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Atlanta Legal Aid Society

404-669-0233

Civil Rights, Consumer Law, Employment Law, Estate Planning, Family Law More >>

1514 East Cleveland Avenue, Suite 100
East Point, GA 30344

Clayton County Pro Bono Project

404-669-0233

Bankruptcy / Debt, Civil Rights, Consumer Law, Criminal Law, Divorce More >>

1514 East Cleveland Avenue
East Point, GA 30344

Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc.

404-206-5175

Bankruptcy / Debt, Civil Rights, Consumer Law, Criminal Law, Divorce More >>

104 Marietta Street, Suite 250
Atlanta, GA 30303

State Bar of Georgia Pro Bono Project

404-527-8700

104 Marietta St NW Ste 100
Atlanta, GA 30303

Georgia Bar Association/National Asian Pacific ABA

404-572-4940

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Immigration Law

191 Peachtree St
Atlanta, GA 30303

Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation

404-521-0790

Bankruptcy / Debt, Civil Rights, Consumer Law, Criminal Law, Divorce More >>

235 Peachtree Street Suite 1750 North Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303

Georgia Lawyers for the Arts

404-873-3911

Entertainment / Sports

King Plow Arts Center Suite J-101, 887 W. Marietta Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318

DeKalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation

404-373-0865

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Bankruptcy / Debt, Consumer Law, Criminal Law, Divorce, Employment Law More >>

315 W. Ponce De Leon Ave 561
Decatur, GA 30030

Law Firms

DebtStoppers USA

404-921-2585

Bankruptcy / Debt

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

The Persons Firm, LLC

Car Accidents, Injury Law, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability

127 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1005
Atlanta, GA 30303

Finch McCranie

404-658-9070

Business Law, Car Accidents, Criminal Law, Injury Law, Legal Malpractice More >>

225 Peachtree Street, N.E., 1700 South Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303

Kish & Lietz

404-588-3991

Appeals / Appellate, Broker Fraud, Immigration Law, Tax Law

225 Peachtree Street, N.E., 1700 South Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303

Finch McCranie, LLP

404-658-9070

Employment Law

225 Peachtree Street, N.E., 1700 South Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303

Stephen A. Friedman and Associates, P.C.

800-345-7799

Public Benefits, Workers' Compensation

235 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 200, North Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303

Law Offices of Louis B. Lusk

404-250-7000

Public Benefits

233 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 850
Atlanta, GA 30303

Brandon Hornsby

800-788-7781

Civil Rights, Employment Law, General Civil

1180 W Peachtree Street NW, Suite 1110
Atlanta, GA 30309

Griffin Law Firm

866-847-6545

Car Accidents, DUI / DWI, Elder Law, Injury Law, Insurance Bad Faith More >>

Promenade II, 1230 Peachtree Street North East 19th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30309

Tyrone Law Firm

404-377-0017

Injury Law, Products Liability

1201 Peachtree Street, N.E., 400 Colony Square, Suite 1900
Atlanta, GA 30361

Buckley & Klein

404-781-1100

Arbitration / Mediation, Employment Law

1230 Peachtree Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

Ken Shigley

404-253-7862

Car Accidents, Injury Law

1360 Peachtree Street, Suite 910
Atlanta, GA 30309

Robert N. Katz

Animal / Dog Law, Car Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability

150 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 300
Decatur, GA 30030

Law Offices of Robert N. Katz

Animal / Dog Law, Car Accidents, Injury Law, Insurance Bad Faith, Products Liability More >>

150 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 300
Decatur, GA 30030

Law Offices of Robert N. Katz

Animal / Dog Law, Car Accidents, Injury Law, Products Liability, Workers' Compensation

150 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, One Decatur Town Center, Suite 300
Decatur, GA 30030

Robert J. Fleming, Attorney at Law

Animal / Dog Law, Business Law, Car Accidents, DUI / DWI, Elder Law More >>

150 E. Ponce De Leon Avenue, Suite 390
Decatur, GA 30030

Law Offices of P. Charles Scholle

404-566-4520

Car Accidents, DUI / DWI, Elder Law, Estate Planning, Injury Law More >>

160 Clairmont Avenue, Suite 200
Decatur, GA 30030

Meriwether & Tharp, LLC

866-299-1778

Business Law, Divorce, Estate Planning, Family Law

1800 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30339

The Wallace Law Firm, L.L.C.

