Abraham A. Sharony specializes in litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) of foreclosure and loan deficiency disputes, commercial, real estate, and corporate transactions.
Abraham A. Sharony is an Atlanta attorney who specializes in litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) of foreclosure and loan deficiency disputes, commercial, real estate, and corporate transactions.
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Litigation and ADR
• Loan deficiency disputes
• Confirmation of sale and foreclosures; real estate and mortgage fraud claims; condemnation; construction contracts and liens; real estate contracts and brokers’ commissions
• Title and boundary disputes; title insurance claims; homeowners association – developer disputes; ad valorem tax appeals; landlord-tenant; nuisance/trespass to real estate
• UCC and commercial litigation; employment contract litigation; non-competition covenants; corporate shareholders’, officers’, and directors’ disputes
• Representing creditors in bankruptcy proceedings; state receivership proceedings; business fraud and fraudulent conveyances; commercial collection actions
• Estate litigation, e.g., objections to wills and undue influence claims
General Real Estate
Representation of mortgage companies and condominium associations; purchase and option agreements; construction contracts, joint venture and partnership agreements; commercial leases; easements
General Corporate Practice
Sale of business transactions; secured loan agreements; shareholder agreements; employment agreements
ADR Services
Completed mediation training in 2008 at Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law; Fulton County Superior Court Arbitration Program (1990-present); DeKalb County Superior Court Arbitration Program (1991-present); Mediation services for Georgia cases; Arbitrator, Georgia Supreme Court Legal Fees Arbitrations Program (1982-present)
Teaching Experience
Litigation Instructor – Emory Law School Trial Techniques Program (1984-present); in-house training in litigation for law firm attorneys; seminars on construction and lien law for real estate clients; seminar on jury selection, Decatur-DeKalb Bar Association; Business Law instructor, Brenau University
Bar and Professional Memberships
Education
Georgia State University A.B. 1971; Emory University, J.D.1974
Emory Law School Honors
Published Note, 9 Ga. St. Bar Jour. 532 (1973)
Outstanding Oralist, First Year Moot Court Competition
Teaching Assistant, Legal Research, Writing, and Advocacy, Am. Jur. (top grade) awards in Contracts II and III
Continuing Legal Education
Numerous seminars, including trial techniques and evidence, real estate title insurance and mortgage fraud claims, eminent domain, business litigation, real estate law and practice, mechanics’ liens, construction law, analysis of financial statements, real estate foreclosure law, landlord-tenant law, commercial leasing, real estate surveying and boundary law
Languages: Hebrew and Romanian; knowledge of French and Spanish
