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For more than 24 years, Jonathan W. Johnson, LLC has been one of the go-to personal injury law firms in Georgia for clients who want to hire some of the state's most competent lawyers. They have experts in the areas of car accidents, wrongful death, personal injury, aviation law, PTSD, and medical malpractice as well as business and labor laws. This award-winning firm is recognized by peers and is praised by customers for being client-centered and results-driven.. "I care very deeply about my clients and take the time to get to know them as people so that I fully appreciate all of their concerns.  I always return client phone calls and answer all their questions fully.  I have a long track record of success and a great educational and professional background.  I believe that service is the key to good client relationships." - Jonathan Johnson

Experienced intellectual property and business litigator who has practiced in Atlanta for 20 years.  I focus on trademark infringement and trade secret and noncompete litigation.  I have also handled litigation in all areas of business litigation including complex contracts, business torts, insurance and employment litigation.. I have been selected as a Georgia Superlawyer six times and as Georgia Trend Magazine's Legal Elite.  I am a 1993 graduate of Yale Law School and a 1989 graduate of Tulane University.

Experienced Divorce and Family Law Attorney. Our office is conveniently located at the Cobb Galleria Office Park with free parking. I zealously represent my clients in divorce, custody, visitation, contempt, child support and other family law related matters. I offer legal services in all Atlanta Metro counties. I offer a free 5-minute telephone conference and in office consultations as well. I also serve as a Guardian ad Litem for Fulton County and Cobb County.

Every person with a legal  problem is entitled to find a competent counselor  whom they trust to assist with their legal problems.  That attorney needs to go to bat for their clients to resolve the problem in a swift and economical fashion.  I take every client and every case as a serious commitment by a client to entrust me with their most personal of issues.  I intend to fully reciprocate with an equal commitment to  each client.

Evan was born and raised in Atlanta. After graduating from the University of Georgia, Evan attended Emory University School of Law. He then went on to practice law with one of the largest insurance defense firms in the Southeast. His practice focused on trucking and automobile accidents, premises liability, product liability, general negligence, wrongful death, commercial litigation and medical malpractice litigation. He practiced there for over five years before he joined with Michael to form Howell & Johnson, LLC.Evan’s practice is now focused on representing individuals injured due to the negligence of others. Evan has repeatedly been named a Georgia Rising Star® and one of Georgia’s best attorneys under the age of 40 by Atlanta Magazine and Law and Politics Magazine, an honor bestowed on less than 2.5% of all practicing attorneys in Georgia. Evan is a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the Atlanta Bar Association and the Georgia Bar Association. He is admitted to practice in the State and Superior Courts of Georgia, the Northern District of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court. Evan resides in Atlanta with his wife and three young children and in his free time he enjoys bicycling, mountain biking, hiking, jogging and competing in triathlons.

Evan L. Kaine is the founder of Kaine Law. His practice area is focused on personal injury matters, specifically automobile has been recognized in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolutionand received honors for providing pro bono legal services. He is also apart-time instructor at Georgia State University.. Education

Eric J. Hertz, P.C. represents and provides legal advice to individuals who have suffered serious injuries, including catastrophic injury and wrongful death. Mr. Hertz is the founder of Eric J. Hertz, P.C. based in Georgia.. He is also a Board Certified Trial Attorney by both the National Board of Trial Advocacy and the American Board of Trial Advocates. He graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law.. Mr. Hertz has successfully authored several books used by other attorneys throughout the State of Georgia. In addition, he has obtained several record verdicts and has tried approximately 100 jury trials as lead counsel resulting in verdicts totaling in the multi-million dollar range.. His firm, Eric J. Hertz, P.C. has earned a reputation nationwide as a knowledgeable attorney with vast experience in high-quality legal services.. His goal is to educate current lawyers and future generations of lawyers with best practices.

Elizabeth Sullivan, originally from Stone Mountain, GA, began her career as a workers’ compensation lawyer with the desire to provide a voice for individuals in need. She aims to stand up for her clients in every case and guide them through intimidating legal processes. Elizabeth cites her devotion to personalized client representation as her main reason for joining our team of talented attorneys at Hansford McDaniel LLC.. Elizabeth previously handled workers’ compensation cases for a defense firm, which helps her provide valuable insight into how employers and insurers think.. She is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association, DeKalb Bar Association, Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, and Lawyers Club of Atlanta, and has also served as a panelist at the State Board of Workers’ Compensation Regional Seminar.. Before earning her law degree from Georgia State University’s College of Law, Elizabeth studied criminal justice, speech communication, and Spanish at the University of Georgia. She is a fan of UGA football and basketball, and Atlanta United soccer.. Elizabeth also loves traveling with her husband, as well as playing with her rescue dog.

Elizabeth Stell is an associate at Insley & Race, LLC and a native of Atlanta. She specializes in medical malpractice, hospital liability, premises liability and insurance defense. Ms. Stell dedicated much of her time at The University of Georgia School of Law to its nationally recognized advocacy program. She won the 2011 J. Melvin England Mock Trial Tournament. She was selected to participate in the Joseph Henry Lumpkin American Inn of Court in Atlanta and has been inducted into the Order of Barristers.

Elaine Shofner is a partner at the law firm of Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP. She is an accomplished trial lawyer with twelve years experience in defense litigation. Elaine has tried, managed, and settled thousands of cases in complex toxic tort litigation involving asbestos, silica, and chemical inhalation cases. She is committed to delivering outstanding client service and results for her clients.. Elaine practices in the states of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. She has acted as local and regional counsel for over 40 companies, ranging from family-owned businesses to multinational corporations.

Education:. JD, Emory University School of Law ;. MBA, University of Michigan – Ross School of Business ;. BA, University of California – Santa Barbara. Throughout his career 20+ year career, Mr. Battleson has worked in deal teams as an attorney, investment banker and principal involved in operating businesses, development projects, and existing assets with a value in excess of $2.2 billion; and, as an insurance defense trial attorney defending national insurance companies, multinational self-insured companies, and the State of Georgia in matters with potential liability in excess of $100 million.. Mark graduated from Emory University School of Law in 1995, while also working for the United States Attorney’s Office as a third-year practice clerk.  Following law school, Mark clerked for the Chief Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals, and then began his litigation career working as an insurance defense attorney, defending against plaintiffs and claimants in personal injury and workers’ compensation lawsuits and claims.  During his initial trial practice, Mark prosecuted and defended hundreds of depositions of fact witnesses and medical experts, successfully defended dozens of trials, and negotiated hundreds of favorable settlements.. Mark returned to graduate school after several years of law practice and earned his MBA from University of Michigan Ross School of Business.  After business school, Mark worked in New York City for a bulge-bracket investment bank, in its Institutional Securities, Equity Division, and developed a strategy involving the analysis of derivatives (options / futures) of stocks and bonds, and their reaction to enterprise-level litigation and other significant legal and regulatory matters.  After returning to Atlanta, Mark returned to the formal practice of law representing developers and capital providers as an attorney with a large Atlanta firm, forming entities and partnerships, structuring and closing tax-credit-based equity financings and conventional debt, and handling general commercial real estate sales and financings involving retail, office, multifamily, hospitality, and land.. Prior to founding Battleson Law, LLC, Mark continued to develop his legal and finance expertise with a number of local and national investment and asset management firms, with stops in San Diego and Miami, before returning to Atlanta.  While in-house, Mark served in senior and executive, legal-focused, development, asset management, and capital markets roles, primarily involving market-rent multifamily, tax-credit multifamily, condominium, RV and MHC parks, and single-family housing.  Mark has also served as: capital markets director with the country’s largest multifamily developer, where he was responsible for the legal-heavy investment and financing activities of the company’s East Coast operations; executive of a boutique real estate investment and merchant bank in Miami, where he was responsible for managing investment and financing processes, including negotiation of all business terms in legal documentation involving debt and equity transactions for condominium and apartment developments and land; and, as a development manager of a real estate investment firm in San Diego focused on institutional debt and equity investments in residential and retail developments.. In providing alternative/consultative services, Mr. Battleson has also: wound-down and sold the hard and intellectual property assets of a manufacturing firm in Georgia; acted as counsel and eCommerce manager with a B2B Internet startup in San Francisco during the dotcom boom; acted as an expert witness providing damages opinions; and, was a member of a small, University of Michigan venture capital fund, placing investments along-side larger firms.. Whether in law firms or investment / asset management firms, Mark has continued to hone his legal skills through the real world negotiation and execution of corporate, transactional, and business contract matters, as well as providing select legal services involving catastrophic and serious injury.  Battleson Law was founded after Mark continued to see and hear business colleagues discuss nuanced “errors” in structures or transactions which were the result of attorneys without financial modeling skill / industry experience being the final preparers of documentation. Mark has been on the business side for much of his career, including responsibility for financial modeling / structuring, and he has first-hand experience of “living with” the documents after the closing. Additionally, Mark continues to selectively represent seriously injured individuals, as he finds it gratifying to provide a superior, business-like level of service and knowledge to honorable and deserving people who are up against large insurance companies or other liable parties.

