We proudly announce that Mark Stuckey succeeded in his first jury trial on Wednesday, February 7th. Mr. Stuckey began the morning by calling jurors about a will contest matter. After the judge issued rulings on several key evidentiary matters, the opposing council sought an opportunity to settle the case after six years of litigation. We...Read More

More often than you’d imagine, probate attorneys bump up against a statute of limitations only to find out the defendant is dead. But you can’t sue someone who’s dead unless you follow very specific procedures. What do you do? Whom do you sue? We get these questions from lawyers regularly. Fortunately, the Court of Appeals...Read More

We recently assisted a client who was attempting to overturn his father’s will. The father and his son (our client) had had a falling out and were  not speaking to each other at the time the father executed his will. However, at some point after the will was executed, the father and son made amends....Read More

A recent Court of Appeals decision confirms what we have told clients for years: Not every case is a good case. When you hire our firm to assist you in resolving your legal issue, the first thing we do is investigate and uncover the facts surrounding your specific circumstances. On occasion, once we uncover the...Read More

The firm secured another Court victory for one of our deserving clients in the form of a judgment of almost $70,000. The award compensated her for the attorney’s fees she incurred to offer a Will for probate in face of an objection made by the adult child of the deceased person to the Will being...Read More

The firm was involved in an important case in the Georgia Court of Appeals. In this case, the court ruled in favor of our client when it reaffirmed that on a Petition to Settle Accounts, the probate judge has authority to do just about anything necessary to resolve an estate. In our particular case, the...Read More

We are pleased to announce a victory in Hall County Probate Court, where a jury found our client’s will to be valid. The will was created by a woman who had one child who had left her estate in trust for her child with the exception of two small bequests to her nieces. The child...Read More

We are very pleased and happy to represent one partner of a company who went through a bitter breakup with his partner in 2010.  After eight years of litigation, we were able to secure a victory for our client when the trial court dismissed the complaint filed against our client by his former partner because...Read More

Do You Know Who Your Parents Are?   It is easy for each of us to assume our parents are who we were raised to believe them to be.  Before DNA tests were readily available, if your Mom or Dad told you that they were your parent, and if your birth certificate confirmed that, there...Read More

VOTE NO TO Constitutional Amendment THREE The Georgia General Assembly, apparently upset that one of its members had been removed as a judge by the Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC), has decided that the JQC is corrupt and does not properly discipline the judges in this State. The Legislature’s solution for the problem they described is...Read More

CONSERVATORS HAVE A DUTY TO THE BENEFICIARY OF THE ACCOUNT We are pleased to announce another successful outcome at trial. In our most recent case, a four year old child’s mother passed away leaving her a $100,000 life insurance policy. The probate court placed this money into a conservatorship account and placed the child’s guardian...Read More

Most of you will go through life without ever being issued a subpoena to appear at a trial and give testimony. However, for those who have been issued a subpoena, the process can be daunting. First and foremost, you must strive diligently to tell the truth. Sure, it seems easy to tell the truth. However,...Read More

We are pleased to announce the resolution of a personal injury claim with one of our clients for the amount of $80,000. A client suffered a fractured ulna in a collision in Savannah, Georgia. After a full day of intense negotiations our client agreed to accept the sum of $80,000 as full compensation for the...Read More

We are pleased to announce that Lauren Bryant has been admitted to practice before the Georgia Court of Appeals. With Ms. Bryant’s acceptance to the Court of Appeals, we are pleased to announce that all of our associates are authorized to practice in the Appellate Courts of Georgia. Should you need any assistance with your...Read More

Is mediation, rather than litigation, right for you? Many people experience conflict with their family members after the death of a parent or sibling.  Many times, this is just the tip of many problems that have been simmering beneath the surface for years.  When an estate is being administered, families often differ on how the...Read More

We are pleased to announce a victory at trial in the case of Advanced Computing Technologies, Inc. versus Delphi Communications, Inc., Brent Seyler and Sergey Alexandrov. In this case, our client, Advanced Computing Technologies, Inc., sued the defendants for computer trespass and computer theft. The individual defendants formerly were employees of my client, and left to start...Read More

One of the growing trends in the world of high finance is the sale of credit card debt by credit card issuers to purchasers of the credit card debt. These consolidation companies buy your debt from a major credit card company, then begin the process of collecting the debt that the credit card company had...Read More

We’re pleased to announce that we have achieved another victory for a consumer, who was being sued by a credit card collection company. In this particular case, the consumer was being sued by a collection company who had bought an alleged credit card debt from a major U.S. bank.  This collection agency then sued our...Read More

We are pleased to report that we obtained a substantial victory for our clients in the case of Estate of Miya Mitchell.  In this case, sadly, an 11 year old girl was killed along with her mother in a horrible car crash. Read More

We are pleased to announce our successful completion in a recent case in which we were hired to represent the interest of the brothers and sisters of their deceased sister and her small child. Read More