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We help clients with the legal and financial considerations associated with long-term care.  The legal planning typically includes estate and incapacity planning documents and reviewing ownership and beneficiaries of current assets.  The financial planning typically includes strateges for protecting assets and accessing helpful benefits to help pay for care.

Vanessa S. Perlman is an attorney and policy advisor in Jolley Law Group’s Atlanta office, where she focuses on corporate and nonprofit governance, commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, and other transactional matters for health industry clients.

Thomas Rosseland represents clients engaged in all areas of business, including heavy equipment financing and leasing companies, retail and wholesale distribution businesses with credit facilities, and importers of high quality and high-value products for the consumer and business markets. These clients are based in and operate on the local, regional, national as well as international level. Over the past 24 years of legal practice, Mr. Rosseland has worked with and successfully handled a wide array of complex legal matters for individual and corporate clients, with a dedicated focus on achieving client goals in a manner aligned with the client’s values, goals, and vision. Early in his career, Mr. Rosseland served as in-house counsel for Exxon Corporation (now ExxonMobil). Mr. Rosseland's experience as in-house counsel for a global corporation has provided him with a unique sensitivity to the needs of business clients and their in-house counsel.

Stephen A. Winter is the Managing Partner of WCZ and dedicates much of his practice to resort and land development, the representation of community associations, general corporate, business and finance transactions, workouts and real estate law. Stephen is significantly involved, on a national basis, in the representation of developers of planned and resort communities, including golf course communities, mixed-use developments, residential communities, condominium developments, vacation ownership or timeshare regimes and associations within these types of developments. He is also very active in community association law representing residential and office condominiums, townhome developments, mixed use projects, residential community associations and master-planned communities.

Shattuck (Tucker) Ely is a trial attorney with ten years of experience litigating complex civil cases. His diverse litigation practice includes a variety of business litigation matters, with an emphasis on representing policyholders in disputes with insurance carriers.

Roger Kirschenbaum is a partner in MendenFreiman’s estate planning, trust and estate administration and business practice areas. His primary areas of practice include estate planning, probate and estate administration, general corporate and business law, and related tax-planning matters. He primarily works with high-net-worth clients and owners of closely held businesses to devise plans that achieve both fundamental and complex estate-related goals.. Roger has significant experience in probate matters relating to wrongful death negligence cases. In addition, he previously served as a public arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. From 1985 to 1996, he represented professional athletes as a registered contract advisor with the National Basketball Players Association and the National Football League Players Association. Prior to joining MendenFreiman in 2017, Roger had his own private practice and was an of counsel attorney with Wagner, Johnston & Rosenthal, P.C. He currently serves on the Emory University Gift Planning Advisory Council.

Richard C. Mitchell is a partner with Mitchell & Shapiro LLP. He concentrates on personal injury matters, including medical malpractice, product liability, and aviation accidents. In 2003 and 2014, he was voted by his peers in Georgia Trend magazine as one of Georgia's "Legal Elite" in the personal injury area. From 2005 through 2015 the readers of Atlanta Magazine voted him a “Georgia Super Lawyer” in personal injury litigation. He is regarded as one of the most experienced personal injury and medical malpractice lawyers in the Atlanta, Georgia area.. Richard C. Mitchell was an associate and partner with the major law firm Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy for over 14 years before leaving to start his own firm in 1997. During that time, he successfully represented numerous manufacturers and insurers in product liability cases, including manufacturers of automobiles, aircraft and aircraft components, forklifts, woodworking machinery, chemicals, conveyor belts, and electric limit switches. He left the large firm in order to concentrate on representing injured individuals. Mr. Mitchell’s years of experience defending clients in personal injury cases and working with insurance companies have given him a unique insight into the civil litigation process and an ability to work with defendants to obtain favorable results for his clients. He is a successful veteran of more than 100 trials, arbitrations, and mediations; he therefore has the experience and skills to achieve his clients' goals before a judge and jury in the event a settlement cannot be reached. As one of the finest personal injury lawyers in Atlanta, Georgia, Richard C. Mitchell has been a frequent speaker at seminars and the author of chapters in several treatises and legal articles.

