Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Our firm's vast experience in the field of commercial litigation includes representation in intellectual property cases, including matters involving patent, copyright, and trademark rights; breach-of-contract cases; cases involving misappropriation of trade secrets and unfair competition; products liability; environmental litigation; lender liability; construction disputes; white-collar criminal defense; and zoning, land use, and condemnation cases.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  We provide clients with a creative, hardworking team equipped to address even the most complex legal problems efficiently, effectively, and responsively. Our litigation attorneys can also draw on the vast experience of our non-litigation attorneys in the areas of real estate, eminent domain and land use, finance, taxation, and corporate law to provide the best advice and representation possible.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Our corporate reorganizations and mergers and acquisitions practice serves our corporate clients in designing appropriate transactional structures for corporate acquisitions, combinations, and mergers. The firm's attorneys counsel clients regarding taxable transactions and tax-free reorganizations and the concepts and consequences associated with stock and asset acquisition structures. The firm handles complex acquisition structures while emphasizing critical aspects of financing techniques, special applications of tax code opportunities, preservation and usability of loss carryovers and tax attributes, acquisition-related compensation issues, techniques for disposing of unwanted assets, and allocation of risks between buyers and sellers of a business.
• Business Formation
  The group is led by Warren O. Wheeler. For any questions or additional information about our business formation, expansion, and strategic divestiture practice, please contact Warren at 404-681-3450 or wwheeler@swfllp.com.
• Business Disputes
  Restructurings and bankruptcies are a combination of business transaction and litigation. For the best representation, the attorneys must have both broad litigation and practical business law experience. At the same time, clients are well-served to have a firm that can also draw on other disciplines, such as real estate, corporate finance, and employment law, to navigate all of the aspects that bankruptcy and debt resolution involve.
• Business Transactions
  The firm's tax attorneys form an integral component of its larger transactional practice and work closely with colleagues in the corporate, real estate, and litigation departments to structure complex commercial transactions and provide nuanced trial support. Our experience in numerous transactional areas and specialties enables us to craft tax-efficient structures that meet the business objectives of our clients.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Our tax attorneys have experience in a variety of tax specialties that relate to, and can affect, corporate reorganizations and recapitalizations; mergers and acquisitions; corporate separations, spin-offs and split-offs; redemptions, reverse splits and freeze outs; partnerships, limited liability companies, and other joint venture transactions; real estate purchases, sales and like-kind exchanges; statutory and non-statutory stock options; restricted property and deferred compensation arrangements; employee and independent contractor matters; intangible properties; qualified Subchapter-S subsidiaries, single member limited liability companies, and other disregarded entities; and partnership capital accounts, allocations and distributions.
• Construction Contracts
  The firm has also represented lenders, developers, and owner-operators in construction and permanent financing of retail centers; anchor and local tenant leasing; litigation with tenants; and sales. The properties have ranged from rural and urban strip and specialty centers to regional malls. The firm has also represented lenders, developers, syndicators, sellers, and buyers for planned multifamily unit communities, family and elderly apartments, conventional and HUD- and FMHA-assisted rental housing, resort and conventional residential condominium developments and personal care facilities for the elderly, and properties utilizing lower income housing tax credits. Our attorneys also represent developers and operators of vacation ownership resorts, private residence clubs, condominium hotels, and marinas. We have handled the structuring and formation of ownership entities; acquisition of property; negotiation of construction loans and construction contracts; drafting the ownership declarations, disclosure documents, purchase contracts, closing documents, rules and regulations and owners association documents; filing of appropriate state registrations in more than twenty states; negotiating the hypothecation and the sale of end-paper financing; negotiating working capital loans; and master affiliation agreements with exchange companies.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
  Jonathan's litigation practice focuses on disputes regarding real estate, commercial leases,  business contracts, and business debt in both state and federal courts.  Jonathan also has experience defending actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, Georgia consumer protection actions, and intellectual property infringement actions.
• Unfair Competition

Employment Law

• Employment Discrimination
  In addition, our attorneys help businesses comply with federal and state laws relating to employment, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Family and Medical Leave Act. Additionally, we represent both businesses and individuals in administrative proceedings, such as Equal Employment Opportunity Commission proceedings, alternative dispute resolution, and litigation related to all aspects of employment and labor disputes.
• Employment Contract
  The firm counsels, advises, and assists both businesses and individuals with a wide range of employment-related issues. This includes drafting and reviewing employee handbooks and policies, business contracts and employment agreements, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, and release and separation agreements. Our familiarity with litigating both the employer and employee sides of these issues means that we have the experience to help achieve constructive solutions to our clients' needs, regardless of the perspective from which they approach the problem or the ends they seek to serve.
