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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.

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.

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.

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 Paul Pollan has been practicingexclusively in the area of elder law and special needs issues affectingthe younger disabled community since 1990.. He is a member of theNational Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and has served the elder anddisabled communities through his work with AARP, Atlanta RegionalCommittee Aging Services Board, the Senior Citizens' Law Project, theElder Law Committee of the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia CommunityTrust and Weinstein Hospice. He is also a member of the GeorgiaElderCare Network, a statewide alliance of professionals assistingGeorgia families to plan and deal with the issues of aging.. The Pollan Law Firm is uniquely qualified to assist the elder andyounger disabled with eligibility in all classes of Medicaid includingNursing Home Medicaid and the waivered, home and community basedprograms such as the Independent Care Waiver, Community Care, and theDeeming Waiver.

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 Bain has been representing angry investors for more than 20 years. He began his career with a class action firm, litigating securities class actions in the age of Enron. For the last fourteen years he’s had his own practice representing investors in cases against directors, officers, auditors, investment bankers, venture capital firms, broker-dealers, and investment advisers. He often provides the plaintiff’s perspective at securities seminars and has assisted state officials in preparing to testify before Congress concerning securities legislation.. David received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia, where he was a Woodruff Scholar and was named to Phi Beta Kappa. He was awarded a Chancellors Scholarship to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, where he received his J.D. with honors. David has been active in the leadership of several community organizations, including having served as President of the Board of Directors for the Federal Defender Program, Inc. and President of the Board of Directors of GreenLaw (an environmental non-profit organization). He recently concluded terms as Co-Chair of the Atlanta Bar’s Securities Subsection and President of the Federal Bar Association’s Atlanta Chapter.

Consumer Rights & Construction Litigation Attorney. Over the course of my 20 year legal career, I have acted as legal counsel in hundreds of cases and disputes or various types, ranging from simple breach of contract actions in Small Claims (Magistrate) Court, to multi-party actions in Superior Court to complex Class Actions in Federal Court. Currently my practice is primarily devoted to Construction/Real Estate law and litigation (e.g. liens, breach of contract and related claims/disputes between businesses as well as consumers) and Consumer Rights/Credit litigation (e.g. Truth in Lending Act [TILA], Fair Credit Reporting/Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Acts [FCRA/FACTA], Fair Debt Collection Practices Act [FDCPA], Fair Credit Billing Act [FCBA], Consumer Leasing Act [Regulation Z], Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act [RESPA], Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act [HOEPA], Home Affordable Modification Program [HAMP], Making Homes Affordable Program [MHA], Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ["Dodd-Frank"], Telephone Consumers Protection Act [TCPA], Junk Fax Prevention Act [JFPA] and related Federal Consumer Protection laws as well as those applicable in the State of Georgia.. Before starting my own firm, I practiced as a Litigation Associate at one of the nation's largest firms, Epstein, Becker & Green, representing both Plaintiffs and Defendants in complex commercial disputes. Prior to that, I was a Litigation Associate with one of Atlanta's oldest law firms, Greer, Klosik & Daugherty (GKD)[its name has since expanded], where I began my legal career. At GKD I handled primarily Insurance Defense matters, but I was also involved in a handful of plaintiff's personal injury cases. It was there that I developed the core foundation of my civil litigation experience; during the first few years of practice, I took or defended scores of depositions and was fortunate enough to have my first opportunity to act as lead counsel in a number of jury trials throughout the state. On a non-professional level, I devote a significant portion of my free time to road bicycling, and over the last eight years I have become an avid recreational/competitive cyclist and occasionally participate in cycling races throughout the state. I hold a Category 4/5 USCA Road Cycling License and as of 2008 was ranked 67th in the state in my age group. I am a Member of both CycleWorks [a/k/a North Ga. Cycling Association] and Dunwoody Cycling and frequently attend various Group Rides around the state.. I am also an avid tennis player [USTA 4.0], alpine skier, backpacker [I have hiked all sections of the GA AT, the Benton MacKaye Trail and many other trails in the SE] and competitive pool (billiards) player, and have won numerous tournaments in the latter over the years. I own two Pugs - my only "children" - and am a vocal proponent of Animal Rights and Environmental/Wilderness Protection [to name just a few], sometimes becoming involved with various causes related thereto. I am or have been a Member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA), Atlanta Lawyers Club, the National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA), ACLU, Dunwoody North Civic Assoc., Open Dekalb, Inc.; F.O.R. Dekalb County, Inc., Rails to Trails, P.A.T.H., USA Cycling, Sierra Club and the Appalachian Trial Conservatory.. PLEASE NOTE: Free consultations subject to scheduling availability and do not mean free legal advice - I will not offer legal advice without an attorney-client relationship. The idea here is to determine if your matter falls within my practice area.

