Scot Burton has more than 20 years of experience structuring real estate and business joint ventures among partners for real estate transactions and small to midsize companies. Mr. Burton is first and foremost a lawyer who enjoys helping people meet their goals. He possesses a keen ability to problem solve by addressing the situation from…

Casey Frew is an associate with the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. Ms. Frew focuses her practice on construction litigation. She has experience working on corporate, intellectual property and litigation matters.While in law school, Ms. Frew served as a law clerk for Taylor English through the Atlanta Bar Association’s Minority and Diversity Clerkship Program.…

Catherine Banich is a seasoned attorney with more than 25 years of experience in civil defense litigation. She focuses on complex and catastrophic personal injury claims and has extensive experience in defending claims involving child care, premises liability, general aviation accidents, transportation and trucking, lender liability, and a broad range of other general liability areas.…

Keely Youngblood is an associate attorney in the Corporate and Business Group. She primarily focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions across a broad range of industries, including technology, distribution, manufacturing, and construction. Ms. Youngblood also counsels businesses on commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, franchising, dispute resolution, business structuring and corporate governance.Prior to joining Taylor English,…

Amanda Wilson Speier is a partner in Taylor English’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department who focuses her practice on the healthcare industry, particularly medical malpractice defense. With over 13 years of experience representing large Georgia health systems, Amanda has gained an intricate knowledge of hospital processes and hospital medicine. Her specialty is complex cases involving…

Bo Strauss is a member of Taylor English’s Corporate and Business Department. Mr. Strauss’ practice concentrates on aircraft financing and equipment leasing, which includes single–investor and leveraged leases (domestic and cross-border), representing lessors, lenders, and lessees.In the aircraft financing area, Mr. Strauss regularly represents several passenger and cargo airlines, as well as lessors and lenders.…

FFrank Strickland is a general practice lawyer. He serves as a court-appointed special master and receiver in commercial litigation matters and is a certified mediator registered with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution. Mr. Strickland’s practice also includes assisting clients with interests in legislative and public policy matters.President George W. Bush nominated Mr. Strickland to…

Having significant exposure to the legal community from early childhood has allowed Eric Tanenbaum to understand the value that attorneys provide to their clients, and the value that clients should expect to receive from their attorneys.Mr. Tanenbaum graduated from Emory University School of Law in 2012, and earned his undergraduate degree from the University of…

Tobias “Toby” Tatum is an associate with the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. Mr. Tatum focuses his practice on commercial litigation, product liability, and insurance-related matters. Prior to joining Taylor English, Mr. Tatum served as Senior Counsel for the United States Department of Commerce. In this role, he represented the United States Department of…

A recognized leader in the shared vacation ownership and resort development industry. Mr. Polvino has more than 25 years’ experience providing business and legal counsel to hotel and resort developers, lenders, marketing, sales and management companies. Mr. Polvino serves as the primary outside counsel for a number of major resort hospitality companies, as well as…