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Mr. Samuel E. Thomas
Athens, GA Attorney with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfDivorce, Domestic Violence, Family and Juvenile
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
A life-long resident of Athens, Georgia, Samuel E. Thomas is a 2010 graduate of the University of Georgia with a B.A. in Political Science. He is also a 2012 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa. He was admitted into the practice of law in June of 2013. Samuel E. Thomas is a fourth-generation small business owner in the Athens, Georgia area. He is admitted to all State and Superior Courts throughout the state of Georgia, the Court of Appeals of Georgia, and the Supreme Court of Georgia.
Samuel E. Thomas is the current Chair of...
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Morris "Mo" Hugh Wiltshire Jr.
Athens, GA Lawyer with 29 years of experience
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The University of Georgia School of Law
As a former felony prosecutor and a former DUI prosecutor in practice for over 20 years Mo Wiltshire has seen every type of criminal case in the court system. His prosecution insider background, along with having tried several hundred jury trials, establishes that Mo Wiltshire possesses a breadth and depth of experience that is very difficult to find elsewhere. Experience is vital but of equal importance is skill and ability in the courtroom. Mo Wiltshire has been formally recognized by numerous national organizations for outstanding achievement and overall excellence as a trial attorney and advocate for his clients....
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David M. Van Sant
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Free ConsultationAthens, GA Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Georgia State University College of Law
Attorney David M. Van Sant provides representation for various personal injury related claims throughout Atlanta, GA. If you have been injured in a car accident, due to the negligence of another, nursing home abuse injury or any other personal injury related claim then you should consult with an attorney who will be able to seek the compensation you deserve.
Atlanta personal injury attorney David Van Sant will be able to take a look at your case, provide you with the best possible legal advice and guide you through the legal process. When it comes to seeking the compensation you deserve,...
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R. Alan Cleveland
Athens, GA Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationAnimal, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Alan Cleveland grew up in Gwinnett County and has devoted his entire legal career to serving the county’s residents.
Alan knew from an early age that he wanted to be a trial lawyer. He first worked and began raising a family after graduating from the University of Georgia, where he received a degree in journalism and public relations.
At the age of 33, he enrolled at John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, clerked for Georgia Supreme Court Justice Hugh Thompson one summer, and three years later graduated summa cum laude.
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Benjamin Y Gerber
Athens, GA Lawyer with 22 years of experience
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The George Washington University Law School
Take Back Your Life After a Work Injury
I am an experienced trial attorney with a legal practice dedicated to helping Georgia workers injured on the job. I am also a founding partner of Gerber & Holder Workers' Compensation Attorneys law firm in Atlanta, Georgia.
After my internship in D.C., I moved back to Georgia in 2001. I started my career working for insurance defense firms. While trying cases on their behalf, I learned insurance companies' defense strategies and motivations.
In 2004, I was recruited to a law firm that represented plaintiffs in personal injury and workers’ compensation cases.
In 2010, I...
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Thomas Reuben Burnside III
Athens, GA Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
I am an experienced and dependable Attorney at Burnside Law Firm. For over 25 years, I have been dedicated to providing outstanding representation for injured clients. My practice focuses on Motor Vehicle Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Neglect and Abuse, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Workers’ Compensation, and Wrongful Death. I have been successful in hundreds of cases and have recovered millions of dollars for my clients. I am committed to helping you and your family recover the compensation you need and deserve.
I received my B.S. from Presbyterian College, and my J.D. from the Mercer University, Walter F. George School of...
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Joshua William Branch
Athens, GA Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Florida Coastal School of Law
I focus my practice on personal injury trial work. I have been representing clients in the Athens/Atlanta area for close to ten years. My interest in law began at the early age of 16 when I began working in a law firm as a high school student. I attended undergraduate school at the University of Georgia and went to law school at Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville, Florida. I began my legal career in Pensacola, Florida working at an insurance defense firm, though my passion was always to help individuals rather than corporations. After enduring...