Peter F. Schoenthaler is the founder of the Schoenthaler Law Group. Mr. Schoenthaler is a business lawyer with a broad based background in many areas of the law. He brings substantial experience in corporate and transactional law and significant, varied experience in both federal and state litigation matters.. Mr. Schoenthaler started his career in consulting for the accounting and business consulting firm Arthur Andersen. He subsequently worked for an Atlanta based general practice firm where he gained experience in broad and diverse areas of the law before joining an intellectual property and corporate boutique firm where he developed expertise in those specialized practice areas.. On the litigation side, Mr. Schoenthaler is accomplished in many areas of law and has successfully represented clients in hundreds of cases, including business and complex litigation, patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret claims and business litigation.. Mr. Schoenthaler is permanently admitted to the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh and Tenth Circuits. In addition to handling cases across the United States, he is permanently admitted in the United States District Courts for the Northern District of Georgia, Eastern District of Texas, District of Colorado, District of Connecticut, and the Eastern District of Michigan.. On the corporate side, Mr. Schoenthaler’s areas of expertise include corporate and business transactions, mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financing transactions, corporate and securities law and compliance, intellectual property and technology transactions and counseling relating to business transactions (including new business formation, strategic alliances, joint ventures, distribution agreements, secured transactions and general commercial/UCC matters). His experience spans a variety of business sizes and types, and with companies doing business in a wide range of industries, including software and technology, information technology, venture capital, portfolio company management, and private equity.

Originally from Cobb County, Georgia, I returned by way of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida to the Atlanta area after graduating from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in 2006.  In law school, I focused on sharpening the litigation and negotiation skills that I rely on today in my practice on a day to day basis.  Prior to law school, I graduated with honors from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's Degree in Finance.. In law practice, I have earned experience defending large insurance insurers and self-insureds, but have also successfully prosecuted injury claims on behalf of clients. With this valuable experience, I strive to give personal attention to each case and provide high quality legal services, whether I represent the plaintiff or the defendant.. My practice offers the personal attention, efficient representation and experienced decision-making needed to maximize recovery for my clients or otherwise defend their interests in a professional yet aggressive manner. My law practice is devoted to guiding injured workers and accident victims through the claims process and achieving excellent results. I operate a solo practice based on relationships and referrals rather than volume and advertising. This allows me to provide the personal attention needed to protect the rights of those suffering from disabling injuries and maximize recovery in an aggressive yet professional manner.  I understand that my clients need advice, guidance and advocacy after they have been involved in a work accident or car crash. I use technology to increase efficiency, saving my clients time while maximizing recovery whether by negotiating a cash settlement in a car accident claim or by securing an injured worker the maximum benefits allowed by law. My extensive knowledge and past experience representing insurance companies gives me the advantage at the negotiating table and in the courtroom.. Practice Focus:. Representation of Injured Workers: Handling and prosecutionof workers’ compensation insurance claims including catastrophic, orthopedic and neurological injuries arising in the course of and in the scope of employment. Obtaining state law benefits due after disabling spinal injuries, upper and lower extremity trauma, head injuries, occupational disease and tissue burns.. Representation of Accident Victims (Personal Injury): Initiating and litigating bodily injury claims outside of work. Efficient assessment of available insurance coverage and guidance through the claims and treatment process with particular understanding of a multitude of pathologies. Maximizing claim value and negotiating settlement, whether pre-suit or in litigation.

Neera Bahl is an immigration attorney in Atlanta who began her Legal career in January 2005, when she joined a leading immigration office in Atlanta as an associate in 2005. Thereafter in 2007, she became a name partner in the immigration firm. In April 2009, she founded Neera Bahl & Associates for her independent practice of law as an Atlanta immigration attorney. Earlier, Ms. Bahl interned at the Jimmy Carter Center (Human Rights Division); worked as a Constituent Representative for U.S. Rep. Denise Majette (GA Dem. '04-'05), focusing on immigration issues; and served as law clerk for Fulton County Superior Court Judge Honorable Gail S. Tusan.

