Blake Williamson
Blake practices in the areas of commercial and residential real estate, probate litigation and estate planning, civil litigation, and business law. His legal background includes experience with the Greene County District Attorney’s Office, a respected litigation firm in Macon, Georgia, and a full-service law firm in the Atlanta area, providing him with a solid foundation to adeptly represent his clients. Blake was born in Augusta, Georgia, and moved to Burke County at a young age. He attended school in Burke County, ultimately graduating from Edmund Burke Academy in Waynesboro. Blake went on to the University of Georgia, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology, with an area of emphasis in research methodology.
William H. Tucker
Bill joined Hull Barrett in 1980 and is a senior partner in the Aiken office of the firm. He practices in the areas of estate planning, probate, real estate, and business/corporate law and has extensive experience on wealth transfer issues for individuals and owners of closely held businesses, the administration of decedents’ estates, as well as residential and commercial real estate transactions and small business transfers.His experience includes over 40 years of representation of buyers, sellers, and lenders in thousands of residential real estate closings; commercial real estate closings for new projects, mergers and acquisitions and buyouts; and representation of buyers and sellers of closely held retail and service businesses and professional practices.
F. Michael Taylor
Mike has 33 years of trial experience. He has tried close to 100 cases to verdict in the State and Federal Courts. His litigation experience early on was varied and included both criminal and civil matters. Over time, he added the defense of trucking cases to his practice, however, over the last 10 years his practice has primarily focused on the defense of healthcare providers. Mike represents clients in cases related to general civil litigation, with an emphasis on medical malpractice defense.
Sincerai D. Stallings
Sincerai D. Stallings was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 2008 and to the South Carolina Bar in 2018. Ms.
Joan E. Smith
Joan E. Smith is a Partner at Hull Barrett with over 20 years of experience in the Family Courts of South Carolina and the Augusta Judicial Circuit family court. Her practice focuses on domestic litigation, including divorce, multimillion-dollar asset division, child custody and visitation, alimony, and legitimation of children. She frequently handles UCCJEA jurisdictional disputes and appellate work in both Georgia and South Carolina. She is also skilled in resolving cases through agreement or mediation without litigation.
Paul K. Simons, Jr.
Paul’s practice centers mainly on representing banking and corporate clients in transactions such as commercial loans; real estate acquisitions, development and leasing; and corporate mergers and acquisitions. He has extensive experience in corporate/commercial law, including all aspects of business formation and operation, joint venture transactions, strategic partnerships, equity buy-in agreements, buy-sell agreements and other similar agreements, as well as a variety of agreements that clients require for their continuing operations.
Delta R. Pennington
Delta focuses her legal practice on estate planning and real estate. Her legal background includes various legal settings, including experience in the Columbia County Superior Court, Augusta University, and a full-service law firm in Savannah. Delta is a proud native of Aiken, South Carolina, and a graduate of South Aiken High School. She then attended the University of South Carolina, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with honors.
Brandtley V. Mohr
Brandtley is an associate in the Evans office of Hull Barrett and a member of the Private Wealth transactional group. Brandtley’s practice focuses on business law and estate planning. Prior to joining Hull Barrett, Brandtley worked for a multinational law firm in Atlanta where she gained experience in mergers and acquisitions and capital markets activities. Brandtley graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law. While in law school, Brandtley served as an editorial board member and articles editor for the Georgia Law Review.
Kelley D. Mobley
Kelley specializes in advising the firm’s estate planning, commercial real estate, and business and professional clients across a variety of industry sectors, including, but not limited to, banking and financial services, healthcare, business services, consumer products, hospitality, manufacturing and distribution, retail, agriculture, aviation, and residential and multifamily development. Utilizing his 27-years of experience partnering with individuals, start-ups, family businesses, professional services firms, large private companies, private equity funds, and venture capital firms, Kelley works closely with clients on entity formation, corporate governance, capital-raising strategies and transactions, customer and vendor contract negotiations, debt or equity financing, commercial real estate acquisition, equipment acquisition, M&A transactions, succession planning, exit strategies, and estate planning by using a practical, solutions-based approach to each transaction in order to achieve goals and objectives.
Darren G. Meadows
Darren practices in the areas of real estate, corporate, transactional and local government law, with extensive experience in environmental and real estate title matters. He represents buyers, sellers, and lenders in real estate transactions and related issues, including zoning and construction applications and permits. He also advises and represents individual and corporate clients and their interests before state and federal regulatory agencies, as well as in negotiations and disputes with private parties. His extensive real estate experience includes the coordination and review of title research for the acquisition of regional water reservoirs encompassing several thousand acres and personally conducting title research in over half of Georgia’s 159 Counties. In addition to issuing title insurance for real estate transactions, Darren often acts as local counsel for title insurance companies for investigating and settling claims. Darren employs both business and environmental knowledge in coordinating and overseeing permit applications, due diligence efforts for real estate and corporate transactions, and managing both long and short-term environmental remediation projects. He has experience in soil erosion and storm water, wetlands, underground storage tanks (USTs) and above ground storage tanks (ASTs), hazardous waste, biomedical waste, solid waste, asbestos, waste water, water use permits (drinking water and irrigation), and air protection issues.