Our Attorneys

William S. Allred

William Allred is a partner at Barrickman, Allred & Young, LLC. He practices general civil litigation with specialization in the areas of personal injury, product liability, contracts, commercial litigation, extra-contractual claims, insurance coverage, insurer regulation, premises liability, water rights, and wrongful death.

Practice Areas

Civil Litigation
Insurance Coverage
Insurance Defense
Products Liability
Personal Injury
Premises Liability
Arbitration
Collaborative Law
Mediation
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Contact
Direct Phone: 678-222-0251
Main: 404-252-2230
Fax: 404-252-3376
Email: [email protected]

University
University of Georgia, B.A., 1982; College of William & Mary, M.A., 1989

Law School
Western New England College, J.D., 1986

Admitted
1986, Massachusetts; 1988, Georgia

Memberships
State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; The National Association of Distinguished Neutrals; The Georgia Academy of Mediators & Arbitrators.

Born
Coral Gables, Florida, August 2, 1961

Biography
Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution, Registered Neutral; Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, Intermediate (2003); Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, University of Vermont School of Law, Advanced (2007, 2009, 2010).

F. Scott Young

F. Scott Young is a partner with Barrickman, Allred & Young, LLC and a founder of BAY Mediation & Arbitration Services, LLC. Mr. Young practices and mediates cases involving general civil litigation with specialization in the areas of commercial, construction, childcare/daycare negligence, eldercare/nursing home negligence, personal injury, premises liability, professional negligence, property damage, trucking, workers’ compensation, and wrongful death. He also handles matters involving general business transactions, corporate, estate planning and trusts and estates.

Practice Areas

Insurance Defense
Premises Liability
Workers' Compensation
Construction Litigation
Trusts and Estates
General Corporate
Mediation
General Business
Commercial Litigation
Personal Injury
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration
Collaborative Law

Contact
Direct Phone: 678-222-0252
Main: 404-252-2230
Fax: 404-252-3376
Email: [email protected]

University
University of Georgia (B.A., 1985; M.A., 1987)

Law School
Georgia State University, J.D., 1991

Admitted
1991, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

Memberships
State Bar of Georgia, including Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business Law, Fiduciary Law, Tort & Insurance Practice and Workers’ Compensation Sections; American Bar Association; Defense Research
Institute; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals; The Georgia Academy of Mediators and Arbitrators.

Born
Atlanta, Georgia, November 20, 1962

Biography
Georgia State University College of Law, Student Bar Association (President, 1990-1991); Moot Court Board, 1990-1991; Member, National Information and Privacy Moot Court Team. Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, 1987 (CRCC-R). