Family Law

• Divorce
• Child Support
  Betsy is a certified and court registered Civil and Domestic Relations mediator. She currently mediates cases involving divorce, custody, child support, adoption, bankruptcy law and creditor cases. She is a court appointed Guardian Ad Litem throughout the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit.
• Adoption
• Premarital Agreement
  Mr. Sillitto’s practice focuses primarily on probate and administration of estates; fiduciary representation; guardianships and powers of attorney; prenuptial agreements; charitable planning and asset transfer; tax implications and planning. Trusts often prepared include...
• Guardianship
  Probate and estate administration also constitute an important part of Mr. Rothschild’s practice. This includes the representation of individual beneficiaries, executors and trustees, as well as representing corporate fiduciaries in the probate and administration of estates and the on-going administration of trusts. Mr. Rothschild also has significant experience resolving tax audits, estate disputes and dealing with the challenges of an aging population, including guardianships, conservatorships, and health care decision making.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Upon entering the practice, Mr. Tucker joined the Columbus, Georgia law firm of Martin, Kilpatrick and Davidson where he practiced both civil and criminal law. In 1976 he, and his longtime partners, Ed Sprouse and Chuck Ford, formed the firm of Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, where he continued an active trial practice devoted to civil matters. In 1996, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford merged with the firm of Page, Scrantom to form Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford. Mr. Tucker served as an active member of the Board and one of the managing shareholders of Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford for many years. He is admitted to practice before all Federal and State courts of Georgia.
• Wrongful Death
  Recent examples of Thomas’ work include first chair defense of eight figure exposure corporate litigation, significant class action defense, high profile excessive force and employment matters filed against the City of Columbus and the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office, complex product liability cases involving catastrophic injuries and corporate and partnership disputes. Thomas has also maintained his health care litigation expertise by serving as excess exposure counsel for health care providers and by representing physicians before licensing and certification boards. Thomas prides himself on handling cases on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants, particularly in the personal injury arena, where understanding disputes from both perspectives leads to better outcomes for PSSTF clients. Thomas recently obtained a seven figure plaintiffs’ settlement in a wrongful death case. He has also obtained many “zero” verdicts for defense clients.
• Misdemeanors
  LaRae D. Moore is a former Senior Assistant District Attorney for the Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit, where she was responsible for handling felony criminal prosecutions in Superior Court from trial through appeal and supervising a team of six lawyers. During her thirteen -year tenure as an ADA, LaRae has also worked in the Dougherty (Albany) Judicial Circuit and Tift (Tifton) Judicial Circuit. She has also served as an Assistant Federal Defender for the Middle District of Georgia, handling felony and misdemeanor cases in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia and on appeal in the United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  We have extensive experience in assisting our clients in establishing and structuring new businesses, joint ventures and partnerships, focusing on the relationships between the contracting parties, the tax aspects of their ventures and contractual relationships with third parties. We have significant expertise in business acquisitions, divestitures, mergers and reorganizations, as well as day-to-day and long-term corporate governance and planning matters. In addition to for profit ventures, we have assisted in the formation of numerous public charities and foundations and continue to aid them in addressing the common and unique challenges facing such organizations. In addition to the foregoing, we have extensive experience in negotiating a wide range of contractual relationships, including franchise agreements, license agreements, leases, licenses, financing documents, distributorship agreements and manufacturing agreements for companies in all stages of the typical corporate “life cycle”. With respect to start-ups, we understand the need for business owners to establish guidelines for addressing the future successes of their ventures as well as possible downturns due to factors ranging from negative market trends to disputes between the owners of the business.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Patrick primarily concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate and business law, estate planning and administration, and residential and commercial real estate. He has extensive experience advising clients in connection with entity selection and formation, governance, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, and other day-to-day corporate matters. Patrick also enjoys an estate planning practice which includes the preparation of wills, trusts, and related documents for clients, and advising clients in all matters relating to estate administration. His real estate practice includes assisting individuals and entities acquire property, leasing matters, and advising lenders in connection with secured transactions. Patrick is admitted to practice in both Georgia and Alabama.
• Business Formation
  Jack has a general legal practice that focuses on civil litigation. Business formation, contracts, estate planning and probate, local governments, cemetery law, and protection of senior citizens from aggressive mailers are other areas within Jack’s practice.
