Jared Hodges, 40, Partner at Knowles Gallant Timmons, Atlanta, Georgia

Practice area: Real estate transactions and litigation

Law school and year of graduation: Georgia State University College of Law, 2012

How long have you been at the firm?

I have been with Knowles Gallant since May 2019, but I have known the founding partners for years. Jon Gallant was my attorney mentor in law school, and I met Ramsey Knowles through Jon long before we worked together.

What was your criteria in selecting your current firm?

Jon and I had discussed working together before he and Ramsey formed Knowles Gallant LLC, the predecessor to the current firm, in February 2019, but I was not yet far enough along in my professional career to make any such partnership feasible. Years later when Jon and Ramsey approached me about joining their newly formed firm, I jumped at the opportunity because I was familiar with both of their stellar personal and professional reputations, and I wholeheartedly believed in their ability to grow a successful practice. I relished the opportunity to join the firm at the ground level and participate in all aspects of developing the firm into the success it has become. Joining this firm also provided me with the unique opportunity of expanding my practice from just litigation to transactions as I worked with both Jon and Ramsey in servicing their transactional and litigation matters, respectively.

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