Top Estate Lawyers Near Me in Alpharetta Area

Tracey Dewrell is a partner with Dewrell & Sacks, LLP. Tracey leads the firms commercial transactions and litigation group.. Tracey has personally supervised the closing and funding of over $30 billion in real estate transactions and has personally tried over 190 cases to judgment.

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Sylvia Coulon Hampton. Experienced Estate Planning and Nursing Home Negligence Attorney Serving Alpharetta and Atlanta, GA. With over 16 years of dedicated legal experience, Sylvia Coulon Hampton has earned a reputation for providing compassionate and effective legal representation to clients throughout Alpharetta and Atlanta, Georgia. As a seasoned attorney specializing in estate planning and nursing home negligence, Sylvia Coulon Hampton is committed to protecting the rights, assets, and well-being of individuals and families.. Estate Planning ExpertiseSylvia works closely with clients to develop comprehensive estate plans tailored to their unique needs and goals. From drafting wills and trusts to creating healthcare directives and powers of attorney, she ensures that every detail is carefully managed to provide peace of mind for her clients and their loved ones.. Advocacy for Nursing Home Negligence Victims. Sylvia Coulon Hampton is a passionate advocate for victims of nursing home abuse and neglect. With a deep understanding of the laws governing elder care, she fights tirelessly to hold negligent facilities accountable and secure justice for families. Sylvia’s compassionate approach and meticulous attention to detail has resulted in numerous successful outcomes for clients.. Professional Achievements. • Licensed to practice law in the state of Georgia since 2022, licensed to practice law in the state of Illinois since 2006.• Member of Georgia State Bar and Illinois State Bar• Recognized for excellence in client satisfaction.. Office Locations: Alpharetta & Atlanta, GA, Chicago, IL

Previously of Hoffman & Associates, LLC, and Johnson and Christian, LLC, Bridget specializes in the areas of wills, trusts, charitable giving, probate, business representation and buy/sell agreements. She is known for her ability to navigate complex and contentious estate issues and for bringing rival family factions to agreement over the distribution of assets, especially where a family business or large real estate holdings are involved.. Notable recent matters include:. Bridget received her undergraduate degree from Clemson University and her Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Akron School of Law, where she graduated cum laude.  While in Law School, Bridget was the Associate Editor of the Akron Law Review.  She also clerked for Justice Deborah L. Cook of the Ohio Supreme Court and Judge John W. Reece of the Ninth District Ohio Court of Appeals.  She was admitted to the Georgia Bar in May 1998.. Bridget is a member of the Georgia, Atlanta and American Bar Associations; the Business and Fiduciary Sections of the Georgia Bar; the Young Lawyers Division of the Georgia Bar; the Probate and Trust Section of the American Bar; the Atlanta Estate Planning Council and the Estate Planning Council of North Georgia.

Passion for the work and true compassion for her clients is what keeps Holly Geerdes at the apex of her profession. Driven by her belief that everyone deserves the best legal representation possible, and rated in the top tier of attorneys by courts and her peers, she’s spent more than 22 years committed to providing justice and peace of mind for clients in civil and criminal courts.. Raised in Iowa, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Iowa in 1997, followed by a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School in 2000. A fierce litigator, she has both prosecuted and defended in criminal court, serving as a Public Defender, and later as Director of Capital Appeals under the Attorney General for the state of Georgia. In 2006, she founded Geerdes & Associates, and established Estate Law Center USA in 2013, a successful estate planning law firm based in Atlanta and serving New York, Boston, Los Angeles, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and Texas.. Holly Lynn Geerdes has earned much acclaim and numerous honors throughout her career, including: Named in the “Top 100 ” litigators by the National Trial Lawyers; Awarded Supreme Court “Case of the Year” in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; "Top Rated" designation from Super Lawyers; and an Avvo “Superb” rating. Prominent in the legal community, she serves as an adjunct law professor, has served on several State Bar boards and committees, speaks at seminars for attorneys and judges, and trains lawyers, financial advisors, and CPAs on asset protection.. An expert educator and public speaker, Geerdes hosts free weekly 1-hour estate planning webinars discussing asset protection strategies. Taking the time to get to know them and to understand their needs, she explains her clients’ options and crafts plans tailored to their specific concerns and legal objectives, and drafts necessary documents to establish wills, trusts, powers of attorney, and medical directives.. With more than 50 years of combined experience, Geerdes and the other skilled attorneys at Estate Law Center USA are capable of handling a wide variety of complex legal matters. While they specialize in estate planning - including wills, trusts, business succession, elder law, and asset protection – they also are highly experienced in business litigation, family law, medicaid, veterans’ benefits, personal injury, and criminal defense.. Actively involved in the community, she is a member or serves on the boards for the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association, the National Association of REALTORS, the Gwinnett County Bar Association, and Rotary International.. Estate Law Center USA1100 Cambridge Sq., Ste B,Alpharetta GA 30009Phone:Website:

