Circuits; and U.S.Supreme Court. He graduated from Mercer LawSchool in 1986.
Practice Areas:• Banking & Finance• Corporate• Real EstateDan maintains a broad-basedbusiness practice and regu -larly advises senior executivesand directors of private andpub lic companies. Dan’s prac-tice is concentrated in the areas of financial institutionsand commercial real estate. In financial institutions,Dan’s experience includes strategic plan ning, mergersand acquisitions, asset sales, capital procurement,special-purpose affiliate formation, enterprise gover -nance (including management of shareholdercontests), workouts and commercial lending. Incommercial real estate, Dan’s experience includesrepresentation of developers, builders, owners, oper -ators, landlords, tenants and lenders involved invirtually all types of real estate projects: office, retail,industrial, master-planned developments (residentialand commercial), multi-family and mixed-use.
T. Daniel Brannan
Krevolin & Horst, LLCOne Atlantic Center1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW; Suite 3250Atlanta, Georgia 30309Tel: 404.888.9700Email: [email protected]
Practice Areas:• Business Litigation• Business Divorces• Law
Structuring/Dissolution• Shareholder/Partnership
Disputes• Real Estate Disputes
Jonathan E. Hawkins
Jonathan is a partner at Krevolin & Horst, LLC andhas an extensive background in complex businesslitigation representing individuals and businessesin disputes in state and federal courts, arbitrations,and mediations. Jonathan focuses his practice onbusiness divorces and shareholder and partnershipdisputes, business fraud and commercial tortcases, contract disputes, and real estate disputes.He also counsels lawyers in law firm structuring,partnership agreements, lateral moves, separationagreements and law firm dissolutions.
Krevolin & Horst, LLCOne Atlantic Center1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW; Suite 3250Atlanta, Georgia 30309Tel: 404.888.9700Email: [email protected]
Jeffrey D. Horst
Jeff has been recognized by his peers as one of themost effective business litigators in Georgia. Manyattorneys refer clients to Jeff because of his creativeapproach, trial experience, professionalism, andsuccessful track record in handling cutting edgelegal issues. He has tried cases in five states and hashandled a number of high profile matters coveredin the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and othermedia. Jeff recently won a defense verdict for theCEO and EVP of a large Georgia financial institutionin a shareholder derivative trial.
Kaufman, Miller & Forman, P. C. 8215 Roswell Rd, Bldg. 800Atlanta, Georgia 30350Tel: 770.390.9200Fax: 770.395.6720Email: [email protected]
Practice Areas:• Complete Business and
General Litigation• Intellectual Property
Litigation
Robert J. Kaufman
For over 38 years Robert J.Kaufman has practiced exten-sively at the trial and appellatelevels in state and federalcourts in many areas of liti gation including breachof fiduciary duty securities and other complexbusiness litiga tion matters through out Georgia andthe U.S. He also advises clients on business forma-tions, transactions, M & A, and restric tive covenantsinclud ing covenants not to compete. Rob is a facultymember at Emory Law School’s Trial TechniquesProgram, and an arbitrator for the State Bar FeeArbitration Panel. Rob has also lec tured and publishedarticles on restrictive covenants in employ ment agree-ments, trade secrets act, and the use of technologyfor more effective depositions.
Krevolin & Horst, LLCOne Atlantic Center1201 W. Peachtree Street, NW; Suite 3250Atlanta, Georgia 30309Tel: 404.888.9700Email: [email protected]
Practice Areas:• Entrepreneurs• Emerging-growth
Companies• Owner-managed
Businesses• Real Estate Developers• Lenders
Douglas P. Krevolin
For more than 30 years Doug Krevolin has representedclients in acquiring all types of real property fromraw land to shopping centers, apartment projects,office buildings and hotels, as well as the develop -ment, financing and leasing of properties. Doug isoutside general counsel to numerous businesses andregularly advises clients on formation, financing,acquisitions and sales, contracts and corporategovernance matters. Doug is a graduate of theWharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Practice Areas:• Personal Injury• Automobile Collisions• Premises Liability
James Neuberger spent 10years litigating personal injurycases on behalf of insurancecompanies and effectivelypresented cases to juries and to insurance companies.Today he helps clients who are seriously injured inautomobile accidents and specifically those hurt bydrunk drivers. Since opening his firm in 2009, he hasobtained millions of dollars in judgments and settle -ments for his clients.
Mr. Neuberger graduated from Emory Law Schoolin 1996 and from the University of Illinois in 1991.He holds a commercial pilot’s license and instrumentflight instructor rating.