Nathan Johns is a senior associate in MendenFreiman’s business and estate planning practice areas. He joined MendenFreiman in 2012 and previously practiced with Foltz Martin, LLC. Nathan is a strategic advocate providing outside general counsel services and regularly represents private entities on business and transaction structuring, mergers and acquisitions, capital investment and financing. He counsels clients on the development, negotiation and documentation of partnership, shareholder, joint-venture and limited liability company agreements, and also provides guidance on board, shareholder and other corporate governance issues.. Nathan represents companies and individuals in all aspects of commercial real estate transactions in retail, office and industrial sectors.  His clients include owners, private lenders, and investors involved in financing, acquisitions, and dispositions of commercial real estate across the Southeast.. In addition to business and real estate law, Nathan assists clients with estate planning, including transfer of assets, succession planning for owners of family businesses, and charitable giving strategies. He finds it rewarding to help his clients achieve their personal, family, business and charitable objectives.

My practice focuses on representing individuals and business owners in tax planning and disputes as well as in the day to day operation of their businesses.

My background includes extensive commerical real estate experience (including acquisition/disposition and leasing), and I have participated in transactions throughout the United States and internationally. Beyond real estate, I have handled a wide variety of transactional matters, as well as commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Addtionally, I have been involved in complex securitized asset transactions involving hundreds of millions of dollars. I would welcome your inquiry.

Ms. Moran is an associate in the Employee Benefits Department of Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Her practice is comprised of all aspects of executive compensation and qualified pension and welfare benefit plan legal work.

Mr. Jeffery Saxby is a Partner in the Atlanta office. Mr. Saxby has more than 15 years’ court staff and law firm experience, primarily in the areas of complex business litigation, banking and financial services litigation and labor and employment litigation. Mr. Saxby has advised and represented a wide variety of large and small corporations throughout the United States, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to start-up businesses. Mr. Saxby has litigated a broad range of disputes in local, state and federal courts and before arbitration panels, including:. Mr. Saxby received his Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Morehouse College in 1995 with a concentration in corporate finance and a minor in economics. Mr. Saxby attended the College of Law of Georgia State University, receiving his Juris Doctorate in 1998. Mr. Saxby completed a Judicial Clerkship with the State Court of Fulton County from 1998 to 2000.

Mike began his practice in Atlanta in 1982 and had a defense practice for his first six years. In January 1989, he joined Pope, Kellogg, McGlamry, Kilpatrick & Morrison, the predecessor to Pope McGlamry. Since 1989, Mike has represented individuals and entities that have been injured, damaged or otherwise harmed by others.. Mike is and has been active representing plaintiffs in personal injury, wrongful death, products and pharmaceutical liability, class actions and mass torts actions that have resulted in verdicts or settlements approaching a billion dollars. Many of these cases were the first such cases in the nation and many involved innovative, ground-breaking legal strategies. He and his partners have long been recognized both in Georgia and nationally as a go-to firm that will take on the most challenging cases and opposition.. In the last few years, Mike has focused on mass tort litigation and has served in leadership roles in several national, high profile, injury cases.  Mike has served in leadership roles in the following:. Mike lecturers frequently at AAJ, GTLA and the State Bar of Georgia. In addition, Mike serves on several rules related committees of the Georgia Bar.. Mike and his wife Anne, have 3 beautiful and talented daughters, Caroline, Kate and Elizabeth. In his spare time, Mike remains active athletically; serves as an active member of Haygood United Methodist Church; and supports all things Wake Forest.