• Business Disputes
  Alan Rothschild has practiced estate planning, taxation and general business law in Columbus and Atlanta for over 35 years. In the estate planning area, Mr. Rothschild works with individuals and their advisors to design estate plans that effectively address each client’s unique tax, business and family goals. Much of his work in this area focuses on successful strategies for multi-generational wealth succession planning, including the transition of family businesses and family lands to future generations.
• Business Transactions
  Bill is a native of Columbus and was educated in the local public schools here. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1982 with a B.S. Degree in Finance, and received his J.D. Degree from Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University in 1985. Bill’s practice areas include commercial transactions, commercial and residential real estate transactions, property tax appeals and business and corporate law.
• Intellectual Property

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
  Carter has overseen the defense of cases before state and federal trial and appellate courts in a wide variety of employment matters, including racial and gender discrimination and retaliation claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act (Section 1981 and Section 1983), the Equal Pay Act (EPA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), leave-related complaints under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and overtime violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). She has handled a variety of state law actions, including non-compete/non-solicitation violations, unemployment claims, wrongful discharge, and sexual misconduct claims.
• Employment Discrimination
  Julie has been with the Firm since August 2013, becoming a partner in October 2019. She primarily focuses her practice on labor and employment issues and litigation. This includes a wide variety of topics including, but not limited to matters involving claims under Title VII, Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (i.e. Overtime and Minimum Wage), Civil Rights Act, Sections 1981 and 1983, Equal Protection, First and Fourth Amendments, constitutional law, contract law, and a variety of other state and federal laws and regulations. Julie represents a number of large and small employers in Georgia and Alabama, advising and defending them on a variety of employment issues from basic human resources matters and policies to complaints, filed with the Department of Labor (DOL), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and other governmental agencies, and lawsuits filed by current and former employees. Julie was named to Georgia Trend’s 2016 Legal Elite in the area of Labor and Employment Law and has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch (2021, 2022, and 2023 Editions).
• Employment Contract
  In addition to her trial work, Carter assists clients with workplace investigations, affirmative action plans and compliance audits. She has extensive experience drafting employment agreements, restrictive covenants, personnel policies, employment and separation agreements. Carter has successfully guided clients through the COVID-19 pandemic federal and state regulations, as well as the investigative processes of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Federal and State Departments of Labor (DOL), the Office of Federal Contractor Compliance (OFCCP) and the Office of Civil Rights.
• Employment Litigation
  Prior to joining the District Attorney’s office she spent 4 years in private practice with the law firm of Joseph Wiley, Jr. in Columbus, handling plaintiff’s personal injury litigation, employment litigation and domestic relations cases. LaRae has handled more than 50 jury trials in State, Superior and Federal Courts and has handled numerous appeals. She specializes in serious violent felony cases.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Linda Nguyen is a partner of the firm and devotes her practice in real estate matters. Her specialties include closing commercial loans, representing lenders in secured transactions, issuing title insurance for real property, having extensive experience in curative title work and perfecting title. When away from the office, Ms. Nguyen enjoys spending time with her husband and their three children. She finds time for running, having finished the Soldier Half Marathon at the National Infantry Museum, and various 5K races.
• Construction Litigation
  Chandler Riley’s practice includes corporate law, construction law, landlord/tenant law, intellectual property, as well as the litigation that relates to these various practice areas.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Mr. Reid concentrates his practice in the areas of probate, wills, trusts, estate planning, probate and estate administration; also, various aspects of commercial real estate, to include leases, title examinations, and the closing of real estate sales and purchases.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Mr. Builder has extensive experience in all aspects of Transactional Commercial Real Estate, including land use law, construction of apartments, office, retail; Corporate Law; Banking Law. Lindsay is located in our Winter Park, Florida office at 398 West Morse Blvd., Suite 200, Winter Park, FL 32789.