404-814-0465

Car Accidents, Injury Law, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability

2170 Defoor Hills Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30318

The Adams Law Offices

404-941-7695

Business Law, Entertainment / Sports, Intellectual Property

2065 Fairhaven Circle, NE
Atlanta, GA 30305

The Adams Law Offices

404-941-7695

Business Law, Construction Law, Employment Law, Real Estate Law, Tax Law

2065 Fairhaven Circle, NE
Atlanta, GA 30305

The Adams Law Offices

404-941-7695

Business Law, Car Accidents, Employment Law, Estate Planning, Injury Law More >>

2065 Fairhaven Circle, NE
Atlanta, GA 30305

Murray Law Firm

404-842-1600

Animal / Dog Law, Car Accidents, Elder Law, Employment Law, Injury Law More >>

51 Lenox Pointe
Atlanta, GA 30324

The Law Offices of Kevin C. Ford

404-869-6969

Animal / Dog Law, Car Accidents, Estate Planning, Injury Law, Medical Malpractice More >>

2894 Piedmont Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30305

Law Offices of Betty Nguyen Davis, LLC

404-593-2620

Arbitration / Mediation, Bankruptcy / Debt, Divorce, Family Law

581B Central Avenue
Hapeville, GA 30354

Betts & Associates

404-577-8888

Business Law, Civil Rights, Employment Law, Injury Law, Medical Malpractice More >>

44 Broad Street, NW Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30303

Wiggins Law Group

404-659-2880

Civil Rights

260 Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 401
Atlanta, GA 30303

Daniel M. Klein

404-781-1100

Arbitration / Mediation, Employment Law

1230 Peachtree Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

Robin Frazer Clark

404-873-3700

Car Accidents, Injury Law, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability

1230 Peachtree Street, Suite 2323
Atlanta, GA 30309

Robert N. Katz

Car Accidents, Injury Law

150 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 300
Decatur, GA 30030

Levy & Pruett

404-371-8857

Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability

125 Clairemont Ave, Suite 550
Decatur, GA 30030

Gibbs & Mabe, LLC

678-954-5777

Civil Rights, Divorce, Employment Law, Estate Planning, Family Law More >>

160 Clairemont Ave., Suite 200
Decatur, GA 30030

Franks & Koenig

678-802-8653

Workers' Compensation

49-C Lenox Pointe NE
Atlanta, GA 30324

Austin & Sparks, P.C.

404-869-0100

Business Law, Car Accidents, Construction Law, Injury Law, Insurance Defense More >>

2974 Lookout Place N.E., Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30305

Shigley Law Firm

404-364-1099

Civil Rights, Injury Law, Products Liability

3166 Mathieson Drive, Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30305

Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P.

404-760-4300

Antitrust, Business Law, Employment Law, Estate Planning, Health Care Law More >>

2600 One Atlanta Plaza, 950 E Paces Ferry Rd NE
Atlanta, GA 30326

Hunton & Williams LLP

404-888-4000

Antitrust, Appeals / Appellate, Bankruptcy / Debt, Employment Law, Energy, Oil and Gas More >>

Bank of America Plaza, Suite 4100, 600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30308

Edmond & Jones

404-525-1080

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127 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 410
Atlanta, GA 30303

Robert P. Marcovitch

404-892-9797

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Appeals / Appellate

4500 SunTrust Plaza, 303 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, GA 30308

McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP

404-527-4000

Appeals / Appellate, Construction Law, Environmental, Health Care Law, Immigration Law More >>

303 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 5300
Atlanta, GA 30308

Slater & King

877-975-2837

Car Accidents, Elder Law, Injury Law

1201 Peachtree Street, N.E. , Suite 1100
Atlanta, GA 30361

Troutman Sanders LLP

404-885-3000

Antitrust, Bankruptcy / Debt, Construction Law, Energy, Oil and Gas, Environmental More >>

600 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 5200
Atlanta, GA 30308

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

404-815-2400

Antitrust, Appeals / Appellate, Bankruptcy / Debt, Employment Law, Energy, Oil and Gas More >>

600 Peachtree Street, N.E., Twenty-Fourth Floor
Atlanta, GA 30308

Sutherland

404-853-8000

Antitrust, Appeals / Appellate, Bankruptcy / Debt, Business Law, Constitutional Law More >>

999 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309

Ballard Spahr LLP

678-420-9300

Antitrust, Appeals / Appellate, Bankruptcy / Debt, Business Law, Construction Law More >>

999 Peachtree Street, Suite 1000
Atlanta, GA 30309

Jackson Lewis

404-525-8200

Business Law, Employment Law, Immigration Law, International Law, Workers' Compensation

