Attorney and Mediator

Offices in Gainesville and Alpharetta, Georgia

Choosing a lawyer can be difficult, but is also very important. I have over 30 years of experience in both the public and private sectors.  Mine is a general practice, meaning I work in several different areas of the law. I am also a trained and registered Mediator, and provide mediation services in all of the areas listed below. My broad experience and positive perspective on life help me to bring understanding, compassion, knowledge, and insight to my clients to help them reach practical, positive, and productive resolution to their legal issues.

I provide legal counsel in the following areas:

  • Divorce and Family Law: divorce, property division, separation agreements, child support, child custody, modifications of support and custody orders, and alimony.
  • Environmental Law: all types of Lake Lanier issues, developments involving the Clean Water Act, and federal water resource cases.
  • Healthcare Law: Medicare and Medicaid Provider reimbursement, program participation, and fraud and abuse cases; Medicare and Medicaid Recipient eligibility, estate recovery, and administrative hearings.
  • Mediation: civil and commercial disputes of all kinds.
  • Personal Injury: automobile accidents, medical malpractice, products liability.
  • Real Estate Law: residential closings, zoning, and annexation matters.

I am licensed to practice law in the State of Georgia. The information provided on this website is merely informational and is not legal advice. No attorney-client relationship has been formed as a result of the presentation of information on this site or by the submission of personal contact information to request a consultation.

Lake Lanier and US Army Corps of Engineers Expertise

  • Tri-State Water Rights Litigation (“Water Wars”)

I represent the Lake Lanier Association in the Water Wars litigation.  This litigation involves water rights in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin among Georgia, Alabama, and Florida.  The Lake Lanier Association’s mission is to preserve both the quantity and level of Lanier’s water for the benefit of all who use the Lake or depend the Lake for their lives and livelihoods.  To learn more about the Association, go to www.lakelanier.org

  • Lake Lanier Dock Permits

I assist property owners and businesses with issues related to the permitting process for docks on Lake Lanier.

  • Lake Sidney Lanier Home Preservation Act of 2000

I shepherded the implementation of this federal law to allow 1,000 property owners  on Lake Lanier to cure public property line encroachments that would otherwise require extensive and costly modifications to or removal of their homes.

Healthcare Law Expertise

My extensive experience with Healthcare Law provides you expertise in:

  • provider reimbursement
  • administrative hearings
  • fraud and abuse
  • recipient eligibility
  • estate recovery