Business & Commercial lawyers in Georgia Linda A. to Nadia Deans

Monarch Plaza   3414 Peachtree Road  303 , Atlanta , Georgia 30326

Practice Areas: Arbitration & Mediation,Business & Commercial,Civil ,Construction ,Employment & Labor ,Personal Injury,Professional Malpractice

Three Ravinia Drive   1450 , Atlanta , Georgia 30346

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Computers and Software,Copyrights,Internet ,Telecommunications ,Trademarks

Firm: Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis and Rothschild, LLP

500 The Corporate Center   233 12th Street , Columbus , Georgia 31902

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Corporate ,Employee Benefits,Estate Planning,Non-Profit Corporations,Retirement Benefits,Taxation - State & Federal,Trusts,Wills

Firm: Patel Burkhalter Law Group

4045 Orchard Road, Building 400 , Atlanta , Georgia 30080

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mergers & Acquisitions

Firm: DeLong, Caldwell, Bridgers, Fitzpatrick & Benjamin LLC

101 Marietta Street NW , Atlanta , Georgia 30303

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil Rights, Labor , Employment & Labor

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.

Firm: Rowe Foltz & Martin Pc

3525 Piedmont Road NE , Atlanta , Georgia 30305

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Corporate , Real Estate , Real Estate, Real Estate, Real Estate, Real Estate

One Peachtree Pointe   700 , Atlanta , Georgia 30309

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Condominium ,Corporate ,Housing ,Leases and Leasing,Non-Profit Corporations,Real Estate

Firm: Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC

1001 Cambridge Square , Alpharetta , Georgia 30009

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Contracts, Corporate , Personal Injury, Real Estate , Trusts, Wills, Business

Firm: Morriss, Lober & Dobson, L.L.C.

3140 Overland Drive , Roswell , Georgia 30075

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Estate Planning, Government Contracts, Labor , Real Estate , Business

Firm: Andersen Tate & Carr PC

1960 Satellite Blvd Ste 4000 , Duluth , Georgia 30097

Practice Areas: Banking & Finance, Business & Commercial, Real Estate , Real Estate

Michael J. Hay helps lead the Commercial Real Estate & Banking Group of Andersen, Tate & Carr. His practice focuses on the areas of commercial real estate transactions, secured lending, zoning and business law. He has extensive experience in the acquisition, development, financing and sale of retail and office centers, industrial properties, and residential subdivisions throughout the metropolitan Atlanta area. Michael also represents numerous banks and lending institutions in secured loan transactions. He regularly represents both banks and borrowers in negotiating and drafting commercial loan documents and provides legal counsel in complex business and commercial matters. He advises clients on all aspects of commercial real estate acquisitions, sales, financing and development; including due diligence analysis, document preparation, negotiation and closing. Michael’s clients include developers, public and private owners, investors, builders, nursing homes and schools.. Michael joined the firm as an Associate in 1995, upon graduating from law school. He became a Partner in the firm in 2001.

Firm: Blackburn, Walther, Sloan & Adair LLC

425 Sable Court , Alpharetta , Georgia 30004

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Criminal Defense , Family , Probate

Firm: Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC

1001 Cambridge Square, Suite D , Alpharetta , Georgia 30009

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Business Organizations, Construction , Employment & Labor , Franchise , Labor , Real Estate , Taxation - State & Federal, Corporate & Incorporation

CURRENT POSITIONS. Briskin, Cross & Sanford, LLC, Alpharetta, Georgia (formerly Briskin & Associates, L.C.). Attorney.  Assist clients in matters involving business law (incl. general corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, franchise law, employment law, securities, partnership and LLC law, and commercial litigation), commercial real estate (incl. commercial lease preparation and negotiation, sales, and acquisitions), and non-profit corporations (incl. the formation of and application for tax-exempt status for charitable organizations, private foundations, trade associations, and other non-profit organizations).  May 1999 to present.. Reinhardt College, McCamish School of Business, Waleska & Alpharetta, Georgia. Adjunct Professor.  Teach courses for business, communication and organizational leadership students, including Business Law and Ethics, Media Law, and Entrepreneurial Law.  January 2001 to present.. Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, Alpharetta, Georgia. Member, Board of Directors.  Advise regarding goals and activities of the GNFCC, assist in recruiting members for the GNFCC, and communicate issues of concern to the constituents of the GNFCC to elected officials.  October 2006 to present.. 400 Technology Connection, Alpharetta, Georgia. Founder, Steering Committee Member.  Member of seven-member committee that conceived, planned, and implemented the 400 Technology Connection in coordination with Microsoft Corp.  June 2004 to present.. Alpharetta Economic Development Authority, Alpharetta, Georgia. Director & Officer.  Appointed by the Alpharetta City Council to the authority charged with promoting economic development in the City of Alpharetta.  January 2007 to present.. Alpharetta Downtown Development Authority, Alpharetta, Georgia. Director.  Appointed by the Alpharetta City Council to the authority charged with promoting economic development  in the downtown area of the City of Alpharetta.  May 2007 to present.