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R. Jeffrey Field
Athens, GA Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Bankruptcy
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Jeff Field has spent his entire career handling bankruptcy cases for clients throughout Georgia. He has more than 30 years of experience successfully representing individuals in Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy cases. He now has six office locations throughout Georgia, and offers free initial consultations.
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R. Shannon Carpenter
Athens, GA Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Free ConsultationAnimal, Legal Malpractice, Medical Malpractice and Nursing Home
Georgia State University College of Law
R. Shannon Carpenter is a native of Augusta, Georgia and has been practicing law in Atlanta since 2003. Mr. Carpenter received his undergraduate degree from University of Georgia and is a graduate of Georgia State University College of Law where he graduated with honors. Prior to founding Sammons & Carpenter, P.C., Mr. Carpenter practiced at one of the more respected law firms in Atlanta, Georgia where his practice was focused on defending some of the largest insurance companies, commercial trucking companies, and product manufacturing companies in the world. His practice is now devoted entirely to helping the injured and...
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Christopher M. Simon
Athens, GA Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
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Jeremiah T Van Dora
Athens , GA Attorney
Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Jeremiah T. Van Dora joined The Van Dora Law Firm in 2012 as an attorney focusing his practice in the areas of workers' compensation, and personal injury. While in law school at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School, Mr. Van Dora was a member of the Mock Trial Team. He also received the CALI Award for the highest grade in Workers' Compensation, as well as the Dean's Award for community service. Mr. Van Dora also served as a law clerk for the Appellate Division of the Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation while in law school. Mr. Van Dora attended...
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Joseph E Lariscy III
Athens, GA Attorney with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal, DUI, Personal Injury and Traffic Tickets
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
At The Lariscy Law Firm, we are experienced advocates who use the legal system to protect our clients' rights. We help victims of car accidents and truck accidents to obtain the compensation and medical care they deserve. We defend people accused of DUI/drunk driving, underage drinking, other alcohol-related crimes, and other misdemeanors and felonies. We are determined to pursue a positive outcome in every case.
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Kim T. Stephens
Athens, GA Attorney with 30 years of experience
Free ConsultationBusiness, DUI and Personal Injury
Georgia State University College of Law
Kim T. Stephens ranks as one of the most accomplished trial lawyers and attorneys in the state of Georgia. With more than twenty-five years of experience in litigation, he has won numerous awards for litigation and has successfully resolved high profile cases, defending professional and college athletes, doctors, police officers, and teachers charged with crimes ranging from misdemeanors to serious felony crimes. Kim has extensive experience in the areas of criminal law, personal injury, business and contract litigation, and probate law. He practices in all courts including federal courts and appellate courts, representing individuals charged with misdemeanor crimes, including DUI;...
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Alfred Edward Fargione III
Athens, GA Attorney with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal, DUI, Estate Planning and Probate
Boston University School of Law and New England Law | Boston
Alfred “Al” Edward Fargione, III
Al Fargione is an experienced civil and criminal litigator, having represented clients in high stakes civil and criminal litigation in State, Superior, and Federal Courts across Georgia. Mr. Fargione’s experience includes successfully proving an Uber driver’s innocence after the said driver was accused of sexually assaulting one of his fares and recovering insurance policy limits for those injured in automobile accidents.
Mr. Fargione received his Bachelor’s Degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY; his J.D. from New England Law | Boston, where he was the Symposium Editor on the New England Law Review; and his LL.M....
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Jeffery Alan Rothman
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Free ConsultationAthens, GA Attorney with 31 years of experience
Criminal and DUI
The University of Georgia School of Law
Jeff Rothman is a member of the National College for DUI Defense (NCDD), the DUI Defense Lawyers Association (DUIDLA) and the Georgia Defense of Drinking Drivers group (DODD). Dedicating his practice to contested DUI cases, Mr. Rothman is a trial attorney who has served as lead counsel in hundreds of jury trials during his career. He has helped clients win acquittals or reductions of DUI charges in cases too numerous to mention. As a regular speaker at statewide continuing legal education seminars, Mr. Rothman lectures on subjects ranging from Administrative License Suspension, to trial tactics and issues.