Michael Lee Chapman has over thirty-five years of experience in litigation, arbitration and mediation.. A founding Director and Past Chair of the Construction Law Committee of the Atlanta Bar Association, Mike has handled legal cases involving all phases of the construction industry including airports, bridges, reinforced concrete, structural steel, residential, multi-family, high-rise construction, parking structures, swimming pools, roofing, energy co-generation facilities, excavation, glass, brick, stone work, EIFS, stucco, paving, foundations, water drainage, earth walls, retaining walls, scheduling and delays, erosion and sedimentation control, electrical, mechanical, mold, OSHA, and building code violations. Mike has negotiated complex construction contracts for an international baggage handling contractor for airport projects across the United States.. In addition, he has handled plaintiff claims for casualty losses on fire and commercial general liability insurance policies, insurance coverage disputes, business litigation, employment covenants, non-complete agreements, conflicts between partners in dissolving businesses and website development disputes. He has negotiated home buy-back agreements on two occasions for families who purchased seriously defective homes.. Mike has has provided legal counsel for a variety of real property conflicts, including commercial ground leases, title disputes and settlement of estates. He has litigated easements, zoning and building codes, housing code violations, landlord-tenant disputes, condemnation and inverse condemnation, zoning and related issues.. Mike serves as outside counsel to a major apartment developer with properties in Georgia, Florida and Texas.. He has presented seminars on construction claims, mechanics’ liens and surety bonds for the Cambridge Institute. He has extensive experience with mechanics’ lien disputes and has represented sureties, principals and obligees in a wide variety of claims on performance and payment bonds. He has served as counsel for the plaintiff on suits on guaranty agreements as well as defending parties who have been sued on general agreements of indemnity issued to surety companies. He has represented sureties in liquidation and as well as subrogation proceedings for performing sureties.. Mike has served both as an advocate and an arbitrator on numerous disputes before the American Arbitration Association and has tried many judge and jury trials to a verdict in both state and federal courts. He has resolved hundreds of cases through the use of mediation, including pre-suit mediation.. Mike has been rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™ for over 20 years.. An Eagle Scout, Mike has served for many years as a commissioner for the Boy Scouts of America.. Mike obtained his law degree from the University of Virginia. While in law school he was a member of the National Moot Court team. He obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky where he graduated With High Distinction in the University Honors Program and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society.

Michael A. Prieto founded the firm’s nursing home wrongful death practice and has developed it into one of the largest Long-Term Care plaintiffs’ practices in Georgia, recovering millions of dollars for clients in the process.. His litigation work focuses on representing patients and families against assisted living, skilled nursing, acute, sub acute and long-term care facilities. He advocates for fair compensation when wrongful acts and omissions are discovered, and through aggressive efforts tries to assure that the same thing will never happen to another innocent victim.. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including Larry King, Oprah, Paula Zahn, Today, Good Morning America, Donahue and others. He has been quoted by the Los Angeles Times and other print media.. Mr. Prieto cares deeply about his community and has organized many pro bono clinics for the elderly poor throughout the state of Georgia, preparing wills, powers of attorney, and providing general legal advice in senior centers and churches. He has, without compensation, given advice to nursing homes and assisted living facilities with the hope of improving resident care.. Mr. Prieto serves as County Administrator in Bartow County, as well as Probate Judge pro tempore. He has also served in the U.S. Army JAG Corps and is a combat veteran of wars in the Middle East. He is an active member of the American Association for Justice and the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. He is a member of the AAJ Nursing Home Litigation Group and Chair of the GTLA Nursing Home Litigation Group.

Matt Gilligan’s law practice focuses on employment law and litigation.  He has successfully defended employers in all types of employment-related litigation, regularly counsels employers on compliance with workplace laws, and he has extensive experience defending employers in government investigations, including OSHA investigations and U.S. DOL wage and hour audits.  Before founding HAGRS LLP, Matt was a Partner at the national law firm of Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta for nine years.  He is recognized by SuperLawyers® as a “Georgia Super Lawyer” (employment law), by Best Lawyers in America® (employment law), and by Georgia Trend Magazine’s “Legal Elite” in Georgia.  He is a frequent lecturer on employment law and related human resources topics, and he has published several articles on employment law topics in various publications.  Matt is a retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (JAG Corps), having served 22 years in the U.S. Army and Reserves, in both the combat arms (Infantry) and in the Army JAG Corps, as a criminal prosecutor and litigation counsel.  He was an Army Ranger, and was Airborne- and Air Assault-qualified.  Matt is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) (BS) (Distinguished Cadet, top 5%), the University of Georgia School of Law (JD) (Order of the Coif, Editor-in-Chief of UGA Law Review), and the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School (LLM) (Honor Graduate).

