The Finley Firm, P.C.
Business Law | Serving Columbus, GA
706-940-4037The Finley Firm, P.C. helps clients in the Columbus area with their Georgia Business needs.
Details Attorney J. Benjamin Finley
Attorney Kirkland E. Reid
Attorney N. Nickolas Jackson
Attorney Jessie Gardner
Attorney Amy C. Daugherty
Local Lawyers. National Experience.
At The Finley Firm, our local lawyers in Atlanta and Columbus utilize their national experience to represent individuals, businesses, and insurers in Alabama, Georgia, and throughout the nation, in personal injury, class actions, mass torts, commercial litigation, construction law, eminent domain, defective products, premises liability, real estate litigation, and wrongful death matters.
Contact us today if you need legal assistance with any of the following:
- Business & Commercial Law
- Class Actions -- Plaintiff
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
- Premises Liability - Plaintiff
- Wrongful Death - Plaintiff
Call 706-940-4037 today to arrange your initial consultation.
Attorney J. Benjamin Finley
Bar Admissions:
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
Education:
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 1991
- J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
- Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 1988
- B.S., Business Administration
- Honors: Auburn University School of Business Advisory Council
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Member, State Bar of Georgia, General Practice and Trials
- Member, Alabama State Bar, Litigation & Worker's Compensation Law
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Atlanta Bar Association
- Chairman, Bridge the Gap
- Member, Columbus Bar Association
- Member, Columbus Chamber of Commerce
- Lawyers Club of Atlanta
- Member, Russell County Bar Association
- Member, Standards of the Profession Committee
Attorney Kirkland E. Reid
Bar Admissions:
- Alabama
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama
- Florida
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
Education:
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
- J.D.
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
- M.A.
- Columbus College (now Columbus State University), Columbus, Georgia
- B.A.
- Honors: With Honors
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Member, Alabama State Bar
- Member, Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Defense Research Institute
- Member, Mobile Bar Association
Attorney N. Nickolas Jackson
Bar Admissions:
- Georgia
- Alabama
- Arizona
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Supreme Court of Alabama
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- Supreme Court of Arizona
Education:
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
- J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Scholar of Merit: Constitutional Law II and Pre-Trial Practice and Procedure
- Honors: Judge Abraham Caruther’s Fellow
- Honors: Chairman of the Cordell Hull Speaker’s Forum
- Law Journal, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Managing Editor
- Judicial Extern for the Hon. R. David Proctor of the Northern District of Alabama and formerly of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Externship focused on the judicial administration of multidistrict litigation
- Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
- B.S. Finance
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Spirit of Auburn Scholarship Recipient
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Member, Alabama State Bar
- Member, Georgia State Bar
- Member, Arizona State Bar
- Lifetime Member, Auburn Alumni Association
- Phenix City Mayor’s Education and Charity Ball Committee, Chair, Fundraising Committee
- Harbert College of Business, Auburn University, Young Alumni Council
Attorney Jessie Gardner
Education:
- University of Oregon School of Law, Eugene, Oregon
- J.D.
- Honors: Green Business Law Concentration
- Honors: Pro Bono Honors
- Honors: Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation, Articles Editor
- Honors: Energy Law and Policy Project Fellow for the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Center
- Honors: Co-Director of the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference
- San Diego State University, San Diego, California
- B.A., Sustainability
- Honors: Certificate in Public Law
- Honors: Empowering Women in Law Society, Member
- Honors: Pre-Law Society, Member
- Honors: Kappa Alpha Theta, Member
Attorney Amy C. Daugherty
Bar Admissions:
- Georgia
- Alabama
Education:
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
- J.D.
- Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
- B.S., B.A.
Professional Memberships and Achievements:
- Member, State Bar of Georgia
- Member, Alabama State Bar