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James Ross Massey
Athens, GA Attorney
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Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Attorney J. Ross Massey is an award-winning litigation attorney who fights for clients injured in automobile, trucking and business premises accidents. For almost a decade, Mr. Massey has fought for victims’ rights throughout the states of Alabama and Georgia.
While some attorneys encourage clients to settle their cases outside of court, Mr. Massey has a passion for jury trials. Not only did he attend Cumberland School of Law, which is nationally-ranked in trial advocacy, but he was also named a Scholar of Merit for Advanced Trial Advocacy while in school and coached several of the school’s national trial teams post-graduation. He...
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Parker Van Sant
Athens, GA Lawyer with 6 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
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Brian Cathey
Athens, GA Lawyer
Free ConsultationCriminal, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Georgia State University College of Law
I graduated summa cum laude, the highest academic distinction, from Georgia State University College of Law. While at Georgia State, I was a member of the Student Trial Lawyers Association and the Georgia State Law Review.
Upon graduation, I was named to the Order of the Coif (for exceptional academic performance) and to the Order of Barristers (for exceptional oral advocacy), making me one of only four Georgia State Law students to ever receive both honors.
My practice has focused primarily on medical malpractice and wrongful death, and I am admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia,...
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Brad Sperr
Athens, GA Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationElder, Estate Planning and Probate
University System of Georgia - University of Georgia
Brad has been helping clients resolve their toughest problems and make their most important planning decisions for over a decade. Brad has extensive litigation experience (including fiercely contested divorces and custody modifications) and works his hardest to ensure his clients get the best outcome possible.
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David Edward Boyle
Athens, GA Attorney with 25 years of experience
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Emory University School of Law
Solving your legal problems without judgment. I help people obtain favorable results through some of the most difficult times of their lives.
I have been representing persons accused or suspected of criminal wrongdoing since 2010. I have been featured in television news stories with Randy Travis’ Fox 5 Atlanta I-Team Investigations, and CBS-46 investigations into the Walton County Sheriff’s Department corruption and drug investigations. I am a guest lecturer for the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Gwinnett County Bar Association.
I have spent 22 years in the courtroom both as a prosecutor and a defense attorney. ...
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Jeremy Akin
Athens, GA Lawyer with 4 years of experience
Business and Environmental
The University of Georgia School of Law
Jeremy Akin is a Litigation Associate at Johnson Marlowe, LLP in Athens, Georgia. He represents clients in construction, zoning, and land use matters related to development projects.
Jeremy graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he founded the school’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Society. During law school, he served as Conference Editor for the Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law, a Student Ambassador of the Rusk International Law Center, and externes with the Athens-Clarke County Superior Court and Public Defender’s Office, as well as the Georgia River Basin Center. Jeremy is recipient of the Atlanta Bar...
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Matthew Campbell Jordan
Athens, GA Attorney with 18 years of experience
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Cumberland L.S./Samford
Matt has been a litigator for 15 years. He started his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Athens, Georgia, where he spent several years prosecuting felony crimes. He then moved to Atlanta and spent the next five years at two of Georgia's most respected defense firms, where he handled workers' compensation, trucking, premises liability, and general liability litigation.
In 2012, Matt chose to focus his law practice exclusively on the representation of injured workers in Georgia. In this capacity, he has helped hundreds of Georgia workers navigate the complicated and confusing workers' compensation system. In addition to his law practice,...
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J. Phillip Boston
Athens, GA Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Animal, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
The University of Georgia School of Law
I represent injured clients: automobile accidents-truck & tractor-trailer accidents-pedestrian claims-slip and fall injuries-animal attacks-head and brain injuries-certain products liability claims-premises injury claims-legal malpractice claims involving dishonesty and failure to communicate-claims against third-party debt collectorâs under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. My domestic practice is limited to uncontested divorce.
I am a former insurance defense attorney; University of Georgia Law School (1984); State Bar of Georgia (1984); Certified Georgia Mediator. My office has been located in Athens since 2000. I regularly represent clients throughout north and middle Georgia including the Athens/Atlanta area.
