Charles M. Dalziel, Jr. is well suited now to begin his own practice, as he has 39 years total experience in the practice of law and 32 years being rated as an AV lawyer by Martindale Hubbell. While many veteran defense lawyers start their own firms with the decision to represent plaintiffs only in contingent fee cases, this is not my intent. While I am a member of the Multi Million Dollar Advocates Forum with one settlement reaching $11.4 million, I also have extensive experience as a defense lawyer and have been rated as one of Georgia’s Top 100 Civil Defense Lawyers and as one Of Georgia’s Top Rated Employment Lawyers since 2013. I am also a Georgia Super Lawyer, having first been granted that distinction in 2010. The core of my practice concerns non-compete, non-solicitation and non-disclosure agreements and trade secrets claims. “The work I do” includes almost every kind of civil litigation cases imaginable–commercial litigation, contract disputes, insurance coverage cases, catastrophic injury litigation especially involving truck wrecks, rate cases for regulated businesses such as insurance companies and telecommunications companies, securities litigation under the 1933 and 1934 Acts, business divorce, trademark fights, Lanham Act controversies, partnership disputes, corporate governance disputes, claims under state Trade Practice Statutes, and Libel and Slander litigation. My goal in the new practice is to continue at the forefront of restrictive covenant litigation, and also to represent both plaintiffs and defendants in other cases within my experience, sometimes under alternative fee arrangements, always with the assurance that the client gets a bargain even when I bill hourly. “The work I do I do” means I don’t downstream cases to new associates as a training exercise (or worse yet, as an effort to pile up my origination dollars by downstreaming work to less qualified associates– the client gets my work, done by someone of my credentials, with my track record of success. I am the chairman of the State Bar Audit Committee, the chairman of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution section, and a member of the Atlanta Bar’s Board of Directors for its Litigation Section, and a member of the Georgia Bar’s Trade Secrets Committee.

To Jonathan S. Damashek, the best part of his job is standing up for people who deserve their day in court. “I like fighting for the little guy against the large corporate defendants and insurance carriers to help them recover what they lost in their lives,” he says. In this regard, Mr. Damashek seeks to recover monetary compensation for his clients that covers their past and future pain and suffering, medical expenses, lost earnings and benefits, and loss of their enjoyment of life.

Area of Practice: Business Law

Lisa J. Damiani, named as a San Diego Super Lawyer since 2010, received her B.A. degree in 1983 from New York University and her J.D. degree in 1988 from California Western School of Law in San Diego. Ms. Damiani continued trying criminal cases and focused her civil practice on labor, employment and business litigation matters. Ms. Damiani also consults with her employer clients on lay-offs, terminations, severance agreements, misconduct, and other employment related issues to prevent potential litigation. Some of her corporate clients include Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Equity Management Inc. and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP. Ms. Damiani’s criminal and civil trial experience is extensive. She has practiced in various jurisdictions, including California, Idaho and Oklahoma, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Central and Southern Districts of California, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and United States District Courts for the Districts of Colorado and Nevada.

I am a successful trial attorney with substantial experience in criminal, family, matrimonial, and surrogate issues. My philosophy is that everyone deserves to have the best legal representation possible … and that is what I provide for each of my clients. As a sole practitioner in Ithaca over the last 19 years, I have long been committed to being a dedicated advocate for any member of our community – including those who cannot afford an attorney, through the assigned counsel program and my pro bono work. I handle cases from initial appearance through hearings, preliminary exams, non-jury trials, and jury trial. Over the years I have taken custody, visitation and family offense matters to trial, divorce matters to trial, and support matters to hearing. I have represented clients in non-jury trials (where the decision is made by the judge),as well as jury trials to a verdict (an increasing rarity in these days of settled cases). I look forward to working with you to reach a successful resolution of your legal issue.