Best of Gwinnett winner Margaret Gettle Washburn, P.C. has been practicing law for more than 35 years. She and her firm, located in Lawrenceville and serving clients throughout Gwinnett County and surrounding areas, provide every client with the highest level of legal experience and expertise.
Specializing in family law, personal injury and criminal defense, Margaret Gettle Washburn is privileged to...
"It gives people peace of mind. It's something they don't have to worry about anymore."
Most people know they should prepare a will, but estate planning is one of those tasks people keep putting off. "People who die without a will typically do so just because of procrastination," said attorney Steve Emert, whose Sugarloaf Parkway practice specializes in estate planning,...
"Litigators must think on their feet, process lots of information, and make split-second decisions."
If C. Carlton Folsom has learned anything from 27 years as an attorney, it's that "you just can't beat experience" as a teacher. "I would like to think I was a good lawyer when I had five years experience, but doing it for 27 years makes...
"We see a difference when you involve people in what is happening, rather than allowing them to be victims."
Attorney Rebeca E. Salmon, Esq. created a unique business model that pairs a for-profit law firm with a nonprofit organization that provides legal services for vulnerable individuals, including children throughout the Southeast.
A Salmon Firm and the Access to Law Foundation share...
Most of us think about attorneys about as often as we do our spare tire: we know we may need to use that tire someday, but we don't check the air pressure in it as much as we should. It's not until we have a blow-out on the side of Interstate-85 that we realize what a valuable resource it...
"I spend fifty percent of my time talking our customers out of spending money if I don't think it's a good idea."
"I'm not naturally good at anything," says 34 year-old Mike Jarrell, "But I'm able to work hard enough to kinda figure it out." What this Snellville-raised entrepreneur kinda figured out four years ago was how to build a...
It's fascinating to me that with all of the articles, books, talks, training, podcasts, events, and courses on the subject of leadership, the importance of a battle cry is rarely addressed. Yet, if you study history, most of the great leaders of armies, countries, religions, athletic teams, and corporations have utilized one to rally their followers.
Often in the business...
Do your best.
Remember those words from our younger days? Remember when "Do your best" was a universal mantra of encouragement?
The mindset to do your best, be the best and give others your best became a guiding principle worth striving for every day.
As we compile each edition of the Best of Gwinnett, we see evidence those principles are alive and...
