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Partners

Name Phone Number Email Practice Areas
Andrew T. Barksdale
Partner
404.844.2768 ABarksdale@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Healthcare
  • Employment Law
W. Carter Bates III
Partner
478.749.9906 CBates@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax Law
  • Business Law
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
T. Daniel Brannan
Partner
404.997.6023 DBrannan@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Real Estate
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
Christopher Gordon
Partner
478.749.9939 CGordon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Federal Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Crimes
  • Criminal Law
  • Appellate
G. Grant Greenwood, JD, CIPP/US
Partner
478.749.9935 GGreenwood@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Healthcare
  • Data and Information and Security
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Construction
  • Insurance
Duke R. Groover
Partner
478.749.9931 DGroover@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Employment Law
  • Construction
  • Litigation
  • Agriculture Law
  • Eminent Domain
  • Local Government Law
Corrie E. Hall
Partner
478.749.9949 CHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Subrogation
  • Employment Law
Chason L. Harrison, Jr.
Partner
404.997.7504 CHarrison@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
Heather D. Hestley
Partner
404.997.6032 HHestley@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance
Walker W. Kinney
Partner
404.997.7512 WKinney@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
Michelle LaLonde
Partner
404.997.7510 MLalonde@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Corporate Business Law Agreements
  • Licensing and Distribution Agreements
  • Gift Tax Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Healthcare
Hays B McQueen
Partner
478.749.9915 HMcqueen@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Public Finance
  • Business Planning
  • Asset Protection
John B. (Jack) Nichols
Partner
478.749.9982 JNichols@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Appellate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Employment Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Sara Kate Rumsey
Partner
404.997.7516 SKRumsey@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate + Transactional
Bryson M. Smith
Partner
404.997.7505 BSmith@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Gregory C. Sowell
Partner
706.215.8330 GSowell@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
Willard D. Thompson
Partner
706.215.8324 WThompson@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Family Business Planning
  • Taxation
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Giving
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate, Business & Transactional Planning
  • Corporate & Transactional Planning
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Business Succession Planning
Michael N. White
Partner
706.215.8323 MWhite@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Securities Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Real Estate
  • Commercial Law
Doroteya N. Wozniak
Partner
404.997.6031 DWozniak@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Business
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Commercial Litigation

Counsel

Name Phone Number Email Practice Areas
Richard A. Epps, Jr.
Counsel
478.749.9917 REpps@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Litigation
S. Elizabeth Hall
Counsel
478.749.9923 EHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Real Estate
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Commercial Litigation
W. Donald Handberry
Counsel
478.749.9973 dhandberry@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Banking Litigation
  • Workers' Compensation Litigation
  • General Liability Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Subrogation
Amanda M. Morris
Counsel
478.749.9976 AMorris@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Railroad Law
  • Insurance
  • Litigation
Edgeley A. Myers
Counsel
478.749.9987 EMyers@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Dallas J. Roper
Counsel
478.749.9937 DRoper@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Business Litigation
  • Insurance
Lauren N. Schultz
Counsel
478.749.9993 LSchultz@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Local Government
  • Civil Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Tort Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Ad Valorem Tax Appeal
  • Litigation
Shepard R. Smith
Counsel
706.215.8327 SSmith@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Kim H. Stroup
Counsel
478.749.9929 KStroup@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Probate Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Adoptions
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Eminent Domain
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Kathryn S. Willis
Counsel
478.749.9914 KWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Real Estate
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Probate Matters
  • Insurance

Associates

Name Phone Number Email Practice Areas
James F. Banter
Associate
478.749.9992 JBanter@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
William L. Bennett
Associate
478.336.5513 WBennett@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Trust Modification
  • Charitable Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
H. Park Burford
Associate
478.742.4280 PBurford@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Joseph E. Burtner
Associate
478.749.9927 jburtner@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Jackson A. Bush
Associate
404.844.2761 JBush@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Colin Daniels
Associate
404.844.2756 chdaniels@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Business Law
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Railroad Law
Bruce D. Dubberly IV
Associate
478.742.4280 BDubberly@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Probate and Estate Administration
  • Insurance
Taylor S. Eisenhauer
Associate
404.978.7807 TEisenhauer@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Technology
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
Samuel C. Kennon
Associate
706.215.8337 SKennon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Christina E Ling
Associate
478.749.9912 cling@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
Maggie Martin
Associate
478.749.9934 mmartin@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
Kelly L. Mason
Associate
478.336.5502 KMason@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
Lane McKell
Associate
404.844.2762 lmckell@jamesbatesllp.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
Jonathan O. Nwiloh, Jr.
Associate
404.978.7804 JNwiloh@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
Blake Ogden
Associate
706.215.8334 BOgden@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Morgan S. Ownbey
Associate
404.997.6029 MOwnbey@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Jessie Rankin
Associate
404.844.2759 JRankin@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Andrew G. Smith
Associate
404.844.2764 ASmith@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
Rachael N. Vale
Associate
478.749.9945 Rvale@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Insurance
Donia M. Wanna
Associate
478.336.5500 DWanna@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate
  • Employment Law
  • Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
Joshua J. Ware
Associate
478.336.5510 JWare@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Probate & Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
L. Carrington "Carrie" Weldon
Associate
478.749.9979 CWeldon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • General Litigation
Christopher Willis
Associate
478.749.9956 CWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Insurance
Erin S. Woodside
Associate
706.215.8325 EWoodside@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Spencer D. Woody
Associate
478.749.9972 SWoody@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Local Government Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
G. Grant Greenwood, JD, CIPP/US
Partner
478.749.9935 Download GGreenwood@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Healthcare
  • Data and Information and Security
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Construction
  • Insurance
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 Download JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance

