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Robert Speer
Cherokee County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 35 years of experience
Appeals, Criminal Defense, Divorce and Family
Georgia State University College of Law
Robert Speer, The Magic Lawyer®, was born in Atlanta GA, and has been a resident of Georgia all of his life. He has been a trial lawyer for almost 22 years. He handles cases in the areas of DUI/DWI, Criminal Law, Juvenile Law, Divorce, and Injury cases. His office is in Woodstock GA, but he also handles cases in Canton GA, Atlanta GA, Marietta GA, Cumming GA, Lawrenceviille GA, Decatur GA, Sandy Springs GA, Roswell GA, Alpharetta GA, and all over Georgia. Call (770) 517-0017 today for fantastic legal representation!
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Thomas Church
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 7 years of experience
Appeals, Criminal Defense and White Collar Crime
The University of Georgia School of Law
Tom joined Pate & Johnson in 2017 after graduating with honors from the University of Georgia School of Law.
While in law school, Tom honed his trial advocacy skills competing as a member of the moot court and mock trial teams. He also earned awards for achieving the highest marks in his Torts and Constitutional Law classes.
In his last year of school, Tom served as a research assistant to Professors Dan T. Coenen and Michael Wells, where his work focused on constitutional law, the early history of the U.S. Constitution, and civil rights litigation. Tom was also one of a few...
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Laura Vickery Benesh
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Business, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
Emory University
After defending insurance companies for over ten years, Laura ("Laurie") Vickery Benesh formed Vickery Benesh Law, P.C. to assist victims and their families who have experienced personal injury or wrongful death as a result of automobile accidents, slip and fall, and premises liability. She also assists businesses in disputes resulting from breach of agreements and other matters.
Laurie earned her undergraduate and law degrees from Emory University and is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell. She has successfully argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and throughout Georgia’s state courts. She serves on the Board...
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Brian J Sutherland
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 17 years of experience
(678) 449-0361
945 East Paces Ferry Rd NE
Suite 2000
Atlanta, GA 30326
Appeals, Business, Civil Rights and Employment
Seattle University School of Law and University of Washington School of Law
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Tom Clarkson
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer
75 14th St NE
Ste. 2130
Atlanta, GA 30309
Appeals, Antitrust, Business and White Collar Crime
The University of Georgia School of Law
Tom is a former federal prosecutor who represents businesses and individuals in government investigations, False Claims Act litigation, complex civil litigation, and white collar criminal defense.
Before founding Griffin Durham Tanner and Clarkson, Tom led a nationally recognized Department of Justice unit responsible for prosecuting complex civil and criminal fraud out of the Southern District of Georgia. In addition to his supervisory responsibilities, he led some of the office’s most complex and significant criminal cases in the office. During his tenure with the Department of Justice, he tried cases involving public corruption, health care fraud, pill mills, wire/mail fraud, and violent...
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Frank G. Podesta
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 13 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Estate Planning and Probate
Rutgers School of Law-Camden
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James W. McKenzie Jr.
Gwinnett County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 47 years of experience
(770) 476-9793
3883 Rogers Bridge Road
Suite 206A
Lawrenceville, GA 30097
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Family
The University of Georgia School of Law
In 2011, Jim McKenzie was honored by Martindale Hubbell/Lawyers.com for having maintained an “AV” rating for highest or “pre-eminent” legal skills and ethical standards for thirty consecutive years (1980-2010). He continues to achieve that consistent “AV” rating. The significance of the “AV” Rating by Martindale.com and Lawyers.com is described as follows: “The AV preeminent [rating] is a significant rating accomplishment- a testament to the fact that a lawyer’s peers rank him or her at the highest level of professional excellence.” www.martindale.com/products-services-peer-review-rating. (Martindale-Hubbell and Lawyers.com are the national legal locator and ranking service). Atlanta native and a Gwinnett...
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Patrick M. Emery
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Consumer
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
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Mr. Albert Wan
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 18 years of experience
(404) 872-7760
1201 Peachtree Street
400 Colony Square, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30361
Free ConsultationAppeals, Civil Rights and Criminal Defense
Brooklyn Law School
Albert Wan is an attorney based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in criminal defense and civil rights litigation. He is admitted to practice in Georgia and New York courts.
To learn more about Mr. Wan and his law practice please visit his website at:
http://www.albertwanlaw.com
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Mr. Vic Wiegand
Forsyth County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Domestic Violence
Western Michigan University Cooley Law School
We understand that being accused of a crime can be stressful and you have important questions. We can provide easily understandable answers at this critical time.
Through years of experience handling complex and demanding criminal cases, Vic Wiegand has gained a reputation for getting results.
We stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and fight for their rights. A tough minded and determined litigator.
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Ada B. Pozo
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney
(404) 806-0718
1200 One Securities Centre
3490 Piedmont Rd. NE
Atlanta, GA 30305
Free ConsultationAppeals and Immigration
University of Miami School of Law
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Julian Fortuna
Atlanta, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 43 years of experience
1600 Parkwood Circle
Suite 400
Atlanta, GA 6783367191
Appeals, Business, Estate Planning and International
Emory University School of Law and Rutgers University - Camden
Julian A. Fortuna is a at Partner Greenspoon Marder LLP where he practices business and tax law with a focus on tax planning and representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") and various other tax authorities. He also handles estate and trust tax matters. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Fortuna was Vice President and General Tax Counsel for InterContinental Hotels Group ("IHG"). During his eleven year tenure at IHG, Mr. Fortuna managed a team of tax professionals responsible for structuring the domestic and international tax impacts of numerous mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and other corporate transactions, as...
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Merlinus Goodman Monroe
Hall County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 22 years of experience
Appeals, Criminal Defense and Family
Tulane University-LA
On the morning of July 3, 2003, I was driving to cover Court for another attorney during a tropical storm, when I was blown off the road by the intense rain and high winds. I was informed by a third party whose judgment and observation I trust that my estimation of time during that period was very wrong. I spent a short time in a medically-induced coma, followed by about three weeks of being unconscious. The accident left me paralyzed on my right side, and I spent approximately four to five months after I awoke re-learning...
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Lisa Durham Taylor
Oconee County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
The University of Georgia School of Law
Lisa’s client-centered law practice includes advice, counseling, and litigation in all aspects of labor and employment law as well as general business law advice, document drafting and litigation of business disputes. She also utilizes her expertise in legal research and writing and knowledge of the appellate process to provide top-notch representation in civil appeals in both state and federal courts. Most recently, Lisa became registered through the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution as a mediator and arbitrator, and she brings her wide range of legal experience and her ability to see and understand all sides of a dispute to assist...
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Cynthia Lynn Counts
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 32 years of experience
(404) 550-6233
400 Colony Square, Sutie 2020
1201 Peachtree St. NE
Atlanta, GA 30361
Appeals, Business, Communications and Employment
The University of Georgia School of Law
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Akil Secret
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 45 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Business, Criminal Defense and Family
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Attorney Akil Kenneth Secret is a licensed attorney in the States of Georgia and Nebraska. His practice focuses on Serious Personal Injury Litigation, Wrongful Death Litigation and Major Criminal Defense. Mr. Secret has represented defendants in numerous high profile state and federal cases. He has tried hundreds of cases with extraordinary success. Mr. Secret has represented Lawyers, Doctors, Accountants, Real Estate Brokers and Agents and Corporate Executives.
Attorney Akil Secret attended University of Nebraska and transferred to attend Morehouse College where he pursued his undergraduate studies until 1973 with a major in Political Science. He attended Atlanta Law School and earned...
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Dean Richard Fuchs
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 30 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Civil Rights
Emory University
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Mark Allen Yurachek
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 23 years of experience
Appeals, Administrative, Cannabis Law and Criminal Defense
Emory University School of Law
From the day I started working in the field until today, I have learned the practice of criminal and appellate law from some of the finest attorneys in the country. I respect my clients and their families above all else and am keenly sympathetic to the fact that, when most of them come to me, they have already been through the difficult and emotionally wrenching process that is a criminal trial, only to lose and find themselves or somone they love very much subject to a long term in prison. I never promise anything to my clients other than the...