Colleagues know me as a young determined, charismatic, and reasonable professional who can always be trusted to come up with different approaches to the status quo. I never try to impose my ideas on others. Instead, I spend a lot of time understanding the law and searching for the best strategies to advocate for clients.

Chris is a trial lawyer at Rafi Law Firm and specializes in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases of all types. Rafi Law Firm has recovered millions for individuals injured in tractor-trailer, commercial motor vehicle, and automobile accidents; crime victims in negligent security cases; and others who were seriously injured.

Catastrophic Injury; Med Mal; Wrongful Death.

Business attorney with concentrations in intellectual property and franchising. I practice in the areas of patent, trademark, copyright and licensing law with an emphasis on client counseling and the selection and protection of enforceable intellectual property assets. I have extensive experience in assisting clients with the development of global branding strategies and I have performed numerous intellectual property audits and due diligence reviews. I assist individuals and corporations by understanding their business and helping them implement processes to better align efforts between legal, marketing, and technology. By doing so, my clients achieve a risk reduced approach to protecting and promoting their intellectual property, both in the United States and abroad. Additionally, I assist franchise and distribution clients with a wide variety of corporate and franchise legal issues, including structuring programs, drafting agreements and disclosure documents, obtaining appropriate registrations, protecting intellectual property, and resolving relationship issues and disputes. My unique combination of intellectual property, corporate, and franchise experience allows me to provide comprehensive legal services to companies growing or joining franchise systems. Within these practice areas, I represent a diverse client portfolio, from start-ups to mature companies with multi-national operations. With my broad range of transactional and litigation experience, I am able to provide general counsel to my clients, collaboratively maturing their businesses from infancy to prominence within their various industries.

Brianna E. Williams is an attorney and founder of Mélange, a full-service employment law firm focused primarily on the unique needs of employees. From negotiating employment and severance agreements to representing individuals before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, and in courts across multiple jurisdictions, Brianna’s practice covers the gamut of everything related to the employment relationship – from hiring to separation.. Brianna also provides preventative advice to employers. Through Mélange, Brianna has helped several organizations manage their differences, similarities, and tensions in meaningful ways. She has presented at conferences across the country on the topics of diversity management, OFCCP compliance, and strategic visioning, and her work has been published nationally.. Aside from the law, Brianna has been the “voice” of creatives across the country for over three decades. Prior to entering law school, Brianna was a graphic designer and ran a consulting firm aimed at addressing the unique needs of creative professionals. Through Ethereal Image, Brianna brokered CD replication agreements; assisted her clients with the attainment of copyrights and mechanical licenses; negotiated record deals, management, and booking agreements, and facilitated the distribution of her clients’ releases through established outlets. A jazz pianist herself (and the mother of a Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist), Brianna’s love for the arts is deeply personal.. Brianna is also an active member of the community. She has served as the Director of Communications for the National Bar Association; an instructor at Morehouse College’s Project Identity Saturday Institute; has served as a guest lecturer in Music Business at Loyola University and strategic visioning at Oglethorpe University, and is an advisory board member of Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University and a board member of the State Bar of Georgia’s Committee to Promote Inclusion in the Profession. Brianna has been recognized as one of the Nation’s Best Advocates: Top 40 Under 40 by The National Bar Association and IMPACT, as a Super Lawyer, and as a member of The National Black Lawyers Top 40 Under 40.. Brianna serves as a hearing officer for DeKalb County and is a registered neutral certified by the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution. A graduate of Tulane University (Bachelor of Science in Psychology) and Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert School of Law (Bachelor of Civil Law and Juris Doctor), Brianna is admitted to practice in both Georgia and Louisiana.

