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LAW PRACTICE HISTORY:
Substantial experience in private practice since 1974, specialized in litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) of real estate, corporate, and commercial transactions. Extensive jury trial experience.
1985-Present:
Abraham A. Sharony, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia.
Litigation and ADR - condemnation; construction contracts and liens; real estate contracts and brokers' commissions; real estate and mortgage fraud claims; title and boundary disputes; title insurance claims; homeowners association - developer disputes; ad valorem tax appeals; confirmation of sale and foreclosures; 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.
General Real Estate - representation of condominium associations; purchase and option agreements; construction contracts, joint venture and partnership agreements; commercial leases; easements.
General Corporate Practice - sale of business transactions; purchase and option agreements; construction contracts, joint venture and partnership agreements; commercial leases; easements.
Arbitrator - Fulton County Superior Court arbitration Program (1990-Present). Dekalb County Superior Court Arbitration Program (1991-present).
Special Assistant - to Attorney General of Georgia for Condemnation Trials, 1976-1988.
Previously,
1978-1985:
Litigation Partner, Macey & Sikes (formerly Lipshutz, Macey, Zusmann & Sikes), Atlanta, Georgia, specialized in Real Estate Litigation (condemnation, title disputes, construction) and Business Litigation..
1974-1978:
Associate, Lipshutz, Macey, Zusmann & Sikes, Atlanta, Georgia, specialized in creditors' rights, and real estate litigation, construction, and title insurance claims.
APPELLATE COURT DECISIONS
Mr. Sharony has litigated numerous cases on appeal, including the following:
Powell v. Emory University , 268 Ga. 658, 492 S.E.2d 874 (1997) (gift to University of real property);
Walker v. Modnar Corporation , 194 Ga. App. 68, 389 S.E.2d 558 (1990) (foreclosure of leased vehicles under UCC);
White v. Fletcher/Mayo, et al. , 251 Ga. 203, 303 S.E.2d 746 (1983) (non-competition covenants ancillary to international merger and acquisition);
Department of Transportation v. Dixie Highway Bottle Shop, Inc., 245 Ga. 314, 265 S.E.2d 10 (1980) (claim of business loss in condemnation case).
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