Cushing, Morris, Armbruster & Montgomery, LLP


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Cushing, Morris, Armbruster & Montgomery, LLP


Peachtree Center International Tower, Suite 2110, 229 Peachtree Street, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30303View Map

Practice Areas:

Business and Corporate Law (including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and other business transactions), Commercial Real Estate, Intellectual Property Law, Tax Law, Employee Benefits Law, Estate Planning, Securities Law, International Law, Employment Law, Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Year Established: 1985

Firm Size: 14

Representative Clients:

Arauco Wood Products, Inc.; Atlantic Moving & Storage, Inc.; Blalock Machinery & Equipment Co., Inc.; Callaway Gardens Resort, Inc.; CornerCap Investment Counsel, Inc.; Creaxion Corporation; Deeks and Company, Inc.; Diversified Electronics, Inc.; Diversified Innkeepers, Inc.; ET Environmental Corporation; Fairview Commercial Lending. Inc.; Fashion Care, Inc.; Flag Bank; Fletcher Martin, LLC; Frazier & Deeter, LLC; Georgia Northeastern Railroad Co., Inc.; Glover & Associates, Inc.; Glover Capital, Inc.; Hallmark Systems, Inc.; Hodges Ward Elliott, Inc.; Infinity Rail, Inc.; Infinity Rail Opportunity Fund; Ivan Allen Workspace, LLC; Kemron Environmental Services, Inc.; Johnson & Bryan, Inc.; Mann Mechanical Company, Inc.; Netifice Communications Inc.; Palmetto Capital Corporation; Pike Nursery Holding, LLC; PRE Solutions, Inc.; Pritchard & Jerden, Inc.; Racing Radios, Inc.; Railcar Management, LLC; Sperduto & Associates, Inc.; Stanley E. Thomas; Summerour & Associates, Inc.; The Original Honey Baked Ham Co. of Georgia, Inc.; Thomas Enterprises; Unity Mortgage Corp.; PLM International, Inc.; Timberland Investment Resources, LLC; Reit Funding, Inc.; Diversified Trust Company; Westview Cemetery; Wilbert Burial Vault, Inc.

PARTNERS

Kevin R. Armbruster (Partner) born Newark, New Jersey, January 28, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, Georgia; U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1977); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1983; LL.M., Taxation, 1990). (See "Lawyers/Personnel" on Firm Overview for complete biography). Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate; Business Law; Corporate Law; International Law; Securities; Commercial Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Equipment Leasing; Finance.

Brandon G. Bridges (Partner) born Gaffney, South Carolina, December 1, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Tennessee; 2000, Georgia. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., magna cum laude, 1995); Vanderbilt University School of Law (J.D., 1998). (See "Lawyers/Personnel" on Firm Overview for complete biography). Member: State Bar of Georgia; Tennessee Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions.

Charles M. ("Mac") Cushing, Jr. (Partner) born New Rochelle, New York, February 25, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Georgia. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1975; J.D., cum laude, 1978); Emory University School of Law (LL.M. - Taxation, 1985). (See "Lawyers/Personnel" on Firm Overview for complete biography). Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Secured Lending; Commercial Real Estate; Corporate Law; Business Law.

William M. Ellard (Partner) born Gainesville, Georgia, May 22, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Georgia. Education: Duke University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1983); University of Georgia (J.D., 1986). (See "Lawyers/Personnel" on Firm Overview for complete biography). Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Equipment Leasing; Taxation; Estate Planning; Employee Benefits.

J. Parker Gilbert (Partner) born Savannah, Georgia, July 30, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Georgia. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., 1991); Georgia State University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). (See "Lawyers/Personnel" on Firm Overview for complete biography). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Leasing; Commercial Transactions; Business Law; Corporate Law.

Kirk M. McAlpin, Jr. (Partner) born Savannah, Georgia, May 6, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.S., Finance, with distinction, 1977); University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1980). (See "Lawyers/Personnel" on Firm Overview for complete biography). Member: Atlanta Bar Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Complex Litigation; Appellate Practice.

Jeffrey F. Montgomery (Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio, January 9, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Georgia. Education: Stanford University (B.A., 1987); Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia; Columbia University (M.A., 1989); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1992). (See "Lawyers/Personnel" on Firm Overview for complete biography). Member: State Bar of Georgia. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Technology Law.

W. Hampton Morris (Partner) born Raleigh, North Carolina, November 18, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1973); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1976). (See "Lawyers/Personnel" on Firm Overview for complete biography). Member: Atlanta Bar Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Transactions; Finance.

ASSOCIATES

Lawrence H. Cooper (Associate) born New York, N.Y., 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Georgia. Education: State University of New York at Albany (B.A., 1993); Syracuse University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1996). (See "Lawyers/Personnel" on Firm Overview for complete biography). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Corporate Law.

Jason C. Grech (Associate) born Royal Oak, Michigan, November 5, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Virginia; 1998, Georgia; 1997, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit. Education: University of Michigan (B.A., 1993); College of William & Mary School of Law (J.D., 1996). (See "Lawyers/Personnel" on Firm Overview for complete biography). Member: Atlanta Bar Association; Virginia State Bar Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; District of Columbia Bar. Reported Cases: Fernandes v. Manguistics Atlanta, Inc., 261Ga.App. 429, 582 S.E. 2d 499 (2003). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Commercial Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Practice.

Kerri L. Miller (Associate) born St. Louis, Missouri, June 30, 1972; admitted to bar, 2000, Missouri; 2006, Georgia; 2001, Kansas and Illinois. Education: Eckerd College (B.S., with honors, 1995); Washington University School of Law (J.D., 2000); John Marshall Law School (LL.M., Real Estate, summa cum laude, 2005). (See "Lawyers/Personnel" on Firm Overview for complete biography). Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Transactions.

Heath B. Turner (Associate) born Anniston, Alabama, May 11, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Georgia. Education: Grinnell College (B.A., 1997); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2003). (See "Lawyers/Personnel" on Firm Overview for complete biography). Member: American Bar Association; Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Transactions.

Ryan Kelly McLemore (Associate) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, November 10, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1997); Tulane University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2001). Author: Comment, "Forum-Selection Clauses and Seaman Personal Injury: A Modern Analytical Framework with International Emphasis," 25 Tulane Maritime Law Journal 327, 2000. Formerly with Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs, LLP. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Corporate Law; Real Estate.

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