Brian McEvoy is a former federal prosecutor with a practice focus on white collar criminal defense and a special emphasis in health care fraud matters.After graduating from Boston College, cum laude, in 1994, Brian attended Georgia State University College of Law. While at Georgia State, Brian was the lead oralist for the school's National Competition moot court team, the coach for the school's ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition team, and the captain of the school's Jessup International Moot Court Team. Brian also spent a semester studying in Madrid, Spain through the International Law Program of William & Mary College of Law.After his law school graduation in 1997, Brian entered into a clerkship with the Honorable John E. Dougherty, United Stated Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Georgia. Upon completion of his clerkship with Magistrate Judge Dougherty, Brian began a clerkship with the Honorable Orinda D. Evans, Chief Judge, Northern District of Georgia.Brian joined a small Atlanta firm in 2001, and was involved in representing clients in a wide variety of matters, including both civil and criminal litigation in state and federal courts.  In 2004, Brian left for the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Georgia in Savannah, prosecuting general economic crimes, fraud, and public corruption cases.In 2007, Brian received special commendation from the Department of Health and Human Services for his work prosecuting Health Care Fraud matters. In 2008, he was named as the District's Health Care Fraud Coordinator and started the District's first Health Care Fraud Task Force.Brian is currently a Sharholder at Polsinelli in Atlanta and focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, business litigation, and government and internal corporate investigations.  As a former federal prosecutor, Brian has extensive criminal trial experience and an expertise in civil and criminal health care fraud, mortgage fraud, securities fraud, government contracting, environmental and other civil and criminal regulatory matters.. ATLANTA HEALTH CARE FRAUD ATTORNEY. ATLANTA WHITE COLLAR CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY

Brazilian citizen by birth and American citizen by choice, I am licensed to practice law in Brazil and in the United States. I currently practice 100% immigration, and my office is located in midtown Atlanta. It would be my pleasure to talk to you about your case and have the opportunity to help you in your legal matters.

Bilingual attorney representing injured people and their families.

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.

Bersinger Law, led by Austin Bersinger, serves as trial and appellate counsel in insurance recovery cases, personal injury actions, and complex business disputes. Specializing in all types of insurance recovery including coverage denials, claim presentation, bad faith matters, and appeals, Bersinger Law delivers exceptional trial representation backed by big law experience.. Bersinger Law founder Austin Bersinger combines his disciplined military background and extensive industry experience to provide his clients with a unique, personalized approach to legal representation. He’s spent years learning how insurance companies think, what drives their decisions, and how to successfully litigate with them. Today, this experience and knowledge drives his practice and benefits his clients.. Austin is an expert on insurance coverage issues. He has been published nationally and spoken all over the country, sharing his insight on a variety of insurance coverage topics. He’s also served as a contributor and editor for the preeminent authority on insurance coverage in Georgia, Georgia Property and Liability Insurance Law.. Austin graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law and ranked first in his class in Contracts and Civil Procedure. He competed nationally in moot court, was a finalist in the J. Melvin England Mock Trial Competition, and balanced law school with his commitment to the Air Force ROTC.. Post-graduation, Austin moved to Montgomery, Alabama to serve at Maxwell AFB as part of the 42 ABW JA. During his time as an active duty officer, he cut his teeth trying cases in his role as a criminal prosecutor and served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.. After fulfilling his military commitment, Austin moved to Atlanta, Georgia to begin his civil litigation practice. He worked as an associate at Dentons US LLP, an international law firm with more than 1,200 lawyers in the United States. While there, Austin defended large companies, including insurance companies, in personal injury, insurance coverage matters, and a variety of commercial litigation cases.

Ben Alper is an experienced litigator with experience that includes: U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia, the Georgia Attorney General’s Office, Criminal Justice Division, and the Northern Virginia Capital Defender’s Office. As a Research Assistant for Emory University School of Law, he is accredited for his valuable contribution to writing law review articles in the areas of criminal procedure and corporate crimes.. Prior to attending Emory’s School of Law, Ben graduated with Honors from Washington University in St. Louis after spending two years at the United States Military Academy at West Point where he earned Dean’s list honors every semester.. Knowing all too well that clients are often confused and frustrated in contending with the particulars of an impending criminal investigation or charges, Ben possesses exceptional communication and people skills which help to alleviate fear and confusion that most clients often undergo during the legal process.

Before founding Mazursky Constantine in 1992, Don headed the Employee Benefits Department of a major Atlanta law firm. His practice encompasses most areas of employee benefits and executive compensation with a particular focus on:. Don graduated with highest academic achievement in his class from Emory University and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he served on the Editorial Board of The Tax Lawyer. Don has been named a “Georgia Super Lawyer” by his peers in the Employee Benefits/ERISA practice areas.. Don is a member of the Southern Employee Benefits Conference. He has served as a member of the Atlanta Bar Association Tax Section Board of Directors.

