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WILLIAM B. HOLLBERG
Partner

WILLIAM B. HOLLBERG is a partner of Hollberg & Weaver, LLP. He received his B.A. degree from Wheaton College in 1968. He attended law school at the University of Georgia and received his J.D. degree in 1971. In 1987, he earned his M.A. degree from Georgia State University. Bill has been recognized as one of Georgia's Super Lawyers (published by Law and Politics, and Atlanta Magazine) and as one of Georgia's Legal Elite (Georgia Trend Magazine).

Areas of Practice:

• Corporate Law
• Domestic Defense
• Estate Planning
• Litigation
• Probate
• Real Estate

Litigation Percentage:

• 66% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 1971
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1983
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1980
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1982

Education:

• University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 1971 (J.D.)
• Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1987 (M.A.)
• Wheaton College,Wheaton, Illinois, 1968 (B.A.)

Published Works:

• "The Law and History of Abortion: The Supreme Court Refuted," Abortion, Medicine, and The Law, 196, 1986 (co-author with Stephen M. Krason)
• "Religious Liberty Law and the States," 3 Georgia State University Law Review 19, 1986

Representative Cases:

• Duncan v. Poythress, 515 F.Supp. 327 (N.D. Ga. 1981), 657 F.2d 691 (5th Cir. 1981), briefed but not argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, 103 S.Ct. 368 (1982)

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• State Bar of Georgia, Member
• Christian Legal Society, Member
• Common Cause Georgia, 1976 - 1977, Chairperson
• Georgia Campaign and Financial Disclosure Commission, 1982 - 1983, Chairman
• Rutherford Institute of Georgia, 1984 - 1989, President

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GEORGE M. WEAVER
Partner

GEORGE M. WEAVER is a partner of Hollberg & Weaver, LLP. He attended Taylor University and Georgia State University and received his B.A. degree from Georgia State University. He attended law school at the University of Georgia and received his J.D. degree in 1975. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized as a Super Lawyer in Georgia (published by Law and Politics and Atlanta Magazine).

Areas of Practice:

• Personal Injury
• Business Litigation
• Civil Rights
• Criminal Law
• Government Liability
• Municipal Law

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 1975
• U.S. Federal Court, 1975
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1980

Education:

• University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 1975 (J.D.)
• Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1972 (B.A.), with honor

Published Works:

• "Ratification as an Exception to the § 1983 Causation Requirement: Plaintiff’s Opportunity or Illusion?" 89 Neb. L. Rev. 359 (2010).
• "The Precedential Value of Unpublished Judicial Opinions," 39 Mercer Law Review 477, Winter, 1988
• "Handbook on Prosecution of Obscenity Cases," New York: National Obscenity Law Center, 1985
• "The Effect of a Plea of Nolo Contendere," 13 Georgia Law Review 723, Spring, 1979

Representative Cases:

• Bearden v. Georgia, 103 S.Ct. 2064 (1983)
• Griffin Industries, Inc, v. Irvin, 496 F.3d 1189 (11th Cir. 2007)
• Higdon v. Jackson, 393 F.3d 1211 (11th Cir. 2004)
• Palmer v. Board of Regents, 208 F.3d 969 (11th Cir. 2000)
• Morgan v. Ford, 6 F.3d 750 (11th Cir. 1993)
• American Booksellers Association v. Webb, 919 F.2d 1493 (11th Cir. 1990)
• High Ol'Times, Inc. v. Busbee, 673 F.2d 1225 (11th Cir. 1982)

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• State Bar of Georgia, Member

Past Employment Positions:

• Fulton County, Georgia, Assistant Solicitor General, 1977 - 1981
• State of Georgia, Assistant Attorney General, 1981 - 1984
• State of Georgia, Special Assistant Attorney General, 1984 - Present

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JEFFREY A. SHAW
Associate

JEFFREY A. SHAW is an associate of Hollberg & Weaver, LLP. He received his B.A. degree from Berry College in 2004. He attended law school at the University of Georgia School of Law and received his J.D. degree in 2007.