Appellate

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Christopher Gordon
Partner
478.749.9939 Download CGordon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Federal Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Crimes
  • Criminal Law
  • Appellate
John B. (Jack) Nichols
Partner
478.749.9982 Download JNichols@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Appellate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Employment Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance

Banking + Financial Institutions

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
James F. Banter
Associate
478.749.9992 Download JBanter@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
T. Daniel Brannan
Partner
404.997.6023 Download DBrannan@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Real Estate
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
Jackson A. Bush
Associate
404.844.2761 Download JBush@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Colin Daniels
Associate
404.844.2756 Download chdaniels@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Business Law
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Railroad Law
Richard A. Epps, Jr.
Counsel
478.749.9917 Download REpps@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Litigation
G. Grant Greenwood, JD, CIPP/US
Partner
478.749.9935 Download GGreenwood@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Healthcare
  • Data and Information and Security
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Construction
  • Insurance
Corrie E. Hall
Partner
478.749.9949 Download CHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Subrogation
  • Employment Law
S. Elizabeth Hall
Counsel
478.749.9923 Download EHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Real Estate
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Commercial Litigation
Heather D. Hestley
Partner
404.997.6032 Download HHestley@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Samuel C. Kennon
Associate
706.215.8337 Download SKennon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Lane McKell
Associate
404.844.2762 Download lmckell@jamesbatesllp.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
Edgeley A. Myers
Counsel
478.749.9987 Download EMyers@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
John B. (Jack) Nichols
Partner
478.749.9982 Download JNichols@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Appellate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Employment Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Morgan S. Ownbey
Associate
404.997.6029 Download MOwnbey@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Sara Kate Rumsey
Partner
404.997.7516 Download SKRumsey@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate + Transactional
Bryson M. Smith
Partner
404.997.7505 Download BSmith@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Kim H. Stroup
Counsel
478.749.9929 Download KStroup@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Probate Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Adoptions
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Eminent Domain
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Michael N. White
Partner
706.215.8323 Download MWhite@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Securities Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Real Estate
  • Commercial Law
Erin S. Woodside
Associate
706.215.8325 Download EWoodside@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Doroteya N. Wozniak
Partner
404.997.6031 Download DWozniak@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Business
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Commercial Litigation

Churches + Religious Organizations

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
W. Carter Bates III
Partner
478.749.9906 Download CBates@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax Law
  • Business Law
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
T. Daniel Brannan
Partner
404.997.6023 Download DBrannan@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Real Estate
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
Taylor S. Eisenhauer
Associate
404.978.7807 Download TEisenhauer@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Technology
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
G. Grant Greenwood, JD, CIPP/US
Partner
478.749.9935 Download GGreenwood@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Healthcare
  • Data and Information and Security
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Construction
  • Insurance

Construction

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
G. Grant Greenwood, JD, CIPP/US
Partner
478.749.9935 Download GGreenwood@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Healthcare
  • Data and Information and Security
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Construction
  • Insurance
Duke R. Groover
Partner
478.749.9931 Download DGroover@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Employment Law
  • Construction
  • Litigation
  • Agriculture Law
  • Eminent Domain
  • Local Government Law

Corporate + Transactional

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Andrew T. Barksdale
Partner
404.844.2768 Download ABarksdale@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Healthcare
  • Employment Law
W. Carter Bates III
Partner
478.749.9906 Download CBates@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax Law
  • Business Law
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
William L. Bennett
Associate
478.336.5513 Download WBennett@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Trust Modification
  • Charitable Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
T. Daniel Brannan
Partner
404.997.6023 Download DBrannan@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Real Estate
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
Taylor S. Eisenhauer
Associate
404.978.7807 Download TEisenhauer@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Technology
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
Chason L. Harrison, Jr.
Partner
404.997.7504 Download CHarrison@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
Walker W. Kinney
Partner
404.997.7512 Download WKinney@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
Michelle LaLonde
Partner
404.997.7510 Download MLalonde@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Corporate Business Law Agreements
  • Licensing and Distribution Agreements
  • Gift Tax Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Healthcare
Hays B McQueen
Partner
478.749.9915 Download HMcqueen@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Public Finance
  • Business Planning
  • Asset Protection
Jonathan O. Nwiloh, Jr.
Associate
404.978.7804 Download JNwiloh@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
Morgan S. Ownbey
Associate
404.997.6029 Download MOwnbey@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Sara Kate Rumsey
Partner
404.997.7516 Download SKRumsey@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate + Transactional
Andrew G. Smith
Associate
404.844.2764 Download ASmith@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
Joshua J. Ware
Associate
478.336.5510 Download JWare@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Probate & Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Michael N. White
Partner
706.215.8323 Download MWhite@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Securities Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Real Estate
  • Commercial Law
Erin S. Woodside
Associate
706.215.8325 Download EWoodside@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Tax + Wealth Planning

Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
S. Elizabeth Hall
Counsel
478.749.9923 Download EHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Real Estate
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Commercial Litigation
Lane McKell
Associate
404.844.2762 Download lmckell@jamesbatesllp.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
Kim H. Stroup
Counsel
478.749.9929 Download KStroup@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Probate Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Adoptions
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Eminent Domain
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Michael N. White
Partner
706.215.8323 Download MWhite@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Securities Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Real Estate
  • Commercial Law
Erin S. Woodside
Associate
706.215.8325 Download EWoodside@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Doroteya N. Wozniak
Partner
404.997.6031 Download DWozniak@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Business
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Commercial Litigation

Eminent Domain

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Bruce D. Dubberly IV
Associate
478.742.4280 Download BDubberly@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Probate and Estate Administration
  • Insurance
Duke R. Groover
Partner
478.749.9931 Download DGroover@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Employment Law
  • Construction
  • Litigation
  • Agriculture Law
  • Eminent Domain
  • Local Government Law
Gregory C. Sowell
Partner
706.215.8330 Download GSowell@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
Kim H. Stroup
Counsel
478.749.9929 Download KStroup@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Probate Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Adoptions
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Eminent Domain
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Kathryn S. Willis
Counsel
478.749.9914 Download KWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Real Estate
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Probate Matters
  • Insurance

Employment Law

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
James F. Banter
Associate
478.749.9992 Download JBanter@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Andrew T. Barksdale
Partner
404.844.2768 Download ABarksdale@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Healthcare
  • Employment Law
G. Grant Greenwood, JD, CIPP/US
Partner
478.749.9935 Download GGreenwood@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Healthcare
  • Data and Information and Security
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Construction
  • Insurance
Duke R. Groover
Partner
478.749.9931 Download DGroover@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Employment Law
  • Construction
  • Litigation
  • Agriculture Law
  • Eminent Domain
  • Local Government Law
Corrie E. Hall
Partner
478.749.9949 Download CHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Subrogation
  • Employment Law
Amanda M. Morris
Counsel
478.749.9976 Download AMorris@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Railroad Law
  • Insurance
  • Litigation
John B. (Jack) Nichols
Partner
478.749.9982 Download JNichols@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Appellate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Employment Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Lauren N. Schultz
Counsel
478.749.9993 Download LSchultz@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Local Government
  • Civil Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Tort Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Ad Valorem Tax Appeal
  • Litigation
Donia M. Wanna
Associate
478.336.5500 Download DWanna@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate
  • Employment Law
  • Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
Kathryn S. Willis
Counsel
478.749.9914 Download KWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Real Estate
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Probate Matters
  • Insurance

Healthcare

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Andrew T. Barksdale
Partner
404.844.2768 Download ABarksdale@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Healthcare
  • Employment Law
G. Grant Greenwood, JD, CIPP/US
Partner
478.749.9935 Download GGreenwood@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Healthcare
  • Data and Information and Security
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Construction
  • Insurance
Michelle LaLonde
Partner
404.997.7510 Download MLalonde@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Corporate Business Law Agreements
  • Licensing and Distribution Agreements
  • Gift Tax Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Healthcare

