Sophisticated Disputes. Relentless Execution.
We represent businesses, executives, investors, and innovators in complex disputes involving commercial litigation, fraud, corporate governance, regulatory matters, digital assets, and appeals. Our approach combines strategic advocacy with a practical understanding of the business realities behind every case.
Recognition
Chambers USA — Band 1
Best Lawyers® 2026
Super Lawyers · Top 50
Benchmark Litigation — Tier 1
U.S. News — Tier 1 Regional
Three decades of
consequential
representation.
A boutique trial and counsel firm built around principal attorneys — not pyramids of associates. Every matter is staffed by partners.
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Years in Practice
Continuously rated Tier 1 since 2004.
Years in Practice
Across trial, arbitration, and settlement.
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Trial Win Rate
In matters tried to verdict, last 10 years.
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Partner Attorneys
Each with first-chair trial experience.
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Practice areas.
Concentrated in matters where stakes, complexity, and reputation converge.
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Commercial Litigation
When business disputes escalate, we step in with the preparation and strategy serious matters require, from breach of fiduciary duty to fraud claims and injunctive relief.
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Contract disputes
Whether a vendor failed to deliver or a client refuses to pay, we work to enforce your rights, recover what you’re owed, and defend you when the other side doesn’t have the full story.
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Business formation
We help entrepreneurs choose the right structure, draft operating agreements that reflect the real deal, and put a solid legal foundation in place before problems arise.
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Real estate disputes
We represent buyers, sellers, investors, landlords, and tenants when deals fall through, boundaries are contested, or property relationships break down.
The Firm
Counsel for High-Stakes Decisions and Disputes High Stakes
We built Amman to be different from the traditional law firm model. Rather than maximizing volume, we focus on a select number of significant matters where experience, strategy, and responsiveness can make a meaningful difference.
Clients work directly with senior attorneys who understand both the legal and business realities behind every dispute.
— Amman
Founding Partner
Principal attorneys.
Each partner has tried cases to verdict in jurisdictions across the Southeast and at the federal level.
Steven E. Hames
Real State Lawyer
Brian M. Crouch
Family Lawyer
Michael L. Blum
Real State Lawyer
Selected results.
A representative sample. Many of our most significant matters are, by design, not public.
2025
Confidential Software Licensing Dispute
Federal Trial · N.D. Ga.
$84.2 M
2024
Family Office Trustee Removal & Surcharge
Probate · Charleston, SC
$31.7 M
2024
Founder Buy-Out · Closely Held Manufacturer
Arbitration · AAA
$46.0 M
2023
SEC Investigation · Declination Obtained
White Collar · Pre-Indictment
Declined
2023
Post-Closing Indemnity · PE Acquisition
Commercial Litigation
$112.0 M
In Confidence
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When you're in the middle of litigation....real litigation, the kind that keeps you up at night, you find out pretty quick who's in your corner and who just shows up for the billable hours. The team at Amman, without question, show up.
— Gary I. Dunaway, Litigation Client
Engagement