Gillen Joachim

Specialties & Capabilities

• Standard Residential Closings

Languages Spoken

English

Welcome to Goggans, Stutzman, Hudson, Wilson & Mize, LLP, a law firm deeply rooted in the real estate industry. With over 450 years of combined experience, our team provides superlative legal expertise to lenders, brokers, developers, investors, and homeowners, helping them achieve their goals. We deliver excellent service and continuously expand our services across multiple locations in Georgia and Alabama.

Our comprehensive Residential Real Estate practice represents lenders, buyers, sellers, and agents in Atlanta, Columbus, and national markets. We handle all transaction types, including residential loan closings, construction loan closings, acquisition and development loan closings, regulatory compliance, contract reviews, and title insurance. We also assist with subdivision and condominium creation, and represent lenders in workouts, foreclosures, and REO property coordination, providing cost-effective, high-quality services for basic to sophisticated transactions.

For Commercial Real Estate, GSHWM offers responsive, efficient, and dynamic legal services across all aspects, including leasing transactions, landlord and tenant matters, investments, acquisition and development, and real estate finance. Our expertise extends to affordable housing, multifamily housing, office and retail properties, and master-planned communities. We work closely with clients to navigate regulatory, environmental, and community issues, providing creative and productive solutions.

Our Real Estate Litigation practice combines extensive real estate knowledge with litigation experience. We assist developers, landlords, commercial property owners, real-estate partnerships, and homeowners with disputes concerning building appraisals, construction defects, contested easements, and issues between lenders, owners, and developers. While we strive for alternative resolutions outside of court, our experienced team provides skillful advocacy when trial is unavoidable.

Beyond these core areas, we also offer services in:

• Business Entities and Transactions: Advice on business structure, entity formation, buy-sell agreements, contracts, and leases.
• Landlord/Tenant Representation: Assistance from default notices to evictions for residential and commercial landlords.
• Community Associations: Counsel for developers, builders, lenders, boards, and property management companies in planned community development.
• Estate Planning: Designing and implementing plans from simple Wills to complex multigenerational trusts.

At Goggans, Stutzman, Hudson, Wilson & Mize, LLP, client success is our ultimate measure, driven by responsive, timely, and efficient service with strong internal review and quality control.