Gregory O'Connell

Specialties & Capabilities

• Creative Finance

Languages Spoken

English

Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C. (BBGA) has proudly served clients across Georgia for over 40 years, establishing deep roots in Athens and expanding with a second office in Lake Oconee. The firm is committed to excellence, offering personalized legal services tailored to the unique needs of each client, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach. BBGA guides individuals, families, and businesses through life's most important legal matters with clarity and confidence.

Their comprehensive legal services cover a wide range of practice areas, ensuring clients receive smart, tailored solutions. Key areas include:

• Real Estate Law: Handling a large volume of residential and commercial closings, including purchases, sales, and refinances (both financed and cash transactions). BBGA attorneys conduct title examinations, certify title, and issue owners’ and lenders’ title insurance policies. They are American Land Title Association “Best Practices” certified, demonstrating their dedication to safeguarding private information and transaction integrity. The firm also assists with contract preparation and negotiation, seller/owner financing, commercial development, retail/shopping center development, multi-family and single-family development, commercial leasing, lender representation, foreclosures, and zoning and land use planning.
• Personal Injury: Representing clients in cases such as car accidents, truck accidents, slips and falls, and wrongful death.
• Medical Malpractice: Addressing issues like misdiagnosis, surgical mistakes, birth injuries, and prescription errors.
• Nursing Home Abuse: Handling cases involving neglect, understaffing, chronic infections, and medication mistakes.
• Business Law: Providing counsel on business formation, agreements, partner disputes, and litigation.
• Tax & Estate Law: Assisting with wills, trusts, probate, and asset protection.

Clients choose BBGA for their 40+ years of trusted results, their status as one of the largest firms in Northeast Georgia, a team-based approach across legal disciplines, advanced communication and legal tech tools, and direct access to attorneys. They offer free, no-obligation consultations for all practice areas. Contact BBGA at (706) 354-4000 to schedule your initial consultation.