Paul A. Dietrick, (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 23, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Georgia. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S., 1973); Emory University (J.D., 1976). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Domestic Relations); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Family Law; Insurance); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Criminal Litigation Law; Civil Litigation Law; Personal Injury Law; Workers Compensation Law; Divorce Law. AV Peer Review Rated. Email pad@desw.com
William P. Evans, (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, September 30, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia. Education: Furman University (B.A., History, 1977); Emory University (J.D., 1980). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Sole-Practitioner - Small Firm Section, Chairman, 1989-1990, Board of Directors, 1987-1995; Member: Litigation Section; Workers Compensation Section); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Insurance; Workers Compensation); Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Premises Liability; Workers Compensation Law. AV Peer Review Rated. Email wpe@desw.com
Robert W. Scholz, (Member) born Fairfield, Connecticut, August 5, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Georgia. Education: University of Michigan (B.B.A., with distinction, 1976); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1979); Emory University School of Law (LL.M., in Taxation, 1985); Hague Academy of International Law, Netherlands (1979). Member, Georgia Law Review, 1977-1978. Notes Editor, Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 1978-1979. Member: Atlanta (Member, Sections on Real Estate and Probate) and American (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Real Estate Law; Estate Planning. Email scholzr@desw.com
J. Allen Williams, (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, April 11, 1953; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia. Education: Davidson College (B.A., English, 1975); Emory University (J.D., 1980). Member: Decatur-DeKalb and Atlanta (Member, Sections on: Real Estate; Small Firm) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Real Property and General Practice Trial). Practice Areas: Real Property Law; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Commercial Transactions; Commercial Collections; Probate. Email jaw@desw.com
Jeffrey S. Warncke, (Member) born Bonne Terre, Missouri, July 7, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Georgia. Education: Georgia State University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1988); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Georgia Moot Court Board; State Champion Team, 1990; National Team, 1991. Recipient: National Runner-Up Brief, Regional Best Brief. Member: State Bar of Georgia (Member, Worker's Compensation Section); Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Patent Advocate Foundation; Lawyer's Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Worker's Compensation; Personal Injury; Premises Liability; ERISA; Long Term Disability Insurance; Life Insurance. AV Peer Review Rated. Email jswarncke@desw.com
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Rickman P. Brown, born Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 22, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Georgia. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1977); Emory University (J.D., 1981). Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Litigation; Trusts and Estates Litigation; Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Wrongful Death; Products Liability. AV Peer Review Rated. Email rpbrown@desw.com
Scott E. Tinnon, born New York, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Georgia. Education: Davidson College (A.B., 1976); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1979). Member, Washington & Lee Law Review. Member: Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Workers' Compensation Section); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections on: Workers Compensation Law; General Practice and Trial Law); Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. (Also Practicing Individually at Atlanta, Georgia). Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Personal Injury Law; Workers Compensation Law; Property Tax; Commercial Law. AV Peer Review Rated. Email set@desw.com
Scott A. Schweber, born Englewood, New Jersey, October 13, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Georgia; 1986, Georgia Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Massachusetts (B.A., 1982); Emory University (J.D., 1985). Member: State Bar of Georgia; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Insurance; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death. Email: Scott A. Schweber AV Peer Review Rated. Email sas@desw.com
Douglas M. Robinson, born Clemson, South Carolina, November 1, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh and Sixth Circuits. Education: University of North Carolina; Clemson University (B.S., cum laude, 1988); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Phi Delta Phi; Golden Key. Edgar A. Brown Scholar. Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Medical Negligence; Professional Negligence; Disability Insurance; ERISA. Email drobinson@desw.com