Attorney Profiles
Steven Leibel
Leon Pomerance
Paul Menair
Steven Leibel
Steven Leibel has been practicing law since his graduation from Emory Law School in 1980. Best known for winning the highest jury verdict in Georgia history — $776 million in a wrongful death lawsuit arising from the tragic murder of the Sheriff-elect of DeKalb County, Georgia— Mr. Leibel has also been named a Super Lawyer for five consecutive years by his peers.
In 1988, Mr. Leibel began representing individuals in serious personal injury, medical malpractice, and wrongful death cases. His successes include recovering extensive damages for the death of a high school student whose pneumonia was misdiagnosed; receiving a record recovery in a case involving a neurosurgeon who performed unnecessary back surgery, debilitating a client; resolving the death of an unborn infant due to medical malpractice; receiving extensive damages for the family of an elderly gentleman who died in an assisted living facility due to negligence; resolving a tractor-trailer accident which caused traumatic brain injury to a young adult.
An active member in the community, Mr. Leibel has served as a Municipal Court Judge. He is a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Bar Association, and the Atlanta Lawyers Club. In addition, Mr. Leibel is a graduate of both Leadership Sandy Springs and Leadership Lumpkin County. He is also a member of the board of The First Citizen’s Bank of Georgia, and serves on the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors. Mr. Leibel is also admitted to both the Georgia and District of Columbia Bar. He has lectured at the State Bar Association Annual Update Seminar, and is a member of NGCSU Business Advisory Counsel.
Mr. Leibel graduated from the renowned Bronx High School of Science with Merit in 1973. He received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1977. He then completed Emory Law School, where he was elected President of the Emory International Law Society. In 1986, Mr. Leibel graduated first in his class from the North Central Police Academy at West Georgia College. He has served as legal advisor to many police chiefs and sheriffs, and acted as a sheriff's deputy and police officer from 1986 to 2000.
Mr. Leibel writes expert columns for the 400 Edition Magazine and the Southern Beverage Journal.
Leon Pomerance
Current Position-Private Practice of Law-
Concentrating practice in the areas of Estate and Business Planning
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Adjunct Professor at John Marshall Law School-
Wills, Trust and Estates
October 2000 to December 31, 2006- Axa Financial Group-Senior Consulting Attorney
Provides technical, legal, and sales assistance to financial professionals in Estate, Charitable, Business and other advanced market concepts. Responsibilities include: facilitating the support of these professionals by analyzing the financial and personal data of their clients and designing cases to meet their personal, business and or professional needs, objectives and or goals. When suitable Axa Products are viewed as a solution to issues uncovered in these areas.
It is necessary to constantly monitor tax and other legal developments as factual and legislative changes affect advanced markets planning .
Duties include consultation through
teleconferences or in point to point meetings with representatives, their clients and their professional advisors. Preparation and presentation of PowerPoint Seminars in all of the above described areas.
Accomplishments- Assisted in the development of a marketing strategy into the Charitable Gift Giving area a multi-billion dollar market. Implementation of this strategy consisted of development of seminars covering a wide range of areas from basic concepts to more technical areas in estate, business, and retirement planning, Creating a Charitable Selling System Booklet/Manual to be used by advanced markets, brochures and discs that can be used in distribution and illustration for public use.
Prior Professional Experience
Private Practice of Law (1986-2000 ):
Concentrated practice in the areas of Estate and Business Planning.
U.S.
Dept. of Justice (1979-1986):
Trial Attorney based in
Washington, D.C.
Prosecuted white collar crime cases. In 1986 won the Outstanding Attorney Award from my Division the Tax Section of the Dept. of Justice.
Internal Revenue Service (1969-1972):
Estate Tax Attorney in the Miami, Florida and
Sarasota
, Florida
Office.
Education
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L.L.M., Taxation, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
- J.D.,
University of Florida
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B.A., Case
Western Reserve
University,
Cleveland, Ohio
- Series 7 Registration Securities Licence
Professional Associations
- Member- State Bar of
Georgia
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Member – State Bar of
Florida
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Member- State Bar of
Maryland
Paul Menair
Paul Menair was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 2003 after obtaining his J.D. in 2002. Mr. Menair has a PhD in history and teaching experience at the undergraduate level. After graduating from Georgia State University, Mr. Menair clerked for a United States District Court Judge, handling dispositive motions in federal court at the trial level.
After his clerkship, he went on to private practice, focusing primarily on civil litigation in both state and federal court, ranging from complex business, estate, and fiduciary disputes to tort and civil rights litigation. Although his practice has focused on litigation, he also has substantial transactional experience, including drafting and modification of trust and estate documents, contract drafting and review, and advising on fiduciary and corporate governance matters. Mr. Menair is admitted to practice law in Georgia, Florida, and New York.