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Craig Frankel, Hugh Wood, Adam Gaslowitz
Hugh Wood/Wood & Meredith
Hugh C. Wood is a partner in Wood & Meredith, LLP, Atlanta (Tucker) Georgia 30084. Mr. Wood has resolved real estate litigation matters and probate litigation matters for over 2 decades in Georgia. At the intersection of fiduciary litigation and real property litigation, Mr. Wood resolved the largest probate estate-related real estate partition action in Georgia history – 7,000 acres. He has resolved numerous complex estate-driven real estate matters throughout north and middle Georgia, jointly-owned Kaolin properties, joint-owned farm property estates, marble interests including resolving interest associated with the Murphy marble belt.
Mr. Wood has resolved numerous estate real estate issues on the Georgia coast. He has reported cases in the Georgia Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals and federal reporters. He has represented John Weiland properties, title insurance companies, numerous national banks and insurance companies all associated with the resolution of disputed land title issues. He is willing to represent client’s estates and defendants in probate and land disputes in superior and federal court in Georgia. He is of counsel to Merolla & Gold, LLP where they maintain fiduciary litigation practice in Florida. He is past President of the Atlanta Bar Real Estate Section.
He attended Auburn University, BS (honors); Univ. of Alabama JD and an LLM from Emory University. He is has been AV rated from Martindale Hubbell for over 15 years and is a member of the Georgia, Virginia and West Virginia State Bars. He is a member of the U.S. Tax Court and is an AJC top rated lawyer for 2015 and 2016.
ABOUT GASLOWITZ FRANKEL, LLC:
Gaslowitz Frankel is an experienced trial practice firm specializing in all aspects of complex fiduciary litigation throughout Georgia and the Southeast. With a focus on representing individuals, companies, banks, and fiduciaries in dispute involving wills, estates, trusts, guardianships, businesses, and securities law, their experienced and highly qualified litigation attorneys have tremendous credentials and a proven history of success.
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