Attorneys at Law
 

PRINCIPAL ATTORNEYS

JEFFREY D. SEGAL:  Born Pomona, California, August 8, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Georgia and Florida; 1980, U.S. Tax Court.  Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1975); University of Florida (J.D. with high honors, 1978). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of the Coif. Executive Editor, University of Florida Law Review, 1977-1978. Author: Note, "U.C.C. Section 9-310: Priority Conflicts Between Article 9 Security Interests and Florida's Statutory Liens," 29 University of Florida Law Review 976, 1977.  Instructor, Legal Research, University of Florida, 1978.  Member: State Bar of Georgia; The Florida Bar.  Concentration: Estate Planning Law; Corporate Law; Taxation Law.  Send e-mail.

KEITH E. FRYER:  Born Atlanta, Georgia, February 23, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia.  Education: Washington University (B.A., 1977); University of Georgia (J.D., 1980).  Author: "Salt II: Executive Agreement or Treaty," 9 Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law 26, 1979; "Understanding the Role of the Independent Medical Examiner," 4 Calendar Call, No. 3, pg. 2, Dec., 1983; "The Motorcycle Accident Case: Voir Dire, Opening Statement and Closing Argument," Automotive Engineering and Litigation, Volume Two, 1984.  Faculty Member, Center for Continuing Legal Education, Georgia State University College of Law, 1986-1990.  Member: North Fulton, Atlanta (Member, Medico-Legal Committee, 1983-1984) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Lawyers Club of Atlanta.  Concentration: Litigation.  Send e-mail.

MICHAEL H. SHUSTER:  Born New York, New York, 1963; admitted to bar, 1987, Georgia; 1988, Florida, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; Georgia Court of Appeals and Georgia Supreme Court.  Education: University of Florida (B.S. in Accounting with high honors 1984; J.D. with honors 1987).  Member:  Atlanta and American (Member Sections on Corporation, Banking and Business Law; Taxation) Bar Associations: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Corporation and Banking Law; Taxation); The Florida Bar.  Concentration: Acquisitions, Divestitures and Mergers; Corporate Law; Covenants Not To Compete; Health Law; Estate Planning Law; Tax Controversies.  Send e-mail.

WILLIAM R. LESTER: Born Norfolk, Virginia; January 8, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Georgia.  Education: London Polytechnic University; Tulane University (B.A., 1978); Emory University (J.D., 1981).  Member: Atlanta, DeKalb (President, 1990-1991) and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta.  Concentration: Civil and Business Litigation; Domestic Relations; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation.  Send e-mail.

CHARLES I. POLLACK:  Born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 11, 1962; admitted to bar 1987, Georgia, U.S District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1988, District of Columbia; Education: George Washing­ton University (B.B.A., 1984); Emory University (J.D., 1987).  Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Delta (Vice Justice, 1986-1987).  Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Corporation and Banking Law; General Practice and Trial Law; Real Property Law), District of Columbia Bar; Concentration: Commercial Transactions; Real Estate; Corporate Law.  Send e-mail.

JEFFREY A. POWELL: Born Greeneville, Tennessee, October 20, 1969; admitted to bar, Georgia and Tennessee 1994; also admitted in U.S. District Courts for the Northern District of Georgia, Middle District of Georgia, and Eastern District of Tennessee; Education: University of Tennessee, Knoxville (B.S., Accounting with honors, 1991; recipient, Tennessee Society of CPAs Scholarship); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1994; recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law); Author and lecturer: "Practical Legal Ethics," National Business Institute (1999); Member: American Bar Association (Litigation section), State Bar of Georgia (Business law section, and Labor and employment law section), and Tennessee Bar Association. Concentration: Civil and commercial litigation, Employment law.  Send e-mail.

ASSOCIATE ATTORNEYS

HELEN DILLON FREED
:  Born Forsyth, Georgia, December 7, 1956; admitted to bar, Georgia 1981; Education:  Emory University (B.A. 1978), Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta; Emory University School of Law (J.D. 1981), Order of the Coif.  Member: State Bar of Georgia. Concentration:  Commercial transactions; Corporate law.  Send e-mail.

 
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