Top Commercial Lawyers Near Me in Atlanta Area

Simon Ahn is an attorney with more than 22 years of experience and has been managing partner and counsel for the law firm of Ahn and Associates, LLC since 1996. He specializes in commercial real estate development and transactions, business immigration, and international business law.. Mr. Ahn has personally negotiated and successfully transacted more than 2000 business and real estate transactions and has personally developed numerous shopping centers, hotels and office buildings.. Admitted to practice in all major federal and state courts in New York and Georgia, Mr. Ahn has been a successful litigator who has won multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements. He is rated as Top Lawyers in Georgia by The Legal Network and Martin Dale Hubbell.. Mr. Ahn most recently has been working on next generation of cleantech technologies, especially with transforming fleet vehicles with plug-in hybrid powertrains and reclaiming waste materials through Green Box technologies. The conversion of fleet vehicles, he believes, is the fastest way to reduce CO2 emission by 28% before 2020, as mandated by President Obama.  These cleantech technologies would also help restore the manufacturing base in the U.S.. Mr. Ahn is the principal, owner, and CEO of the Green Detroit Regional Center () and the Green USA Regional Centers as well as Managing Partner for all SMS Investment Group, LLC’s. He sits on the Board of many corporations, including ALTe (), Green Box North America (), Coherix (), The Global Cleantech Fund (), and The Ahn Foundation.. Mr. Ahn graduated from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1986 and earned his Juris Doctorate degree from Hofstra University School of Law in 1991, where he attended with full academic scholarship.

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.

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.

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.

Mitchell Benjamin is a partner at DeLong, Caldwell, Bridgers, Fitzpatrick, & Benjamin, LLC with 26 years of experience. Mitchell was born and raised in New York City and began his practice in NYC.. Mitchell focuses primarily on the practice areas of wage and hour law and commercial litigation He has represented more than a thousand employees in a variety of employment-related disputes involving retaliation, unpaid overtime, minimum wages, sexual harassment, and discrimination claims based on race, age, gender, national origin and disability in both the state and federal courts.. He is dedicated to the unique interests of each individual, business, and union that comes to him for help. Mitchell applies his mediation skills to resolve claims by settlement and agreement when possible. However, he is ready to aggressively litigate cases in court when necessary to achieve justice.. Mitchell frequently represents public safety officers — such as police, firefighters, corrections officers, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics — in overtime cases brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), in addition to handling their grievances, appeals, and civil service hearings. He also represents firefighter unions in the Georgia counties of Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Rockdale, and Coweta. In 2008, Mitchell represented more than 600 City of Atlanta police officers in an overtime lawsuit, resulting in a $7,500,000 settlement. In 2013, Mitchell won a $2.6 million jury verdict in a single employee race discrimination case.. Because of his extensive knowledge of labor laws, several proactive businesses and public entities have retained Mitchell’s services to review their overtime and wage policies for compliance issues and to recommend important changes.. Mitchell has appeared as a guest on The Layman’s Lawyer on PBS.

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.

Jessica Reece Fagan is a family law attorney. She is the CEO and Founding Partner at Fagan Law Group, LLC, a private, boutique family law practice located in Atlanta, Georgia. A natural extrovert, Jessica thrives in assisting clients and their families. She specializes in handling cases such as divorces, high asset negotiation and litigation, complex custody and child support disputes, family planning including prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, and related matters.. In addition to practicing family law full time, Jessica is highly involved in lawyer-related groups. She is active in the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association. Jessica is also on the Leadership Council for the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, a member of Lawyer's Club of Atlanta, a Next30 Member of the Southern Environmental Law Center and a graduate of the YLD Leadership Academy Class of 2014. She is also the former editor of the DeKalb Bar Association newsletter, which won best newsletter during her tenure.. Jessica loves her city and is heavily involved in her community. She is an active supporter of several local community non-profits, including Georgia Organics. She is also the former Board President of Generation Green and a former Board Member of the Wylde Center.. A former newspaper journalist, Jessica regularly authors articles, web blogs, newsletter features, white papers/position papers, speeches, presentations, press releases, and media pitch materials.

