James W. Penland
Attorney at LawMr. Penland is an experienced legal counsellor, litigator, and advocate for his clients. Admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1975, he has worked closely counselling and protecting clients for over 42 years. Mr. Penland is an active trial attorney who has handled hundreds of complex civil litigation matters, including jury trials, bench trials, appeals, and complex negotiations since 1975. Mr. Penland has been counsel in cases in courts from the county and city court level, through the Georgia and federal courts, and all of the way up to the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Penland's special talent is in representing individuals and businesses in matters involving complex legal and financial issues with difficult emotional issues between the parties, such as high stakes partnership disputes, probate battles, and business disputes. Among the many types of cases Mr. Penland has handled are cases involving real estate, domestic relations, divorce, probate, contracts, torts, software technology, internet law, trademarks, copyright, and intellectual property disputes. Mr. Penland has developed effective procedures for managing cases having high volumes of documentary evidence using powerful case and document management software he developed over the years and customizes for the needs of the individual case. Mr. Penland is a recognized litigator, speaker, and authority on the law and procedure of Attorney Fees and Abusive Litigation in Georgia, including matters arising under O.C.G.A. §13-6-11, §9-15-14, and attorney fees arising in domestic relations and probate cases. As a lawyer's lawyer, he has litigated and consulted on attorney fee issues at the trial level and handled appeals in the appellate courts. He is often hired by other lawyers to help them with attorney fee and Abusive Litigation issues for their clients, serving in the capacity as consulting co-counsel or as an expert witness. Mr. Penland has represented both individuals and attorneys in Abusive Litigation cases. Mr. Penland is the author of “Attorney Fees under O.C.G.A. §13-6-11”, an authoritative treatise on Attorney Fee rules and practice in Georgia. Mr. Penland became a lawyer when he was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia on June 12, 1975.