Nancy has been practicing law for over a dozen years. Experienced in both real estate and estate planning matters, she has helped many clients with ranges of legal matters from real estate closings to probate assistance. It is important to Nancy that her clients understand the process and feel empowered in their decisions, while providing excellent legal service to back them up.. Nancy earned her Bachelor's degree in Marketing from Penn State University and her Juris Doctor from Georgia State University. She lives in Johns Creek with her husband and two sons. She also volunteers in the community and is an AFAA certified group fitness instructor.

Molly Anderson founded Anderson Legal Innovation to make legal advice and services more accessible to the people and businesses that need it. She is passionate about legal technology, small businesses, and helping people solve problems.. Molly went to the University of Georgia, both for undergrad and law school. She obtained her bachelor’s in music performance. During that time, she played jazz concerts, classical concerts, recitals, and marched for four years in the UGA Redcoat Band, attending football games in almost every SEC stadium in the Southeast. She then went to law school at UGA, where she served on the Law Review and interned for the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office.. After taking the Bar, Molly served as a staff attorney for the judges in the Enotah Judicial Circuit. She then went into private practice for many years, focusing on civil litigation and representing businesses and individuals in a variety of matters. She also spent much of this time brainstorming ways to improve the traditional methods of providing legal counsel to clients, and eventually turned these ideas into Anderson Legal Innovation, LLC.. Molly lives in Forsyth County, Georgia, though she practices state-wide. She and her husband have two delightfully opinionated children and two dogs. In her free time, Molly likes to read, plant roses, and connect with friends.

Mark Burr maintains a broad-based transactional practice, representing all types of clients in commercial real estate matters. Mark started as a bankruptcy attorney in Dallas, Texas in 1989. Shortly thereafter, he then spent nearly four years practicing and learning commercial real estate law in house at an insurance company in Birmingham, Alabama. With that experience, and after a short stint at a title insurance company, Mark began the private practice of law in Atlanta with two law firms before deciding to start his own practice in 2003.. Since 2003, Mark has and continues to represent lending institutions, real estate developers, landlords, and end users in all types of commercial real estate transactions. He also handles typical matters of formation and corporate governance for small business owners.

Lisa Glauber Shippel is the managing attorney at Lisa Shippel Law, LLC.  She has been practicing law in North Fulton since 1994. Her practice concentrates in the areas of real estate, both commercial and residential; wills, trusts and probate; and general business law.. Lisa received her Juris Doctor from New York Law School in December 1993 and received her Bachelor of Science from the University of Maryland in 1991.. Lisa is a director of the Alpharetta Chapter of the Young Men's Service League and serves in advisory counsel positions on other foundations, some of which she has helped organize. She is a member of the North Fulton Bar Association, the Georgia Bar, is on the Executive Board of the Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce. She is an active member of the community and has volunteered countless hours with various religious, athletic and service organizations.. Specialties: Commercial Real Estate,  Residential Real Estate; Wills, Trusts and Estates, Probate, and Business Matters.

Kent E. Altom is Of Counsel with The Gilroy Firm.  He is a native of North Carolina and has lived in six southeastern states.  Mr. Altom is a Martindale-Hubbell® AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated Attorney.. Mr. Altom received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration (Management) from Samford University. In addition to his undergraduate and law degrees, Mr. Altom earned two graduate degrees prior to enrolling in law school—one in theology and the second in ethics, magna cum laude, from Emory University.. Mr. Altom is a recipient of his Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law where he was a member of The Order of Barristers (Trial Advocacy), a Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow (Legal Research and Writing), and a recipient of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Medal of Excellence.  Following his law school graduation, Mr. Altom completed a two-year clerkship with the Honorable Thomas B. Bennett of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Alabama.. Mr Altom is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia as member of its Board of Governors as well as the Executive Committee of the Real Property Law Section. He is also a member of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta.  In addition to practicing law at The Gilroy Firm, he teaches business law courses at Kennesaw State University’s Coles College of Business, having previously taught such courses at the University of North Georgia’s Mike Cottrell College of Business.. His legal practice is 100% related to litigation with an emphasis upon creditors’ rights, residential and commercial real estate and bankruptcy. Mr. Altom is admitted to practice law in all federal and state trial and appellate courts in Georgia and Alabama. Mr. Altom loves practicing law, feels fortunate to work alongside bright and committed professionals, and strives to be the most prepared attorney when he steps into the courtroom to represent his clients.