• Condominium Law
  Mr. McKenna concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial lending, real estate, estate planning, zoning, leasing, condominium law, and general corporate law. Mr. McKenna has substantial experience representing commercial and residential real property owners, developers and investors with their legal needs. Mr. McKenna has also been involved in the issuance of numerous industrial development revenue bonds.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Mr. Clark concentrates his practice in the area of general civil litigation with a specialty in the areas of product liability, governmental liability and personal injury. Mr. Clark has extensive experience in the area of product liability. He serves as National Product Liability Counsel for W.C. Bradley Co. and its subsidiaries, Char-Broil, LLC and Lamplight Farms, Inc. Char-Broil is a leading manufacturer of propane gas fueled products, including Barbeque grills. Lamplight Farms is a leading manufacturer of outdoor lighting products and fuels. Mr. Clark has successfully defended numerous products on a nationwide basis. In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Clark represents manufacturers in product recalls and other matters before the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
• Medical Malpractice
  Mr. Scrantom concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate and contract matters and general civil litigation in areas including commercial negligence, product liability, tortious interference with business, trust liability, shareholders suit and class actions, breach of contract, and medical malpractice.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Mr. Hinds concentrates his practice in the area of business and tax, with an emphasis in health benefits, employee benefits, ERISA, estate planning, transactional matters, and business and corporate planning.
• Wills
  Mr. Hadden focuses his practice in the areas of estate planning, estate administration, business and corporate law, and tax-exempt organizations. After graduating from the University of Georgia with an A.B. degree in political science, Mr. Hadden obtained his J.D. degree from the University of Georgia School of Law and his LL. M. degree from Emory University School of Law. He has engaged in the practice of law for over 45 years, most of that time in LaGrange, Georgia, and more recently in Columbus. He has prepared countless wills, trusts and related documents, and provided legal advice with respect to numerous estates. He has assisted corporations and other legal entities by providing legal guidance to boards on corporate governance, creating and dissolving business entities, and implementing business succession plans. He has also structured and handled numerous business acquisitions, mergers, business sales and liquidations. He has presented programs on various aspects of wills and estate planning to organizations and groups and has represented several non-profit organizations. He and his wife Sallie have one son, Will.
• Trusts
  Mr. Rothschild also has extensive experience advising clients on the design and implementation of thoughtful and effective charitable gifts – both while the client is in life, through techniques such as private foundations, donor-advised funds, conservation easements and charitable trusts, and at death, through their wills and testamentary trusts.
• Power of Attorney
  He assists individuals and families preserve and transfer wealth to their loved ones and charitable organizations by crafting and implementing a variety of estate planning techniques, including the routine preparation of wills, powers of attorney, advance health care directives, and revocable and irrevocable trusts. He also assists individual and corporate administrators, executors, and trustees with estate, probate, and trust administrations. Such strategies focus on advising individuals and families with regards to estate planning, income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax issues, and tax savings and minimizing strategies. He has helped blended families, non-married couples, and others configure optimum estate planning options. He advises family businesses about succession planning and other entrepreneurs in entity formation matters.
• Probate
  Daniel focuses his practice in the areas of commercial and residential real estate, estate planning, and probate law.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Mr. Gunby has practiced in Columbus since 1979, representing clients in a wide range of civil litigation in both State and Federal Court. He is also one of only a few lawyers in the Columbus area with extensive experience in business bankruptcy matters, representing creditors in Bankruptcy Courts in Georgia, Florida and Alabama. His clients include a wide range of businesses, banks, local government authorities and individuals. He also has substantial experience representing those clients in matters outside of litigation, including transactions, real estate and probate matters and has been recognized by Georgia Trend Magazine as a Legal Elite.
• Foreclosure
  Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford offers its clients significant experience in the areas of creditor’s rights and bankruptcy. We represent creditors of all types in matters relating to the debtor and creditor relationship, as well as in the defense and prosecution of causes of action arising under the Bankruptcy Code. We have a particularly strong tradition of representing local, regional, and national banks in all areas relating to distressed borrowers, creditor’s rights, foreclosure, and work-outs. Our years of experience in these fields is unsurpassed by any other law firm in the area.
• Tax Law
  Austin is licensed to practice law in Georgia and Alabama. He concentrates his practice primarily in the areas of commercial real estate and corporate law. Through his real estate practice, Austin regularly assists his clients in purchases, sales, asset-based financing, development, leasing, land use, and zoning matters throughout the Southeastern United States. Austin also represents clients in judicial proceedings ancillary to his real estate practice, including quieting title to land, judicial foreclosure, property tax appeals, and related actions. In addition, Austin routinely assists lenders in the recovery of secured assets, primarily through non-judicial foreclosure and workouts.