Attorney Profile

Friday, 29 December 2006

GEORGE CHADWELL CREAL JR

Admitted to the Georgia Bar June, 1993.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

GEORGE C. CREAL, JR., P.C., TRIAL LAWYERS: Practicing as a professional corporation in general litigation in all state and federal courts. 60% Criminal Law, 15% Federal Employment and Civil Rights Law 15% Personal Injury Law, 10% General Business, Corporate, and Government Entity Insurance Defense formerly for Coregis Northwestern Insurance.June 17, 1996 to present.

OF COUNSEL, FINCHER & HECHT, LLC. Practicing on a project/contract basis in General Litigation in State and Local Government Law, Employment Law, Government Entity Insurance Defense for Coregis Northwestern Insurance Company, and representing the City of Forest Park, Georgia, and City of Hapeville, Georgia. May 1997 to March 2002.

LITIGATION ASSOCIATE, BENTLEY, KARESH & SEACREST Litigation Associate for Insurance Defense Firm. Represented clients on behalf of Commercial Union Insurance Companies, Atlanta Casualty Insurance Company, Superior Insurance Company, Chicago Title Insurance Company. Cases included automobile liability, commercial construction site liability, commercial trucking liability and premises liability. Also assisted in the representation of several local home owners associations and involved in real estate litigation. April 1995 to June 1996.

Litigation Associate for Insurance Defense Firm. Represented clients on behalf of Commercial Union Insurance Companies, Atlanta Casualty Insurance Company, Superior Insurance Company, Chicago Title Insurance Company. Cases included automobile liability, commercial construction site liability, commercial trucking liability and premises liability. Also assisted in the representation of several local home owners associations and involved in real estate litigation. April 1995 to June 1996.

LAW CLERK, SUPERIOR COURT, CLAYTON JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Clerk for Judge Kenneth Kilpatrick, responsibilities include research and drafting of proposed orders for civil and criminal motions taken under advisement; assisting in the final compilation and drafting of jury charges; and spot research on issues raised at trial and other hearings. July 1993 to April 1995.

Clerk for Judge Kenneth Kilpatrick, responsibilities include research and drafting of proposed orders for civil and criminal motions taken under advisement; assisting in the final compilation and drafting of jury charges; and spot research on issues raised at trial and other hearings. July 1993 to April 1995.

Judge J. Owen Forrester, United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division. Summer judicial Law Clerk. Researched and wrote draft orders as well as researched legal issues for the Judge during Hearings and Trials. Summer 1992.

Contract Legal Work. Assisted Foster & Foster, a law firm representing Clayton County, with legal research and trial and appellate brief writing in Federal Court on a contract basis. March 1994 to April 1995.

Eric K. Krasle, Attorney at Law, Athens, Georgia. Law Clerk. Researched legal issues in the general practice of law and assisted at trial. Spring 1992.

Mead Data Central, Inc.; LEXIS Associate. Responsible for instructing students at U.G.A. Law School in computer aided legal research. 1992, 1993.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, SCHOOL OF LAW Juris Doctor May 1993.
Activities: Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law , Special Projects and Research Editor '92-'93, Summer Editor '92, Editorial Board '91-'92.Georgia Society of International and Comparative Law; Environmental Law Association; Student Bar Association; Brussels Seminar on the Law and Institutions of the European Communities held in Brussels, Belgium, Summer 1991; Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, The Netherlands, Summer 1991.
Honors: Dean and Virginia Rusk Fellowship to the Brussels Seminar.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA FRANKLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE
Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Cum Laude with High Honors, March 1990.
MajorlMinor: Economics/ Political Science
Honors: U.G.A. Alumni Scholarship 1986-1990; Sigma Phi Epsilon Pledge Academian; Golden Key National Honor Society; U.G.A. Honors Program Junior Certificate; High Honors U.C.A.; Dean's List; The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Wh o's Who in Among Students in American Universities and Colleges 1990. Activities: Controller (1989), Assistant Controller (1988) Sigma PM Epsilon Fraternity. Vice President (1989-1990) University of Georgia Student Alumni Council. University of Georgia Model United Nations Team, National Model United Nations Competition, Most Outstanding Delegation (1989), Honorable Mention (1988). Delegate European Unification Celebration, Twinning of Sigma Phi Epsilon with the "Corpo de Droit" of the University of Lyon ( Lyon III) in Lyon, France.

