Georgia Criminal Defense

If you have been charged with a serious crime in Georgia, you need a dedicated, successful and hard-working defense firm representing you. Otherwise, you are likely to end up spending many years in prison. It’s that simple.

If you are looking to for a cheap lawyer, or a lawyer who will look at your case only when it’s time to go to court, then you should continue looking. Our fees are reasonable for the work that we do, but we are not inexpensive. We handle only serious criminal cases and we are very serious about how we represent our clients. We do not accept DUI cases, and we intentionally limit the number of clients we represent to ensure that we have the time necessary to successfully resolve even the most difficult criminal cases in Georgia. People hire our firm when they cannot afford to lose.

If you are serious about retaining one of the best criminal defense law firms in Georgia to defend you or someone you care about, then you are invited to give us a call. The initial phone consultation won’t cost you anything. Hiring the wrong lawyer for a serious criminal case, however, could cost you plenty. We urge you to carefully consider the lawyer you choose to handle a serious criminal case. It is one of the most important decisions you will ever make.

Recent Georgia Cases and News


Attorney Page Pate wins trial for well-respected doctor in Hart County, Georgia

Page Pate recently won  a criminal trial for a doctor who had been charged with unlawful distribution of controlled substances by “issuing” pre-signed blank prescriptions. The case had already been appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court prior to trial. It raised a number of difficult legal issues concerning the interpretation of Georgia statutes and the intersection of professional regulation and criminal law. A recent article in the Daily Report describes how the case arose from an investigation into the ...

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Pill Mill Raid Spans 7 Atlanta Metro Counties

Today, 12 people in locations across the Metro Atlanta area were arrested on racketeering charges for operating a major “pill mill” operation, ending a yearlong investigation involving a number of federal and state agencies. The individuals arrested include 7 pharmacists, a physician, a psychologist, and owners of clinics and pharmacies in Sandy Springs, Chamblee, Marietta, Canton, Calhoun, and Douglasville. Dekalb County prosecutors claim that for over a year the men conspired to illegally distribute the painkiller Oxycodone in large quantities to ...

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Page Pate Comments on Petitions for Removal from Georgia’s Sex Offender Registry Under New Law

In the sixteen months since Georgia’s new sex offender law went into effect, certain convicted sex offenders have been able to take advantage of new opportunities to be removed from the state’s sex offender registry. Before it passed the new legislation in 2010, Georgia was notorious for having some of the most severe sex offender laws in the country. In the wake of successful lawsuits brought against the state by civil rights advocacy groups, Georgia was forced to change numerous ...

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Full Tilt Poker charged by feds and called a “Global Ponzi Scheme”

The Department of Justice announced Tuesday, September 20th that it had filed new charges against Full Tilt Poker for defrauding its customers out of hundreds of millions of dollars. These allegations came on top of previous claims by the government that the company—along with other online poker companies—had committed massive banking fraud during the operation of its online gambling operation. Additionally, two top executives at Full Tilt Poker also face criminal charges. Since 2006, online gambling has been illegal in the ...

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