1155 Peachtree Street, Suite 1000
Atlanta, GA 30309

Fish & Richardson LLP

404-892-5005

Appeals / Appellate, Entertainment / Sports, Patents

1180 Peachtree Street, NE, 21st Floor
Atlanta, GA 30309

Powell Goldstein LLP

404-572-6600

Antitrust, Appeals / Appellate, Arbitration / Mediation, Bankruptcy / Debt, Business Law More >>

1201 W. Peachtree St., NW, Fourteenth Floor
Atlanta, GA 30309

King & Spalding

404-572-4600

Antitrust, Appeals / Appellate, Bankruptcy / Debt, Business Law, Employment Law More >>

1180 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309

Holland & Knight LLP

404-817-8500

Admiralty / Maritime, Antitrust, Appeals / Appellate, Bankruptcy / Debt, Construction Law More >>

1201 West Peachtree Street, N.E., One Atlantic Center, Suite 2000
Atlanta, GA 30309

Lawyers

Amanda Emmons Persons

The Persons Firm, LLC

Car Accidents, Injury Law, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability

127 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1005
Atlanta, GA 30303

Douglas Edward Sullivan

Stephen A. Friedman and Associates, P.C.

404-659-7799

Social Security Disability, Veterans Disability

235 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 200, North Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303

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Kyle W. Brent

The Adams Law Offices

404-941-7695

Business Law, Car Accidents, Construction Law, Estate Planning, Injury Law More >>

2065 Fairhaven Circle, NE,
Atlanta, GA 30305

Ronica Scales

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Erik Martin

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Brian Zeft

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Julie McFarlane Anania

DebtStoppers USA

404-909-8666

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Israel Moskovits

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Karyl A. Davis

Buckley & Klein

877-562-5878

Arbitration / Mediation, Civil Rights, Employment Law

Promenade II, Suite 900, 1230 Peachtree Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

Robert Schwaba

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

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Education: Loyola University Chicago

Robert Schwaba is an associate attorney for the Firm's Illinois Chicago Loop office. Mr. Schwaba is a member of both the Firm's bankruptcy and litigation departments.

While at the Firm, Mr. Schwaba has participated in a variety of bankruptcy litigation matters.
Mr. Schwaba has been employed as an associate attorney at the Firm since graduating from Loyola University Chicago School of Law. In the course of his employment at the Firm he has drafted appellate briefs for the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, as well as a brief for an appeal to the Northern District of Illinois and numerous briefs in other bankruptcy matters.

Mr. Schwaba first worked as a law clerk in the Firm's Chicago Loop office while attending Loyola University Chicago School of Law. During this time he played a major role in drafting an appellate brief for the United States Court Of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, as well as a variety of briefs to the bankruptcy courts. One Seventh Circuit decision successfully overturned long standing Seventh Circuit precedent, resulting in new law requiring secured creditors to immediately return property of the bankruptcy estate to the debtor without the need to file an adversary proceeding. See Thompson v. General Motor Acceptance Corp., 566 F.3d 699 (7th Cir. 2009).

Prior to attending Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Mr. Schwaba worked for a nationwide captive automobile finance corporation. Mr. Schwaba attained a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy in 2003 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Mr. Schwaba was born in the northern suburbs of Chicago.

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Mark Murray

Murray Law Firm

404-842-1600

Car Accidents, Criminal Law, Employment Law, Injury Law, Medical Malpractice More >>

51 Lenox Pointe NE
Atlanta, GA 30324

Jordan K. Van Matre

DebtStoppers USA

678-668-7174

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Adam Holguin

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Janna Quarless

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Christian Elenbaas

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Stephen Friedman

Stephen A. Friedman and Associates, P.C.

404-659-7799

Injury Law, Social Security Disability, Veterans Disability, Workers' Compensation

235 Peachtree St NE, Suite 200, North Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303

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John J. Forbes

DebtStoppers USA

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Meriwether & Tharp, LLC

866-299-1778

Business Law, Divorce, Family Law

1800 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30339

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Education: Emory University School of Law - Emory University

Jurisdictions: Georgia - Admitted in 1996 (16 years)

