The 2016 edition of Thomson Reuters' Georgia Super Lawyers magazine recognized Burke Johnson, Stephen A. Finamore, Erica L. Parsons, Jason W. Hammer, Jefferson M. Starr, and Cynthia Carson Hodge as among the best in their respective practice areas in the state. Exceptional lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement For inclusion onto these lists, lawyers are nominated by their peers and chosen based on an extensive balloting, research and a...
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The Winter 2015 edition of Lueder, Larkin & Hunter's community association newsletter Community Matters is now available! This edition features several helpful articles on the following topics: Tax Redemption and capitalizing on your lien rights (by Stephen Finamore); a legal perspective on how an Association can prepare a good contract (by Elina Brim); a community association case update discussing how Georgia law does not always require a board of directors to undertake enforcement...
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Brandon D. Wagner successfully defended two separate counterclaims; one at the trial level, and one taken to the Georgia Court of Appeals. Order Granting Summary Judgment in favor of the Association on its Claims and Against the Defendant’s Counterclaims - In a lawsuit involving collection an owner's unpaid assessments, the owner filed a counterclaim against the association alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the "FDCPA") and sought recovery of monies...
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Lueder, Larkin & Hunter, LLC collected $8,322,632.11 for our clients in 2015, which is up from the $7.7 million we collected in 2014! We know the importance of collections. We know that clients do not want to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars per delinquent account without getting results. Our firm therefore pioneered the industry with results-oriented collections that we call Common Sense Collections. We place the financial burden of collections and place it where it should be...
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A homeowner sued one of our community association clients and argued, in part, that the association had a duty under Georgia law to enforce the covenants against all violations and that the association may be liable for not enforcing. Specifically, the homeowner argued that if Homeowner "A" has a covenant violation that the association does not enforce, then Homeowner "B" may sue the association for not enforcing against Homeowner "A." The Georgia Court of Appeals in the case of Rymer v....
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