Katz Durell, LLC
Singular Focus - Outstanding Results
Georgia Real Estate, Litigation and Intellectual Property Attorneys
ABOUT US
The attorneys of Katz Durell are dedicated to working with clients to help them achieve their personal and business goals and overcome legal challenges. From a platform of offices in Georgia's financial, business and regulatory center, the Firm's lawyers help clients succeed.
Devoted to Client Service
Katz Durell is committed to helping clients achieve their business strategies and providing outstanding legal services around Georgia. Clients depend on the firm’s ability to find innovative solutions to complex business issues, and our lawyers use the firm’s experience and resources to help clients handle these challenges.
The Firm's platform is comprised of a single, integrated partnership focused on providing the most collaborative approach to client service.
Tradition meets Innovation
Our Firm is one of exceptional credentials. Our name is synonymous with a commitment to client service that informs everything that we do. We are recognized throughout the US as a leader in providing cutting-edge legal advice on matters that are redefining practices and industries.
Attorneys
Our People
Joshua Katz
Member
JKatz@KatzDurell.com
(404) 458-0240
Josh is a co-founder of the Firm. He practices in the areas of commercial and residential real estate, commercial litigation and creditors’ rights, with an emphasis on residential and commercial closings.
Mr. Katz serves as counsel to national financial institutions where he assists in the structuring and closing of real estate transactions involving office, retail, multi-family and mixed use projects. He also represents lenders in connection with the negotiation, documentation and financing of CMBS mortgage originations intended to be securitized, and represents institutional lenders in residential closings, loan workouts and real and personal property commercial foreclosure actions.
Prior to joining the Firm, Mr. Katz spent several years as a bankruptcy attorney, representing debtors, creditors, and trustees in all phases of bankruptcy litigation.
Education and Admissions
Mr. Katz graduated from Emory University in 1998 with a dual degree in Political Science and Sociology. He graduated from Emory University School of Law in 2003. While in law school, Josh served as Associate Editor of the Emory Law Journal and was a judicial extern for the Honorable Paul W. Bonapfel, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Georgia, 2003
United States District Court (Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia)
Awards & Recognitions
Legal Elite, Georgia Trend Magazine, December, 2012
Top 40 Under 40 in Georgia, American Society of Legal Advocates, June, 2013
Matthew Durell
Member
MDurell@KatzDurell.com
(404) 458-0217
Matt is the other founder of the Firm whose practice is focused on real estate, litigation and intellectual property litigation involving a wide range of technologies, including local area network management and power line communications, Java acceleration hardware and software, smartphone application processor architecture and wireless controllers, Bluetooth and WiFi systems, digital image processing, medical devices, and consumer products. Prior to founding the Firm, Mr. Durell spent several years as an attorney in the Boston office of several international law firms.
Education and Admissions
Mr. Durell graduated from Emory University in 1997 with a degree in Chemistry. He graduated from Emory University School of Law in 2004.
Georgia, 2003
Massachusetts,
United States District Court (Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia)
US Patent and Trademark office
Publications
Co-author, Supreme Court Delivers Unanimous Decisions in Two Important Patent Cases: What Do This Week’s Limelight and Nautilus Decisions Mean for You?, Intellectual Property Alert (06.06.2014)
Sid Holderness
Counsel
SHolderness@KatzDurell.com
(404) 487-0040
Mr. Holderness has extensive experience in commercial real estate with an emphasis on title insurance claims and litigation. His practice and representation of all major lenders for over thirty years gives Sid significant experience in title disputes, real estate litigation, creditors' rights, bankruptcy and negotiation of commercial purchase and sale agreements.
Education and Admissions
Mr. Holderness graduated with honors from Atlanta Law School in 1974. Prior to joining Katz Durell, he was State Counsel and Vice President of Fidelity National Title Insurance Company. HIs responsibilities at Fidelity included underwriting all Fidelity title policies in Georgia, as well as managing claims litigation. Previously, Mr. Holderness was a partner with several law firms in Atlanta where he served as a closing attorney representing lenders and developers in all types of real estate transactions.
Georgia, 1974
Georgia Supreme Court
United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Seth N. Katz
Counsel
SKatz@KatzDurell.com
(404) 579-9466
Seth Katz is a civil litigator, assisting clients with business and employment disputes in state and federal courts nationwide. Seth is an experienced trial lawyer and has successfully tried cases in a wide-range of matters involving business torts, breach of contract and other business issues.
Seth also advises employers on workplace concerns including employee discipline, hiring and firing, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, trade secrets, business contracts, litigation avoidance, policy review and management training.
Seth served as Chairman of the Young Lawyers Division Business Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia from 2006-2010.
Education and Admissions
In 2006, Seth earned a Juris Doctor from Emory University School of Law. While in law school, he served as an intern for the National Labor Relations Board. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics in 1998 from the University of Georgia.
Georgia, 2006
Practice Areas of Katz Durell, LLC
6065 Roswell Road, Suite 880, Atlanta, Georgia 30238
Commercial Real Estate and Government Guaranteed Lending
Whether you're a lender, developer, contractor, buyer or seller of commercial real estate in Georgia, you need attorneys who have extensive experience with commercial real estate transactions. Our attorneys have experience with:
We advise clients on the legal matters of real estate transactions, from start to finish. We draft and negotiate the contract for sale, help conduct due diligence, prepare opinion letters, assist in obtaining financing and negotiating, advise on the formation of the business entity and oversee the closing process.
Residential Real Estate
The advice of an experienced attorney offers a great benefit to both buyers and sellers of property. Not only does your attorney address the complexities of federal and Georgia property law, but also ensures that your interests are properly protected. Whether you are buying, selling or refinancing, you want to have complete confidence your transaction will be handled correctly, and without unnecessary expense or delay.
Katz Durell has assisted many clients in buying and selling homes throughout Georgia. Our goal is always to help clients buy or sell houses with a full understanding of their financing arrangements as well as their legal rights and obligations. Our firm can help with matters regarding:
Litigation and Collections
Big Firm Experience, Small Firm Cost
Katz Durell, LLC provides legal representation to commercial clients throughout Georgia. Based in Atlanta, the Firm's attorneys represent national and regional banks, credit unions and companies in federal and state lawsuits, arbitration proceedings, mediations, and foreclosure proceedings.
Due to the firm's size and cost structure, we are able to provide legal representation of the highest caliber at billing rates which are substantially less than those at large law firms or under alternative billing arrangements. Our attorneys' track record of success and lower rates are a winning combination for all our clients.
Intellectual Property
Our intellectual property clients come in all sizes—from the largest global companies to individual entrepreneurs. What they have in common are big ideas.
Our attorneys are credited with having played a significant role in the creation and protection of many landmark portfolios in the information technology and life sciences industries. And that’s why clients make us their first call when they require a range of services that include counseling, prosecution, litigation, dispute resolution, and licensing in patent, trademark, and copyright matters.
Creditor's Rights and Bankuptcy
Our Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy attorneys represent all parties involved in consumer and business bankruptcy as well as complex issues involving litigation. Our clients include debtors, secured and unsecured lenders, creditors' committees, bankruptcy trustees, landlords and asset purchasers in bankruptcy and federal courts in the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia.
Title Insurance
The attorneys of Katz Durell have extensive knowledge of title insurance law and title insurance underwriting - from the analysis of title documents to the issuance of title insurance policies, and for all types of real estate transactions across Georgia.
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Katz Durell, LLC
6065 Roswell Road
Suite 880
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
Tel (404) 487-0040
Fax (404) 829-2936
JKatz@KatzDurell.com
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