James M. Poe is an experienced and effective personal injury plaintiff’s attorney with particular expertise in medical malpractice. In practice since 1974, Jim has held a Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV (its highest rating) for more than 25 years, and has been voted a Georgia Superlawyer in medical malpractice by his peers every year from 2007-2017.. Jim began his law career as an insurance defense litigator with Swift, Currie, McGhee and Hiers, then left in 1983 with seven other partners to form the firm Drew, Eckl, and Farnham, also an insurance defense practice. His years of experience in representing insurance companies in serious cases taught him the issue analysis  and presentation skills that effectively move insurors toward  settlement.. While at Drew, Eckl, Jim handled a number of plaintiff’s matters – an experience he found both challenging and rewarding.  In 2003, he determined to enter a plaintiff’s practice full-time, forming the firm James M. Poe, P.C. He has handled a wide variety of personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability and wrongful death cases with significant positive results, including multiple seven and high-six-figure verdicts and settlements. In addition to negotiating many large settlements, Jim has won a number of sizable victories at trial, and has defended those verdicts as lead counsel in more than 40 appeals before the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 5th and 11th Circuits.. Jim offers close personal attention to each client. He believes in being responsive and when he is in the office he answers his own phone so that clients can reach him and get a prompt response. He attacks each case with the belief that the truth is found in the details.  His attention to detail, both in understanding and developing the underlying facts of the case and determining the law which will control the case has been the  key to his success.

It’s Not Just Any Business.  It’s YOUR Business.. Trust among business partners is essential to success. When you discover that your business partner is not deserving of that trust, you need attorneys who focus on resolving business disputes. Most fights are over one of three things: ownership, money, or control. Whatever the source of the conflict, we help you turn anger into action.. Our business dispute attorneys in Atlanta work with business owners locked into a struggle with their partners. We help them figure out a way to work together…or not. Each business relationship is unique. Our job is to help you find the best solutions for your individual situation.

I've been praticing in the Atlanta area since 1985. My focus is real estate and commercial litigation. My client base includes small to medium sized banks and companies. I also represent a varied group of developers, builders, investors and entrepreneurs. I equally enjoy presiding over complex commercial real estate transactions and appearing in the courtroom, typically over matters involving contracts and leases. I have been married for 21 years and have 2 children. I enjoy golf, watching sports, especially SEC football, and spending time with family and friends.

I focus on devising efficient, effective and creative solutions to complex legal problems. Whether dealing with transactions or litigation, I counsel my clients to assume very little and to be realistic in their plans and expectations. I further advise them that they must be honest with me in order to enable me to maximize my effectiveness in providing legal representation to them.

I am a fiduciary litigator with a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School as well as both accounting and finance degrees, summa cum laude, from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. My litigation practice at Gaslowitz Frankel LLC involves representing family members, corporate fiduciaries and business owners in complex will, trust, estate, guardianship and partnership disputes.. My firm handles potential breaches of fiduciary duties and disputes in probate matters, estates, wills, trusts, guardianships, businesses, and partnerships. To my clients, I am a counselor in every sense of the word. I guide people in making both legal and practical decisions in times of enormous emotional stress, while at the same time helping them gain perspective on what matters and what is oftentimes distraction or noise. I publish and lecture frequently in the area of fiduciary disputes and particularly on the resolution and avoidance of those disputes, and have been interviewed frequently by national publications, including the New York Times, Fortune Magazine, Time Magazine, and U.S. News and World Report. I have also appeared numerous times on CNN and several local media outlets as an expert commentator on high-profile estate and trust disputes in the news. For more information, please email or call.

