AUSLEY MCMULLEN - Key Persons
Allie Akre is a shareholder with the firm and a former Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals clerk who represents government clients in complex administrative and appellate matters.
Anthony Tilton's practice specifically focuses on occupational safety and health law relating to the litigation and appeal of OSHA citations against employers in the construction, manufacturing, transportation and agricultural industries.
Benjamin B. Bush is a Florida Bar Board Certified Real Estate Attorney, and he is also a member of the Georgia Bar. Ben's practice includes the areas of transactional Real Estate law, Commercial and Agricultural lending, and Real Property and Land Use law.
With a background in administrative law, Brenna Hatcher focuses her practice in the areas of estate planning and probate.
Brenna Hatcher is an associate with the firm, where she focuses her practice in the areas of estate planning and probate.
Prior to joining the firm, Brenna worked on numerous estate planning, probate, and trust administration matters with a local Tallahassee attorney. While in law school, Brenna was an active member and staff editor of the Business Law Review and participated in both the Florida State University College of Law Immigration and Farmworker Clinic and the Gender and Family Justice Clinic.
Florida Bar Board Certified in Construction Law, Clayton Osteen has extensive experience representing clients throughout the construction industry with issues relating to defects, financial matters, employment and citations by OSHA.
Job Titles:
- Shareholder
- Shareholder With the Firm, Focuses His Practice in the Areas of Land Use, Real Estate, Business Law, Government, and Related Commercial Litigation
David Weiss focuses his practice on land use and real estate law, representing financial institutions, commercial clients and government entities in a variety of matters, including administrative proceedings.
David Weiss, a shareholder with the firm, focuses his practice in the areas of land use, real estate, business law, government, and related commercial litigation.
David regularly advises clients in a wide variety of business and financial matters. He represents lending institutions and other commercial and governmental clients in matters related to contracts, loan transactions, real estate, planning, zoning and land use law.
David's representation of clients includes appearances before and representation of agencies and local government boards and commissions, as well as civil litigation and administrative proceedings.
David formerly served as the County Attorney for a small county in north Florida.
A former Assistant Attorney General for the State of Florida, Deborah Stephens Minnis advises and represents management-side clients in a variety of labor and employment law matters.
Deborah Stephens Minnis is a shareholder with the firm where she focuses her practice on labor and employment law. She also represents various local government bodies.
Deborah regularly represents and advises management clients in employment discrimination matters including the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Pregnancy Act, the Equal Pay Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Title VII, the Fair Labor Standards Act, and other civil rights acts, as well as, state law employment tort claims.
Additionally, Deborah has practice experience as a management consultant and as a litigator in judicial, administrative, and appellate forums. Prior to joining Ausley McMullen, she worked as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Florida.
Job Titles:
- Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
Duby is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and has served on corporate boards of four public companies. He is a former chairman of the Florida Board of Regents and the Florida Commission on Ethics.
Dylan Rivers, a commercial and administrative litigator, advises clients involving commercial disputes in state and federal court, as well as administrative matters before regulatory agencies.
Dylan Rivers is a shareholder with the firm and primarily focuses his practice in the areas of commercial and administrative litigation. He regularly advises clients in commercial disputes in state and federal court, and has experience in business torts, consumer protection claims, commercial lending and collections, real estate and construction, commercial and residential leasing matters, homeowners' association disputes, employment claims, fraudulent transfers, and numerous other types of contract and business disputes.
Dylan is also experienced in administrative law, including bid protests, rule challenges, and other administrative and regulatory matters. Finally, Dylan represents clients in professional licensure matters before several different regulatory boards.
Job Titles:
- Shareholder
- Shareholder With Ausley Mc
Elizabeth Barron is a shareholder with Ausley McMullen and practices in the areas of tax, business law, trusts and estate planning and probate. Elizabeth works with clients to design and implement creative and efficient solutions involving tax, business, and estate matters in order to achieve their business and personal objectives.
Elizabeth works with businesses and business owners on diverse challenges. She advises clients on business structuring, organization, and operation as well as succession planning and implementation which typically includes tax and corporate planning for the business and estate planning for the owner(s). Elizabeth counsels clients on trust, estate and tax planning techniques. She regularly assists clients with reorganization of business organizations of all types.
Job Titles:
- Legal Elite Construction Law, 2020
Job Titles:
- Shareholder and Member of the Management Committee of Ausley Mc
Gerald "Gerry" Thomas is a shareholder and member of the Management Committee of Ausley McMullen. Gerry focuses his practice on real estate and lending law. He is Board Certified by The Florida Bar in the area of Real Estate which is considered the Bar's highest level of evaluation and denotes "Legal Expert" status.
Job Titles:
- Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor V. Jasper Contractors, Inc., 2017 WL 8186721 ( N.D. Ga. July 24, 2017 )
Job Titles:
- Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor V. Jasper Contractors, Inc., No. 1
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- Institute Capital Region Leadership Committee, Former Board Member and Chair of UrbanPlan