Kathryn Reeder and her associates specialize in both Family Law and Personal Injury.  Ms. Reeder founded  Reeder Law Firm in Alpharetta, Georgia in 1992 specializing in Family Law.  Ms. Reeder has received several appointments for the Department of Family and Children Services and the Department of Human Resourses for the State of Georgia since graduating from Georgia State University Law School in 1988.  Ms. Reeder currently represents the State of Georgia in Child Support Enforcement matters as a Special Assistant Attorney General in addition to representing clients at her private practice in Alpharetta, Georgia.. Kathryn and her associates emphasize negotiation and settlement whenever possible. Mrs. Reeder is both a certified mediator and arbitrator. She and her associates resolve approximately 85% of their cases without the necessity of an expensive and lengthy trial process.

I'm an Atlanta native, but I've never lived in the actual city of Atlanta.  I like to fish, ride bicycles and motorcycles, and play with cars - driving them, working on them, just looking at them, talking about them, etc.  I love target shooting.  My husband and I have his daughter from his first marriage, a son-in-law, and two wonderful grandkids.  I know from experience what the issues created by a blended family situation are, which helps me immeasurably when dealing with clients who are part of them.  I read insatiably and I try to learn at least one truly new thing everyday, so I read everything from materials which help keep me up to date in my law practice to books and articles about things which I just find interesting, like quantum physics, thermodynamics, marketing, history, other cultures, and studies about how the mind works.  I also believe strongly that we should all attempt to be as polite, fair, honest, and morally and ethically correct as possible in our everyday lives, and I try to live by that belief.

I own and manage a successful Trust and Estate Planning and Corporate Respresentation Law Practice in the Greater Atlanta, Georgia area.  My focus is providing financial, inheritance and settlement planning for families with supplemental needs children or relatives.  I assist clients with distributions from retirement plans, business succession planning, charitable giving, and estate planning and administration to reduce federal estate taxes and effect meaningful legacies.  I represent closely held business organizations, including family owned businesses and profecssional practices.  I draft and negotiate complex contractual service arrangements, employment, compensation and confidentiality agreements. I am a member in good standing of the Georgia and Florida State Bar Associations.

I help my clients avoid probate, protect their assets, and transfer assets to their heirs.  We focus on custome designs of Trusts and Estate Planning. We practice in just one area of the law to best serve our clients.

I help individuals and families safeguard their financial future and the care of their loved ones through customized estate planning, delivered with exceptional and compassionate client service.  Whether you need documents such as Wills, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, or Advance Health Care Directives, or need advice on how to structure ownership or beneficiary designations on bank, investment, and retirement accounts, the law firm of Morgan & DiSalvo, P.C. will provide you with thorough knowledge and excellent client care.

I am an Estate Planning, Elder Law, and Accredited VA attorney, practicing in Atlanta, Georgia, and serve all of the State of Georgia. My practice encompasses Wealth Management, Wills, Trusts, all aspects of Elder Law, and I help our Veterans and their widows obtain the Veterans Benefits they have earned through their service to our country. I assist clients who qualify for Aid and Attendance and Homebound benefits.. I am an instrument-rated, multi-engine commercial pilot and retired parachutist (after having broken a leg during a jump in Denver, Colorado), a voracious reader, love sailing off Charleston, and cool, new computer technology that comes onto my radar. I volunteer my time to a number of charitable organizations including SeniorNet, a program to teach seniors how to use computers and the internet, and am an avid fan of Tar Heel basketball.

