Finch McCranie, LLP
225 Peachtree Street, N.E., 1700 South Tower
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.

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.

Steven Salcedo, (Member) born Watsonville, California, January 5, 1973; admitted to bar in Georgia in 2001 and in South Carolina in 2003. He is licensed to practice law in Georgia, South Carolina, the United States District Court for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, the United States Court of Federal Claims, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Salcedo earned his JD in 2001 from the University of California, Davis, School of Law and A.B. in 1994 from Stanford University. Member of Atlanta Bar Association (Litigation and Sole Practitioner/Small Firm sections), DeKalb Bar Association (Trial Lawyers Section and Younger Lawyers Division) and American Bar Associations, State Bar of Georgia (Tort and Insurance Practice Section), South Carolina Bar, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Membership and Legislative Committees), Lamar Inn of Court, Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Practice Areas: Wrongful Death, Catastrophic and Serious Personal Injuries, Auto and Truck Accidents, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Business Dispute, and Commercial 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.