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Stephen E. Shepard
Evans, Georgia

Senior Partner
phone	(706) 955-1670
fax	(706) 868-6788
email	Email Me

Steve Shepard is a knowledgeable attorney known in the Augusta community. He has practiced in Columbia and Richmond Counties in the Augusta Judicial Circuit for thirty two (32) years. He was graduated from Davidson College and University of Georgia School of Law.

Steve is rated as an "A-V" lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell and is experienced in all stages of trials, hearings and appellate practice in the areas of general civil litigation and local government law, personal injury, divorce, wills and estates.

Steve has been admitted to practice in all Georgia Courts of record; Georgia Court of Appeals, Georgia Supreme Court, United States District Court, Southern District of Georgia since 1976, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit since 1981 and United States Supreme Court since 1983.

Steve and his wife, Kathie, are the parents of three daughters and members of Trinity-on-the-Hill United Methodist Church.

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At Trinity-on-the-Hill United Methodist Church, Augusta, Georgia, Steve has served on the Administrative Board, Preschool Committee, Sunday School Class President, and Sunday School Teacher.

Areas of Practice:: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Divorce; Probate; Local Government Law

Bar Admissions:: Georgia, 1976; U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia, 1976; Georgia Court of Appeals; U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981; U.S. Supreme Court, 1983

Education:: University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 1976
J.D.; Davidson College
A.B.
Major: Political Science

Representative Cases:: Tribble v. Knight, 238 Ga. 84, 231 S.E.2d 68 (1976); Gleason v. City Council of Augusta, 242 Ga. 796, 251 S.E.2d 536 (1979); City Council of Augusta v. Nevils, 149 Ga.App. 688, 255 S.E.2d 140 (1979); Tchorz v. State, 197 Ga.App. 185, 397 S.E.2d 619 (1990); Horsley v. Horsley, 268 Ga. 460, 490 SE2d 392 (1997); Howard v. Johnson, 264 Ga.App. 660, 592 SE2d 93 (2003); Merry v. Williams, 281 Ga. 571, 642 S.E.2d 46 (2007)

Honors and Awards:: "A-V" lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Augusta Bar Association; Member; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Member; American Association for Justice; Member; Administrative Services and Public Safety Committees; Member; City Council of Augusta, 1986 - 1989; Member; Waterworks, Transit, Recorder's Court, Public Works, and Community Development Committees; Augusta-Richmond County, 2004 - 2007; County Attorney; City Council of Augusta, 1976 - 1982; Assistant to City Attorney; Augusta-Richmond County Public Library; Trustee and Board President; Regional Library Board; Trustee; General Aviation Commission (Daniel Field Airport), 1989 - 1994; Member and Chairman; Davidson College Alumni Association, Augusta Chapter, 1990 - 1991; President; Augusta-Richmond County Commissioner, 1998 - 2003; Augusta-Richmond County Commissioner, 2000 - 2003; Chairman, Finance Committee; Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia, 2008 - Present; Outside Counsel

Pro Bono Activities:: Augusta Lions Club, 1979 - Present; President, Augusta Lions Club, 1983 - 1984; Member, Augusta Chapter, American Red Cross Board of Directors, 1984 - 1986; Trinity-on-the-Hill United Methodist Church, Augusta, Georgia

Bankruptcy Law
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Family Law
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Criminal Law
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Personal Injury
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Estate Planning
- Wills and trusts
- What to do when someone dies
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Civil, Business, Government, Real Estate, General

Downtown Offices
429 Walker Street
Upper Level
Augusta, GA 30901-5819
Phone: (706) 955-4185
Fax: (706) 722-4817
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Map and Directions

Columbia County Offices
7013 Evans Town Center Boulevard
Suite 303
Evans, GA 30809-4215
Phone: (706) 955-1670
Fax: (706) 868-6788
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Shepard, Plunkett, Hamilton & Boudreaux, LLP is a full service law firm located in Augusta, Eastern Georgia and serving clients in Columbia County, Richmond County, Burke County, Jefferson County, McDuffie County, and Lincoln County, including the cities of Augusta, Evans, Martinez, Blythe, Hephzibah, Grovetown, Harlem, Waynesboro, Appling, Thomson, Louisville, and Lincolnton, GA, East GA, and CSRA. We also represent clients in Aiken County and Edgefield County, SC, including Aiken, North Augusta, and Peach Island, Carolina. We are experienced with cases involving Clarks Hill Reservoir, Lake Thurmond, The Canal, the Savannah River, and Fort Gordon, Interstates: 20, 52, and the following highways: Bobby Jones Expressway, Carl Sanders Highway, 121, 402, 78, 1, 4, 25, 17, 80, and 78.