James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP, a full-service law firm with offices in Macon and Atlanta, announces the addition of attorneys William H. Noland and Lauren N. Schultz, formerly of Childs & Noland, to the firm’s litigation practice group.

William Noland represents individual, corporate, and government clients in matters involving civil litigation, commercial litigation, insurance litigation, and local government liability.  In addition to representing clients in various types of litigation, Mr. Noland also serves as a registered mediator to assist parties and attorneys in resolving their disputes outside of the courtroom.  Mr. Noland has previously served as president of the Macon Bar Association and the W. A. Bootle American Inn of Court and currently serves on the Executive Board of the Central Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Lauren Schultz focuses her practice on general, commercial, and insurance litigation, as well as local government liability defense.  After being admitted to the Bar in 2013, Lauren Schultz served as a Staff Attorney for the Honorable Howard Z. Simms and Philip T. Raymond III of the Macon Judicial Circuit before entering private practice in 2014.