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Andrew Hill III
Athens, GA Lawyer with 46 years of experience
Business, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
The University of Georgia School of Law
Athens personal injury attorney Drew Hill is committed to helping his clients fight for the justice and recovery they deserve after someone else’s negligence leaves them facing serious, long-lasting injuries. While his practice focuses on many different types of personal injury cases, including medical negligence and products liability, Drew also handles complex mass torts and truck accident cases. Over the course of his years in practice, he has successfully fought for and won multimillion dollar settlements and jury verdicts on behalf of his clients. He has worked tirelessly to hold hospitals and doctors, trucking companies and motor vehicle operators, nursing...
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Alex Halow
Athens, GA Lawyer with 27 years of experience
Immigration
Cornell University
I am a business and family immigration attorney. Areas of concentration include consular processing, adjustment of status, H1b, PERM, spousal visas, fiancee visas, I-601 waivers, I-212 waivers, J-1 waivers, and similar areas. I am also a registered neutral with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution.
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Timothy K. Hall
Athens, GA Lawyer
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Mercer University
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Alvin "Tripp" Bridges III
Athens, GA Lawyer with 19 years of experience
Environmental and Real Estate
The University of Georgia School of Law
Tripp is a skilled commercial real estate attorney and shareholder at Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C. Tripp represents purchasers, sellers, and lenders in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions. His practice encompasses everything from contract drafting and negotiation to title examination, drafting of conveyance documents, and drafting and negotiation of loan documents. Tripp regularly assists clients in the acquisition of retail shopping centers and multi-family properties, including obtaining recourse and non-recourse financing. He also represents lenders in all aspects of commercial loan closings, commercial and residential foreclosure sales, loan restructuring and loan work outs, and in the sale...
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Spence Johnson
Athens, GA Lawyer with 21 years of experience
Business
Georgia State University College of Law
Spence is a business attorney who specializes in the representation of small to mid-sized companies in complex disputes, litigation, and transactions. Whether he is helping a closely-held business bring in investors, or litigating contentious partnership breakups, his focus is pragmatic resolution of client issues. When voluntary resolution efforts don't work out, he has a long track record of winning cases for his client in court and arbitration across the U.S. In construction cases, Spence represents owners, contractors, and subcontractors at all phases of the construction process from negotiation of contracts to litigating defect disputes. He also represents clients in disputes...
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Anna G. Bolden
Athens, GA Attorney with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationCriminal, DUI, Family and Traffic Tickets
The University of Georgia School of Law
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George "Chip" Brown III
Athens, GA Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Real Estate
The University of Georgia School of Law
Attorney George W. “Chip” Brown III is an Athens residential and commercial real estate transactions lawyer at Blasingame, Burch, Garrard and Ashley, P.C. At the firm, Chip handles a wide variety of complex legal matters. He lives by the philosophy that, while real estate purchases are often the largest investments people will make, they don’t need to be overwhelming and frightening. Instead, Chip makes it his mission to help clients understand the process of purchasing or selling real estate while making the legal side of the process both fun and enjoyable. He believes that a client who is confident that...
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Molly Talley
Athens, GA Attorney with 25 years of experience
Real Estate
The University of Georgia School of Law
Athens real estate attorney Monica Lee “Molly” K. Talley joined Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C. in 1998 and has been assisting clients with a number of complex legal issues ever since. Molly focuses her practice on residential and commercial real estate, secured transactions, and business law. She is capable of handling everything from real estate-related matters such as acquisitions, development, construction, financing, ownership, management, leasing, and disposition to small business legal matters, lender representation, and commercial closings. She is a U.S. Small Business Administration Designated Attorney, and provides representation for lenders, including banks and Certified Development Corporations (CDCs), in...
