Firm History

After practicing business litigation for 14 years, Fred Beloin opened his own law firm and began to grow his business and title litigation practice. Thanks to its good clients and good work, the firm has grown to eight attorneys and celebrates its 10th year. The Firm’s three other members, Charles Brown, Jim Blum, and Beth Baer come from diverse professional backgrounds as closing and foreclosure attorneys and complex litigation practitioners. The firm looks forward to many more years of service to the profession and to its clients.

Members of Our Firm

Frederic S. Beloin

Born Hartford, Connecticut, May 29, 1957
Admitted to State Bar of Georgia, 1983

Education
University of Hartford (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979; M.A., Economics, 1980)
University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 1983)
Alpha Chi
Omicron Delta Epsilon
University Scholar
Editorial Board, Georgia Law Review, 1981-1982

Member: Atlanta Bar Association
President, Rotary Club of Marietta (2004-05)
Board Member, Center for Family Resources
Member of CEO Roundtable, Cobb County Chamber of Commerce

Practice Areas:
Real Estate and Title Litigation
Business Litigation
Professional Malpractice

Email: fbeloin@beloinlaw.com

Charles W. Brown

Born Orlando, Florida, December 5, 1966
Admitted to State Bar of Georgia, 1991

Education
University of Florida (B.S.B.A., with high honors, 1988)
Florida State University (J.D., with honors, 1991)
Beta Gamma Sigma
Omicron Delta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Golden Key
Articles Editor, Florida State University Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law (1990-1991).

Member:
Atlanta Bar Association.

Practice Areas:
Real Estate Litigation
Title and Property Tax Litigation
Labor and Employment Litigation
Business Litigation
Business Law

Email: cbrown@beloinlaw.com

James P. Blum, Jr.

Born Lynn, Massachusetts, October 28, 1969
Admitted to State Bar of Georgia, 1994.
Former attorney at Pendergast & Blum, P.C.
Former Asst. District Attorney in Walton County

Education:
University of Notre Dame (B. A. 1991)
Loyola University School of Law (J.D., 1994)
Moot Court Board
ATLA National Criminal Justice Trial Team
William B. Spong Moot Court Team

Member:
Rotary Club of Peachtree Corners

Practice Areas:
Real Estate and Title Litigation
Mortgage Fraud Litigation
Professional Malpractice
Landlord/Tenant Litigation
Business Litigation
Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights

Email: jblum@beloinlaw.com

Beth T. Baer

Born Macon, Georgia, February 28, 1948
Admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, 1995
Former Counsel with King & Spalding, LLP (1995-2002) and Partner at Balch & Bingham, LLP (2003-2005).

Education:
Agnes Scott College B.A. (1970)
Georgia State College of Law (J.D., Magna Cum Laude, 1995)
Georgia State University Law Review, Associate Legislative Editor

Member:
NASD Dispute Resolution Board of Arbitrators
Master, Lamar Inn of Court
Executive Committee of the Atlanta Bar Association
Editorial Board of The Atlanta Lawyer
Winner of the President's Pro-Bono Award (2004-05)
Past President of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
Commercial Real Estate Women of Atlanta.

Publications:
“Insurance Caps on AIDS-Related Healthcare Costs: Will the ADA Fill the GAP Created by ERISA” published in 1998 by the Georgia State University Law Review and “Navigating COBRA”, presented at the Lorman Seminar on COBRA Coverage in Georgia in 1999.
Participant at International Arbitration Conference in Salzburg, Austria sponsored by the Center for International Legal Studies
“Exchanges of Documents and Depositions in International Arbitration” presented to a multi-national group of international commercial dispute practitioners and arbitrators and published by the Center for International Legal studies in the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business (Spring Issue, 2001).

Practice Areas:
Title and Real Estate Litigation
Mortgage Fraud
Legal and Accounting Malpractice
Business Litigation

Email: bbaer@beloinlaw.com

Laura A. DeMartini

Born Atlanta, Georgia, May 9, 1980
Admitted to State Bar of Georgia, 2005

Education:
University of Georgia (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002)
University of Oxford, England (Summer 2000, British Administrative & Constitutional Law, International Conflict)
University of Georgia (J.D., cum laude, 2005)
Journal of Intellectual Property Law, Managing Board, Articles Editor (2004-2005), Editorial Board (2003-2004)
Prosecution Clinic: Office of the District Attorney, Ken Mauldin: Athens-Clarke County, Western Judicial Circuit (2004-2005)
Research Assistant to Professor C. Ronald Ellington (Summer 2004)
Phi Beta Kappa
Who's Who: American Law Students, 23rd Edition
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, Marshall (2003-2004), Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law Fraternity (1998-2002)
2005 University of Georgia Law Graduation Speaker Selection Committee
Golden Key National Honors Society
Order of Omega
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honors Society
Phi Sigma Tau International Honors Society for Philosophy
Kappa Delta Sorority

Member:
Real Property and General Practice and Trial Law Section of State Bar of Georgia
Atlanta Bar Association
Georgia Association for Women Lawyers
American Bar Association, Section of Litigation (Pretrial Practice and Discovery, Professional Liability and Real Estate Litigation Committees), Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Young Lawyers Division
University of Georgia Alumni Association
Kappa Delta Alumni Association

Practice Areas:
Real Estate and Title Litigation
Professional Malpractice
Business Litigation
Probate Litigation

Email: ldemartini@beloinlaw.com

OF COUNSEL

Michael Welch

Born Atlanta, Georgia, June 8, 1954
Admitted to State Bar of Georgia, 1979, State Bar of Florida, 1981

Education:
Florida State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1976; J.D., with honors, 1979).
Phi Beta Kappa

Publications:
Co-Author: “Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel: New Defenses in Construction Litigation?” Georgia State Bar Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3., February 1985

Member:
Atlanta Bar Association. (Also practicing individually in Atlanta, Georgia)

Practice Areas:
Construction Law
Litigation

Individual Web Site: http://www.michaelwelchlaw.com
Email: mwelch@beloinlaw.com mwelch@michaelwelchlaw.com

Walter P. Walker

Born Knoxville, Tennessee, May 23, 1949
Admitted to State Bar of Georgia, 1980
Admitted to North Carolina Society of Certified Public Accountants (1974) and Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (1986)
Former Controller and In-House Counsel, Southeastern Advertising
CFO, former VP and In-House Counsel, Rubin Brothers, Inc.

Education:
Davidson College (B.S. Economics, 1971)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (MBA, 1973)
Woodrow Wilson College of Law (JD, magna cum laude, 1980)
Woodrow Wilson Law Review (1980)

Member:
Georgia Society of CPAs
North Carolina Society of CPAs
Rotary Club of Marietta
Chairman, Marietta Rotary Foundation.

Practice Areas:
Association Law
Contract Law
Real Property Law
Business litigation

Email: wwalker@beloinlaw.com