Areas of Practice:

• Personal Injury
• Domestic Defense
• Estate Planning
• Litigation
• Probate
• Civil Rights
• Government Liability
• Municipal Law

Litigation Percentage:

• 66% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 2007
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 2008
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2008
• Georgia Court of Appeals, 2009
• Georgia Supreme Court, 2009

Education:

• University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 2007 (J.D.)
• Berry College, Rome, Geogia, 2004 (B.A.)

Published Works:

• Editor for Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law, 2005 - 2007
• "Human Rights and Humanitarian Law:  Developments in Indian and International Law," Oxford University Press:  New Delhi (Co-Author) 2007
• Georgia Supreme Court White Paper (Co-Author with William B. Hollberg)

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• State Bar of Georgia, Member
• Christian Legal Society, Member
• Alliance Defense Fund, Allied Attorney

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JOHN R. LOVELL
Of Counsel

JOHN R. LOVELL is of counsel at Hollberg & Weaver, LLP.  He received his  B.A. degree from Oral Roberts University in 1989.  He attended law school at Albany Law School and earned his J.D. in 1993.

John has served in Georgia as a Special Assistant United States Attorney, an Assistant Attorney General, and as an Assistant District Attorney in Georgia and New York.

John is a trial attorney with over 14 years of trial experience.  He has tried cases in the Superior Court of Georgia, Supreme Court of New York, and Federal District Court.  He has presented numerous briefs and argued before the appellate courts of New York and Federal Court in Georgia.

In the civil arena, he handles all forms of trial work including personal injury cases and general business litigation. John represents various individual and family-owned business.

In the criminal courts of metro Atlanta, he uses nearly a decade and a half of knowledge to advocate for his clients.  He has a great record of success representing people who do not have any prior criminal record and desperately need an attorney to explore and negotiate alternatives to incarceration.  He has helped clients avoid a criminal record.

He also represents accused persons charged with serious crimes in the state and federal courts throughout Georgia.

Areas of Practice:

• Criminal Law
• Corporate Litigation
• Personal Injury

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 1998
• New York, 1994
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Georgia Supreme Court
• Federal District Court, Northern District of Georgia
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Education:

• Albany Law School, Albany, New York, 1993 (J.D.)
• Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1989 (B.A.)

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• State Bar of Georgia, Member
• State Bar of New York, Member
• Atlanta Bar Association, Member

Past Employment Positions:

• Atlanta, Georgia, Special Assistant United States Attorney, July 2000 - July 2006
• Atlanta, Georgia, Assistant Attorney General, January 2000 - July 2006
• Atlanta, Georgia, Assistant District Attorney, March 1998 - December 1999
• Troy, New York, Chief Assistant District Attorney, November 1993 - February 1998

Personal:
John and his wife, Jennifer, live with their 3 children in northern Coweta County, between Newnan and Peachtree City.  John is active in Coweta County as a youth athletic coach and member of Crossroads Church in Newnan, where he serves as an elder.  The family enjoys travel and virtually all outdoor activities!

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JAMES W. KYTLE
Of Counsel

JAMES W. KYTLE is of counsel with Hollberg & Weaver, LLP.  He is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell and graduated from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University in 1983.  He is also a graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College in Dubois, Wyoming.

Areas of Practice:
He specializes in cases involving brain injuries, defective products and sexual misconduct cases against schools, priests and others. 

Jim uses a unique specialized process in representing clients working closely with  his wife Mary Ruth Mann, an experienced attorney and dramatist, in carefully developing a client’s story for trial. His objective is to learn how to tell the client’s story in a way that will allow jurors to feel and understand what happened to the client and how the client’s life has been changed.

Litigation Percentage:

• 100%

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 1983
• Washington, 2004

Education:

• Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia,  BA Economics, 1977
• Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, Macon, Georgia,  JD, 1983
• Gerry Spence’s Trial Lawyers College, Dubois, Wyoming, 2002

Representative Cases:

• Plunkett v. Palfinger Europe GMBH; Cornwell v. Chambers of Georgia; Harper v. City of East Point; and Vasche v. John Wieland Homes, Inc.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• State Bar of Georgia, Member
• State Bar of Washington, Member
• American Association of Justice, Member
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Member