Get help from our experienced Atlanta attorneys no matter where you find yourself in the surrounding area. The law firm of Garland, Samuel, & Loeb works with clients all over Georgia. With our legal experience, we defend our clients from criminal charges (both state and federal) and help to file lawsuits for injuries caused by others.
From the beginning, our law office has practiced criminal and personal injury law. Our team's experience in these areas gives us insights that we can apply to all our cases in the greater Atlanta area.
Get started working with our legal team by using our contact form. We’ll only need a few details about your legal challenges to understand if we can help you or if we should recommend another lawyer who may be able to help. If we can help, we’ll reach out shortly after your message to arrange a consultation.
Your initial consultation will be your chance to ask any questions you have about your case or charges. We may be able to help you understand the potential for your case, what options are possible, and what the best strategy is moving forward.
Retaining Legal Counsel in the Greater Atlanta Area from These Locations
Learn more about the areas we serve in the Greater Atlanta area. Below, you can see some of the areas where we have and continue to support clients who need our services. Click on any of these links to learn more about how we can help in each area.
Rest assured, all of our legal services are available in all of the areas that we serve. We will do our best to accommodate anyone who may have trouble reaching our office from where they are located. We have many ways to communicate with clients.
Why Choose Garland, Samuel & Loeb?
There are many reasons to choose Garland, Samuel & Loeb to handle your legal representation. First, we have an excellent reputation in the area, having argued legal matters in local courts for decades. In addition to experience and expertise, we have a strong client-focused approach.
We also understand the importance of client relationships. When you work with our firm, you can expect to have a partner on your side who cares about you and how you’re navigating the challenges of the legal system.
If you are charged with criminal offenses, understand that we believe in your right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty. We will work to ensure that your privacy is protected while you face your charges, and we will alway do everything in our power using all of our experience, skill, and creativity and to achieve the best outcome.
If you or a loved one have a personal injury case, understand that we will support you, even if it takes years to get the compensation you deserve. We work on contingency so that you will not have to worry about the costs of your representation unless and until we win your case.
Our Successes
Our personal injury lawyers and criminal lawyers in the state of Georgia have achieved some amazing outcomes for clients. Here are just a few samples of our recent successful cases.
Success in Convincing the Government to Dismiss RICO charges and allow the Accountant for the Gold Club to Plead Guilty to a Misdemeanor with Non-Reporting Probation for 12 months
Don Samuel was counsel for the Chief Financial Officer in The Gold Club Trial. The trial began as a major organized crime RICO prosecution, but resulted in a misdemeanor plea for his client in the fourteenth week of trial with a sentence of 12 months non-reporting probation.
Federal Judge Dismisses Charge of Murder for Hire Against Jim Sullivan
Don Samuel was counsel in the case of US v. Sullivan, in which the defendant was charged with hiring a hitman to murder his wife. His wife was killed by a man delivering roses to her house. The case was tried in the United States District Court in Atlanta, and the judge dismissed the charges at the close of the government's case, granting a direct verdict of not guilty.
Jury Acquits Doctor of all Charges in Assisted Suicide Prosecution
In 2011, Don Samuel and Kristen Novay were counsel in the successful defense of Dr. Lawrence Egbert, the founder and medical director of Final Exit Network. Dr. Egbert was prosecuted for voluntary manslaughter in Phoenix, Arizona. The State alleged that Dr. Egbert and the Final Exit Network were involved in assisting hundreds of people to commit suicide. Following a three-week trial, the jury returned a not-guilty verdict.
Supreme Court Victory Protects Plaintiff’s Rights
Robin represented a victim of medical malpractice when, during discovery, new evidence was found of violations of hospital policy. The Hospital fought against the addition of the new claims. Litigating through the Court of Appeals and to the Georgia Supreme Court, Robin successfully clarified the Georgia law on when new claims “relate back” to the claims known at the time the suit is filed.
Verdict for Full Value of the Life of a Construction Worker
Robin and Ed tried a case for the death of a construction worker when he was killed in the emergency lane of the highway by an 18-wheeler. Despite low income numbers, the jury found the life of the decedent to be so exemplary and joyous that they awarded millions of dollars in damages and another one million dollars for pain and suffering for one second of fear suffered by the decedent when he realized the truck was headed toward him.
Contact Garland, Samuel & Loeb Today
If you need legal help in Atlanta, reach out right now. If we can represent you, we’ll provide you with the legal advice you need to take the right next steps. With one call or message, we can begin helping you with civil litigation, wrongful deaths, and other legal issues.
Retaining Legal Counsel in the Greater Atlanta Area from These Locations
Learn more about the areas we serve in the Greater Atlanta area. Below, you can see some of the areas where we have and continue to support clients who need our services. Click on any of these links to learn more about how we can help in each area.
Rest assured, all of our legal services are available in all of the areas that we serve. We will do our best to accommodate anyone who may have trouble reaching our office from where they are located. We have many ways to communicate with clients.
Atlanta and Fulton County Attorneys
Atlanta and Fulton County
If you need legal advice or legal representation immediately in the Atlanta area, the experienced lawyers at Garland, Samuel, & Loeb can help you handle many legal matters, including felony criminal charges and civil suits for personal injuries.