Practice Areas
Mr. Tharp practice areas include both business litigation and family law matters. Much like his law partner, Mr. Meriwether, he finds that handling both types of cases provides unique advantages for his clients. His business litigation and small business experience helps provide extensive financial expertise in handling divorces with large, complicated estates. His family law practice helps provide more frequent courtroom experiences that help him to continue to learn how to best present cases in front of judges and juries.
Mr. Tharp handles a broad range of family law cases including divorce, modification actions, contempt proceedings, and appellant work. He regularly handles estates with large and unique assets, such as a business which can be difficult to value during a divorce proceeding. Mr. Tharp has completed formal mediation training and utilizes this knowledge to achieve favorable results while amicably trying to resolve matters for his clients. Although Mr. Tharp strongly believes that parties should try to resolve matters in a collaborative fashion whenever possible, he also willing, when necessary and appropriate, to utilize his extensive debate skills in a courtroom for his client’s advantage.
General Background and Education
Robert L. Tharp was born on Beale Air Force Base, California. As a child of a military family, he has lived all across the United States and abroad. In high school, Mr. Tharp started to compete at a national level in high school debate.

Mr. Tharp went college at Emory University and graduated in 1993. While in college, Mr. Tharp served as an active leader on campus and was president of the College Republicans, statewide officer of the College Republicans, president of the Georgia Conservancy, student representative to the Southern Accreditation Committee, and officer of Delta Tau Delta. Mr. Tharp also continued to develop his debate skills in college winning numerous college debate tournament awards including best freshman debater, most improved debater, and 1st place at Vanderbilt’s national debate competition. Mr. Tharp also reached elimination rounds for the national debate championship during his time in college.
Mr. Tharp stayed at Emory for law school and received his Juris Doctor Degree in May of 1996. In addition to the rigors of a law school curriculum, Mr. Tharp remained active within the college and high school debate community by helping to coach Emory University’s college debate program and serving as an assistant debate coach for several local high schools including Milton high school in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Mr. Tharp has continued to advance his education and skills since graduation from law school, most recently with his completion of formal mediation training to help better serve his client’s needs in this growing area of dispute resolution.
Civic Involvement
Mr. Tharp served on the Board of Directors for Emory University’s debate program, the Barkley Forum for a number of years. As part of Mr. Tharp’s contributions to Emory during this time period, he ran the Lincoln Douglas portion of the annual Barkley Forum for high school debate tournament at Emory University (the largest high school debate tournament in the nation) while supervising and coaching Emory students during the school year and high school students and high school teachers during annual summer debate workshops. Mr. Tharp also provided extensive help to the Georgia’s high school debate community by helping to run twenty plus high school tournaments a year throughout the greater Atlanta area including tournaments at Milton and Chattahoochee high school.

In addition, Mr. Tharp helped to establish and provided extensive hands-on service for the Urban Debate League program for high school and junior high school students. Mr. Tharp worked with establishing three of the initial Urban debate league programs in this country in Atlanta, Baltimore, and New York – a program that has expanded to 18 of the nation’s largest cities, served 311 urban high schools, 51 urban middle schools, and 37,000 urban public school students.

For these accomplishments, Mr. Tharp was the sole recipient of Emory University’s prestigious Warren Akin Outstanding Alumni Contribution award in 1998.

Political Background
Over the years, Mr. Tharp has been active in numerous state and federal campaigns for local, state and federal races from judges and state representatives to United States Congressmen. He has served various campaign roles from volunteer to campaign coordinator.

In addition, Robert L. Tharp was one of the founding members of a political consulting firm that managed various state and local level campaigns. Not only did this firm provide him with invaluable experience developing and executing comprehensive campaign plans, issues and materials, it also taught him lessons of how to run a business and the struggles that small businesses must manage.

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Richard Griffin Esq.

Griffin Law Firm

866-847-6545

Brain Injuries, Car Accidents, Elder Law, Injury Law, Insurance Bad Faith More >>

Promenade II, 1230 Peachtree Street North East 19th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30309

Robyn C. Benkendorf

Meriwether & Tharp, LLC

866-299-1778

Appeals / Appellate, Arbitration / Mediation, Business Law, General Civil, Real Estate Law

1800 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30339

Lynn Chen

DebtStoppers USA

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Louis B. Lusk Jr

Law Offices of Louis B. Lusk

404-250-7000

Public Benefits, Social Security Disabilty

233 Peachtree St NE, Suite 850
Atlanta, GA 30303

Jessica Casto

DebtStoppers USA

Buckley & Klein

877-562-5878

Arbitration / Mediation, Civil Rights, Employment Law

Promenade II, Suite 900, 1230 Peachtree Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

Paul S. Kish

Kish & Lietz

404-588-3991

Appeals / Appellate, Criminal Law, Drug Offenses, Federal Crimes, Fraud Cases More >>

