Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
• Business Disputes
• Business Transactions
  The Firm’s transactions practice is led by Stanley E. Foster, a lawyer with over thirty (40) years of experience in commercial transactions. Mr. Foster has been named “Super Lawyer” four times by Atlanta Magazine. The Firm advises clients on an array of corporate, real estate and development transactions. The Firm is capable of serving client needs from the simplest to the most complex transactions.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property

Employment Law

• Employment Discrimination
  It is no overstatement to say that the Firm is deeply rooted in anti-discrimination law. One of its founding partners, Donald Lee Hollowell, was a renowned civil rights attorney, respected and honored nationally. His life and legal career were spent advocating for equality and confronting employment discrimination; indeed, discrimination in every form. Building on Mr. Hollowell's legacy, the Firm has developed a reputation for excellence and has gained extensive experience advising federal and state agencies, private employers and individuals on employment law and employment discrimination matters. The Firm is one of the oldest minority law firms in the Southeast and for most of its 40+ year history, has counseled clients on the enforcement of anti-discrimination laws affecting the workplace.
• Employment Contract
• Severance Agreement

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  The Firm represents clients in federal and state court in connection with disputes that result in litigation. The matters for which the Firm has been responsible include personal injury, private torts, creditor claims, contract and business disputes, real property title and boundary line disputes, corporate and non-corporate governance disputes, partnership dissolutions, and, for our church clients, disputes involving church property.
• Disability Discrimination

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Whatever your stage in adult life, it is a good idea to think about and plan for how your affairs will be handled in the event of your incapacity or death. A few simple steps of preparation now will give you peace of mind knowing that your final healthcare wishes will be respected and that your estate will pass seamlessly to your heirs. Surprisingly, more than 80% of all adult African-Americans have not undertaken the most basic step in estate planning. The consequences of failing to execute a will do not fall upon the deceased, but upon his or her loved ones who may not get property intended for them or who may find themselves mired in delays and legal entanglements at a time when they are ill-equipped to deal with them. Estate planning is designed to assist you in: Doing the advance planning necessary to ensure an orderly transition of your estate to those whom you wish to receive it after your heirs, Minimize taxes and other liabilities, and help avoid confusion, family drama and costly litigation.
• Wills
• Trusts
  The Firm is highly capable of designing plans that make appropriate use of wills, health care directives, and testamentary, lifetime and charitable trusts. Additionally, where the client's needs so require, the Firm can assist in devising appropriate business succession and asset protection plans, including use of family limited partnerships and other such devices. The Firm's attorneys also have considerable experience representing administrators and executors in the administration of estates and have successfully defended wills submitted to probate and challenged defective wills.
• Power of Attorney
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Foreclosure
  The Firm handles a broad range of commercial transactions, including negotiations of purchases and sales of assets, dispositions of assets, workout plans, due diligence, foreclosure, creditors’ bankruptcy presentation and business litigation. The Firm represents a number of corporations, as well as government entities in all types of commercial transactions. Hollowell Foster & Herring, PCs municipal finance practice includes representation of insurers, underwriters, finance institutions and business entities on tax-exempt issues of varying kinds, including housing, healthcare facilities and private industry.
• Tax Law
  Don’t Pay More Than Your Fair Share in Property Taxes Every piece of Real Estate in Georgia is taxed at the County level every year. Georgia uses an ad valorem system to determine the amount of property tax that each piece of real estate is charged. Ad Valorem is latin for according to value, so the amount of your property tax bill is a function of the value of the real estate. When you appeal a property tax bill, you are appealing the value of the property that the County has placed on your property. We have developed systems to effectively appeal property tax bills in Fulton County, DeKalb County, Gwinnett County, and Cobb County. Scope of Services