Jonathan Avi Barash
Business & Construction Litigation and Commercial Collections
Jon Barash offers his clients over twenty years of experience practicing a broad range of commercial litigation issues, including business litigation, construction litigation, contract disputes, real estate disputes, restrictive covenants, and covenants not to compete litigation, shareholder and partnership disputes, business torts, business divorces, and commercial collections. He has considerable experience assisting businesses, state and local governments, and individual clients in litigation, mediations, and arbitrations in both state and federal courts, and pre-suit when possible.
Jon has achieved an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating, the highest rating awarded for legal ability and ethical standards, from Martindale-Hubbell. He is also among a select group of attorneys nationwide who have achieved recognition as a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Jon’s LEED AP designation affords construction clients additional building and construction law expertise.
Jon is currently licensed to practice in the State of Georgia and the State of Florida. He is a member of the Construction and Creditor’s Rights sections of the Georgia Bar Association and the Construction and Litigation sections of the Atlanta Bar Association.
Jon graduated with honors from the University of Florida College of Law in 1996. Following law school, he worked as the Associate Director of the Anti-Defamation League’s Southeast Regional office and an Assistant Public Defender in Tampa, Florida. After six years at Atlanta law firm Magill & Atkinson, Jon became a partner at insurance defense law firm Levy & Pruett. In 2010, Jon started the Law Office of Jonathan A. Barash.
Jon brings his commercial and construction litigation and commercial collections expertise to the firm, and he will continue providing superb legal assistance to clients.
- University of Florida Levin College of Law
- J.D. (1996) | Law
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- Book Award: Professional Responsibility, Summer 1995; Book Award: Criminal Procedure, Summer 1995; Book Award: Evidence, Spring 1995
- Honors: J.D. with Honors
- Activities: University of Florida Trial Team
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- Attorney / Owner
- Law Office of Jonathan A. Barash
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- Of Counsel
- Thrift McLemore, LLC
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- Attorney / Partner
- Levy & Pruett
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- Attorney
- Magill & Atkinson LLP
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- Attorney
- Law Office of Susan J. Levy
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- Attorney
- Law Office of Jeffrey Evans
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- Georgia Joins Growing Trend of Jurisdictions Allowing Evidence of Expert's Personal Medical Practices
- Georgia Society for Healthcare Risk Managers Gazette
- Collection Law: Debtors, Assets & Judgments, CLE, Atlanta, Georgia
- Collection Law: Debtors, Assets & Judgments, CLE, Atlanta, Georgia
- LEED AP
- U.S. Green Building Council
- AV Preeminent
- Martindale Hubbell
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, awarded to only those lawyers with the highest ethical standards and professional ability.
- AV Preeminent
- Martindale Hubbell
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, awarded to only those lawyers with the highest ethical standards and professional ability.
- AV Preeminent
- Martindale Hubbell
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, awarded to only those lawyers with the highest ethical standards and professional ability.
- AV Preeminent
- Martindale Hubbell
- Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Peer Review Rating, awarded to only those lawyers with the highest ethical standards and professional ability.
- Client's Choice
- AVVO
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Member
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- State Bar of Georgia
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- The Florida Bar
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- U.S. Green Building Council, Georgia Chapter
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- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
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- Defense Research Institute
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- Florida
- The Florida Bar
- ID Number: 114316
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- Georgia
- State Bar of Georgia
- ID Number: 036799
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- Free Consultation
- Contingent Fees
- Business Law
- Business Dissolution, Business Litigation, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Collections
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Commercial & General Civil Litigation
- English: Spoken, Written
- Q. I just recently bought a new house Dec 2022 still under warranty that has got construction defect - slab soaking water.
- A: One thing I will tell you is the before you can bring a lawsuit for this defect you will need to go through the "Right to Repair Act" process which requires a specific kind of notice be send to the contractor/builder in a specific way. There is some information about the Right to Repair Act on the State of Georgia Consumer Protection Division's website and elsewhere online, but you may also want to discuss with an attorney first as the detailed procedures of that process must be strictly followed. You should also go through this process before having any repairs made on your own or you probably won't be able to recover those costs.
- Q. Does the landlord have to give you a pay or quit demand letter before filing eviction.
- A: Generally a landlord is required to make a demand for possession (a/k/a a "notice to quit") before filing an eviction action. Such a demand or notice is not required to be made by letter or in writing, but that is generally the practice, and no specific amount of time to comply with the demand is required. (However, in situations where the tenancy or lease is not for a specific period of time, the tenant is considered a tenant at will, and the landlord is required to give 60 days advance notice to terminate such tenancy, although such advance notice is not required when there has been a failure to pay rent when due.)
- Q. Personal vs business name on a contract?
- A: People set up LLCs for various reasons, but primarily for tax reasons and to limit their personal liability. As far as the latter reason, while an LLC could limit your liability for business debts, it probably won't limit your liability for any malpractice claim as such claims are almost always personal. Nonetheless, since you have the LLC set up and are operating as an LLC, you should use the name of the LLC for your locus agreement. Also, be sure to show that you are signing on behalf of the LLC, rather than personally. (Generally, in the signature section of the agreement, you should put the LLC name first, then your signature underneath that, and then underneath that you should ... Read More