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Teresa L. Bailey
Rachelson & White, P.C.
Three Ravinia Drive
Suite 450
Atlanta, GA 30346

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Phone:

(678) 990-3243 (Direct)
(770) 698-0700 (Main)

E-mail:

tbailey@r-wpc.com

Fax:

(678) 990-4517

Web site:

http://r-wpc.lawoffice.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Litigation Percentage
Bar Admissions	Education	Honors
Published Works	Affiliations	Representative Cases

Teri Bailey is a graduate of the University of Florida, a graduate of the Emory University School of Law, and has been a member of the Georgia Bar since 1986. Her practice centers on real property litigation, including title insurance, quiet title and condemnation cases, boundary and survey disputes, mortgage fraud, contracts, real estate brokerage disputes, professional negligence, construction defects, landlord/tenant disputes, foreclosure, covenant enforcement, premise liability claims, and business litigation. She also has experience closing residential and commercial real estate transactions, and has managed an in-house title insurance group for a large firm. She has substantial lead counsel experience in bench and jury trials, appellate practice before both the Georgia Court of Appeals and Georgia Supreme Court, and is a certified mediator. For many years, she has served Fulton County as a Special Master deciding numerous quiet title and condemnation cases involving property in all parts of Fulton County and involving a wide range of issues including: tax sales, fraudulent conveyances, forged deeds, lost deeds, adverse possession, boundary disputes, legal description errors, recording errors, utility and transportation easements.

Current Employment Position(s):: Partner, since July 14, 2008

Year Joined Organization:: 2008

Areas Of Practice:: Real Estate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Title Insurance Law; Quiet Title Actions; Condemnation; Special Master Proceedings; Trial and Appellate Practice; Mediation and Arbitration

Litigation Percentage:: 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Certifications/Specialties:: Mediation, Resolution Resources Corporation, 1997

Bar Admissions:: Georgia, 1986; U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1986; Georgia Court of Appeals, 1986; Supreme Court of Georgia, 1986

Education:: Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, June, 1986; J.D.; University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, June, 1983; B.A.; Major: English; Major: Philosophy

Published Works:: "Covenant Enforcement", Real Property Law Institute, May, 1993; "Foreclosure Litigation," (Co-Author), Real Property Law Institute, May, 1993

Representative Cases:: Zohoury v. Zohouri, 218 Ga.App. 748, 463 S.E.2d 141 (Georgia Court of Appeals 1995); Hanlon v. Thornton, 218 Ga.App. 500, 462 S.E.2d 154 (Georgia of Appeals 1995); Copeland v. Home Savings of America, 209 Ga.App. 173, 433 S.E.2d 327 (Georgia Court of Appeals 1993); Tillman v. Lomas & Nettleton Insurance Agency Corp., 207 Ga.App. 410, 428 S.E.2d 451 (Georgia Court of Appeals 1993); Johnson v. Lomas Mortgage USA, Inc., 201 Ga.App. 562, 411 S.E.2d 731 (Georgia Court of Appeals 1991); Metmor Financial Inc., v. Jenkins, 199 Ga.App. 885, 406 S.E.2d 288 (Court of Appeals 1991); Hardage v. Lewis, 199 Ga.App. 632, 405 S.E.2d 732 (Court of Appeals 1991); Carroll v. Harry Norman Inc., Georgia Court of Appeals (198 Ga.App. 614, 402 S.E.2d 357 1991); Phillips v. Connecticut National Bank, 196 Ga. App. 477, 396 S.E.2d 538 (Georgia Court of Appeals 1990); American Communities Corp. v. RIHT Mortgage, 195 Ga. App. 101, 392 S.E.2d 318 (Georgia Court of Appeals 1990); Smithson v. Harry Norman Inc., 192 Ga.App. 796, 386 S.E.2d 546 (Georgia Court of Appeals 1989); Seligman v. Milam Builders, Inc, 191 Ga.App. 225, 381 S.E. 2d 401 (Georgia Court of Appeals 1989); Simons v. Equitec Properties Co., 190 Ga.App. 804, 380 S.E. 2d 90 (Georgia Court of Appeals 1989); Walker v. Castello, 187 Ga.App. 196, 369 S.E.2d 527 (Georgia Court of Appeals 1988); Carroll v. Pierce, 221 Ga.App. 805, 472 S.E.2d 560 (Georgia Court of Appeals 1996); Jenkins v. Edelhertz, 272 Ga. 480, 532 S.E.2d 94 (Georgia Supreme Court 2000)

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Speaker, "Covenant Enforcement", Real Property Law Institute, 1993; Speaker, "Foreclosure Litigation", Real Property Law Institute, 1993

Honors and Awards:: Peer Review Rating; AV Rated; Special Master Quiet Title

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; 1000 Lawyers for Justice; Georgia Real Estate Closing Attorneys Association; Fulton County Superior Court, 1995 - Present; Special Master; City of Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit-B, 1997 - 2000; Board Member

Previous Individual Name:: R. Teresa L. Perrotta, July 5, 2002

Fraternities/Sororities:: Phi Alpha Delta

Birth Information:: September 22, 1961, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

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