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.
R. E. Hanna III
Rand practices in the areas of commercial, corporate, lending, and real estate law in the states of Georgia and South Carolina. His practice centers on representing banking and corporate clients in transactions such as commercial loans; real estate acquisitions, development and leasing; and corporate acquisitions and mergers. He also represents lenders in commercial loan workouts, collections and foreclosures.
Benjamin R. Dinges
Ben Dinges has successfully represented clients in a variety of transactional matters. His practice primarily focuses on real estate, corporate, and commercial transactions. Ben has represented buyers and sellers of real property and assets related to business operations; commercial developers in all aspects of property acquisition, financing, leasing, zoning, and land use; lenders and borrowers in various loan transactions; and residential builders in connection with the acquisition of real property and establishment of associations and covenants. He has also facilitated a wide variety of corporate transactions, including private acquisitions, reorganizations involving conversions and mergers, and the preparation of governing documents. Ben has been recognized for his strong work ethic and diligence to ensure that his clients achieve their desired outcome.
Brian S. Coursey
Brian began his career as a Certified Public Accountant and brings this extensive accounting and tax knowledge to his law practice. As a partner with the firm, his work ethic has allowed him to quickly become an integral part of the firm’s transactional group. As an attorney & CPA he handles many different types of business and corporate matters, ranging from entity selection and formations to the buying and selling of businesses. He also frequently prepares and advises on employment agreements, buy-sell agreements and other contracts used in operations. Routinely he will represent clients and advise them in various estate planning matters, including protecting assets against potential creditors and tax avoidance and assists clients with estate administration and various types of probate matters. His experience includes: – Prepared estate plans and gift plans to minimize transfer taxes and preserve family control of closely held businesses, including gift, federal and state tax planning, joint ownership planning, preparation of wills, revocable (“living”) trusts, irrevocable trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care powers of attorney, living wills and marital agreements. – Routinely assist families and individuals in estate administration and all aspects of the probate process including the probate of wills; the inventory, management, and accounting for estate or trust assets; the settlement of an estate or trust; and representation in any necessary court or tax proceedings, including contested proceedings. – Represented the organizers of multiple non-profit entities related to formation at the state level and tax-exempt application at the federal level.
Mark S. Burgreen
Mark practices in the areas of tax and business law with an emphasis on corporate transactions, securities law and estate planning.