Marc D’Annunzio is a member of Alston & Bird's Financial Services & Products Group. Marc focuses his practice on complex corporate and commercial transactions—mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, strategic alliances and new product launches—both within and outside the U.S. for companies in the payments industry, including banks, transaction processors, ISOs, merchants and B2B payment service providers. In doing so, he combines a thorough knowledge of relevant laws, regulations and payment association rules with a pragmatic, results-focused approach. Marc has been designated as a Certified Payments Professional by the Electronic Transactions Association, one of the leading organizations representing the payments industry.. Marc also has significant experience in corporate governance, venture capital and private equity investments, licensing, and general corporate and commercial counseling.. Read more:. Specialties: Payments, M&A, joint ventures, divestitures, strategic alliances, international transactions and commercial relationships.

Kitt Shipe is a Franchise Times Legal Eagle and 1851 Legal Player Award recipient.  She has helped dozens of start-up and seasoned franchisors in virtually every industry.  Her experience spans over 20 years in private practice, and as lead franchise counsel for a multi-brand franchisor with six nationally known brands and an Atlanta-based franchisor with over 10,000 franchisees in the United States and globally.  Kitt is also a seasoned corporate attorney, who has handled dozens of asset purchases, stock deals, mergers, employment contracts and commercial contracts.  Kitt graduated from University of North Carolina School of Law in 1996 with honors. Kitt’s contact information is or

Kirk joined Pope McGlamry in 2006 and he is located in the Atlanta office. Kirk graduated from Auburn University in 1992 with a degree in Finance and accepted a commission in The United States Marine Corps the same year. He served as an infantry officer with the Second Marine Division and the Fourth Marine Division and in 2001 received his J.D. from the University of Alabama. In 2003, he was deployed with part of the Marine Corps Reserves to Wasit Province, Iraq as a part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.. Mr. Pope is currently focusing on practicing law in the areas of tort liability, personal injury, products liability, commercial litigation, consumer protection, and wrongful death.

Joseph A. White is a trial lawyer who specializes in handling and effectively resolving business disputes, employment disputes, and personal injury litigation. Mr. White has been recognized multiple times as a “Georgia Super Lawyer Rising Star” and as a member of Georgia’s “Legal Elite”.. Mr. White joined Fried & Bonder in 2006, after spending five years training with one of Atlanta’s largest and most reputable law firms. Since joining Fried & Bonder, Mr. White has effectively and efficiently resolved dozens of business and employment disputes for companies large and small. Mr. White has also recovered millions of dollars on behalf of employees, personal injury victims, and other aggrieved clients. Mr. White prides himself on delivering excellent client service and achieving his clients’ objectives efficiently and cost-effectively.. Mr. White graduated with honors from Tulane Law School in 2001, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and also served as managing editor of the Tulane Law Review. Mr. White is a native of Atlanta and attended college at Emory University where he studied philosophy and political science.

Jeremy Moeser is a partner at Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & DeLoach, LLP (formerly Caldwell, Propst & DeLoach, LLP) whose practice focuses on estate and trust litigation, fiduciary litigation, and general business litigation.  Mr. Moeser has obtained favorable results for his clients in all stages of litigation, including trial.. Mr. Moeser represents individuals and corporate clients.  His corporate clients have included businesses of all sizes, including large publicly traded corporations and small closely held businesses.  In his practice, Mr. Moeser has successfully handled a variety of disputes, including the following:. •Will, estate, and trust disputes;. •Closely held business shareholder/partnership disputes;. •Business torts and other commercial disputes;. •Contract disputes;. •Lease disputes;. •Land condemnation disputes; and. •Catastrophic personal injury wrongful death cases.. Mr. Moeser represents clients in state and federal courts throughout Georgia at both the trial and appellate court levels.  He also has significant experience with alternative forms of dispute resolution.. Before joining Caldwell, Carlson, Elliott & DeLoach, LLP, Mr. Moeser was a litigator at a large international law firm for nearly ten years.  He also served as a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr., in Savannah, Georgia for two years.. Mr. Moeser attended the College of William & Mary, where he graduated in 1995.  He graduated from Mercer University Law School, cum laude, in 1998.  He was a member of the Mercer Law Review while in law school.

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