WILLIAM TUCKER
PAGE, SCRANTOM, SPROUSE,
TUCKER & FORD, P.C.
Synovus Centre
3rd Floor, 1111 Bay Avenue
PO Box 1199
Columbus, GA 31902
Tel: 706-243-5604
Fax: 706-596-9992
wlt@psstf.com
www.columbusgalaw.com
EMPLOYMENT & LABOR
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
William Tucker is a shareholder and managing partner of
Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, P.C. His expertise
encompasses all aspects of business litigation with an
emphasis on complex commercial litigation, business torts,
and employment issues. He has extensive trial experience in
state and federal courts. He frequently serves as an arbitrator
in disputes involving employment matters. He holds the highest
rating from Martindale-Hubbell, is a Master in the Joseph Henry
Lumpkin Inn of Court and the Columbus Inn of Court. He is a
Past President of the Columbus Bar Association, a member of
the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and a graduate of Emory
University and the University of Georgia, where he obtained his
J.D. degree in 1974.
MICHAEL J. RUST
GRAY, RUS T, S T. AMAND,
MOFFET T & BRIESKE, L.L.P.
1700 Atlanta Plaza
950 East Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 30326
Tel: 404-870-7375
Fax: 404-870-7374
mrust@grsmb.com
www.grsmb.com
INSURANCE COVERAGE
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
Michael Rust’s practice focuses on the defense of personal
injury and property damage claims on behalf of corporations
and insurers primarily arising out of the construction industry.
Mr. Rust also has extensive experience in representing insurers
in coverage litigation and has written and spoken both in
Georgia and nationally on this topic. Mr. Rust graduated from
Emory University in 1976 and earned his law degree from Emory
in 1983 where he was an Editor of the Emory Law Journal.
Mr. Rust is a member of the Board of the Litigation Section of
the Atlanta Bar and is an active member of the Georgia Defense
Lawyers Association, the Defense Research Institute, and the
Georgia Motor Trucking Association. Mr. Rust is a Fellow of the
Litigation Counsel of America.
DREW FINDLING
THE FINDLING LAW FIRM
3490 Piedmont Road Northeast
One Securities Centre, Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30305
Tel: 404-460-4500
Fax: 404-460-4501
drew@findlinglawfirm.com
www.findlinglawfirm.com
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Drew exclusively practices federal and state criminal defense.
His creative and legally sound defense strategies have helped
him to successfully defend cases throughout the country. Dre w’s
diverse practice has included the successful defense of complex
white collar cases, political crimes, and murder cases. As a
much sought-after lecturer, he has spoken to bar associations
in over 30 states. Recognized by the Justice Department for
his expertise as a criminal defense lawyer, he co-authored the
Justice Department’s A Guide for Law Enforcement: Crime Scene
Investigation and is the only criminal defense attorney serving
on the Justice Department’s Advisory Council for Science,
Technology and the Law. Drew is also on the Board of Directors
for NACDL and co-chairs the Committee on Discovery Reform.
GENE A. MAJOR
FAIN, MAJOR & BRENNAN,
P.C.
100 Glenridge Point Parkway
Suite 500
Atlanta, GA 30342
Tel: 404-688-6633
Fax: 404-420-1544
gmajor@fainmajor.com
www.fainmajor.com
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
Gene A. Major has represented individuals and companies in a
variety of litigation matters in state and federal courts in Georgia
for over 30 years. His civil litigation practice includes premises
liability, trucking and motor vehicle litigation, insurance
coverage, and product and professional liability. Fain, Major &
Brennan is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell and listed in the
Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Fain, Major & Brennan is
also a proud member of the International Society of Primerus
Law Firms.
HARVEY S. GRAY
GRAY, RUS T, ST. AMAND,
MOFFETT & BRIESKE, L.L.P.
1700 Atlanta Plaza
950 East Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 30326
Tel: 404-870-7376
Fax: 404-870-1076
hgray@grsmb.com
www.grsmb.com
GENERAL LI TIGATION
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
CIVIL RIGHTS/FIRS T AMENDMENT
Mr. Gray’s practice includes a heavy emphasis on litigation
within the public sector. He regularly defends city and county
governments, housing authorities, school systems, and
governmental employees, including police officers, in cases
involving our federal and state constitutions. Mr. Gray also
represents individuals and corporations in a variety of litigation
matters. Mr. Gray received a degree in general management
from Georgia Tech, in 1972, with honors, and a law degree from
the University of Georgia, in 1976, cum laude, where he served
on the Georgia Law Review and received the Order of the Coif,
reserved for those in the top 5 percent of the class. Mr. Gray is
also an Adjunct Professor of Law at John Marshall Law School
where he teaches Insurance Law.