Edgar L. Crossett,lll has been practicing law in Atlanta since 1972. A native of Jacksonville, Florida he graduated from Mercer University, class of 1966, with a Bachelor of Arts in English  and was a member of Phi Delta Theta. He received his legal education at the University of Georgia and Oklahoma City University where he earned his Juris Doctor in 1972. He was on the Dean's list, won the  American Jurisprudence award in Constitutional law for highest grade, the Farmer's Insurance Tuition Award for academic achievement and was a member of Phi Delta is a 1983 graduate of the National College of Advocacy, University of Miami Law School. In June of 1970 he attended the International Law summer abroad program in Majorca, Spain sponsored by the University of Georgia Law School. Attendees studied and compared European systems of law and were allowed two weeks to travel on their own after exams. He was able to tour Spain, France and Italy during that time. He holds the highest Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating for legal ability and ethics-AV-Preeminate.. He was chosen as one of the "Top Lawyers in Georgia" in 2013 by The Legal Network.. While in law school he was a law clerk in Oklahoma City with an insurance defense firm, Pierce, Duncan, Couch and Hendrickson. Upon graduation from law school and passing the Georgia Bar he relocated to Atlanta in 1972 and became an associate with Ware, Sterne and Griffin doing primarily real property law. In 1973 he formed his own firm and has had a plaintiffs personal injury trial practice for the majority of the time since. Ed has tried numerous cases to jury verdict as both lead and co-counsel and argued several cases before the Court of Appeals of Georgia and two cases before the Supreme Court of Georgia. One of those cases, Stepho v Allstate, 259 Ga 475, invalidated a portion of Allstate's family immunity clause in automobile policies and was chosen by the Fulton Daily Report as one of the most important appellate decisions of 1989.. Ed, a member of the Georgia Bar, is admitted to practice before both the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and the Supreme Court of the United States. He has served as a judge for the High School Mock Trial Competition, as a volunteer for Legal Clinic for the Homeless,1000 Lawyers for Justice and as a group leader for many years at the University of Georgia Law School for the State Bar Orientation Workshop on Professionalism for first year students. He chairs the St. Pius Scholarship Fund which assists inner city kids in Jacksonville, is a member of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta and the Old War Horse Lawyers Club and has been married since 1974 to Catherine. They have two grown sons and one granddaughter. The family enjoys tennis, hiking, boating, the beach, Lake Oconee, the Braves and Bulldogs football.

Ed Konieczny is a seasoned, Harvard-trained litigator who helps resolve business disputes effectively, efficiently, and (for his clients) as painlessly as possible.. Ed has 28 years of complex litigation experience in plaintiff’s, defense, and general practice firms.  Through March 2012, he was a partner in a large Atlanta-based corporate law firm, where he handled the firm’s most difficult cases.  Before that, he was the managing partner of a national plaintiff’s mass tort and class action law firm, where he oversaw each of the firm’s contingent litigation projects.. This combination of experience is unique among business litigators.  Ed knows how plaintiff’s lawyers think, how defense lawyers think, and what it’s like to run a multi-million dollar business.. Ed now brings his background, experience, and judgment to a new office with low overhead, so he can offer the same quality of service to business owners and small- to mid-size businesses that larger companies routinely pay to get from larger, more expensive, firms.. Ed combines the quality of a big-firm lawyer, the efficiency of a former plaintiff’s attorney, and the competitive billing rates of a small firm to provide maximum value.. Experience includes: Complex commercial litigation; business disputes; civil litigation; multi-district litigation; mass torts; class actions; trial; breach of contract; business divorces; fraud; business torts; breach of fiduciary duty; partnership and shareholder disputes; trade secrets; non-competion agreements; antitrust; unfair trade practices; commercial bribery; internal investigations; whistleblower, false claims, retaliation, and qui tam; copyright, trademark & patent disputes; federal courts; state courts; franchise, licensing, and royalty disputes; insurance coverage and denial of claims; business collections; employment disputes; church and clergy liability; professional liability; health care litigation; real estate disputes; litigation management.

