Roberts Tate is pleased to announce that Theresa Beaton and Daniel Strowe have been named partners in the firm.

Theresa Beaton represents companies and individuals in business and real property litigation matters in federal and state courts. She has extensive experience in civil disputes at the trial court and appellate levels, including those involving breach of contract, business disputes, noncompete covenants, fraud, estate and fiduciary disputes, real estate purchase and sale agreements, home defects, trespass, and nuisance, among others.

Daniel maintains a business litigation and transactional practice that focuses on advising and representing clients in a wide range of matters including business disputes, land use/zoning, contract preparation and review, commercial transactions, business entity formations, and permitting and regulatory issues at the state and local levels.

Additionally, Roberts Tate is pleased to announce that Lena Mirilovic has joined the firm in the Insurance Coverage practice group. Lena joins the firm as Of Counsel with broad experience in insurance coverage, complex civil, and commercial litigation matters. Her practice focuses on providing counseling and litigation services to insurers on professional liability, general liability, and cyber, technology, and media insurance issues. Prior to joining Roberts Tate, Lena practiced at Rumberger Kirk in Orlando, Florida, where she handled complex civil, commercial, and insurance coverage litigation matters. She began her legal career at Wiley Rein in Washington, DC, where she practiced in the firm’s insurance coverage group. Lena is admitted to practice law in Florida state courts, the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida, as well as the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Roberts Tate is proud to announce the expansion of the firm to include an insurance coverage practice and the addition of Partner Jason O’Brien and Partner Marc Rindner who join Parker Lavin in the Insurance Practice Group. Parker, Jason and Marc come to Roberts Tate from the preeminent K-street firm of Wiley Rein, LLP in Washington, D.C and have a combined 45+ years of practice. Jason and Marc will work out of the firm’s new Maryland office.

Marc represents insurers in coverage litigation in federal and state courts across the country, including litigation involving allegations of bad faith, issues regarding liability coverage and assists insurance carriers with developing policies that provide first and third party coverage for businesses in areas such as banking, health, media and technology. Marc is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Maryland, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits as well as the U.S. District Courts for the District of Colorado, District of Columbia, District of Maryland and Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Jason specializes in first-party and third-party insurance claims involving cyber-related incidents. He also serves as coverage and monitoring counsel in connection with claims arising under various types of professional and general liability policies. Jason is admitted to practice in state and federal courts in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

As part of Roberts Tate’s insurance defense practice, Parker, Jason and Marc are joined by Associate Kendall Shortway. Kendall’s practice focuses on first-party and third-party liability insurance coverage issues. Kendall is admitted to practice law in state and federal courts in Georgia, Florida and the United States’ Virgin Islands.

After spending over seven years in the court system, Roberts Tate successfully obtained a $17.5M settlement with Glynn County returning erroneously calculated tax overpayments to over 13,000 Glynn County homeowners. The class-action lawsuit which started in 2012 involved mistakes made on the part of the Glynn County Tax Commissioner’s office where the incorrect base year was used in calculating the L5 Scarlett Williams exemption. On January 22, 2018, the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that the county was misapplying the exemption and that taxpayers were due refunds. In addition to the $17.5M settlement, the legal ruling will save Glynn County taxpayers for many years to come.

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Roberts Tate obtained a $2.75 million settlement for a class of tour company operators in the City of Savannah. At issue was a $1 per tourist Preservation Fee paid by tour companies for tour participants. Roberts Tate alleged that the Preservation Fee violated the free speech clause of the First Amendment as well as the Special District provision of the Georgia Constitution.

oberts Tate obtained a $1.3 million settlement for landowners in Charlton County enrolled in the Forest Land Protection Act (“FLPA”) and Conservation Use Valuation Assessment program (“CUVA”). For years the County had illegally taxed landowners enrolled in FLPA and CUVA based on incorrect soil delineations. After years of unsuccessful efforts by Class Representatives to have Charlton County correct this error and pay refunds, Roberts Tate was able to successfully negotiate in only a few months following filing suit a $1.3 million settlement fund to repay landowners.

Roberts Tate obtained a $1.75 million settlement for timberland owners in Wayne County who had been illegally charged taxes based on valuations previously declared invalid by the Wayne County Superior Court. Roberts Tate previously represented Rayonier in challenging a 2008 large acreage revaluation. The Rayonier litigation resulted in the 2008 large acreage digest and land schedules being declared invalid. However, Wayne County continued using the same invalid large acreage land schedules for all other timberland owners in Wayne County from 2008 through 2019. Following the Georgia Appellate Courts affirming the trial court’s ruling that the class of timberland owners which Roberts Tate represented were entitled to tax refunds, Roberts Tate successfully negotiated a $1.75 million fund from which refunds will be paid to those timberland owners affected.

Roberts Tate is pleased to announce that Theresa Beaton and Daniel Strowe have been named partners in the firm.

Theresa Beaton represents companies and individuals in business and real property litigation matters in federal and state courts. She has extensive experience in civil disputes at the trial court and appellate levels, including those involving breach of contract, business disputes, noncompete covenants, fraud, estate and fiduciary disputes, real estate purchase and sale agreements, home defects, trespass, and nuisance, among others.

Daniel maintains a business litigation and transactional practice that focuses on advising and representing clients in a wide range of matters including business disputes, land use/zoning, contract preparation and review, commercial transactions, business entity formations, and permitting and regulatory issues at the state and local levels.

Additionally, Roberts Tate is pleased to announce that Lena Mirilovic has joined the firm in the Insurance Coverage practice group. Lena joins the firm as Of Counsel with broad experience in insurance coverage, complex civil, and commercial litigation matters. Her practice focuses on providing counseling and litigation services to insurers on professional liability, general liability, and cyber, technology, and media insurance issues. Prior to joining Roberts Tate, Lena practiced at Rumberger Kirk in Orlando, Florida, where she handled complex civil, commercial, and insurance coverage litigation matters. She began her legal career at Wiley Rein in Washington, DC, where she practiced in the firm’s insurance coverage group. Lena is admitted to practice law in Florida state courts, the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Florida, as well as the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.