Insurance

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
James F. Banter
Associate
478.749.9992 Download JBanter@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
H. Park Burford
Associate
478.742.4280 Download PBurford@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Joseph E. Burtner
Associate
478.749.9927 Download jburtner@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Bruce D. Dubberly IV
Associate
478.742.4280 Download BDubberly@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Probate and Estate Administration
  • Insurance
Christopher Gordon
Partner
478.749.9939 Download CGordon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Federal Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Crimes
  • Criminal Law
  • Appellate
G. Grant Greenwood, JD, CIPP/US
Partner
478.749.9935 Download GGreenwood@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Healthcare
  • Data and Information and Security
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Construction
  • Insurance
Duke R. Groover
Partner
478.749.9931 Download DGroover@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Employment Law
  • Construction
  • Litigation
  • Agriculture Law
  • Eminent Domain
  • Local Government Law
Corrie E. Hall
Partner
478.749.9949 Download CHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Subrogation
  • Employment Law
W. Donald Handberry
Counsel
478.749.9973 Download dhandberry@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Banking Litigation
  • Workers' Compensation Litigation
  • General Liability Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Subrogation
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 Download JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance
Maggie Martin
Associate
478.749.9934 Download mmartin@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
Kelly L. Mason
Associate
478.336.5502 Download KMason@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
Amanda M. Morris
Counsel
478.749.9976 Download AMorris@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Railroad Law
  • Insurance
  • Litigation
John B. (Jack) Nichols
Partner
478.749.9982 Download JNichols@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Appellate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Employment Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Blake Ogden
Associate
706.215.8334 Download BOgden@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Dallas J. Roper
Counsel
478.749.9937 Download DRoper@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Business Litigation
  • Insurance
Lauren N. Schultz
Counsel
478.749.9993 Download LSchultz@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Local Government
  • Civil Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Tort Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Ad Valorem Tax Appeal
  • Litigation
Shepard R. Smith
Counsel
706.215.8327 Download SSmith@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Rachael N. Vale
Associate
478.749.9945 Download Rvale@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Insurance
Donia M. Wanna
Associate
478.336.5500 Download DWanna@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate
  • Employment Law
  • Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
L. Carrington "Carrie" Weldon
Associate
478.749.9979 Download CWeldon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • General Litigation
Kathryn S. Willis
Counsel
478.749.9914 Download KWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Real Estate
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Probate Matters
  • Insurance
Christopher Willis
Associate
478.749.9956 Download CWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Insurance
Spencer D. Woody
Associate
478.749.9972 Download SWoody@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Local Government Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation

Litigation

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
James F. Banter
Associate
478.749.9992 Download JBanter@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
H. Park Burford
Associate
478.742.4280 Download PBurford@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Joseph E. Burtner
Associate
478.749.9927 Download jburtner@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Bruce D. Dubberly IV
Associate
478.742.4280 Download BDubberly@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Probate and Estate Administration
  • Insurance
Richard A. Epps, Jr.
Counsel
478.749.9917 Download REpps@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Litigation
Christopher Gordon
Partner
478.749.9939 Download CGordon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Federal Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Crimes
  • Criminal Law
  • Appellate
G. Grant Greenwood, JD, CIPP/US
Partner
478.749.9935 Download GGreenwood@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Healthcare
  • Data and Information and Security
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Construction
  • Insurance
Duke R. Groover
Partner
478.749.9931 Download DGroover@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Employment Law
  • Construction
  • Litigation
  • Agriculture Law
  • Eminent Domain
  • Local Government Law
Corrie E. Hall
Partner
478.749.9949 Download CHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Subrogation
  • Employment Law
W. Donald Handberry
Counsel
478.749.9973 Download dhandberry@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Banking Litigation
  • Workers' Compensation Litigation
  • General Liability Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Subrogation
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 Download JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance
Samuel C. Kennon
Associate
706.215.8337 Download SKennon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Christina E Ling
Associate
478.749.9912 Download cling@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
Maggie Martin
Associate
478.749.9934 Download mmartin@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
Kelly L. Mason
Associate
478.336.5502 Download KMason@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
Amanda M. Morris
Counsel
478.749.9976 Download AMorris@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Railroad Law
  • Insurance
  • Litigation
Edgeley A. Myers
Counsel
478.749.9987 Download EMyers@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
John B. (Jack) Nichols
Partner
478.749.9982 Download JNichols@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Appellate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Employment Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Blake Ogden
Associate
706.215.8334 Download BOgden@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Dallas J. Roper
Counsel
478.749.9937 Download DRoper@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Business Litigation
  • Insurance
Lauren N. Schultz
Counsel
478.749.9993 Download LSchultz@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Local Government
  • Civil Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Tort Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Ad Valorem Tax Appeal
  • Litigation
Shepard R. Smith
Counsel
706.215.8327 Download SSmith@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Gregory C. Sowell
Partner
706.215.8330 Download GSowell@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
Kim H. Stroup
Counsel
478.749.9929 Download KStroup@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Probate Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Adoptions
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Eminent Domain
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Donia M. Wanna
Associate
478.336.5500 Download DWanna@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate
  • Employment Law
  • Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
L. Carrington "Carrie" Weldon
Associate
478.749.9979 Download CWeldon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • General Litigation
Michael N. White
Partner
706.215.8323 Download MWhite@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Securities Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Real Estate
  • Commercial Law
Kathryn S. Willis
Counsel
478.749.9914 Download KWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Real Estate
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Probate Matters
  • Insurance
Spencer D. Woody
Associate
478.749.9972 Download SWoody@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Local Government Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation

Real Estate

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
T. Daniel Brannan
Partner
404.997.6023 Download DBrannan@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Real Estate
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
Jackson A. Bush
Associate
404.844.2761 Download JBush@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Colin Daniels
Associate
404.844.2756 Download chdaniels@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Business Law
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Railroad Law
Richard A. Epps, Jr.
Counsel
478.749.9917 Download REpps@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Litigation
S. Elizabeth Hall
Counsel
478.749.9923 Download EHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Real Estate
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Commercial Litigation
Heather D. Hestley
Partner
404.997.6032 Download HHestley@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Sara Kate Rumsey
Partner
404.997.7516 Download SKRumsey@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate + Transactional
Bryson M. Smith
Partner
404.997.7505 Download BSmith@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Gregory C. Sowell
Partner
706.215.8330 Download GSowell@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
Kim H. Stroup
Counsel
478.749.9929 Download KStroup@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Probate Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Adoptions
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Eminent Domain
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Michael N. White
Partner
706.215.8323 Download MWhite@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Securities Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Real Estate
  • Commercial Law
Kathryn S. Willis
Counsel
478.749.9914 Download KWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Real Estate
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Probate Matters
  • Insurance