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Sydney Strickland
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Appeals, Criminal Defense and Immigration
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
Sydney received her law degree from the University of Alabama after completing her undergraduate studies at Ole Miss. While at the University of Alabama School of Law, Sydney studied criminal law and criminal defense under the current Executive Director and Attorney-in-Chief of the Federal Defenders of New York, and earned top honors for her work in Alabama’s criminal defense clinic. She also served as the Ethics Opinions Editor for Volume 35 of the Journal of the Legal Profession. After graduating from law school, Sydney worked as a Staff Attorney at the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Sydney...
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Brad Elliott MacDonald
Cobb County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Divorce and Family
University of Richmond School of Law
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Jess Johnson
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney
Appeals, Business, Criminal Defense and Personal Injury
The University of Georgia School of Law
Jess Johnson is one of the best young lawyers in Georgia. He has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in criminal defense and civil litigation by Super Lawyers Magazine for the past several years. While only 2.5% of lawyers in Georgia under the age of 40 receive such an honor, Jess was first named to this list after only 3 years of practice.
Jess has been instrumental in our firm’s success in both trials and appeals. In his very first trial, Jess was awarded an Acquittal Award from the Federal Defender Program for helping our firm win a “not guilty” verdict...
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Charles Frier
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 43 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals and Criminal Defense
University of Georgia
State prosecutor for over 11 years; have tried over 100 felony cases, including 2 death penalty cases. As a defense attorney since then, I have specialized in appeals of criminal convictions, achieving a very high reversal rate. Currently actively engaged in a death penalty appeal, awaiting the docketing notice from the Georgia Supreme Court. Criminal law is all that I have done in my career, and I have a passion for the work I do. I also have a deep commitment to my clients. As I tell all of my clients and potential...
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Sierra Luckey
Gwinnett County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer
Appeals, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and Traffic Tickets
Attorney Sierra Luckey is a graduate of Rollins College where she received a Bachelor’s of Arts & Science in International Relations with a minor in Political Science. Attorney Luckey later went on to receive her Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School and after graduating, Attorney Luckey worked at a general practice law firm where she discovered her true passion and desire to help people facing criminal charges. After gaining a wealth of knowledge and trial experience she then decided to branch out on her own and open S. Luckey Law Office, which focuses on criminal defense...
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Yasha Heidari
Gwinnett County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 18 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and IP
Emory University School of Law
Yasha Heidari is a founding member of Heidari Power Law Group LLC (H&P). He is well known both for his litigation focus and for his versatility. Yasha has given lectures and presided over seminars in many areas of the law, including ethics law, administrative and regulatory law, best business practices, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and the role of Intellectual Property in the age of digital media. Moreover, Yasha has presented numerous papers with topics ranging from modern day questions concerning technology to complex game-theory models at the London School of Economics. Yasha holds a juris doctor...
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David Mark Messer
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Construction
University of Tulsa College of Law
Partner David Messer brings a dynamic courtroom presence and significant trial experience to the firm, which he joined in 2007.
As a trial lawyer in Oklahoma for six years, David achieved both legally and socially significant appeals and courtroom victories. His current trial practice focuses on a full spectrum of business law, with an emphasis on all phases of business litigation and dispute resolution, including trials, appeals, mediation, and arbitration.
David has been successful in oil and gas litigation, construction and engineering disputes, homeowners' association disputes, election disputes, and business disputes of all kinds, including high net-worth matters involving family-owned...
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Charles R. Beans
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney
2100 Tower Place
3340 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30326
Appeals, Asbestos, Insurance Claims and Insurance Defense
Charles R. Beans is a partner in the Atlanta office of Goodman McGuffey Lindsey & Johnson, LLP who defends corporations in general, product liability, toxic tort and appellate litigation. He also speaks on, and has published in these areas. Charles has been named to "Georgia Super Lawyers" by Atlanta Magazine(2004-present). Charles became a member of the State Bar of Georgia in 1988. He is also a member of the American Bar Association (has co-chaired: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Warnings, and Membership Subcommittees), the Defense Research Institute, the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, ...
