Leading Law Firm Servicing the Greater Atlanta Area
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.
How GSL Supports Decatur and the DeKalb County Area
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.
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.
Our Legal Service Areas of Practice Supporting Decatur and DeKalb County
Our complete range of legal services is available to clients in the Decatur area. Below, you can learn more about our practice areas and access resources to help you understand how our team approaches these kinds of cases.
If you do not see your specific criminal charge or personal injury listed below, our law firm may still be able to assist you. Our team is highly experienced working with the practice areas discussed below, but they are just a small sample of the types of cases we have handled over our decades working in Georgia.
Criminal Law Practice Areas
You should act quickly when you are charged with state or federal crimes in the Dekalb County area. Law enforcement will be working to prove you are guilty of a crime, and you should exercise your right to remain silent until your criminal defense lawyer has had a chance to give you legal advice.
Our law firm has successfully defended our clients from some of the most threatening charges. We have defended clients against serious felony charges, including sex crimes and federal charges, such as drug trafficking and white-collar crime charges.
We also have experience bringing relief to those who have already been convicted of crimes. Our team works to have convictions overturned in both Georgia and Federal criminal appeals courts. If you have been unjustly convicted, please provide us with more details on our contact form.
Personal Injury Practice Areas
Personal injuries can cost you more than you can imagine over a lifetime. When you are injured because of another person's negligence, you may experience staggering medical expenses, be unable to continue your career and experience a loss of joy in all the hobbies that once made your life meaningful.
Our experienced personal injury lawyers handle some of the most catastrophic personal injury cases. We have a history of success handling trucking accidents and have helped clients get help for brain and spinal injuries or wrongful deaths that resulted from the accident. Our law firms can also help you get justice in medical negligence, medical malpractice, or premises liability cases.
The lawyers at Garland, Samuel & Loeb are experienced in handling the defense of a white-collar prosecution. There is no “legal” definition of a white-collar crime. Generally, white collar crimes are characterized by a crime that alleges theft or fraud – in other words, rather than a violent crime, or a drug or a sex offense. Typical of white-collar crimes are significant fraud offenses involving large financial frauds. Often, the defendant is a professional (banker, public official, doctor, lawyer, business professional).
Learn MoreThe defense of these cases involves a thorough understanding of the law – available defenses and challenges to the evidence; and a command of the facts which is accomplished by reviewing the prosecution’s “discovery” and conducting additional independent investigation.
Learn MoreBeyond decades of potential prison, a conviction means you will also be required to register as a sex offender, which prevents you from living or working within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, and other places where children congregate.
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To pursue a claim for medical negligence, the victim needs to gather all relevant medical records promptly. Expert testimony supporting the claim is also needed. Because of strict time limitations on malpractice cases, it’s important to investigate and pursue the claim as early as possible.
Learn MoreNegligence can come in the form of an accident, medical malpractice, and many other ways. Legal experience and knowledgeable experts are needed to pursue these claims successfully.
Learn MoreOften the injury comes from an error resulting in the deprivation of oxygen-rich blood to the brain of the fetus, or from a delivery error that causes a physical injury to the baby. These mistakes can result in permanent injuries that require expensive care over the child’s lifetime.
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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.
Start Your Case Review with a Lawyer Serving Decatur
If you face a criminal charge or a personal injury in Decatur, GA, don’t hesitate to contact our team. If you wait too long to respond to your situation, you may limit your options for justice.
For example, strict deadlines apply to many personal injury claims in this state. If you wait too long, you may be ineligible for a claim. When it comes to criminal charges, you should consider that evidence that could exonerate you (such as security footage) may be erased after just a few days. Our lawyers can help you take the right next steps as soon as possible.
If you would like legal advice on your situation, contact us on our website or by calling our number. We’ll only need a brief description of your situation to determine if we can help. If we think our skills are a good match for you, we’ll help you schedule a free consultation to discuss everything in detail with one of our lawyers.