BAR MEMBERSHIP

State Bar of Georgia. June 1993 to present.
Atlanta Bar Association. May 1996 to present.
Clayton County Bar Association. June 1996 to present.
Coweta County Bar Association. June 1998 to June 2003.
Georgia Court of Appeals. June 1993 to present
Georgia Supreme Court. June 1994 to present
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. March 1994 to present.
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. June 1993 to present.
United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. April 1996 to present.
Who’s Who in American Law, 9th Edition. 1996 to present.

COMMUNITY

Kiwanis Club of Southlake, Involved in various charitable activities and community service. Member since February 1994.
Board of Directors Clayton County Law Library Authority. Member since 1998. Manage and oversee public law library for County of 250,000 persons for the Superior, State, Magistrate, Juvenile and Probate Courts of Clayton County.
North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia. Member since 1976. Deacon Jan. 2000- Jan. 2003. Actively involved in church and related activities.
Briarcliff-Normandy Condominium Association. Board of Directors. November 1995 to December 1, 1998.
Druid Hills Civic Association, Historic Preservation Committee. September, 1996 to September 1997.
Peachtree Presbyterian’s Men’s Forum. Weekly Christian Men’s prayer breakfast and community speaker’s forum. November 1995, 1996, 1997.
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Georgia Delta Alumni Corporation, Board of Directors. Fall 1994 to Fall of 1995.
Litigation Associate for Insurance Defense Firm. Represented clients on behalf of Commercial Union Insurance Companies, Atlanta Casualty Insurance Company, Superior Insurance Company, Chicago Title Insurance Company. Cases included automobile liability, commercial construction site liability, commercial trucking liability and premises liability. Also assisted in the representation of several local home owners associations and involved in real estate litigation. April 1995 to June 1996. Clerk for Judge Kenneth Kilpatrick, responsibilities include research and drafting of proposed orders for civil and criminal motions taken under advisement; assisting in the final compilation and drafting of jury charges; and spot research on issues raised at trial and other hearings. July 1993 to April 1995.

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LICENSES

Member, Georgia State Bar (admitted

2003) and North Carolina State Bar

(admitted 1996).

EXPERIENCE

Landlord-Tenant Mediation Program

of Fulton County, Atlanta, GA 2004–

present

Mediator

Conducting landlord-tenant mediations

for residential and commercial

dispossessory actions in Fulton County.

Wm. Boyd Lyons, Attorney at Law, Atlanta, GA 2004–2005

Associate

Providing research and trial preparation services in real estate and bankruptcy

actions. Completed commercial real estate civil suit, including filing, trial

preparation, settlement negotiation, and collection.

HammerSmith, Incorporated, Atlanta, GA 1999–2002

Manager of Finance and Administration

Managed business operations of residential renovation company, including

accounting, contracts, human resources management, information technology,

sales data tracking, and website development.

Responsible for legal supervision, compliance, regulation of both

construction and contract management inaddition to interviewing, hiring, and

firing employees, ensuring compliance with employment regulations, and

procuring and administering health and 401(k) benefits.

· Created system to report profit and loss weekly by project.

· Contributed to boosting gross margins from 22% to 38% over two years.

· Prepared company for an intensive external review by 45 business

owners from around the country, which involved visiting the company,

interviewing employees, meeting with clients, analyzing sales and financial

reports, and making recommendations to be implemented over the next six

months to two years.

· Represented HammerSmith to national network of remodelers at semi-

annual conferences; developed recommendations for improvement for

HammerSmith and other remodelers.