Tax + Wealth Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
W. Carter Bates III
Partner
478.749.9906 Download CBates@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax Law
  • Business Law
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
William L. Bennett
Associate
478.336.5513 Download WBennett@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Trust Modification
  • Charitable Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
Michelle LaLonde
Partner
404.997.7510 Download MLalonde@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Corporate Business Law Agreements
  • Licensing and Distribution Agreements
  • Gift Tax Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Healthcare
Jonathan O. Nwiloh, Jr.
Associate
404.978.7804 Download JNwiloh@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
Jessie Rankin
Associate
404.844.2759 Download JRankin@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Kim H. Stroup
Counsel
478.749.9929 Download KStroup@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Probate Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Adoptions
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Eminent Domain
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Willard D. Thompson
Partner
706.215.8324 Download WThompson@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Family Business Planning
  • Taxation
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Giving
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate, Business & Transactional Planning
  • Corporate & Transactional Planning
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Business Succession Planning
Joshua J. Ware
Associate
478.336.5510 Download JWare@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Probate & Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Erin S. Woodside
Associate
706.215.8325 Download EWoodside@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Tax + Wealth Planning

Adoptions

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Kim H. Stroup
Counsel
478.749.9929 Download KStroup@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Probate Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Adoptions
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Eminent Domain
  • Tax + Wealth Planning

Agriculture Law

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Duke R. Groover
Partner
478.749.9931 Download DGroover@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Employment Law
  • Construction
  • Litigation
  • Agriculture Law
  • Eminent Domain
  • Local Government Law

Asset Protection

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Hays B McQueen
Partner
478.749.9915 Download HMcqueen@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Public Finance
  • Business Planning
  • Asset Protection

Asset Protection Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
W. Carter Bates III
Partner
478.749.9906 Download CBates@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax Law
  • Business Law
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
  • Churches + Religious Organizations

Business

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Doroteya N. Wozniak
Partner
404.997.6031 Download DWozniak@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Business
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Commercial Litigation

Business Advice

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 Download JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance

Business and Commercial Litigation

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
James F. Banter
Associate
478.749.9992 Download JBanter@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
H. Park Burford
Associate
478.742.4280 Download PBurford@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Joseph E. Burtner
Associate
478.749.9927 Download jburtner@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Bruce D. Dubberly IV
Associate
478.742.4280 Download BDubberly@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Probate and Estate Administration
  • Insurance
Duke R. Groover
Partner
478.749.9931 Download DGroover@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Employment Law
  • Construction
  • Litigation
  • Agriculture Law
  • Eminent Domain
  • Local Government Law
Corrie E. Hall
Partner
478.749.9949 Download CHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Subrogation
  • Employment Law
Maggie Martin
Associate
478.749.9934 Download mmartin@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
Kelly L. Mason
Associate
478.336.5502 Download KMason@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
Edgeley A. Myers
Counsel
478.749.9987 Download EMyers@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Gregory C. Sowell
Partner
706.215.8330 Download GSowell@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
Kim H. Stroup
Counsel
478.749.9929 Download KStroup@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Probate Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Adoptions
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Eminent Domain
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
Donia M. Wanna
Associate
478.336.5500 Download DWanna@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate
  • Employment Law
  • Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
L. Carrington "Carrie" Weldon
Associate
478.749.9979 Download CWeldon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • General Litigation
Spencer D. Woody
Associate
478.749.9972 Download SWoody@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Local Government Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation

Business Law

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
W. Carter Bates III
Partner
478.749.9906 Download CBates@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax Law
  • Business Law
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
Jackson A. Bush
Associate
404.844.2761 Download JBush@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Colin Daniels
Associate
404.844.2756 Download chdaniels@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Business Law
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Railroad Law
Heather D. Hestley
Partner
404.997.6032 Download HHestley@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Blake Ogden
Associate
706.215.8334 Download BOgden@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Dallas J. Roper
Counsel
478.749.9937 Download DRoper@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Business Litigation
  • Insurance
Gregory C. Sowell
Partner
706.215.8330 Download GSowell@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain

Business Litigation

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 Download JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance
Amanda M. Morris
Counsel
478.749.9976 Download AMorris@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Railroad Law
  • Insurance
  • Litigation
Dallas J. Roper
Counsel
478.749.9937 Download DRoper@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Business Litigation
  • Insurance

Business Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Hays B McQueen
Partner
478.749.9915 Download HMcqueen@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Public Finance
  • Business Planning
  • Asset Protection