225 Peachtree Street, N.E., 1700 South Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303

Robert J. Semrad

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

J. Keith Cornwell

DebtStoppers USA

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosure

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Patrick L. Meriwether

Meriwether & Tharp, LLC

866-299-1778

Business Law, Divorce, Family Law

1800 Peachtree St, N.W., Suite 800
Atlanta, GA 30309

Education: University of Florida

Jurisdictions: Florida - Admitted in 1996 (16 years), Georgia - Admitted in 1996 (16 years)

Practice Areas

Since 2000, Mr. Meriwether has focused seventy percent (70%) of his practice on family law and thirty percent (30%) on business law. Through time, he has found that family and business law complement each other well in practice, as his skills from one area transfer easily to the other. Business litigation cases tend to require fewer Court appearances, but the family law cases of Mr. Meriwether's practice has afforded him the opportunity to appear in Court more often and hone skills necessary both for family law and business litigation. Mr. Meriwether's business litigation and transactional work provide the experience and ability to examine and tirelessly move through financial documents, both for business cases, including personal and small businesses, as well as family law cases involving large marital estates in need of equitable division.

Mr. Meriwether utilizes the latest computer software to maintain detailed and comprehensive records of his complex cases. This software allows Mr. Meriwether and his clients to quickly access case information and ensures that no details of the case are overlooked.

Family Law

Mr. Meriwether handles a broad range of family law cases, including divorce, adoption, child custody and support modification, adoption, domestic violence, and premarital agreements. He regularly deals with marital assets ranging from those of little or even negative value to those worth millions of dollars, and competently calculates spousal and child support when applicable.

Mr. Meriwether has said, "In the Courtroom, we zealously represent our clients. But often, fierce litigation is not the best way to resolve a divorce, and we work to settle cases through active negotiation. A divorce can be the most life altering and stressful event anyone can go through, but it does not have to be." To help alleviate the stress often involved in family law cases, Mr. Meriwether takes a collaborative approach to family law. This approach involves utilizing negotiation and mediation to help maintain an amicable relationship between the parties. In cases with children, collaborative law protects the children above all else, creates a win/win situation for the parties, and the parties walk away as satisfied as possible.

In some family law cases, collaborative law will not work, or is inappropriate. Mr. Meriwether evaluates every case on an individual basis to determine how aggressive to approach the case based on the facts, the Court in which the case will be heard, and the Judge who will hear the case. The goal is to achieve the best possible outcome for an individual client. In Mr. Meriwether's experience, compared to a more subtle approach, a "take no prisoners" attitude often results in higher lawyer's fees without a corresponding increase in the achieved result. As such, Mr. Meriwether aims to provide the correct level of aggressiveness to each case for the best result possible.

Business Law

Mr. Meriwether handles a variety of business law cases including simple and complicated business formations, and business divorces. He routinely forms Limited Liability Companies and Corporations. In so doing, he often is asked to draft complex contracts to assist the new business entity with its operations. He also assists clients with the buying and selling of businesses (including the due diligence associated with this process).

Mr. Meriwether views business formations involving a group of friends or acquaintances as marriages, albeit financial ones, and he excels in spotting potential pitfalls when parties are entering into a business relationship. He works hard to ensure that his clients enter into their business ventures well-informed and protected from whatever business complications they may encounter.

Membership

State Bar of Georgia (Member of the Family Law and Business Law Sections)
The Florida Bar
American Bar Association (Member of the Family Law and Business Law Sections)

Admissions
1996, Georgia
1996, Florida

Speaking Engagements
LLC Trends and Developments by National Business Institute. Continuing Legal Education for fellow attorneys.

Arbitration
In 2007, Mr. Meriwether obtained his certification for arbitration. He is ready to arbitrate any Family Law issues and most Business Law matters.

Professional Experience - Mr. Meriwether was admitted to practice law in Florida and Georgia in 1996. In 1998, Patrick L. Meriwether left the Atlanta office of Arthur Anderson and joined Robert Tharp to establish Meriwether & Tharp. His position at Arthur Anderson involved providing tax advice to a variety of large corporations. Mr. Meriwether; however, missed the personal satisfaction that comes with running his own practice and assisting small businesses and individuals with their legal needs. This is where he felt that he could really make the biggest difference.

Community Experience - Mr. Meriwether volunteers time to teach Judo to both children and adults. He holds a Black Belt in Judo and, when he competed in law school, he was the Florida State Champion in his weight division two years in a row. At the 2007 Georgia State Games, he won the gold in his division.

