Top Administrative Lawyers Near Me in Atlanta Area

Patrick DiCarlo has over 24 years of experience counseling ERISA plan sponsors and fiduciaries on regulatory compliance issues and litigating disputes. Mr. DiCarlo has counseled and represented some of America’s largest employers regarding fiduciary and prohibited transaction concerns, service provider fees, investments in employer securities, the prudence of particular investments and investment policies, executive compensation disputes, disclosure issues and challenges to benefit claim review procedures and decisions. His practice has focused on counseling plans and financial service providers regarding fiduciary issues, prohibited transactions, fee disclosure, designing benefit claim procedures and litigating benefit disputes of all types. He also advises plan fiduciaries and service providers on fiduciary and prohibited transaction concerns with respect to investments by benefit plan investors in various investment funds.. Mr. DiCarlo is currently recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business as a leading individual in the ERISA Litigation category. He has also been listed in the 2017-2018 editions of The Best Lawyers in America©. He received his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1994, and his B.A. from the University of Georgia in 1991. He is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubel. He is admitted to practice in Georgia and in federal courts throughout the country.

Allen Lightcap focuses his practice on preparing for and taking cases to trial. As Randy Mayer and Mark Harper have taught him over the years, the best way to practice law is to know your case better than anyone else. Allen prepares every case as if he will be presenting it to a judge or jury, which adds tremendous value whether in settlement negotiations or at trial.. Prior to joining Mayer & Harper, Allen served as Assistant Attorney General under Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens. In that capacity, he represented the Professional Standards Commission against numerous teachers implicated in the Atlanta Public Schools CRCT cheating scandal. He also defended a class action lawsuit filed against Governor Nathan Deal and the Public Defender Standards Council, asserting widespread claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in a rural Georgia judicial circuit. He represented the Office of Bar Admissions and Board to Determine Fitness of Bar Applicants and successfully represented numerous superior court judges who were sued in their judicial capacities.

After spending many years in family law litigation, Melissa transitioned to working as an Assistant Attorney General for the Georgia Department of Law.  She currently works in the Law Department's Regulated Industries and Professions Division, where she primarily represents the state's professional licensing boards. Prior to working with the licensing boards, she worked in the General Litigation Division, defending state agencies in tort actions.. Melissa earned her law degree, with honors, from the University of Memphis in 2007.  While in law school, Melissa served as an articles editor for the University of Memphis Law Review. Her Note, “The Equally Shared Parenting Time Presumption—A Cure-All or a Quagmire for Tennessee Child Custody Law,” was published by the same publication in its Fall 2007 issue.. Prior to attending law school, Melissa earned a degree in communication from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and worked as a legal assistant for an attorney specializing in bankruptcy and family law.  Melissa resides in Forsyth County with her husband and two children.

Experienced Administrative attorney serving clients in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Experienced Administrative attorney serving clients in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Experienced Administrative attorney serving clients in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Experienced Administrative attorney serving clients in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Experienced Administrative attorney serving clients in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Experienced Administrative attorney serving clients in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Experienced Administrative attorney serving clients in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Experienced Administrative attorney serving clients in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Experienced Administrative attorney serving clients in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Experienced Administrative attorney serving clients in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Experienced Administrative attorney serving clients in Atlanta and surrounding areas.

Experienced Administrative attorney serving clients in Atlanta and surrounding areas.