Ed is a partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice group and a registered patent attorney.  His practice involves all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent procurement, trademark prosecution, copyright and trade secret.  Ed’s intellectual property experience encompasses patent prosecution, patent and IP strategy formulation, licensing, due diligence, patent opinions, and post-grant proceedings. Ed has served a variety of clients, including multinational corporations and start-up companies, in a variety of technological fields, including chemical, pharmaceutical, polymers, textiles, biotechnology, medical technology, energy, consumer products, mechanical devices, computers, software, electronics, and IoT (Internet of Things) devices.. Prior to entering private practice, Ed was a Clinical Pharmacist at Northside Hospital.  While a Clinical Pharmacist, Ed also served on numerous hospital governance committees, evaluated new drug formulary additions, participated in clinical investigational drug trials and development of therapeutic drug protocols.  Ed continues to work with health care and pharmaceutical companies, now providing counsel on issues ranging from regulatory matters before the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to health care services agreements and compliance.  Ed also enjoys serving as a mentor for start-up teams in the Georgia Tech TI:GER program, a program focusing on commercialization of postgraduate research.. Education

Ecleynne Mercy is a proud graduate of Howard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a graduate of Western Michigan University Cooley Law School with a concentration in Litigation.. Mercy Law P.C.  is a law firm dedicated to serving the people of Georgia. It is her goal to provide the highest caliber of legal representation to her clients. She does this by listening to her clients' needs, properly educating clients on the law, and fighting zealously to uphold the rights of all her clients.

During my professonal career I have represented individuals and small businesses in litigation and bankruptcy.  I have litigated cases involving contracts, torts and consumer credit claims in state court and federal court.. I have litigated a substantial number of cases involving consumer claims under the Truth in Lending Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act.. If you have a potential bankruptcy case, my office conducts a professional evaluation to determine if you are eligible to file a bankruptcy case and if so which type of bankruptcy is best for you situation.. If a bankruptcy case is filed my office provides professional, personal representation through the bankruptcy process.  We make a determination if you have any claims against crediotrs which will reduce the amount owed or, even, provide a positive settlement for you.. Please call our office for a free bankruptcy consultation.

Dr. Kasraie is a founding member of Kasraie & Fodor, LLC, with over 30 years of legal and executive business experience in industries such as finance, energy, real estate, and pharmaceuticals. He has resolved complex legal, financial, and corporate issues across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and North America. Dr. Kasraie holds a J.D. and a Ph.D. in engineering and has co-founded two law firms, including Marchman & Kasraie, LLC, and Kasraie & Fodor, LLC, specializing in corporate, securities, and international law.. Since 1998, Dr. Kasraie has served as a Financial and Economic Advisor to city governments in China. He has held leadership roles with organizations such as Al Wazzan Group (Kuwait) and Euroamerican Petroleum Corp. (U.S.). A prolific author and educator, he has co-authored books and delivered seminars on international contracts, intellectual property, and compliance. Dr. Kasraie’s achievements include the U.S. Presidential Order of Merit and the Presidential Gold Medal. He remains active in state and national politics and is affiliated with prestigious legal associations, including the Customs and International Trade Bar Association and the Swiss Chinese Law Association.

Doug Towns specializes in Employment Counseling and Employment Litigation. Before coming to Mazursky Constantine, Doug was an Employment and Labor partner in the Atlanta office of a large, international law firm. With more than 20 years of experience, Doug exclusively represents employers and focuses on the following areas:. Doug has written extensively on employment law, class and collective actions, management of complex employment litigation, e-discovery, avoidance of age discrimination claims, mental disabilities, employment issues in corporate acquisitions, contingent workers, immigration compliance, and challenges to the OFCCP’s compensation analysis. He has spoken at more than 200 employment law programs, conducted in-house management training programs, and appeared on CNN “Headline News” as an employment law commentator.. Doug is also actively involved in the community and on several boards, including serving as General Counsel for Angel Flight Soars, which provides free medical transportation to those in need.. Doug graduated from Emory University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia and served on Law Review.

Donovan D. Potter is an Atlanta-based personal injury trial attorney at Beasley Allen Law Firm. He has litigated hundreds of personal injury and insurance defense matters in Georgia. He has extensive experience handling car, truck and bus accident cases, traumatic brain injury cases, wrongful death claims, premises liability and negligent security matters. Handling these types of matters have prepared him to fight aggressively and strategically for his clients and their families.. Donovan grew up in Dayton, Ohio and graduated with his undergraduate degree in Business Management from the Farmer School of Business at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.  He also obtain an additional undergraduate degree in Kinesiology and Health, all while playing football as a Division 1 Intercollegiate scholarship athelte.  Donovan attended law school at University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. He gathered a wealth of experiences in various practice areas throughout law school and earned his Juris Doctorate in 2014.. In his personal life, Donovan is involved in various public service committees and organizations to assist the local community and pro bono groups. He also serves as a board member on his neighborhood charter school board and a local non-profit organization engaged in the fight against gentrification and advocating for affordable housing. He and his wife, also an attorney, have lived in Atlanta since 2014 and have a 2 year old son and a Boxer dog, named King.