James Neuberger
Kaufman, Miller & Forman, P.C.8215 Roswell Road, Building 800Atlanta, Georgia 30350-6445Tel: 770.390.9200 ext. 20Fax: 770.395.6720Email: [email protected]
Practice Areas:• Complex Business
Litigation• Intellectual Property
Litigation
David Pardue
David Pardue has practicedin Georgia for twenty yearsleading cases in all forms of complex businessand intellectual property cases, representing largeand small companies in disputes involving contracts,trademark, noncompetes, RICO, trade secret, copy-right, real estate, fiduciary duties, insurance coverage,real estate, and FLSA claims. He aggressively workshard to solve difficult issues and guide each clientto the best results possible. Mr. Pardue is Vice-Chairof the Trade Secrets Subcommittee in the AmericanBar Association Litigation Section, Commercialand Business Litigation Committee. He also writestwo blogs – Trade Secrets and IP Today andGeorgia Real Estate Litigation.
The Reddy Law Firm P.C.1325 Satellite Boulevard, Suite 1506Suwanee, Georgia 30024Tel: 678.629.3246Fax: 678.629.3247E-mail: [email protected]
Practice Areas:• Employment & Labor• Business Litigation• Mediation
K.P. Reddy has been providingquality legal representation inGeorgia for over 24 years.From 1989 to 1996, he servedas an Assistant Attorney General for the State ofGeorgia. In 1996, he established his private law prac-tice. Since that time, he has successfully representedhundreds of individuals and businesses in employ -ment and business litigation. K.P. Reddy is known forhis “hands-on” approach to each client’s matter, aswell as his exceptional ability to resolve cases eitherpre-litigation or in the courtroom. He also currentlyserves as a hearing officer for state agencies andprovides mediation services to private litigants.
K.P. Reddy
The Saylor Law Firm LLP1175 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1450Atlanta, Georgia 30361Tel: 404.892.4400Email: [email protected]
Practice Areas:• Estates & Trusts• Probate Administration• Business Law
Jackie Saylor
Jackie is Vice-President/President Elect of the AtlantaBar Association and serveson the Boards of the Estate Planning and ProbateSection, the Atlanta Bar Foundation, and theContinuing Legal Education and Lawyer ReferralBoards. She focuses on Estate Planning, Wills &Trusts, Probate & Estate Administration, BusinessPlanning & Business Law. Jackie has received theGeorgia Women’s Institute Award for Business &Law and the State Bar of Georgia CommunityServices Award. Jackie received her J.D. fromMercer Law School, M.A. from UNC and B.A.from UGA.
The Saylor Law Firm LLP1175 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1450Atlanta, Georgia 30361Tel: 404.892.4007Email: [email protected]
Practice Areas:• Taxes, Trusts & Estates • Probate Law• Business Law and
Contracts
Murray Saylor
Murray serves as Chair ofthe Tax Section of the AtlantaBar Association. He is PastPresident of both the Atlanta Tax Forum and theAmerican Association of Attorney-CPAs where hechaired the Estate Planning Committee. Murray isa CPA, an Accredited Estate Planner and a PersonalFinancial Specialist. He focuses on Estate Planningand Probate Administration, Tax Planning, TaxReturn Preparation, Tax Controversy and EmployeeBenefits, Business Planning and Contracts. Murrayreceived his B.S. and M.S. degrees from TheUniversity of Pennsylvania Wharton School andhis J.D. from Temple University.
Waggoner Hastings LLC3820 Mansell Road, Suite 170Alpharetta, GA 30022Tel: 770.641.8200Fax: 770.641.8203E-mail: [email protected]
Practice Areas:• Family Law• Collaborative Law• Mediation/Arbitration
Amy Waggoner is a foundingpartner of Waggoner HastingsLLC, a metro-Atlanta law firmproviding family law and divorce-related services.Amy assists her clients with matters such as divorce,domestic partnership agreements and dissolutions,child custody and support issues, paternity andlegitimation cases, and prenuptial and postnuptialagreements. Amy holds an AV-preeminent ratingand is trained in the practice of Collaborative Law.She teaches Collaborative Divorceat Georgia StateUniversity College of Law and is a founding memberof the Atlanta Collaborative Divorce Alliance and JustFamily Solutions. Amy also serves as a mediator,arbitrator, and guardian ad litem.
Amy K. Waggoner
J. L. Williamson Law Group, LLC1219 Merchants Way, Suite 101Statesboro, Georgia 30458Tel: 912.489.5573Fax: 888.389.9067www.jlwlawgroup.com
Practice Areas:• Tax Controversy• Estate Planning• Elder Law
Jeffrey Williamson is thefounding partner of J. L.Williamson Law Group, LLC. The firm specializesin tax planning and controversy, estate and businesssuccession planning, asset protection, and elderlaw. Prior to starting his own firm, Jeffrey workedas an Internal Revenue Agent where he becamewell versed in the audit policies and procedures ofthe IRS. Additionally, he has litigated a variety ofcases in both U.S. Tax Court and federal districtcourts. Jeffrey received his BBA from MercerUniversity and both his JD and MAcc. from theUniversity of Georgia.
Jeffrey L. Williamson
Slater & Wilensky, LLC400 Colony Square, Suite 11001201 Peachtree St., NE, Atlanta, GA 30361Tel: 404.888.0500Email: [email protected]
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