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Trial lawyer who practices in both the state and federal level.  I have been practicing ONLY criminal defense since 1997.

Top Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer.. Saraliene has devoted 100% of her career to assisting clients in criminal cases.  She's not concerned with divorce, personal injury, or bankruptcy cases.  She wants to help you win your criminal case and stay of out of jail.  Call today for a free consultation.

Julian A. Fortuna is a member of the Corporate and Business Group at Taylor English Duma LLP where he focuses on domestic and international tax planning for business entities, owners and executives. He also represents clients in tax controversy matters before the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), the Georgia Department of Revenue and various other federal, state, local and foreign tax authorities, the United States Tax Court and the Georgia Tax Tribunal. With over 30 years of professional tax experience, Mr. Fortuna is capable of handling all tax matters related to the formation, financing, operation, restructuring, and disposition of a wide variety of business entities.  He also handles estate and trust matters.. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Fortuna was Vice President and General Tax Counsel for InterContinental Hotels Group ("IHG"). During his 12 year tenure at IHG, Mr. Fortuna was responsible for structuring the domestic and international tax impacts of numerous mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and other corporate transactions, as well as construction projects, leases, exchanges and other real and personal property transactions. Mr. Fortuna was also responsible for state and local tax matters (including property, sales/use and occupancy taxes). He also directed tax research and planning for cross-border financing, captive insurance, and the worldwide use of trade names and other intangible assets. He represented IHG before the IRS and various other tax authorities on audits, appeals, and ruling requests, and pursued tax regulatory and legislative changes for the benefit of IHG with U.S. Treasury and Congressional personnel in Washington D.C.. Prior to joining IHG, Mr. Fortuna spent eleven years in the tax department at Deloitte and Touche where he served a variety of corporate and individual clients, and prior to that he served four years in the U.S. Treasury Department at Office of the Chief Counsel for the IRS where he was responsible for litigation in the United States Tax Court. Mr. Fortuna distinguished himself at the Office of Chief Counsel by winning seven of the eight cases he tried (he won a third of the other case), including two fraud cases and an accumulated earnings tax case.. Mr. Fortuna earned a Bachelor of Arts from the City University of New York in 1977, a Juris Doctor from Rutgers University School of Law in 1980, and a Master of Laws from Emory University School of Law in 1984. He is a member in good standing of the Georgia and New York State Bar Associations and is active in various trade and professional organizations, including the American and Atlanta Bar Associations (Taxation and Fiduciary Law Sections), the International Fiscal Association and the Lawyers Club of Atlanta.

Jess Johnson graduated first in his class from the University of Georgia in 2006, where he attained degrees in political science and sociology. He then graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2009. During law school, Jess focused primarily on trial advocacy and criminal defense. As a third year law student, he was elected to the Mock Trial Executive Board and was a member of three different mock trial teams.. Jess was also heavily involved in UGA’s Criminal Defense Clinic where he represented indigent clients accused of serious crimes in the Superior Court of Athens–Clarke County. Prior to joining The Pate Law Firm, Jess worked for an Athens personal injury firm which focused on negligence claims as well as victims’ rights. Today, he remains committed to helping people who have been charged with crimes or harmed due to the negligence of others.

I have been practicing law for over 35 years. If you want a lawyer who cares about you and will fight for you, then you should contact me. You will have my direct office phone number, cell phone number and e-mail address to communicate about your case at any time.

I have been involved in the criminal justice system for over 36 years, and still enjoy representing my clients.  We all are human, some of us make mistakes, others find themselves in situations beyond their control.  When my clients are investigated or prosecuted for an alleged crime, I make it my practice to not judge what happened. Instead, I want to first understand the situation, then come up with a plan designed to get the best possible outcome for the person I am representing.. I am very lucky.  I continue to enjoy my job, even after 36 years. Anyone reading this who is facing criminal charges should contact my office to discuss your situation.  I look forward to hearing from you.

I am a trial lawyer who is experienced in medical malpractice cases, including birth injury cases, and other personal injury cases of all types including motor vehicle wrecks, brain injury, dangerous products, dangerous premises, wrongful death, civil rights violations, etc. Further I have extensive experience in business and college/university litigation. Recently I have concentrated my practice in the area of genital injury litigation.  I have extensive experience in wrongful circumcision and botched circumcision cases.  I have obtained over 16 million dollars in judgments, verdicts, or settlements for victims of such torts.  I have appeared on a temporary (pro hac vice) basis in the courts of some 23 states and federal districts.  I associate regularly with lawyers across the country in genital injury cases.

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.

Founding Partner of Wooldridge & Jezek, LLP, Thomas C. Wooldridge leads our Federal Criminal Defense Division.  Mr. Wooldridge has represented clients from all over the world, in Federal Courts all over America, finding success with innovative and aggressive legal defenses.. Standing firm in his belief that a Defense Attorney’s role is to protect the individual from the government, Mr. Wooldridge rises to the challenge of victory in cases investigated by federal agents from the FBI, DEA, Secret Service, and ATF.. In keeping with his efforts to fight for the individual, Thomas C. Wooldridge also represents clients in employment and labor law issues relating to severance package negotiations, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and antidiscrimination law.

For the first 15 years of my career I was an estate tax attorney with the IRS in the Atlanta district office.  In that capacity, I examined hundreds of gift and estate tax returns, negotiated tax settlements and assisted IRS Counsel with docketed Tax Court cases.  Since, leaving the IRS, I have used the knowledge and experience I gained there to assist cllients in navigating through the intricacies of the tax code as it relates to trusts and estate matters.  My clients also include family business owners, tax motivated investors and individuals engaged iin tax controversies with the IRS.

Carl Lietz is a federal criminal lawyer. His practice covers all phases of the federal criminal process, including pre-indictment investigations and negotiations, trials, sentencing hearings and appeals.  Although he enjoys working on any matter pending in federal court, in the last several years, his practice has been devoted primarily to the defense of complex, white-collar matters. Among others, he has represented corporate officials on a whole range of federal matters, as well as doctors facing fraud and over-prescribing charges.

Big-Firm Expertise; Small-Firm Treatment.  Criminal defense; business and commercial litigation; divorce, estate disputes, and other family law; personal injury and wrongful death. Trial and appellate litigation in all Georgia federal and state courts.