Decatur, Georgia & DeKalb County Attorneys
Decatur, Georgia & DeKalb County
Decatur is located only a short distance from our office, making it easy to serve clients in this city. All of our services are available to clients who need help in Decatur. To learn more, visit our Decatur page.
Marietta and Cobb County Attorneys
Marietta and Cobb County
If you need legal advice or legal representation immediately in the Marietta area, the experienced lawyers at Garland, Samuel, & Loeb can help you handle many legal matters, including felony criminal charges and civil suits for personal injuries.
Lawrenceville and Gwinnett County
If you need legal advice or legal representation immediately in the Lawrenceville area, the experienced lawyers at Garland, Samuel, & Loeb can help you handle many legal matters, including felony criminal charges and civil suits for personal injuries.
Why Choose Garland, Samuel & Loeb?
Our law firm has a proud history serving Decatur and the surrounding areas. As a law office, we have never shied away from standing up for clients facing the most serious of all charges. Our attorneys have stared down federal agencies on behalf of our clients in multiple cases. We have successfully reduced RICO charges and secured millions for clients with personal injuries.
At Garland, Samuel & Loeb, we believe our combined focus on criminal and personal injury law gives us creative insights that wouldn’t be possible if we focused on just one practice area. The firm has helped both types of clients since the beginning, and it has served us well for all the years we’ve been serving DeKalb County.
Would you like to know more about how our philosophy works in action? Learn more about our history of cases and how we’ve delivered for clients here.
Obtaining Results For Our Clients
For decades, Atlanta-based Garland, Samuel & Loeb has pursued one goal: obtaining justice for every client who walks through our door. Our team of lawyers has a reputation for excellence that is widely recognized and respected in Georgia and beyond.
Joel McDurmon Obtains Reduced Sentence for Incarcerated Client
Joel McDurmon served as counsel for an incarcerated Client subjected to an improperly extended sentence. Joel’s diligent work uncovered two errors in the sentencing calculations which together would have resulted in the Client serving an additional full year in prison on top of the originally sentenced five. Joel successfully challenged the Georgia Department of Corrections reporting system for the first error, and successfully secured a Court order reducing the sentence for the second. An injustice has been prevented and the Client should now be out in time to attend her son’s graduation.Justice for Patient Who Died from Complications of Outpatient Surgery
Robin and Hunter represented a vibrant professional woman who went into an Atlanta-area hospital for outpatient kidney stone surgery. Surgery was performed by a physician who flew solo in a surgery he had never previously performed and cut her bowel in the process. She remained in her hospital bed progressively deteriorating for 11 days before she was taken back to surgery to repair the bowel injury. She had grown so ill by this point that she eventually passed away. Robin and Hunter negotiated another multi-million dollar settlement for the family.
GSL Wins Reversal Again at the Georgia Supreme Court
In a major defense victory, the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously overturned the murder conviction of Atlanta attorney Brian Schmitt. Schmitt was represented at trial and on appeal, by Don Samuel, John Garland, Kristen Novay.
In a unanimous decision, the court focused on the trial court’s failure to instruct the jury on the essential element of the defense: accident. It is a basic proposition of criminal law that the defense is entitled to have the jury fully and fairly instructed on the defendant’s defense – particularly his primary defense – and the failure to do so amounts to a denial of due process. Schmitt may now face another trial, however, this time he will be entitled to argue that the crash was indeed a tragic accident, and not the result of a malicious premeditated murder.
Clint Rucker Obtains Total Immunity From Prosecution In Connection with Death of Young Thug's Child's Mother
Clint Rucker obtained a total dismissal of all charges for his client who was accused of various crimes in connection with the death of the mother of Young Thug's child. Lakevia Jackson was fatally shot in the parking lot of Metro Fun Center on Metropolitan Parkway on March 17, 2022. Clint's client and another were accused in connection with the death. Clint filed a motion for immunity from prosecution because his client was acting in self-defense. After a full evidentiary hearing, Fulton County Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams dismissed all charges, finding that Clint's client was clearly acting in self defense saying the two accused "established by a preponderance of the evidence that each was acting in self-defense and the defense of others and is, therefore, entitled to immunity from prosecution."
You can read Judge Adams's order here.
If you are facing charges even though you were acting in self defense, contact Garland, Samuel, & Loeb, P.C. for a free consultation.
GSL Wins On Appeal Again
We previously reported about a case where GSL partners Don Samuel and Amanda Clark Palmer obtained acquittals on murder charges for their client. The client was convicted of lesser charges including Aggravated Assault and Violation of Oath of Office. On appeal, the Georgia Court of Appeals unanimously reversed the client's aggravated assault and oath of office convictions. The Court agreed with GSL and held that the prosecution should not have been permitted to introduce evidence of a county police department’s “use of force policy” that contradicted state law on the right to use deadly force in self-defense. This successful appeal also represented Joel McDurmon’s first win in the appellate court. While still a law student, Joel (who is now an associate in the firm) helped draft the briefs that were filed in the Court of Appeals.
You can read the decision here.
Contact Garland, Samuel & Loeb Today
If you need legal help in Atlanta, reach out right now. If we can represent you, we’ll provide you with the legal advice you need to take the right next steps. With one call or message, we can begin helping you with civil litigation, wrongful deaths, and other legal issues.