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John S LaRose
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 11 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Business and Immigration
Georgia State University College of Law
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Beverly L. Cohen
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Appeals, Divorce and Family
Atlanta's John Marshall Law School
Beverly Cohen has been representing clients in divorce and family law matters for over 20 years. She has a reputation for providing her clients with the highest level of representation in the most cost-effective manner. Beverly is dedicated to creating an environment of trust and confidence between her clients and herself. She prides herself on maintaining communication with her clients, promptly returning phone calls, responding to emails, and reasonable billing practices. Her knowledge, experience, and dedication to her clients has resulted in a high level of client satisfaction.
At the time she began practicing law, Beverly...
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Tamar Faulhaber
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 30 years of experience
(770) 408-1025
3180 N Point Pkwy. Bldg. 100 Ste. 103
Atlanta, GA 30005
Appeals, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
UCLA School of Law
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Amanda Gaddis Speights
Cherokee County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Amanda Gaddis Speights represents clients in divorce or family law matters, criminal matters, appeals, and other civil litigation. In family law matters, Amanda has guided and counseled clients in settling uncontested divorces, fought for clients' rights in contested divorces and child custody or child support proceedings, and ensured that clients resolved their family disputes with the best resolution possible for their family given the situation. In addition to her work on family law cases, Amanda has represented clients arrested for various crimes, including DUI, felony and misdemeanor drug offenses, theft crimes, assault or battery charges. Amanda is very...
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Jason Michael McLendon
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, Personal Injury and Traffic Tickets
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Craig Raymond White
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 33 years of experience
Appeals, Asbestos, Business and Insurance Claims
The University of Georgia School of Law
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R. A. Lampkin
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer
Free ConsultationAppeals and Criminal Defense
I have years of experience writing appellate briefs. I have written over 40 briefs and litigated over 200 habeas cases. I also have tried many cases including jury and bench trials.
I appply this experience when representing my clients. I have an understanding of the justice system from both sides. I will aagressively fight to get my clients' wrongful convictions overturned.
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Bernard Stephen Brody
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 27 years of experience
(404) 577-9557
1180 West Peachtree Street
Suite 2075
Atlanta, GA 30309
Appeals and Criminal Defense
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
The Brody Law Firm is a boutique criminal defense firm with a special focus on the defense of sex offense allegations. Bernard has been recognized by Georgia Trend Magazine, Atlanta Magazine’s Super Lawyers, the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and the National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys, for his work in the courtroom and his tireless work ethic that has led to countless dismissals of cases prior to trial.
Bernard is a frequent speaker at Georgia trial lawyers seminars on topics involving Sex Offense Allegations, Computer Forensics, Appellate Advocacy and Federal Asset Forfeiture. He has handled a number of high profile...
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Michael Williford
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer
Appeals, Business, Employment and Immigration
Georgia State University College of Law
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Melody Swilling
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney
Appeals, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Family
Florida Coastal School of Law
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Jonathan Woods
Fulton County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney
Appeals, Business, Construction and Family
Florida State University
Jonathan Marcus Woods is a board certified Attorney with years of experience in trial and appellate law. He is a native of New York City, graduated from Princeton University and the Florida State University College of Law. Before entering law school, Jon enjoyed a successful first career as a local government official in South Florida and then as a political consultant.
After law school, Jon served as an electronic discovery consultant to Fortune 500 companies. Before joining Hunker Appeals, Jon distinguished himself as a trial attorney in the state courts of Georgia with a focus on business litigation, residential and commercial...
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Nicole Jones
Douglas County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 20 years of experience
Appeals, Criminal Defense, Immigration and Personal Injury
John Marshall L.S. (Atlanta)
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Patricia Ann Buttaro
Fayette County, GA Appeals & Appellate Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Appeals, Business, Criminal Defense and DUI & DWI
Florida State University College of Law
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Carl Chapman
Forsyth County, GA Appeals & Appellate Attorney with 9 years of experience
Free ConsultationAppeals, Criminal Defense, DUI & DWI and White Collar Crime
Georgia State University College of Law