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David Belle Isle is a fifth-generation Atlantan.  He earned his B.B.A. in marketing from the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business (Athens), 1997. He received his M.B.A. from Georgia State University’s J. Mack College of Business (Atlanta) and his J.D. from Georgia State’s College of Law in 2000. He practiced real-estate law in the metropolitan area for seven years before founding the Belle Isle Law Group, LLC (Alpharetta), concentrating his practice in commercial real estate law.. David specializes in closing commercial real estate and other secured-transaction loans, involving both conventional and Small Business Administration 7(a) and 504 funding. He has experience designing and implementing documentation strategies to collateralize real estate, equipment, income streams, guaranties and lease obligations. He represents national, regional and local banks in term loans, lines of credit and construction loans, facilitating the refinance and purchase of mid-rise office buildings, shopping centers, assisted-living facilities, auto dealerships, franchises, hotels, restaurants, skate rinks, bowling allies, multi-family developments, inventory and equipment. He represents landlords and tenants in leases involving retail, office and industrial warehouse facilities; lease-purchase transactions, and management and asset-purchase agreements. David also assists clients in the creation of corporations, limited liability corporations and partnerships.. David has been named a Top Young Attorney in Georgia (2009 and 2012) by Atlanta Magazine’s Super Lawyers edition, ‘a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.’ He has also been named Best Attorney by My Alpharetta Magazine (2012).. Admitted to practice law in the State of Georgia, David is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and the North Fulton Bar Association. Specific to his area of practice, David is a member of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders and the Georgia Lender’s Quality Circle. He is also a member of the Alpharetta Business Association and the Johns Creek Business Association.. An active community leader, David has served as an Alpharetta City Councilman and currently serves as Mayor. As Mayor of Alpharetta, David has worked to reinvent and energize the city’s downtown corridor. Together with Council, he has branded Alpharetta the Technology City of the South. He launched the state’s first Technology Advisory Commission, tapping into the leadership of Alpharetta’s 900-plus technology firms, and worked to win the bid to make Alpharetta home to Gwinnett Technical College’s new North Fulton campus.. David serves on the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Alpharetta Convention & Visitors Bureau Board of Directors and the North Fulton Mayor’s Association. He is also a member of the Alpharetta Rotary Club.. David’s past-times include bible study, golf and the occasional hunting weekend with friends. He is a member of North Point Community Church, where he has led couples’ small groups, and he volunteers for Alpharetta (Cub Scout) Pack 1429. He and his wife are raising their two children in Alpharetta.

CURRENT POSITIONS. Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC, Alpharetta, Georgia (formerly Briskin & Associates, L.C.). Attorney.  Assist clients in matters involving business law (incl. general corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, franchise law, employment law, securities, partnership and LLC law, and commercial litigation), commercial real estate (incl. commercial lease preparation and negotiation, sales, and acquisitions), and non-profit corporations (incl. the formation of and application for tax-exempt status for charitable organizations, private foundations, trade associations, and other non-profit organizations).  May 1999 to present.. Reinhardt College, McCamish School of Business, Waleska & Alpharetta, Georgia. Adjunct Professor.  Teach courses for business, communication and organizational leadership students, including Business Law and Ethics, Media Law, and Entrepreneurial Law.  January 2001 to present.. Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Alpharetta, Georgia. Member, Board of Directors.  Advise regarding goals and activities of the GNFCC, assist in recruiting members for the GNFCC, and communicate issues of concern to the constituents of the GNFCC to elected officials.  October 2006 to present.. 400 Technology Connection, Alpharetta, Georgia. Founder, Steering Committee Member.  Member of seven-member committee that conceived, planned, and implemented the 400 Technology Connection in coordination with Microsoft Corp.  June 2004 to present.. Alpharetta Economic Development Authority, Alpharetta, Georgia. Director & Officer.  Appointed by the Alpharetta City Council to the authority charged with promoting economic development in the City of Alpharetta.  January 2007 to present.. Alpharetta Downtown Development Authority, Alpharetta, Georgia. Director.  Appointed by the Alpharetta City Council to the authority charged with promoting economic development  in the downtown area of the City of Alpharetta.  May 2007 to present.

Business litigation attorney with over 32 years of experience providing goal oriented and cost effective represenation in state and federal courts for small and large sized businesses.. Areas of practice include business litigation, insurance coverage, construction, employment, real estate, debtor/creditor, landlord/tenant, and shareholder/partnership disputes.. Practicing in Alpharetta, Roswell, Milton, Johns Creek, Cumming, Canton and throughout the metro Atlanta area including Fulton, Forsyth, Cherokee, Gwinnett, Cobb and DeKalb Counties.. LinkedIn information at .