Family Law

• Divorce

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  A Shareholder Agreement outlines how the shareholders in a corporation will operate their business arrangement. It will outline how profits are shared, who is responsible for what part of the business operation and what will happen in the event of a disagreement, disability or death of a shareholder.
• Business Disputes
  Her practice concentrates in the areas of Real Estate including all matters related to residential and commercial transactions; wills trusts and probate; and general business law. Over her career Lisa has assisted thousands of clients in the development of North Fulton and the surrounding counties.
• Business Transactions
  Throughout your business transactions, we will assist our clients in choosing the type of entity that is right for them. We work closely with the client’s accountant and other advisors. It is important that not only are legal issues addressed, but we also make sure that tax consequences are reviewed and that the client has received competent counsel from their accountant.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Individual property owners, C corporations, S corporations, partnerships (general or limited), limited liability companies, trusts and any other taxpaying entity may set up a tax deferred exchange of business or investment property under IRC Section 1031.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Lisa has been highly effective in representing me in a few real estate matters. She is very knowledgeable, efficient and reliable. I've been very pleased with her work product and she will be my first call the next time I need legal representation involving real estate.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Lisa has been a tremendous asset in working complicated real estate transactions and contracts, as well as handling my family's estate trust, wills and other personal matters. I would highly recommend working with her.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  I have found her to be a great resource and a good counselor in helping with closing real estate, business and other local land use issues (zoning, right of way, etc.) issues.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Julie Sutton has joined our firm as a paralegal, focusing on the area of estate planning. Julie is a graduate of Georgia State University and the University of Georgia Paralegal Program. During her career she has spent many years working in the non-profit fundraising world for organizations such as the American Cancer Society and helping donors invest in the children of Haiti through the work of the Haitian Timoun Foundation.
• Wills
  Everyone who has assets or children needs a Last Will and Testament. Even those who have Revocable Trusts need a will. Sometimes people forgets to transfer every asset into their trust, and therefore a Last Will and Testament is still needed and must be probated. A Last Will and Testament is a person’s direction to those that survive on how his or her assets are to be distributed upon the deceased’s passing. It is a legally binding document and the Executor must follow the instructions that the decedent left in his or her Last Will and Testament. The Will can list items specifically or generally, to whom the assets are to be distributed and at what time and in what capacity the distribution should be made. In the State of Georgia under most circumstances it is not necessary to avoid the Probate process.
• Trusts
  Sometimes one believes it is necessary or desirable to pass assets outside of the probate process. It is necessary to avoid probate in other states due to the cost or time consumed by the probate process. In Georgia some of the reasons to have a Revocable Trust include fear that his or her estate will be contested by an heir at law. When you transfer assets to a Revocable Trust, you can take those assets out of the trust at any time during your life. The Grantor in a Revocable Trust can also be the Trustee of that trust. When you transfer assets to an Irrevocable Trust after time, those assets are taken out of your estate and taken out of your control. You cannot be the Trustee of your Irrevocable Trust. An Irrevocable Trust is used to protect assets as well as take assets out of one’s estate for tax purposes. There are a multitude of issues related to whether or not you should put your assets in any trust, whether it be Revocable or Irrevocable, so it is important to discuss the pros and cons with an attorney to help you determine what is best for you.
• Power of Attorney
  A Power of Attorney is a document that allows one person to give someone else the ability to perform tasks for that person, as if he or she was the one handling the matter. They can be limited powers of attorney or general powers of attorney. They can be financial or for a specific purpose. Some powers are granted at the moment the document is signed and some are reserved until the time when the grantor becomes incapacitated.
• Probate