Civil Litigation

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Joseph E. Burtner
Associate
478.749.9927 Download jburtner@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Bruce D. Dubberly IV
Associate
478.742.4280 Download BDubberly@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Probate and Estate Administration
  • Insurance
W. Donald Handberry
Counsel
478.749.9973 Download dhandberry@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Banking Litigation
  • Workers' Compensation Litigation
  • General Liability Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Subrogation
Dallas J. Roper
Counsel
478.749.9937 Download DRoper@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Business Litigation
  • Insurance
Lauren N. Schultz
Counsel
478.749.9993 Download LSchultz@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Local Government
  • Civil Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Tort Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Ad Valorem Tax Appeal
  • Litigation
L. Carrington "Carrie" Weldon
Associate
478.749.9979 Download CWeldon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • General Litigation
Kathryn S. Willis
Counsel
478.749.9914 Download KWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Real Estate
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Probate Matters
  • Insurance

Commercial Litigation

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Christopher Gordon
Partner
478.749.9939 Download CGordon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Federal Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Crimes
  • Criminal Law
  • Appellate
S. Elizabeth Hall
Counsel
478.749.9923 Download EHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Real Estate
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Commercial Litigation
W. Donald Handberry
Counsel
478.749.9973 Download dhandberry@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Banking Litigation
  • Workers' Compensation Litigation
  • General Liability Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Subrogation
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 Download JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance
Amanda M. Morris
Counsel
478.749.9976 Download AMorris@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Railroad Law
  • Insurance
  • Litigation
John B. (Jack) Nichols
Partner
478.749.9982 Download JNichols@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Appellate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Employment Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Doroteya N. Wozniak
Partner
404.997.6031 Download DWozniak@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Business
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Commercial Litigation

Corporate

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Donia M. Wanna
Associate
478.336.5500 Download DWanna@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate
  • Employment Law
  • Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance

Corporate Law

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Jackson A. Bush
Associate
404.844.2761 Download JBush@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Heather D. Hestley
Partner
404.997.6032 Download HHestley@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions

Creditor Bankruptcy

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Kim H. Stroup
Counsel
478.749.9929 Download KStroup@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Probate Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Adoptions
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Eminent Domain
  • Tax + Wealth Planning

Estate Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Michelle LaLonde
Partner
404.997.7510 Download MLalonde@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Corporate Business Law Agreements
  • Licensing and Distribution Agreements
  • Gift Tax Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Healthcare
Kim H. Stroup
Counsel
478.749.9929 Download KStroup@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Probate Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Adoptions
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Eminent Domain
  • Tax + Wealth Planning

General Civil Litigation

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 Download JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance

General Corporate Business Law Agreements

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Michelle LaLonde
Partner
404.997.7510 Download MLalonde@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Corporate Business Law Agreements
  • Licensing and Distribution Agreements
  • Gift Tax Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Healthcare

General Liability Defense

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
W. Donald Handberry
Counsel
478.749.9973 Download dhandberry@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Banking Litigation
  • Workers' Compensation Litigation
  • General Liability Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Subrogation
Lauren N. Schultz
Counsel
478.749.9993 Download LSchultz@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Local Government
  • Civil Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Tort Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Ad Valorem Tax Appeal
  • Litigation
Kathryn S. Willis
Counsel
478.749.9914 Download KWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Real Estate
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Probate Matters
  • Insurance

General Litigation

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Joseph E. Burtner
Associate
478.749.9927 Download jburtner@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Christopher Gordon
Partner
478.749.9939 Download CGordon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Federal Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Crimes
  • Criminal Law
  • Appellate
Blake Ogden
Associate
706.215.8334 Download BOgden@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Gregory C. Sowell
Partner
706.215.8330 Download GSowell@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
Rachael N. Vale
Associate
478.749.9945 Download Rvale@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Insurance
L. Carrington "Carrie" Weldon
Associate
478.749.9979 Download CWeldon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Insurance
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • General Litigation
Christopher Willis
Associate
478.749.9956 Download CWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Insurance

Gift Tax Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Michelle LaLonde
Partner
404.997.7510 Download MLalonde@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Corporate Business Law Agreements
  • Licensing and Distribution Agreements
  • Gift Tax Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Healthcare

Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Jackson A. Bush
Associate
404.844.2761 Download JBush@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Colin Daniels
Associate
404.844.2756 Download chdaniels@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Business Law
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Railroad Law
Heather D. Hestley
Partner
404.997.6032 Download HHestley@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions

Mergers and Acquisitions

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Andrew T. Barksdale
Partner
404.844.2768 Download ABarksdale@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Healthcare
  • Employment Law
Taylor S. Eisenhauer
Associate
404.978.7807 Download TEisenhauer@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Technology
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
Chason L. Harrison, Jr.
Partner
404.997.7504 Download CHarrison@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
Walker W. Kinney
Partner
404.997.7512 Download WKinney@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
Michelle LaLonde
Partner
404.997.7510 Download MLalonde@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Corporate Business Law Agreements
  • Licensing and Distribution Agreements
  • Gift Tax Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Healthcare
Hays B McQueen
Partner
478.749.9915 Download HMcqueen@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Public Finance
  • Business Planning
  • Asset Protection
Morgan S. Ownbey
Associate
404.997.6029 Download MOwnbey@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
Andrew G. Smith
Associate
404.844.2764 Download ASmith@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
Michael N. White
Partner
706.215.8323 Download MWhite@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Securities Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Real Estate
  • Commercial Law

Probate and Estate Administration

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Bruce D. Dubberly IV
Associate
478.742.4280 Download BDubberly@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Probate and Estate Administration
  • Insurance

Probate Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Kim H. Stroup
Counsel
478.749.9929 Download KStroup@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Creditor Bankruptcy
  • Probate Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Adoptions
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Eminent Domain
  • Tax + Wealth Planning

Railroad Defense

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 Download JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance

Receivership

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 Download JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance

Securities Law

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Michael N. White
Partner
706.215.8323 Download MWhite@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Securities Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Real Estate
  • Commercial Law

Tax Law

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
W. Carter Bates III
Partner
478.749.9906 Download CBates@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax Law
  • Business Law
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
  • Churches + Religious Organizations

Tax-Exempt Organizations

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
W. Carter Bates III
Partner
478.749.9906 Download CBates@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax Law
  • Business Law
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Asset Protection Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations
  • Churches + Religious Organizations

Technology

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Taylor S. Eisenhauer
Associate
404.978.7807 Download TEisenhauer@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Technology
  • Churches + Religious Organizations

Tort Litigation

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Bruce D. Dubberly IV
Associate
478.742.4280 Download BDubberly@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Probate and Estate Administration
  • Insurance
W. Donald Handberry
Counsel
478.749.9973 Download dhandberry@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Banking Litigation
  • Workers' Compensation Litigation
  • General Liability Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Subrogation
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 Download JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance
Lauren N. Schultz
Counsel
478.749.9993 Download LSchultz@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Local Government
  • Civil Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Tort Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Ad Valorem Tax Appeal
  • Litigation
Kathryn S. Willis
Counsel
478.749.9914 Download KWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Real Estate
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Probate Matters
  • Insurance

Trial Practice

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 Download JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance

Wills and Trusts

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Michelle LaLonde
Partner
404.997.7510 Download MLalonde@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Corporate Business Law Agreements
  • Licensing and Distribution Agreements
  • Gift Tax Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Healthcare
Joshua J. Ware
Associate
478.336.5510 Download JWare@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Probate & Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Tax + Wealth Planning

Taxation

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Willard D. Thompson
Partner
706.215.8324 Download WThompson@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Family Business Planning
  • Taxation
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Giving
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate, Business & Transactional Planning
  • Corporate & Transactional Planning
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Business Succession Planning

Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Giving

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Willard D. Thompson
Partner
706.215.8324 Download WThompson@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Family Business Planning
  • Taxation
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Giving
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate, Business & Transactional Planning
  • Corporate & Transactional Planning
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Business Succession Planning

Corporate, Business & Transactional Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Willard D. Thompson
Partner
706.215.8324 Download WThompson@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Family Business Planning
  • Taxation
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Giving
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate, Business & Transactional Planning
  • Corporate & Transactional Planning
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Business Succession Planning

Probate & Estate Administration

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Willard D. Thompson
Partner
706.215.8324 Download WThompson@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Family Business Planning
  • Taxation
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Giving
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate, Business & Transactional Planning
  • Corporate & Transactional Planning
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Business Succession Planning

Estate & Asset Protection Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
William L. Bennett
Associate
478.336.5513 Download WBennett@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Trust Modification
  • Charitable Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
Jonathan O. Nwiloh, Jr.
Associate
404.978.7804 Download JNwiloh@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
Willard D. Thompson
Partner
706.215.8324 Download WThompson@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Family Business Planning
  • Taxation
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Giving
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate, Business & Transactional Planning
  • Corporate & Transactional Planning
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Business Succession Planning

Commercial Law

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Senator John F. Kennedy
Partner
478.749.9981 Download JKennedy@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Receivership
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Tort Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Trial Practice
  • Business Advice
  • Railroad Defense
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Insurance
Michael N. White
Partner
706.215.8323 Download MWhite@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Securities Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Litigation
  • Creditors' Rights + Bankruptcy
  • Real Estate
  • Commercial Law

Subrogation

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Corrie E. Hall
Partner
478.749.9949 Download CHall@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Subrogation
  • Employment Law
W. Donald Handberry
Counsel
478.749.9973 Download dhandberry@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Banking Litigation
  • Workers' Compensation Litigation
  • General Liability Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Subrogation

Licensing and Distribution Agreements

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Michelle LaLonde
Partner
404.997.7510 Download MLalonde@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Corporate Business Law Agreements
  • Licensing and Distribution Agreements
  • Gift Tax Planning
  • Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Healthcare

