In October 2009, Mr. Mason negotiated a successful loan reduction with the FDIC of a client’s large commercial loan. The negotiations reduced the client’s loan obligation by approximately $700,000.00.
News Archive for 2009
June 2009: Mr. Bahr successfully concluded a multi-million dollar insurance coverage dispute between a construction company and a large, national insurance company. In this matter, the insurance company sued the firm’s client, a Florida-based construction company that conducts operations throughout the Southeast. The insurance company contended that multiple years of insurance policies did not provide coverage for certain claims lodged against the construction company. The matter was resolved upon terms mutually agreeable to the parties.
June 2009: Mr. Bahr was retained to serve as outside general counsel to a residential real estate brokerage located in Woodstock, Georgia. The firm now serves as general counsel to more than twenty real estate brokerages in Georgia, both in the metropolitan Atlanta area and throughout the state.
May 2009: Mr. Bahr represented the buyers in a multi-million dollar transaction involving the negotiation for, and acquisition of, a multi-state regional franchise of a nationally prominent real estate company.
In April of 2009, Mr. Bahr obtained summary judgment in a complex multi-million dollar insurance coverage dispute on behalf of a family whose son died while riding as a passenger of a vehicle involved in a one car accident. In this matter, the insurance company for the driver of the car filed a lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that its automobile and umbrella insurance policies did not cover the accident. In the course of this matter, the insurance company denied two separate policy limits demands. The trial court found full coverage for the accident under both insurance policies. The insurer did not file an appeal, and is now facing very significant bad faith claims in the underlying wrongful death lawsuit.
On March 13, 2009, Mr. Mason served as counsel to the purchaser of a piece of commercial real estate in Gwinnett County valued at over $1,000,000.00.
On March 4, 2009, Mr. Carter obtained a directed verdict in a contested nonjury matter in the Probate Court of Dekalb County. The Petitioner sought a years support of a specific amount, and Mr. Carter defeated Petitioner’s claim in its entirety. Directed verdicts are rare in any litigation matter, but especially rare in probate court.
In February 2009, Mr. Mason served as counsel for an international consulting company in its acquisition of a South Carolina limited liability.