PAGE A. PATE
THE PATE LAW FIRM
101 Marietta Street
Suite 3300
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: 404-223-3310
Fax: 404-223-3392
page@pagepate.com
www.pagepate.com
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHI TE COLLAR
GENERAL LI TIGATION
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Page Pate is an Atlanta trial lawyer and founding partner of The
Pate Law Firm in Atlanta. Page has successfully represented
clients in federal and state cases across Georgia and the
Southeast. He previously served as Chairman of the Criminal
Law Section of the Atlanta Bar Association, and he is an
active member of the National and Georgia Associations of
Criminal Defense Lawyers. Page graduated with honors from
the University of Georgia School of Law where he received the
American Jurisprudence Award for Advocacy. He is a frequent
expert commentator on legal issues for public broadcasting.
MATTHEW G. MOFFETT
GRAY, RUST, ST. AMAND,
MOFFETT & BRIESKE, L. L. P.
1700 Atlanta Plaza
950 East Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 30326
Tel: 404-870-7390
Fax: 404-870-1030
mmoffett@grsmb.com
www.grsmb.com
PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE: GENERAL
EMPLOYMEN T LITIGATION: DEFENSE
CIVIL LI TIGATION DEFENSE
Matt Moffett has defended civil cases in state and federal courts
for the last 22 years. Over the last two years, Matt has tried and
won eight significant jury trials, with four of those cases involving
contended wrongful deaths where each plaintiffs’ attorney
asked the jury to award millions of dollars in damages. In 2011,
Matt presented Persuading with Technology in the Courtroom
in Washington, D.C. at the annual meeting of the Defense
Research Institute, and Trying the Unwinnable Case in New York
City at the Renaissance Symposium IV of the Litigation Counsel
of America. In 2012, he will chair the faculty at the Trial Academy
of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. Matt is a former
adjunct professor of law at Emory Law School and a trustee for
St. Martin’s Episcopal School.
AMY K. WAGGONER
WAGGONER HAS TINGS LLC
3820 Mansell Road
Suite 170
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Tel: 770-641-8200
Fax: 770-641-8203
awaggoner@atlanta-familylaw.com
www.atlanta-familylaw.com
FAMILY LAW
COLLABORATIVE LAW
Amy K. Waggoner is a founding partner of Waggoner Hastings
LLC, an Alpharetta, Georgia, law firm providing family law and
divorce-related legal services throughout the metro Atlanta
region. As an attorney, Amy assists her clients with matters such
as divorce, domestic partnership agreements and dissolutions,
child custody and support issues, paternity and legitimization
cases, and prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. Amy holds
an AV preeminent rating and is certified in the practice of
collaborative law. She teaches Collaborative Divorce at Georgia
State University College of Law and is a founding member of the
Atlanta Collaborative Divorce Alliance. She regularly lectures on
collaborative practice at continuing education events around
the country. Amy also serves as a guardian ad litem.
DOUGLAS N. PETERS
PETERS, RUBIN & SHEFFIELD,
P.A.
2786 North Decatur Road
Suite 245
Decatur, GA 30033
Tel: 404-296-5300
Fax: 404-294-0441
dougpeters@justiceingeorgia.com
www.justiceingeorgia.com
APPELLATE
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
Doug is nationally recognized for his expertise in the defense
of citizens accused of crimes against children. Doug recently
received the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’
Reese Smith Achievement for Excellence Award, and was the
sixth lawyer to receive this recognition in the association’s
35-year history. He is the author of The Defense of the Child
Molestation Case in Georgia and lectures nationally and locally
to judges, lawyers, and other professionals and also organizes,
moderates, and serves as keynote speaker for his annual
Georgia seminar on child abuse defense. Doug is the past
president of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers, is AV-rated, is a member of the National College of
Trial Lawyers, and is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America.