Wachovia Corporation, Winston-Salem, NC 1995–1999

Estate Planning Advisor (1996–1999)

Evaluated and planned estate tax reduction and wealth management strategies

for high net worth clients utilizing federal and state tax law, probate law, elder

care law, and trust and estate laws.

· Prepared individual estate plans for clients to reduce transfer taxes.

· Generated over $3.8 million in new future fees each year: second-highest

of all estate planning officers at Wachovia in 1997.

· Sold Wachovia’s Executor and Trustee services in clients’ estate plans.

Business Analyst (1995–1996)

Analyzed market opportunities and branch opening potential in Georgia, North

Carolina, and South Carolina as part of Market Network Strategy Project.

· Developed branch-opening decision model using FDIC data, real estate

data, internal profitability and transaction activity data.

· Worked with McKinsey & Company team and local management to

develop strategy and analytical process.

EDUCATION

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

JD / M.B.A., 1995

Carswell Merit Scholarship; Babcock Merit Scholarship

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC

B.A., magna cum laude, 1991

Carswell Merit Scholarship

Attorney

KEVIN DUDA

LICENSES

State Bar of Georgia: Admitted 1996Admitted to practice in Georgia Superior Court and Court of Appeals; United States District Court Northern District of Georgia; United States Court of Appeals, 11^th Circuit

National Association of Securities Dealers:

Series 7 General Securities Representative

EXPERIENCE

DUI Trial Attorney with George C. Creal, Jr., P.C. March 2007-Present

Kevin F. Duda, P.C., Forest Park, Georgia

Associate Attorney April 2006-March 2007

Lister & Holt, LLC, McDonough, Georgia

· Represented indigent defendants in criminal cases in the State Court of Henry County, Georgia, in all stages of defense from preliminary hearings through and including motion hearings and trial.

· Represented over a hundred defendants in a 12 month period and conducted dozens of jury and bench trials.

· Assigned to represent indigent defendants in the Chief Judge of the State Court of Henry County’s courtroom.

Associate General Counsel, Assistant Vice President April 2000-November 2005

AIG Advisor Group:FSC Securities Corporation, Advantage Capital Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia

· Counsel for two NASD broker-dealers with over 2000 registered representatives.

· Coordinated and administered all broker-dealer litigation, NASD arbitration and mediation.

· Drafted pleadings and prepared discovery; coordinated company defense strategy with outside counsel and insurance providers; and represented broker-dealer at hearings.

· Investigated SEC, NASD and state regulatory investigations, inquiries and actions and formulated and drafted firm responses.

· Investigated and resolved customer complaints.

· Reviewed, drafted and negotiated company contracts and agreements.

· Ensured broker-dealer regulatory compliance.

· Coordinated trade error corrections.

· Managed firm Errors and Omissions Insurance and Fidelity Bond coverage and claims.

· Counseled management regarding employment law issues including representation of firm at Department of Labor hearings.

· Assisted in development and enforcement of internal compliance procedures.

· Acted as counsel and legal liaison to regional management and registered representatives on a wide range of securities legal matters and SRO compliance.

Associate Attorney July 1998-April 2000

Deming, Parker, Hoffman, Green & Campbell, P.C., Norcross, Georgia

· Represented plaintiffs and defendants in civil and criminal litigation in jury and non-jury trials, arbitration, mediation, and hearings in state and federal courts.

· Drafted pleadings, motions and discovery.

· Conducted legal research.

· Conducted depositions of opposing parties, witnesses and experts.

· Negotiated settlements and drafted settlement agreements.

· Drafted, negotiated and reviewed contracts and transactional agreements.

Corporate Counsel February 1998-July 1998

Peachtree Settlement Funding, L.L.C., Norcross, Georgia

· Oversaw procurement, negotiation and funding of $50 million in asset based customer transactions involving structured settlements.

· Negotiated, drafted and reviewed transactional agreements and corporate contracts.

· Managed staff of ten paralegals in document and contract preparation and review.

· Coordinated outside counsel in litigation matters.

· Drafted, implemented and enforced company due diligence procedures.