Local Government Law

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Duke R. Groover
Partner
478.749.9931 Download DGroover@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Employment Law
  • Construction
  • Litigation
  • Agriculture Law
  • Eminent Domain
  • Local Government Law
Maggie Martin
Associate
478.749.9934 Download mmartin@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
John B. (Jack) Nichols
Partner
478.749.9982 Download JNichols@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Appellate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Employment Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Blake Ogden
Associate
706.215.8334 Download BOgden@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • General Litigation
  • Business Law
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
Gregory C. Sowell
Partner
706.215.8330 Download GSowell@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Business Law
  • Real Estate
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
Donia M. Wanna
Associate
478.336.5500 Download DWanna@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business and Commercial Litigation
  • Corporate
  • Employment Law
  • Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Insurance
Spencer D. Woody
Associate
478.749.9972 Download SWoody@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Local Government Law
  • Business and Commercial Litigation

Banking Litigation

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
W. Donald Handberry
Counsel
478.749.9973 Download dhandberry@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Banking Litigation
  • Workers' Compensation Litigation
  • General Liability Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Subrogation

Workers' Compensation Litigation

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
W. Donald Handberry
Counsel
478.749.9973 Download dhandberry@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Banking Litigation
  • Workers' Compensation Litigation
  • General Liability Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Subrogation

Probate Matters

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Kathryn S. Willis
Counsel
478.749.9914 Download KWillis@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Real Estate
  • Tort Litigation
  • Civil Litigation
  • Probate Matters
  • Insurance

Local Government

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Lauren N. Schultz
Counsel
478.749.9993 Download LSchultz@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Local Government
  • Civil Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Tort Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Ad Valorem Tax Appeal
  • Litigation

Ad Valorem Tax Appeal

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Lauren N. Schultz
Counsel
478.749.9993 Download LSchultz@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Local Government
  • Civil Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • General Liability Defense
  • Tort Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Ad Valorem Tax Appeal
  • Litigation

Public Finance

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Hays B McQueen
Partner
478.749.9915 Download HMcqueen@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Public Finance
  • Business Planning
  • Asset Protection

Probate & Estate Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Joshua J. Ware
Associate
478.336.5510 Download JWare@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Corporate + Transactional
  • Probate & Estate Planning
  • Wills and Trusts
  • Tax + Wealth Planning

Family Business Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Willard D. Thompson
Partner
706.215.8324 Download WThompson@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Family Business Planning
  • Taxation
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Giving
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate, Business & Transactional Planning
  • Corporate & Transactional Planning
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Business Succession Planning

Corporate & Transactional Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Willard D. Thompson
Partner
706.215.8324 Download WThompson@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Family Business Planning
  • Taxation
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Giving
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate, Business & Transactional Planning
  • Corporate & Transactional Planning
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Business Succession Planning

Business Succession Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Willard D. Thompson
Partner
706.215.8324 Download WThompson@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Family Business Planning
  • Taxation
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Tax-Exempt Organizations & Charitable Giving
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Corporate, Business & Transactional Planning
  • Corporate & Transactional Planning
  • Probate & Estate Administration
  • Business Succession Planning

Federal Criminal Defense

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Christopher Gordon
Partner
478.749.9939 Download CGordon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Federal Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Crimes
  • Criminal Law
  • Appellate

White Collar Crimes

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Christopher Gordon
Partner
478.749.9939 Download CGordon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Federal Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Crimes
  • Criminal Law
  • Appellate

Criminal Law

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Christopher Gordon
Partner
478.749.9939 Download CGordon@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Litigation
  • Insurance
  • Commercial Litigation
  • General Litigation
  • Federal Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Crimes
  • Criminal Law
  • Appellate

Trust Modification

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
William L. Bennett
Associate
478.336.5513 Download WBennett@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Trust Modification
  • Charitable Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional

Charitable Planning

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
William L. Bennett
Associate
478.336.5513 Download WBennett@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Tax + Wealth Planning
  • Estate & Asset Protection Planning
  • Trust Modification
  • Charitable Planning
  • Corporate + Transactional

Data and Information and Security

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
G. Grant Greenwood, JD, CIPP/US
Partner
478.749.9935 Download GGreenwood@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Employment Law
  • Healthcare
  • Data and Information and Security
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Churches + Religious Organizations
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Construction
  • Insurance

Railroad Law

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Amanda M. Morris
Counsel
478.749.9976 Download AMorris@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Business Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Railroad Law
  • Insurance
  • Litigation

Railroad Law

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
Colin Daniels
Associate
404.844.2756 Download chdaniels@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Real Estate
  • Business Law
  • Government Guaranteed Lending (SBA, USDA)
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Railroad Law

Name Phone Number VCARD Email Practice Areas
John B. (Jack) Nichols
Partner
478.749.9982 Download JNichols@JamesBatesLLP.com
  • Appellate
  • Banking + Financial Institutions
  • Employment Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Local Government Law
  • Litigation
  • Insurance