B. Lerae Funderburg, Esq. is a mother of two beautiful children under the age of 5, and the Founder and Managing Partner of Funderburg Law, LLC. Funderburg Law, LLC,is a boutique law firm that specializes in entertainment and media transactions.  Lerae has received extensive drafting and negotiating training, particularly in the areas of music and film, from top-notch industry professionals. Lerae brings excellence, professionalism, integrity, and humilityto every issue presented. Her philosophy for success is individual attention coupled with high quality work product, completed on time and always with the client’s overall vision in mind. She is very passionate about everything she does and brings that same passion in assisting her clients to achieve their goals with the law in mind.

AttorneyKazuma Sonoda, Jr. has devoted his legal career to the defense of thoseaccused or charged with criminal offenses. His practice has taken himto federal andstate courts throughout . Sonoda is known for his zealous advocacy on behalf ofevery client.  Mr. Sonoda has successfully defended individuals chargedwith a wide variety of offenses from minor traffic violations and drugcharges to sex crimes and violent felonies.. Named one of Georgia's Top Young Lawyers, he also has achieved SuperLawyers Rising Star status. Mr. Sonoda has appeared in Atlanta Magazine, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and was named one of Georgia's Legal Elite by Georgia Trend Magazine.. Mr.Sonoda is a member of the Georgia Association of Criminal DefenseAttorneys and a graduate of the National Criminal Defense College inMacon, GA.  He is also an active member and on the Board of Directorsof the Georgia Hispanic Bar Association.. Mr. Sonoda received his Juris Doctor degree in 2000 from the Emory University School of Law. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Policy and Spanish from Duke University where he was a member of the Chi Psi Fraternity.

Attorney Tracee R. Benzo is a rising star in the Georgia legal system. She is the founder and managing partner of Benzo Law, a boutique litigation firm representing injured workers across the state of Georgia. In addition to workers’ compensation, she has successfully litigated cases in the areas of personal injury, civil litigation, medical malpractice, and wrongful death.. She is highly regarded for her relentless work advocating, educating and securing settlements for her clients.. Ms. Benzo works just as tenaciously in her legal community as she does in the courtroom. She serves on the Board of Governors as a representative of the Atlanta Circuit. She is President-Elect of the DeKalb Lawyers Association and is the New Member Orientation Chair for the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA). She is a proud member of the Leadership Georgia Class of 2018. Additionally, she is an honoree of the Women of Excellence Class of 2018, which recognizes Atlanta’s most accomplished and influential African American women.. In 2014 she humbly served as President of The Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys (GABWA), an organization of more than 850 members. During her tenure, she led the charge of increasing diversity in the Georgia judiciary, as well as furthering the group’s advocacy of women and children by partnering with Families First. Today she remains an active board member of GABWA and the GABWA Foundation.. Ms. Benzo graduated with distinction from John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Georgia and was awarded the prestigious honor of the Distinguished Alumni Award. She is an active member of the John Marshall Law School Alumni Board, the Workers’ Compensation Claimants Law Section, the Workers’ Compensation Claimants Research Committee, and the Executive Committee of GTLA.. She has been named Who’s Who Top Legal & Accounting Professionals; The National Bar Association’s Trailblazers Under 40; the Top 100 Women of Influence; and the National Bar Association’s 40 Under 40 Alumni Association.

Attorney Tarek Aleem has successfully handled thousands of personal injury accident cases in his career, recovering over $20 million dollars for his cliens. He is the founding member of The Aleem Law Firm, which has successfully handled claims throughout Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Massachusetts. Attorney Aleem approaches each case with a proactive, hands-on strategy to maximize the value of each of his clients’ cases.

Attorney Michelle Cross is well known state-wide as a tenacious criminal defense attorney. Michelle specializes in traffic tickets, DUI, drug charges, battery, and serious felony cases. Her dedication and compassion for her clients is unparalleled. Michelle makes herself available to her clients 24/7 by providing her personal cell phone number. Thus, Michelle's clients can rest assured that she will be there when needed. Michelle always explores every avenue to ensure that her clients get the best possible outcome for their case. If you would like Michelle's skill and dedication to work for you and your case, contact her at Atlanta's Law Firm today.. • NHTSA Certified Field Sobriety Testing