Finch McCranie, LLP
1700 South Tower, 225 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
(Fulton Co.)
TOLL FREE: 1.866.443.4624

Statement of Practice:
Business litigation, white collar criminal defense, personal injury and other tort litigation and worker's compensation. Trials and Appeals.


Other Office Addresses:
Locust Grove, Georgia Office: 3590 Highway 42.

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, 1998-2004; "Fiduciary Negligence," Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2001; "Trial Techniques in Product Liability Cases," Product Liability Section of State Bar of Georgia, 2001; "Overlooked Theories of Liability," ICLE of Georgia, 2004. 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 and 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.