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Edward D. Buckley

Buckley & Klein

404-781-1100

Arbitration / Mediation, Civil Rights, Employment Law

1230 Peachtree Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

Kristi Smith

DebtStoppers USA

678-668-7170

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Cheryl B. Legare

Buckley & Klein

404-781-1100

Arbitration / Mediation, Employment Law

1230 Peachtree Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

Joe Lentner

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Lee Wallace

The Wallace Law Firm, L.L.C.

404-814-0465

Car Accidents, Injury Law, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability

2170 Defoor Hills Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30318

Lakeyta Brown

Stephen A. Friedman and Associates, P.C.

404-659-7799

Social Security Disability, Workers' Compensation

235 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 200, North Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303

W. Carl Lietz III

Kish & Lietz

404-588-3991

Appeals / Appellate, Criminal Law, Drug Offenses, Federal Crimes, Fraud Cases More >>

225 Peachtree Street, N.E., 1700 South Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Kristi Smith Barfield

DebtStoppers USA

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Brandon Hornsby

404-577-1505

Civil Rights, Employment Law, Sexual Harassment

1180 W Peachtree St, NW , Ste 1110
Atlanta, GA 30309

Kevin C. Ford

The Law Offices of Kevin C. Ford

404-869-6969

Animal / Dog Law, Car Accidents, Injury Law, Medical Malpractice, Social Security Disability More >>

2894 Piedmont Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30305

Steven Salcedo

800-228-9159

Animal / Dog Law, Brain Injuries, Car Accidents, General Civil, Injury Law More >>

225 Peachtree Street, N.E., 1700 South Tower
Atlanta, GA 30303

Nathaniel O'Rourke

DebtStoppers USA

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Pat Semrad

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Steven E. Wolfe

Buckley & Klein

404-781-1100

Arbitration / Mediation, Employment Law

1230 Peachtree Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30309

Danielle Tubay

DebtStoppers USA

404-920-8960

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Nelson Otis Tyrone III

Tyrone Law Firm

404-377-0017

Car Accidents, Injury Law, Products Liability

1201 Peachtree Street, N.E., 400 Colony Square, Suite 1900
Atlanta, GA 30361

Jonathan Proctor

DebtStoppers USA

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Darren R. Hojnacki

DebtStoppers USA

678-668-7160

Bankruptcy / Debt, Ch. 13 Bankruptcy, Ch. 7 Bankruptcy, Foreclosures

101 Marietta Street NW, 36th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303

Irma Espino

Wiggins Law Group

404-659-2880

Business Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Entertainment / Sports, Injury Law

260 Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 401
Atlanta, GA 30303

Susan Julian

Wiggins Law Group

404-659-2880

Business Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Entertainment / Sports, Injury Law

260 Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 401
Atlanta, GA 30303

Betty Nguyen Davis

Law Offices of Betty Nguyen Davis, LLC

404-593-2620

Bankruptcy / Debt, Divorce

581B Central Avenue
Hapeville, GA 30354

Judd P. Koenig

Franks & Koenig

678-802-8653

Workers' Compensation

49-C Lenox Pointe NE
Atlanta, GA 30324

Kirsten Daughdril

Levy & Pruett

404-371-8857

Employment Law, General Civil, Injury Law

125 Clairemont Avenue, Two Decatur Town Center, Suite 550
Decatur, GA 30030

Margaret Betts

Betts & Associates

800-559-6580

Business Law, Civil Rights, Employment Law, Injury Law, Medical Malpractice More >>

44 Broad Street, NW Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30303

Cary S. Wiggins

Wiggins Law Group

404-659-2880

Adult Entertainment, Business Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Entertainment / Sports More >>

260 Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 401
Atlanta, GA 30303

Kenneth L Shigley Sr

877-778-7944

Car Accidents, Injury Law, Products Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death

1360 Peachtree Street,, Suite 910
Atlanta, GA 30309

Andrew S. Neuwelt

Franks & Koenig

678-802-8653

Workers' Compensation

49-C Lenox Pointe NE
Atlanta, GA 30324

Jennifer Gibbs

Gibbs & Mabe, LLC

678-954-5777

Civil Rights, Divorce, Employment Law, Estate Planning, Family Law More >>

160 Clairemont Ave., Suite 200
Decatur, GA 30030

Levy & Pruett

404-371-8857

Automobile & Trucking Liability, Governmental Liability, Transportation & Construction, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Defense More >>

125 Clairemont Ave, Suite 550
Decatur, GA 30030