Shawn M. Winterich biography

Court admissions:

Georgia State and Superior courts since 1994
United States Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Professional memberships:

Atlanta Bar Association, Small Firm and Solo Practitioner Section
State Bar of Georgia, Creditors' Rights Section

Legal education:

Juris Doctor, cum laude, Michigan State University College of Law (formerly Detroit College of Law), Detroit, Michigan, 1994

Honors:

American Jurisprudence Award, Insurance Law, 1993

University education:

The Ohio State University, B.A., Columbus, Ohio, 1989

Published works:

Author and presenter: "Filing, and Surviving Challenges to, Judgments Under the Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Law," from State Bar of Georgia Creditors' Rights CLE seminar, January 2006.

Contributing author: Wiley Bankruptcy Law Institute Update, 2000-2001.

Author: "Ethical Considerations and the FDCPA," National Business Institute, 1999 (CLE materials)

Reported appeals decisions:

Deljoo v. SunTrust Mortgage, Inc., 284 Ga. 438, 668 S.E.2d 245 (2008).

Note Purchase Co. of Georgia, LLC v. Brenda Lee Strickland Realty, Inc., 288 Ga. App. 594, 654 S.E.2d 393 (2007).

United Maintenance v. Wilson, 265 Ga. App. 683, 595 S.E.2d 376 (2004).

Sun v. Mercedes-Benz Credit Corp., 254 Ga.App. 463, 562 S.E.2d 714 (2002).

Past clients:

I associated in several top-notch Martindale-Hubbell “AV”-rated (TM) civil litigation firms before starting my own firm. It was my privilege to represent these institutional and small business clients: Verizon Wireless Inc. of Georgia, SunTrust Bank, N.A., Citizens Trust Bank, Curry Honda, U.S. Foodservice, Inc., PFG Milton’s, Inc., United Guaranty Residential Insurance Company of North Carolina, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Providian National Bank, Household Bank, Harvard University and Budget Rent-A-Car of Atlanta.