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Top 50 Women Georgia Super Lawyers 2010 - 2014 editions of Atlanta magazine Georgia Super Lawyer 2006 - 2022 AV rated Seminars and Publications ATLANTA MEDICINE - JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF ATLANTA 2016 VOL. 87, No. 5 ”Keys to Success in Treating Injured Workers: The Patient’s View” ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ATLANTA CLAIMS ASSOCIATION 2015 Speaker “Injuries Arising Out of ...
Donald Johnson is a shareholder in Dentons Sirote’s Birmingham, Alabama office, where he is a member of the Tax practice group. Don counsels business owners and businesses in areas of mergers and acquisitions, entity formation, and tax and business planning. He counsels developers and investors with regard to real estate income tax planning, including capital gain planning, like-kind exchanges, opportunity zone planning, tax incentives, and debt restructurings and workouts. Don represen...
Raleigh personal injury attorney David F. Kirby is recognized as one of the most accomplished trial lawyers in the nation. More than this, he is widely regarded as one of the most-liked attorneys in the state. He is a member of the Inner Circle of Advocates, an organization comprising the 100 top plaintiffs’ attorneys in the U.S. and has been honored by numerous prestigious organizations, including Lawyers Weekly USA, Best Lawyers in America, and more. At Edwards Kirby, LLP, he regularl...
Bob Smith’s practice is concentrated on the prevention and resolution of construction contract disputes, built on over 40 years of experience. He is widely sought after as an Arbitrator and Dispute Board Member because of his experience and civil engineering background. He is internationally known for his knowledge and application of structured contractual and construction risk identification and allocation to prevent disputes. In addition, he is an authority on the selection and integr...
Terry Freeman is a Shareholder and a member of the Firm’s Commercial Finance practice group and practices in Denver and Dallas. Mr. Freeman represents banks and other financial services clients in connection with commercial and corporate lending transactions and related activities. Mr. Freeman has over 40 years of experience in structuring, documenting, servicing, and workout of commercial and corporate finance transactions. During his almost 30 years of providing legal counsel to finan...
Randy Opotowsky has more than 39 years of experience in residential and commercial real estate law, and business and corporate law, including 25 years as a litigator. His practice areas include residential and commercial closings, condominium creation and conversion, multi-family and subdivision development, and representation of condominium homeowner associations. He has represented developers of numerous new and renovated condominium projects in the New Orleans area, as well as handling res...
When public and private companies need clear, pragmatic counsel on finance transactions, business combinations, corporate governance, or disclosure questions, they turn to Lucy. Lucy’s wide-ranging transactional practice includes debt and equity capital markets deals, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, public and private securities offerings, and exchange offers. She also advises clients regarding disclosure issues and corporate governance, including SEC reporting, board and comm...
Jim has been representing businesses and individuals in disputes, litigation, trials and appeals in state and federal courts for over forty years. He handles a wide variety of civil cases ranging from matters involving claims for personal injury to those involving claims made under the False Claims Act. His expertise includes business litigation, statutory and regulatory litigation brought by individuals and the United States, extra-contractual claims brought against insurance companies and d...
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Patrick C. McDonnell is an associate attorney with Michaelson & Associates. His practice primarily includes general civil and commercial litigation in Nevada’s state and federal courts.Formerly an award-winning investigative newspaper reporter and editor, Patrick graduated cum laude from the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV. While at Boyd, he was on the Dean’s Honor List and was the lead articles editor for the Nevada Law Journal. He was also honored with the Carl W. Tobi...
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