2829 Old Dawson Road (31707)   Drawer 71727 Geor , Albany , Georgia 31708

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Corporate ,Estate Planning,Retirement Benefits,Taxation - State & Federal

Firm: Matt Thiry Law, LLC

P.O. Box 923054 , Peachtree Corners , Georgia 30010

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Corporate , Domestic Partnership, Labor , Personal Injury, Litigation

I practice Business Law, Business Litigation, and Fiduciary Litigation.  In addition, I am registered as an arbitrator and general civil mediator with the Georgia Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution.. I represent businesses of all sizes, as well as business owners, families, and individuals, in various types of litigation, including disputes related to contracts, construction, business torts, real estate, probate and fiduciary matters.  I also review, negotiate and draft contracts, provide advice to existing businesses and start-ups, and assist clients in the formation of business entities.  Prior to becoming an attorney, my background included computer programming and related experience in the technology field, as well as operating small businesses.  I believe this additional experience provides me with valuable insight into the issues that my clients encounter.  With an approach that strives to understand my clients' business or situation and apply first-rate problem-solving skills, I am driven by results: achieving the best possible outcome with the least amount of disruption to my clients.. I am a member of the State Bars of Pennsylvania and Georgia.  I am admitted to practice in the Georgia Supreme Court, Georgia Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, U.S. Court of Appeals (11th Circuit), Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, Pennsylvania Superior Court, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. Supreme Court.. I have also appeared pro hac vice in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri, the Chancery Court for Knox County, Tennessee, the Chancery Court for Shelby County, Tennessee, the Tennessee Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Firm: Smith & Liss LLC

Five Concourse Parkway , Atlanta , Georgia 30328

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Business , Construction , Employment & Labor , Estate Planning, Government Agencies, Health Care & Hospitalization, International & Trade, Mergers & Acquisitions, Probate , Real Estate , Securities , Taxation - State & Federal, Litigation

One 10th Street 700 , Augusta , Georgia 30901

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Corporate ,Employment & Labor ,Estate Planning,Health Care & Hospitalization,Taxation - State & Federal,Trusts

Firm: Mary B. Galardi, P.C.

40 Technology Parkway South   202 , Norcross , Georgia 30092

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Estate Planning,Non-Profit Corporations,Probate ,Trademarks,Trusts,Wills

Firm: The Fernandez Law Firm, P.C., A Business and Technology Law Firm

327 Dahlonega Street, Suite 602A , Cumming , Georgia 30040

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Corporate , Employment & Labor , Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities , Technology and Science, Business

