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 Hugh
C. Wood
Areas
of Expertise:
- Real
Estate Litigation
- Construction
Litigation
- Foreclosure
Litigation (Lender)
- Lender
Defense
- Condemnation
Litigation
- Complex
Civil Litigation
- Probate
Litigation
- Mineral
Law
Email
hwood@woodandmeredith.com
PRACTICE
PROFILE
AV
rating Martindale-Hubbell
EDUCATION
- LL.M.,
in Litigation, Emory University, Atlanta,
Georgia, 1986.
- J.D.,
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1983.
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- B.S.B.A.,
(Marketing/Finance) Auburn University, Auburn,
Alabama, 1980, (with honors) (SGA, Senator,
Phi
Eta Sigma,
 Lamda
Sigma, Squires).
ADMISSIONS
- FEDERAL
United States Supreme Court, United States
Circuit Court for the 11th Circuit (Atlanta,
Georgia), United States Circuit Court for the 4th
Circuit (Richmond, Virginia), United States
District Courts, Northern & Middle District
of Georgia, Southern District of West Virginia,
United States Tax Court.
- GEORGIA
Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.
- VIRGINIA
Virginia Supreme Court and Circuit Courts.
- WEST
VIRGINIA Supreme Court of Appeals and Circuit
Courts.
FOCUS
OF PRACTICE
Civil
Litigation
- In
2005, the firm settled tax claims associated with
commercial property exceeding 30 million dollars
of property value..
- In
2004, the firm settled tax claims
associated with commercial property exceeding 200
million dollars of property value
- In
2002, (and again in 2003) the firm obtained a
multi-million dollar mineral law judgment.
- In
1998, the firm resolved one of the largest
multi-million dollar prefiling personal injury
settlements in Georgia.
- 1995,
the firm completed the then largest partition of
real property in Georgia -- 7,000 acres.
Real
Estate Disputes
- Complex
Civil Litigation
- Lender
Defense; Foreclosure Defense
- Partition
of Lands, Co-Tenancy, Co-Ownership and Boundary
Disputes.
- General
Contractor defense concerning shopping center
buildout in: Georgia, Maryland, Florida,
California, Missouri and Minnesota.
- Foreclosure
Disputes.
- Condemnation
Litigation for the Georgia Power Company.
- Representation
of Landowners in Condemnation Disputes
- Landlord
Representation
- Title
Defects and Disputes, Restrictive Covenant
Disputes
- Commercial
and Residential Evictions
- Mineral
Law, Opinions, Representation
- Trespass,
Water & Flooding Problems and Conversion of
Property
- Active
Georgia Real Estate License.
Probate
Disputes
- Will
and Trust Litigation.
- Probate
and Estate Administration.
- Probate
and Estate Litigation.
- Caveat
Litigation.
Mineral
Law
- Extensive
Mineral Representation in Georgia.
- Extensive
Knowledge of Marble, Kaolin, and Aggregates in
Georgia.
- Extensive
Representation of Landowners Concerning the
Subsurface Partition of Mineral Lands.
PROFESSIONAL
LEADERSHIP
- President,
Real Estate Section, Atlanta Bar, 2002, Vice
President, 2001, Treasurer, 2000;
(Member at Large, 1998-1999); Member Real Estate
Section State Bar of Georgia, Real Estate Section
Atlanta Bar and Litigation Section of the Atlanta
Bar.
- Commissioner
to Sell Real Property per Court Order, Appointed
by Superior Court of Fulton County
- Fiduciary
Law Section of the Georgia State Bar.
- Represented
Landowners in the largest court supervised
partition of Real Estate in Georgia history --
7,000 acres. Obtained and Managed valuations on
the subsurface minerals, fee simple surface and
timber rights on 7,000 acres.
- Editor,
Georgia
Law Monitor,
an online publication dedicated to monitoring
issues on appeal before the Georgia Supreme Court
in the areas of real estate ownership,
management, transactions and property taxation.
- Avoiding
Civil And Criminal Involvement for Real Estate
Appraisers. NBI, April 2004. Atlanta,
Georgia.
- Foreclosure
Law: Current Legal Issues; Presented to the
Georgia Real Property Law Institute, Ameila
Island Plantation, Florida. May 9-11, 2002
- City
Attorney, City
of Lithonia.
(2001 to 2003)
- 2004
Resolved property tax claims in excess of 50
Million Dollars.
- 2003
Managed successful annexation of DeKalb County
property into the corporate limits of the City of
Lithonia.
- American
Trial Lawyers Association (ATLA)
- Presiding
Judge and Evaluator, Georgia Mock Trial
Competition. (1998 - 2001).
- Hugh
C. Wood, "Recent 'Pro Se' Ruling Affects
Most Courts," Fulton County Daily
Reporter, March 27, 1997.
- Co-Chair,
Author and Lecturer, Abusive Litigation,
ICLE, February 1997, Atlanta, GA; Author and
Lecturer, Abusive Litigation, ICLE,
February 2002 and February 2003. Presentation
of: Rule 11: Landmines for Lawyers in the 11th
Circuit.
2003 Rule 11 Update.
- Author,
Update on Eckles: Major Changes in "Pro
Se" Representation, The Litigator,
May 1997.
Author, Metro Probate: Navigating the
Jurisdictional Maze, The Litigator,
November, 1996.
- Author
and Lecturer, 1996 Annual Start to Finish
Seminar, "How to Get Around Defendant's
Refusal to Turnover Requested Documents,"
GTLA, Atlanta, 1996.
- Co-Author,
Residential and Commercial Evictions in
Georgia, NBI, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, (1998);
CLE, Atlanta, 1998. (Co-Authors: James A. Gober,
Arnall, Golden & Gregory, Atlanta, GA; John
J. Wiles, Wiles & Wiles, Marietta, GA).
- Author
and Lecturer, Handling Problem Tenants and
Evictions in Georgia, NBI, Eau Claire,
Wisconsin, (1996); CLE, Atlanta, 1996.
- Author
and Lecturer, Unintended Mischief: The New
Workers Compensation Assignment Statute O.C.G.A.
§ 34-9-11.1, Ga State Bar Journal,
Spring 1995. See, 47 Mercer L. Rev. 405.
- General
Counsel, (GFYRC), Georgia Republican Party, 1993
- 1996.
- Co-Author,
Textbook, Advanced Trial Problems and Case
File, 1st Ed, (NITA, 1988). ISBN
1-55681-121-7.
- Author
and Lecturer, Worker's Compensation for the GP,
(Atlanta and Savannah, April 1995) (Lectured on
the Statute of Limitation Effects of O.C.G.A. §
34-9-11.1).
- Represented
Clients in the first case to apply the offensive
use of collateral estoppel in a wrongful death
action, Winding River, et al. v. Barnett,
218 Ga. App. 35, 459 S.E.2d 569 (1995), cert.
denied.
- Counsel,
Co-Counsel or Appellate Counsel on many major
cases cited in Georgia with regard to the
interpretation of partition of real property, O.C.G.A.
§ 44-6-166.1.
- Litigation
occurs on an event by event basis in the economic
life of clients. Litigation representation
now, or in the past, has been provided to:
CIVIC
AND PERSONAL
- Board
of Directors: Northlake Commons (1994 - 2004).
- 2000
Atlanta Half Marathon
- Intern,
Hon. Edward Johnson (1986).
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