Finch McCranie, LLP
1700 South Tower, 225 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(Fulton Co.)
TOLL FREE: 1-800-228-9159

Other office locations:
Locust Grove, Georgia Office: 3590 Highway 42.

Statement of Practice:
General Tort, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Motor Carrier Liability, Premises Liability, Products Liability, Fraud, Aviation Law, Medical Malpractice, Professional Malpractice, Fiduciary Litigation, Construction Accident Litigation, Brain Injury and Workers' Compensation. Trials and Appeals.


Other Office Addresses:
Jonesboro, Georgia Office: 118 South Main Street. Telephone: 770-471-8477.

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Baxter H. Finch (1924-1995).

Richard W. Hendrix, (Member) born Spartanburg, South Carolina, August 22, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Georgia; 1978, South Carolina; U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Davidson College (B.A., cum laude, 1974); Emory University (J.D., 1977). author: "A Refresher on the Federal Tort Claims Act," The Verdict (Fall, 1999); "Rule 16 and the Jencks Act: A Need for Legal Reform," Calendar Call (Winter, 1996); "White Collar Crime: New Tools for the Prosecution," The Atlanta Lawyer (Summer, 1986); "Crossing State Lines in Wrongful Death Actions: Traps for the Unwary," The Verdict (Fall, 1990); "Corporate Criminal Liability: The Need for Effective Compliance Programs," South Carolina Lawyer (March/April, 1993). Adjunct Professor of Litigation, Georgia State University of Law, 1992—. Associate Independent Counsel, re: Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, 1991-1992. Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division, 1979-1985. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Litigation; Tort Law; White Collar Criminal Defense.

Michael A. Sullivan, (Member) born Charleston, South Carolina, December 9, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1977); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1984). Order of the Coif. Senior Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1983-1984. Co-Editor, The Verdict, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association publication, 2000-2001. Law Clerk to the Honorable Marvin H. Shoob, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 1984-1986. author, Georgia Jurisprudence , chapters on perjury, obstruction of justice and other offenses related to judicial proceedings (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1995); "Running Lawyers Go To Prison," The Verdict, Spring 2001. Co-author, "Peremptory Strike Is Worth Preserving," with Bobby Lee Cook, 2 Georgia State Bar Journal 38 (December 1996). Lecturer, "Developments in Criminal Law: United States Supreme Court Update 1993-1994 Term," ICLE of Georgia, September 1994; "Professional and Ethical Dilemmas in Litigation," ICLE of Georgia, 1998-2002; "Fiduciary Negligence," Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, February 2001; "Trial Techniques in Product Liability Cases," Product Liability Section of State Bar of Georgia, May 2001. Associate Independent Counsel, HUD Investigation, 1995-1998. Member: Atlanta (Member, Judicial Selection and Tenure Committee, 1997-2000; Criminal and Litigation Sections) and American (Member, Committee on Complex Crimes Litigation and White Collar Crime Southeast Regional Subcommittee; Criminal Justice and Tort and Insurance Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member: Criminal, General Practice and Trial Sections); Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1997-2001); American Trial Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court (Master, Bleckley Inn). Reported Cases: Aetna v. Cantrell, 399 S.E.2d 237 (Ga. App. 1990); J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. v. Bentley, 427 S.E.2d 499 (Ga. App. 1992); United States v. Watt, 911 F.Supp. 538 (D.D.C. 1995). Practice Areas: Business Torts; Wrongful Death; Personal Injury; Malpractice; Fraud; Fiduciary Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense Litigation.

Steven R. Wisebram, (Member) born Barnesville, Georgia, August 4, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Georgia; 1980, District of Columbia. Education: Harvard University (A.B., 1974); Emory University (J.D., 1977). Former Counsel, U.S. Congressional Committees and Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1980-1987. Northern District of Georgia. Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; District of Columbia Bar; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; White Collar Crime; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice.

David E. Naylor, (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, December 4, 1953; admitted to bar, 1987, Georgia; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Mercer University (B.A., 1976); Woodrow Wilson College of Law (J.D., 1987). Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Trial and Workers' Compensation Sections); Lawyer's Club of Atlanta; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Workers' Compensation Law; Products Liability Law.

OF COUNSEL

Charles E. McCranie, (Of Counsel) born Cecil, Georgia, August 23, 1927; admitted to bar, 1953, Georgia; 1968, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1969, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 1950); John Marshall University (LL.B., 1953). Sigma Delta Kappa. Fellow, American Board of Trial Advocates. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law.

Ellis Ray Brown, (Of Counsel) born Luxora, Arkansas, August 16, 1933; admitted to bar, 1958, Georgia; 1960, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia; 1964, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1965, U.S. Court of Military Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court; 1969, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1978, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia. Education: Georgia State University (B.B.A., 1958); John Marshall University (LL.B., 1957; J.D., 1958). Nu Beta Epsilon. Member: Clayton County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Workers' Compensation Law.