Business Lawyer. Our Firm is focused upon business law.  We form new corporations, new LLCs, and help our Clients with incorporations and start-up businesses.. We assist Clients with all aspects of contract negotiation, and contract drafting, including real estate leases, equipment leases, and equipment financing.  We regularly draft software licensing agreements, and other technology agreements.. Dispute Resolution: Litigation, Mediation, Arbitration. Our Firm's principal, Margaret Fernandez, Esq., is a trained litigator, and has practiced in the state, superior, federal, and appeals courts of Georgia.  She has millions of dollars in awards, verdicts, and judgments. She is skilled at motions practice, discovery, courtroom, and appellate practice.  She is comfortable in litigation, arbitration, and mediation.. Ms. Fernandez has enjoyed tremendous success in securities arbitration and litigation, construction litigation, employment litigation, intellectual property litigation, shareholder litigation, and many other kinds of business and other disputes.. Ms. Fernandez regularly resolves EEOC matters in mediation for her corporate Clients.. Ms. Fernandez's personal philosophy is in litigation prevention; however, when litigation is necessary, she believes it should be quickly initiated, and strongly and aggressively prosecuted, with an attention to detail.. Ms. Fernandez is a 2005 Trial Lawyers College graduate, trained by Gerry Spence, as well as a 2015 Trojan Horse graduate, trained by Dan Ambrose and Alejandro Blanco.  Ms. Fernandez is a former federal judicial law clerk for Chief Judge Richard C. Erwin for the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, and spent a year seated beside, and writing opinions for, a senior federal judge.. Ms. Fernandez is a graduate of Harvard and Columbia Law Schools, where she was twice a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar for academic excellence, and is admitted to the bars of New York and Georgia.. Ms. Fernandez assists Clients with all aspects of business law and business litigation.. Technology Law. The Fernandez Law Firm's Client focus is on start-up technology firms.  The Firm's Clients include innovators who have developed and continue to develop new technologies in many diverse areas such as: genetic testing for dangerous diseases; software and outage management systems for electric utilities; hardware, desks, and learning systems for disabled and chronically hospitalized children; enterprise personnel software; security software for protecting children and schools from active shooters.. Many of our Clients are entrepreneurs: medical doctors; inventors; restauranteurs; business owners --- all of whom purchase, lease, license, or sell technologies, and come to us for our experience in negotiating and drafting contracts, and finding methods of financing those large purchases and leases.. Employment Law. We regularly prepare employment agreements and 1099 consulting agreements to protect our Clients.  We understand the many issues involved in employment law.. Because we have litigated many employment matters, both for the employee and the employer, we have a strong sense of what works.. Accordingly, we draft strong employment agreements.  We try to resolve matters in mediation; but if we cannot, we litigate forcefully.. We have successfully mediated many claims at the EEOC for our corporate Clients.. Contracts. The basis of any relationship is the contract, and we have negotiated and drafted thousands of contracts.  Because we litigate, we know what needs to be in a contract to protect our Clients.. The Firm's practice includes licensing and intellectual property and technology law. We regularly assists technology and other companies seeking to create, license or exploit intellectual property, including start-ups, with many aspects of their businesses in such matters as: formation, financing, re-financing, shareholders, shareholder agreements, operating agreements, contracts, and intellectual property matters; negotiating and developing substantial commercial agreements and contracts; preparing licensing and maintenance agreements for software and intellectual property licensors and licensees; drafting NDAs and Confidentiality Agreements surrounding IP and IT; litigating IT and commercial business issues in the state, superior, appeals and federal courts in Georgia; negotiating leases for equipment and real property; purchasing real estate; purchasing airplanes; assisting clients in the management of employees and contractors; and leading  in all areas of mergers and acquisitions work, from due diligence, negotiations, and closings.. The Firm's Principal. Ms. Fernandez began her career as a litigator and has won millions of dollars in  judgments, verdicts, and awards in the courts of Georgia and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.. Ms. Fernandez  has had great success with technology, commercial, contract, employment, confidentiality, trade secret, intellectual property matters, and libel and defamation in the State, Superior, and Federal Courts in Georgia as well as the Court of Appeals of Georgia.. She is a 2005 graduate of the month-long Trial Lawyers College, run by famed trial lawyer Gerry Spence in Dubois, Wyoming, as well as the Trojan Horse Method, taught by Dan Ambrose and Alejandro Blanco.. Ms. Fernandez’s litigation work includes successful board room negotiations, mediations, and arbitrations, as well as victories before FINRA and the EEOC, and she has appeared for her Clients at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia and has successfully resolved these and other matters involving FBI, HUD, and Secret Service.  She has also successfully resolved matters before the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, the Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.. Ms. Fernandez practices employment law, and regularly drafts and litigates restrictive covenants, and has successfully mediated many employment matters at the EEOC.  Ms. Fernandez has also successfully obtained MBE certifications for her clients with the City of Atlanta and Georgia Department of Transportation.. Ms. Fernandez has coached U-6 soccer with the United Futbol Academy and is a former director of both of the Hispanic American Center for Economic Development and the Hispanic Contractors Association of Georgia, which she also helped found.. Ms. Fernandez earned her A.B. at Harvard University, where she was an IBM Thomas J. Watson scholar each year.  She earned her Juris Doctor at Columbia University School of Law in the City of New York and was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar her second and third years of law school.  She was also the Admissions Editor of the Columbia Business Law Review.  She served as a federal judicial law clerk to the Hon. Richard C. Erwin, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.  She is a Member of the Technology Advisory Group for the State Bar of Georgia President and, as a pro bono matter, successfully negotiated the agreement for the new website for the State Bar of Georgia. Ms. Fernandez is admitted to practice in New York and Georgia, the State and Superior Courts of Georgia, Court of Appeals of Georgia, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.

Firm: Lovingood Law, PC

702 South Thornton Avenue , Dalton , Georgia 30720

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial,Probate ,Taxation - State & Federal,Trusts,Wills

Firm: Garvish Immigration Law Group, LLC

2970 Peachtree Road , Atlanta , Georgia 30305

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Immigration & Naturalization , Immigration, 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.