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Chase Ruffin
Athens, GA Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Personal Injury and Products Liability
Georgia State University College of Law
Chase Ruffin is an attorney in the firm’s personal injury and mass tort practice group. Chase’s practice at the firm is largely focused on representing individuals injured by defective medical devices. Currently, Chase is representing victims injured by defective hernia mesh implants, including Atrium’s C-Qur mesh and Ethicon’s Physiomesh. Chase also represents plaintiffs in cases involving medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, car and truck accidents, and dangerous property conditions. In addition to representing injured plaintiffs, Chase also represents individuals and businesses in business-related lawsuits, including lawsuits involving a breach of contract, shareholder disputes, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty.
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Kate Karassik
Athens, GA Attorney with 4 years of experience
Free ConsultationMedical Malpractice, Nursing Home, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
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Blair Dorminey
ATHENS, GA Lawyer with 39 years of experience
Immigration
Yale Law School
Blair Dorminey is a graduate of Yale Law School and has been a member of the State Bar of Georgia since 1984. As a principal of Dorminey & Cox, LLC, he has practiced immigration and nationality law exclusively since 2001. He has extensive legal and international experience gained in the U.S. Department of Justice, the White House, and the National Security Council. In government, he took an active role in immigration policy, especially with respect to refugee and asylum issues. He is admitted to practice in all U.S. immigration courts, in all Georgia courts, in the U.S. District Courts of...
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Adam M. Collins
Athens, GA Lawyer
Free ConsultationFamily, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
University of Devry-Georgia
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Sara Speas Schramm
Athens, GA Attorney with 19 years of experience
Personal Injury and Products Liability
Brooklyn Law School
Sara Schramm is a skilled Athens personal injury attorney and valuable member of the Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C. team. Her legal practice encompasses a broad range of personal injury matters, including products liability and mass tort litigation. Says Sara, “I love my work in this firm because we value the individuality of each case and we don’t cut corners.” At the firm, Sara spends much of her time working directly with clients in a one-on-one setting. She uses her time with clients to gain a better understanding of their unique circumstances which, in turn, allows her to develop...
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Darrell Burrow
Athens, GA Lawyer with 31 years of experience
Bankruptcy and Personal Injury
University of Alabama School of Law
Darrell was raised in Northern Virginia, where he completed his Bachelor’s Degree in 1989. In 1992, he completed his Doctorate of Jurisprudence at the University of Alabama. Darrell clerked for the Honorable John Bush, Circuit Court Judge in Wetumpka, Alabama after graduation and gained valuable experience in research and brief writing. He then moved to South Georgia to be closer to his family, who had previously moved to the area. Darrell began practicing law with the law firm of Lissner, Killian, Cunningham and Boyd in Brunswick before moving to Atlanta to open his own practice in...
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Christopher M. Riser
Athens, GA Attorney with 26 years of experience
Estate Planning and International
University of Miami School of Law and University of North Carolina School of Law
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Brittany Burgess
Athens, GA Lawyer with 7 years of experience
Personal Injury and Products Liability
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Brittany Burgess is a devoted Athens personal injury attorney at Blasingame, Burch, Garrard and Ashley, P.C. who takes pride in being a great listener, always striving to treat every client with the dignity and respect they deserve.
She understands that clients want to be heard and understood, which is why she relies on her outstanding communication skills to create powerful and meaningful relationships with each individual that walks through the door. Part of being a good communicator, according to Brittany, is the ability to explain concepts to the firm’s clients using language that they don’t need special knowledge to understand....
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Dustin Marlowe
Athens, GA Lawyer with 16 years of experience
(706) 425-8740
Johnson Marlowe LLP
335B Oconee Street
Athens, GA 30601
Business and Personal Injury
The University of Georgia School of Law
Dustin Marlowe practices at Johnson Marlowe LLP in Athens, Georgia. Before starting Johnson Marlowe with his law partner, Spence Johnson, Dustin was a partner at Orr Brown Johnson LLP in Gainesville, Georgia, and also served two years as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable William C. O’Kelley, Senior United States District Court Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
Through his service as a federal law clerk, Dustin developed an extensive understanding of federal practice and procedure and acquired an expertise in commercial litigation, including contract disputes, business torts, and collections, as well as catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death,...
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