Glenn M. Lyon is a member of Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite and an AV-rated business attorney specializing in providing legal services to small and medium-sized, privately-held businesses and start-up companies, including transactional services and commercial litigation. Mr. Lyon also handles corporate mergers and acquisitions of various small businesses, and also manages business contracts such as buy-sell agreements, franchise agreements, beta and licensing agreements, and employment/ independent contractor agreements. Mr. Lyon also has experience in alternate dispute resolution, both as a participant and as a mediator and arbitrator.. Before founding MacGregor Lyon, Mr. Lyon practiced commercial litigation at King & Spalding, LLP in Atlanta and was employed as general corporate counsel for Cedar Consulting Group, an international information technology consulting company based in the United Kingdom and nationally in Baltimore, Maryland.. Mr. Lyon attended Wake Forest University where he received a Bachelor of Arts in History and a minor in Psychology. He obtained his Juris Doctorate from Mercer University School of Law, where he graduated in the top of his class, was conferred The Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Legal Writing and served as Vice President and co-founder of the Mercer Legal Aid Clinic.. Mr. Lyon is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and a former member of the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Bar Association, as well as the Past Chair of the SP/SF Section of the Atlanta Bar. He is also currently a board member of the International & Immigration Law Section of the Atlanta Bar, a member of the Intellectual Property and Business Law sections of the Georgia Bar, and a member of the Business and Finance section of the Atlanta Bar. In addition, Mr. Lyon is the Vice President and current member of the Board of Directors of the Soaring Owls Foundation, Inc.  He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Georgia, the Court of Appeals of Georgia, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.  Mr. Lyon lives in Atlanta with his wife and two sons.

George Menden is a cofounding partner of MendenFreiman.  His practice focuses on the areas of business law, business tax planning, wealth  planning, wills and trusts, and asset protection.  His expertise in highly complex midmarket transactions, combined with his extensive knowledge of business, tax, and estate planning, provides his clients with world-class representation and wealth-transfer strategies.  George represents companies with domestic and international operations in manufacturing, distribution and service sectors.  He often advises business clients throughout all stages of their development from business formation, growth, maturity and ultimately a sale, which results in financial freedom for his clients.. George began his career as a certified public accountant with Ernst & Young where he focused on the accounting and tax complexities of mergers and acquisitions.  He then joined Alston & Bird in 1985 as a business transaction attorney.  George is a frequent guest speaker on business, taxation and estate planning topics and previously served as the tax editor for Professional Excellence, a publication for dentists and orthodontists.

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

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.

Charles H. ( Chuck ) Kuck" is an internationally recognized immigration attorney. Chuck has been helping people navigate the complex area of U.S. Immigration Law for more than 30 years. Chuck is a past National President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association ( AILA ) . He is also the Managing Partner of Kuck Baxter ImmigrationLLC, Georgia’s largest boutique immigration practice. He also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Emory University Law School, where he teaches the immigration law classes each year. He is listed in Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who of International Corporate Immigration Attorneys, Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers Global, The World' Leading Lawyers For Businesses, in Atlanta Magazine as a Georgia Super Lawyer, and is recognized by Georgia Trend Magazine as one of the "Legal Elite" in the state of Georgia.  He has spoken to numerous legal and business conferences on all immigration related topics, has testified in Congress on various aspects of Immigration Law and Immigration Reform, is frequently quoted in the national press, has appeared regularly on television and cable news outlets, and has litigated extensively against the government on a variety of immigration issues. He has handled an extraordinary variety of immigration cases, including a number that have received national attention, including that of 21 Savage,  Youssef Megahed and Sascha Herrera.    He has represented world acclaimed researchers and scientists, humble asylum seekers, Fortune 500 companies, and small emloyers and investors.   If you want to visit his law firm, you can find them at , or you can email him directly at   You can listen to his podcast on , The Immigration Hour, read his comments on Twitter @Ckuck, or read his blog at , Musings on Immigration.

Assists corporate and individual clients to obtain non-immigrant visas as well as lawful permanent residence in the U.S. through employment and family based petitions.