Melody Glouton
Rating:
3.85 / 4.25
Melody is a Partner in the Zoning, Land Use, and Government Relations group at Andersen, Tate & Carr. Melody successfully maintains an active zoning and land use practice wherein she advocates land use positions of property owners, builders, and developers throughout the metro Atlanta area. She has negotiated numerous zoning and development actions and advises clients regarding environmental regulations and municipal ordinances. This includes representation of clients at public hearings and during court proceedings.. Melody also successfully maintains an Estate Planning & Probate practice, which focuses on preparation of estate planning documents, as well as disputes involving wills, trusts, and estates. She represents clients in all phases of fiduciary litigation, including filing pleadings, conducting discovery, and preparing for hearings and trial. She also engages in settlement discussions and negotiations with her clients in an effort to resolve their disputes prior to lengthy litigation in an attempt to preserve client resources. Melody has administered numerous complex estates and successfully prosecuted and defended will contests and fiduciary claims involving executor and trustee misconduct. Melody further assists families with contested and uncontested guardianships and conservatorships, and all phases of probate administration. In terms of transactional estate work, she represents clients of all wealth classifications with estate planning, including preparation of Last Will & Testaments, Powers of Attorney, and Healthcare Directives.. Melody received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from The University of Georgia in 1996, and then obtained her paralegal degree before joining the firm of King & Spalding as a certified paralegal. Melody then attended The Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, where she was selected for membership on the Mercer Law Review as well as the Mercer Moot Court Board. During law school, she was awarded several honors, including the D. Meade Field Memorial Award, the Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Legal Writing, and an alumni merit scholarship.. Melody initially started her legal career as an associate with the insurance defense firm of Swift Currie. After practicing for several years in Atlanta, she returned home to Gwinnett County where she soon became a Partner with Webb, Tanner, & Powell, LLP. In January 2014, Melody joined Andersen Tate & Carr, P.C.. Melody is very active in the Gwinnett County community and serves on numerous charitable boards and organizations. She served on the State Disciplinary Board for the State Bar of Georgia for eight years, which investigates members of the State Bar of Georgia for violations of the Standards of Conduct set forth in the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct, serving as Chair in her last year. Melody also served as Chair of Estate Planning & Probate Section for the Gwinnett County Bar Association. She is a current Board Member of the Council for Quality Growth, including Chair of the Gwinnett Advisory Board. Melody is also an active alumni of the Leadership Gwinnett program.. Since 2018, Melody has been recognized annually as a Georgia Super Lawyer by Law & Politics Magazine, a designation reserved for only 5% of attorneys in the State of Georgia.. Melody is a life-long resident of Gwinnett County, where she resides with her husband and two children.
Area of Practice: Business , Civil , Corporate , Municipal , Probate , Real Estate , Land Use & Zoning
Zip code: 30097, Duluth, Georgia
Contact: Not Available
Andersen, Tate & Carr, PC.
One Sugarloaf Center.
Robert Reeves
Rating:
/ 4.45
Matt Reeves is a litigation partner at Andersen, Tate & Carr. Matt is passionate about private property rights and litigating important client matters in an excellent manner. His practice covers a wide range of matters within the areas of real estate litigation, commercial and banking litigation, and probate litigation, including representing private property owners and business owners in eminent domain and disputed zoning matters.. Matt has represented clients in the following road projects: Georgia Highway 316, Sugarloaf Parkway Extension, Georgia Highway 20, Pleasant Hill and Buford Highway, Highway 29, Friendship Road/Lanier Islands Parkway. He also provided representation in the Archer High School condemnation and represented the North Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church in its sale of the Simpsonwood property on the Chattahoochee River to Gwinnett County.. He has successfully obtained justice for clients from juries and judges across Metro Atlanta and the State of Georgia, the Georgia Supreme Court and Georgia Court of Appeals, federal courts, as well as matters in which the parties were able to reach a meeting of the minds before the case went through verdict and appeals.. While in law school, Matt was a Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court Pupil, and defeated the University of Florida’s moot court team in the Hulsey-Kimbrell Georgia-Florida Moot Court Competition. He also attended the National Institute of Trial Advocacy deposition seminar at Duke University Law School in 2005.
Area of Practice: Civil , Corporate , Zoning, Planning & Land Use, Land Use & Zoning
Zip code: 30097, Duluth, Georgia
Contact: Not Available
Andersen Tate & Carr PC.
1960 Satellite Blvd Ste 4000.
James Joedecke
Rating:
/ 3.45
Jim Joedecke helps lead the Litigation Group of Andersen, Tate & Carr, P.C. His practice is focused in the areas of contract and business litigation, employment litigation (employer and employee) franchising litigation (franchisor and franchisee), condemnation and real estate litigation, bankruptcy, tax appeals and landlord/tenant disputes. Mr. Joedecke represents a variety of businesses and individuals in trial and appellate litigation around the country, as well as before local government boards and agencies, and in mediation and arbitration. Mr. Joedecke has argued successfully numerous times before the Georgia Court of Appeals and Georgia Supreme Court. Mr. Joedecke has been repeatedly named a Georgia Super Lawyer, an honor that is determined by peer vote and bestowed upon less than 5% of lawyers in Georgia. Mr. Joedecke also received a highly-coveted distinguished rating from Martindale Hubbell National Legal Directory, a rating recognizing his competence and integrity.. Mr. Joedecke received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Emory University in 1993, and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1996. Mr. Joedecke was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Georgia in 1996 and the State of South Carolina in 1997. Mr. Joedecke is licensed to practice before the Georgia Supreme Court, the Georgia Court of Appeals and the United States District Courts and Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia, Mr. Joedecke has also been admitted to practice pro hac vice in courts around the Country. Mr. Joedecke is a member of the State Bar of Georgia (Eminent Domain and Franchise Law Sections), the Federal Bar and Gwinnett County Bar associations.. Mr. Joedecke is a 2006 graduate of Leadership Gwinnett. He is a past President of the Rotary Club of Braselton, and has served on the Governing Board for Rotary District 6910. Mr. Joedecke serves on the Board of Advisors for the American Cancer Society in Gwinnett County, and was recently appointed to the Board of Advisors for the Winder YMCA. Mr. Joedecke also serves on the Ethics Commission for the town of Braselton. He and his wife, Stephanie, served as Co-Chairs of the Cancer Society’s Dancing with the Stars Gala. Mr. Joedecke also served as long-time coach of the South Gwinnett High School Mock Trial Team and was named Outstanding Attorney Coach by the State Bar of Georgia. He has also represented indigent defendants before Gwinnett County’s Juvenile Courts through the Gwinnett Bar Association’s Truancy Intervention Project. Mr. Joedecke currently resides with his wife and three children in Braselton, Georgia.
Area of Practice: Land Use & Zoning
Zip code: 30097, Duluth, Georgia
Contact: Not Available
Andersen, Tate & Carr, PC.
1960 Satellite Blvd.
A. Nardone
Rating:
/ 3.35
Area of Practice: Land Use & Zoning
Zip code: 30097, Johns Creek, Georgia
Contact: Not Available
Nardone & Crecelius LLC.
6455 E Johns Xing Ste 400.
