Law Offices of Villard Bastien, LLC

Attorney Villard Bastien

Attorney Villard Bastien, a native New Yorker, is licensed to practice law in Georgia, New York, and New Jersey.  He has been a litigation attorney for more than twenty years. He was first exposed to the practice of law at the District Attorney’s Office in Queens New York where he grew up. He attributes his success through access to great mentors, a continual desire to satisfy and please his clients and a great network of able and seasoned attorneys who are always willing to help. 

Attorney Bastien obtained his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He continued on to obtain his Juris Doctorate (J.D.) and Masters of Laws (LL.M) in Transnational Business Practice. He has studied in various places of the globe, including the University of Madrid; the University of Avignon; studied in Salzburg, Austria; Cuernavaca Mexico and has worked as an associate in Barcelona, Spain at the prestigious firm known as Bufete Mullerat & Roca.  

Prior to practicing law, Attorney Bastien worked in the claims department at State Farm Insurance Company. He went into private practice as an attorney with the firm of McCabe, Collins, McGeough, and Fowler in New York. He returned to the insurance corporate world as a defense attorney for St. Paul Insurance Company. Assigned to a litigation group which defended trucking companies and large corporations from injury claims and health practitioners from malpractice claims. Subsequent to that, he worked for the firm of Cohen and Jaffe representing injured plaintiffs, performing transactional work and handling corporate litigation. 

Attorney Bastien moved to Atlanta in 2008 where he opened up his own practice in collaboration with other attorneys. He mainly represents individuals who are injured or died as a result of the negligence and malpractice of individuals or corporations. As such, his representation in that realm varies from nursing home negligence, medical malpractice, products liability, trucking and automobile negligence, construction site negligence and liability. Attorney Bastien takes a different approach to his representation of injured individuals and estate claims for the death of their loved ones. Each client becomes personal and has an intimate direction in their case. No two cases are similar. Each client gets the attention and care needed. 

Attorney Bastien’s rich educational background and varied exposure to the law allows him to represent individuals in other matters. Attorney Bastien is fluent in Spanish and French. Attorney Bastien regularly makes presentations in Spanish and French at various venues which merit such. 

Attorney Bastien is a strong believer in giving back to the community and making a difference. He believes that one is enriched by sharing and that an individuals capabilities and talents are multiplied when selfishness is put aside. Attorney Bastien is the Chairman of the Dunwoody Zoning and Appeals Board. He is a board member of Leadership Sandy Springs. He has served as secretary to the board of the Community Assistance Center of Sandy Springs and Dunwoody. He has served as a board member of the Dunwoody Perimeter Chamber. He is a board member of the Dunwoody Rotary. Attorney Bastien also serves as a mentor to aspiring attorneys and business students.