WELCOME
Bates & Baum was established in 1974, and has been practicing in Atlanta ever since. Bates & Baum partners respond directly to prospective client inquiries. There is no intermediary or third person as part of any client-attorney relationship with Bates & Baum. No matters are handled by associate attorneys or paralegals. All matters are handled by partners.
Our practice includes the representation of federal employees before federal agencies, the EEOC, Merit Systems Protection Board, Office of Special Counsel, and federal courts including the U. S. District Court, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. and Supreme Court of the United States. In addition to their areas of civil practice, our partners are former Assistant United States Attorneys, and one of the partners has extensively afforded federal criminal representation for 35 years, most recently concentrating in mortgage fraud and other white collar defense. Another partner represented the United States for 8 years in the U. S. District Court defending Federal Tort Claims Act cases brought against federal officials and agencies, and now represents clients in state and federal court seeking compensation for personal injury due to negligence of the opposing party. He represents the federal employee or former federal employee who seeks relief from federal agency personnel actions. He has appeared as counsel in over 100 reported cases before U. S. District Court of Northern Georgia, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, U. S. States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Supreme Court of Georgia, and as an Appellate Defense Counsel, Army JAGC, courts now designated as U. S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the U. S. Army Court of Criminal Appeals.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Federal Civil Service
- Federal Criminal and White Collar Defense
- Construction
- Personal Injury including Federal Tort Claims Act
- Georgia Workers Compensation
- Insurance
- Corporation
- Probate
Our office is located in the Buckhead community, which is within the city of Atlanta and county of Fulton. We have parking in front of the 2 story office building in which our firm has been located for 15 years.
Our firm has handled cases in all the divisions of the United States Court for the Northern District of Georgia located in four cities of Georgia, and represented federal employees before most of the federal agencies having regional or other offices in Atlanta. We have handled cases in state courts of the Metropolitan Atlanta area and appeals in the Court of Appeals of Georgia and Supreme Court of Georgia.
Partners Beverly B. Bates and Stanley M. Baum were appointed by the then Attorney General as Assistant United States Attorneys for the Northern District of Georgia, one primarily defending the United States and its agencies and officers in civil cases and the other primarily prosecuting criminal cases. Each partner served a term as President of the Atlanta Chapter of the Federal Bar Association as well as other positions.
Each partner has for a number of years received the highest Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating.