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.
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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.
On October 28, 2008, the Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the summary judgment Mr. Mason obtained in the Gwinnett County Superior Court on January 3, 2008.
In early October 2008, Mr. Mason settled a slip and fall case on behalf of a woman who suffered tendon damage to her toe when she fell at Turner Field in Atlanta, Georgia while at a Braves game.
In September 2008, Mr. Mason entered an appearance in two (2) pieces of local litigation for the 2009 National Home Builder of the Year.
On June 30, 2008, Mason Bahr LLP moved into a new office space located in the Ravinia complex. The new address is Two Ravinia Drive, Suite 610, Atlanta, Georgia 30346, and the email, telephone, and fax numbers remain the same. The new space is much more efficiently designed and overlooks the Ravinia green space.
In May 2008, Mr. Carter won a bench trial before the State Court of Gwinnett County. In that matter, Mason Bahr LLP represented a large publicly traded homebuilder regarding a suit filed against it and other Defendants for recovery of monies in excess of $400,000.00. Mason Bahr LLP also filed cross-claims against the Co-Defendants seeking contribution and indemnity. After two (2) days of trial, the Court entered judgment in favor of Mason Bahr LLP’s client, awarding the Plaintiff nothing. The Court also found in favor of Mason Bahr LLP’s client on its cross-claims, entering an award against the remaining Defendants for all of Mason Bahr LLP’s client’s attorney’s fees and expenses of litigation.
April 2008: Mr. Bahr was retained by the winner of a national lottery to represent business interests the client was pursuing in Georgia.
March 2008: Mr. Bahr and the firm were retained by an internationally prominent arborist and his tree company to represent his business interests in the United States. This client’s elm trees have been placed on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., on land owned by the British monarchy, and in towns and cities throughout the United States, England and Europe.