• Sexual Harassment
  In this practice area, the firm's attorneys have successfully defended companies in discrimination, sexual harassment, and Americans with Disabilities Act claims, assisted individuals claiming employment discrimination, litigated and mediated employee claims of compensation due under employment contracts, and litigated the enforceability of restrictive covenants and similar agreements.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  The Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint bankruptcy attorneys have a diverse background of experience and expertise in business and real estate law, as well as litigation, and have tried numerous jury and non-jury cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Our attorneys have also experienced and litigated all sides of almost all issues that arise in bankruptcy and insolvency cases. And, in addition to our experienced bankruptcy lawyers, we are also able to draw upon lawyers experienced in labor and employment law, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, and securities and corporate finance for special expertise when necessary.
• Premises Liability
  In this practice area, our attorneys have represented residential homeowners in boundary disputes, multimillion-dollar international development companies, commercial tenants and other property users, property owners and developers, contractors, and property management companies. We also handle a variety of issues in addition to litigation, including the arbitration and mediation of disputes involving commercial and residential property sales and leases, real estate commission liability, lender liability, title insurance, development and property management for residential, retail, commercial, industrial and multi-family housing projects, and premises liability.
• Construction Litigation
  In the field of construction litigation, our attorneys have represented general contractors and subcontractors seeking claims recovery due to issues such as differing site conditions, removal from pre-qualified bidder lists, delay claims, acceleration issues, payment and performance bond claims, and liens and warranty claims. The firm has also handled exculpatory clause issues, considered the enforceability of arbitration clauses, and managed contract changes and implied contractual obligations. Recently, our attorneys represented owners in claims against design professionals and general and specialty contractors in recovering damages for a retaining wall failure, defective plans and specifications, defects in performance, and warranty claims, and also represented engineering professionals in asserting and defending claims of breach of contract, fraud, and promissory estoppel.
• Real Estate Transactions
  The firm's attorneys regularly try cases and advise clients in disputed matters dealing with all aspects of real estate and real estate transactions that frequently result in related litigation. Representation in this area often requires the use of expert real estate appraisers, engineers, architects, and other professionals in the course of presenting clients' cases or other dispute resolution. Our lawyers are experienced and have extensive knowledge in these fields, which allows us to provide the highest level of representation to achieve our clients' goals.
• Eminent Domain
  Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint has extensive experience advising and assisting the outdoor advertising industry in a wide variety of issues and disputes. The firm has represented outdoor advertising clients for more than forty years. Our attorneys have helped formulate the law under which the outdoor advertising industry operates within the State of Georgia and actively represent outdoor advertising clients with regard to permit applications, rezonings, challenges to overreaching regulations on constitutional and procedural grounds, eminent domain, regulatory development, and leasing issues.
• Land Use and Zoning
  The firm's attorneys have a breadth of experience assisting clients with a multitude of zoning and land use issues. We actively represent residential, commercial, and industrial developers before local and regional governments in regard to their requests for rezoning, variances, special land use permits, and other land use and plat approvals. In addition, we provide assistance in negotiating the numerous regulatory issues related to the construction and permitting of land development projects.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  This practice area is led by Barry L. McGraw. For questions or additional information about our trusts and estates practice, please contact Barry at 404-954-9883 or at bmcgraw@swfllp.com.
• Trusts
  Schreeder, Wheeler & Flint's attorneys are experienced in developing and implementing sophisticated estate plans designed to meet our clients' personal goals and to substantially reduce or eliminate estate taxes. In this practice area, our clients often bring to us their most personal interests for the future, and we are proud to earn their trust and work closely with them to protect that which they consider most important. Our attorneys have the expertise needed to plan advantageously for the future and provide new and innovative solutions for our clients' present estate plan problems.
• Power of Attorney
  The attorneys in our trusts and estates practice handle a variety of matters, including will drafting and execution; trust drafting and administration; tax planning relating to estates and trusts; family limited partnerships and family limited liability companies; sales to defective grantor trusts; will probate and contests; powers of attorney, including health care directives; irrevocable life insurance trusts; business succession planning; and charitable trusts and private foundations.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Jonathan has significant experience in a wide range of bankruptcy matters, including representing corporate debtors, creditors, and equity interest holders in Chapter 7 and Chapter 11 cases.  Jonathan's bankruptcy court experience includes prosecuting and defending adversary proceedings regarding the avoidance and recovery of fraudulent transfers, the dischargeability of debts, and the respective rights and responsibilities of parties in the context of Georgia law and federal bankruptcy law.
• Tax Law
  Our firm addresses matters like choice-of-entity and formation options; liability limitation and risk management; operational exigencies; tax planning, equities market appeal; securities offerings; and transition and divestiture strategies. Our clients benefit from the firm's extensive experience and dedication to ensuring exceptional legal product and responsive resolution. Just as importantly, our attorneys consistently seek cost-effective answers to address your business challenges.