Desmond is a native of Knoxville, TN but currently resides in Atlanta, GA with his beautiful Wife Renita Humphrey. Desmond attended Lee University in Cleveland Tennessee, where he majored in Religion with a minor in Political Science. After his tenure at Lee University he attended the University of Tennessee – Knoxville, where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science.. With his thirst for knowledge at an all-time high, Desmond decided to pursue his childhood dream of becoming an Attorney.  In December 2013 Desmond graduated from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School with a Juris Doctorate Degree in Law.

Dedicated attorney who truly cares about clients and takes pride in advising them to the best possible outcomes when they are in difficult situations.  I take pride in my evidentiary knowledge and trial strategy, and truly enjoy being in court and applying my craft.

David N. Dreyer represents individuals and businesses of all sizes in state and federal courts. David has experience with most types of complex litigation, including RICO and racketeering claims, fraud, wrongful death, catastrophic injury, shareholder disputes, insurance coverage, international litigation, employer-employee restrictive covenants, internal investigations, embezzlement investigations, complex-damage determinations, nursing-home liability, and breach of fiduciary duty.. David has both trial and arbitration experience, and he proceeds aggressively in litigation. His benchmarks for client service are promptness, efficiency and professionalism. He also has significant experience working with federal, state and local governments.. Before founding Dreyer & Sterling, LLC, David was a partner at Chamberlain Hrdlicka, a large multi-state law firm. David has argued before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, he is admitted to every court in Georgia and the United States Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. David was recognized as one of 14 attorneys under 40 “On the Rise” in the Daily Report, and he has been recognized as a Rising Star by Superlawyers.. David graduated summa cum laude from Georgia State University in 2001 and was selected for the annual President’s Award at graduation. David graduated from Emory Law with honors in 2004, where he served at Student Bar Association President, received the Dean’s Public Service award, and received the Dean’s Award for the highest grade in Accounting for Lawyers.

David Lee Windecher was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 2012 and the Florida Bar in 2014. David is a member of the Georgia and Florida Court of Appeals, the Georgia and Florida Supreme Court, the Northern District of Georgia United States District Court and the American Bar Association. David graduated Summa Cum Laude from American Intercontinental University in 2005 and received his Juris Doctorate degree from John Marshall Law School in 2012. David started his career as an intern with the Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office, where he prosecuted misdemeanor and felony cases under the Third-Year Practice Act from May 2011 thru May 2012. Prior to establishing the Windecher Firm, David was an Associate Attorney at the esteemed criminal defense firm of Arora & LaScala from November 2012 thru June 2015.. David is the Author of The AmerIcan Dream | HisStory In The Making. He published the autobiography in May of 2015 to portray the difficulty of obtaining the American dream as an impoverished minority.. David founded RED Inc. in March 2015. RED (Rehabilitation Enables Dreams) is a non-profit organization which sponsors GED (General Education Diploma or Graduate Equivalent Diploma) programs for impoverished individuals and juveniles facing non-violent criminal charges. RED’s mission is to increase literacy, reduce poverty and stop recidivism amongst America’s youth.. David is a recipient of Martindale-Hubbell’s Client Distinction Award in 2013 and 2014. He is a frequent guest on HLN’s Nancy Grace and NPR Radio as a legal expert. David specializes in criminal defense, juvenile law and expungement procedures. David is fluent in Spanish.

David Johnson, a Partner at Insley & Race, has 25 years of experience defending hospitals, medical providers and mental health professionals in catastrophic medical malpractice cases, §1983 litigation and matters before Georgia Professional boards. He has successfully defended clients in state and federal court in high exposure cases involving serious injury, wrongful death, addiction, suicide, assault, sexual assault and Constitutional claims for surgeons, anesthesiologists, hospitalists, psychiatrist and allied mental health and correctional healthcare providers. David also provides counseling on risk management and compliance issues that impact the operation and management of hospitals and physician practices.

David is a partner in the litigation group at Krevolin & Horst.  David has been selected on multiple occasions by AtlantaMagazine and Georgia Super Lawyers Magazine®as a Rising Star as one of the top defense litigators in Georgia.. David handles a wide variety of business litigation in the areas of accountant liability, business torts, contract, copyright and trademark protection, corporate governance, and trade secrets.. David graduated from the University of Michigan Magna Cum Laude in 1998 with a double honors B.A. in History and American Studies.  David is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key honor societies. David then earned his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin.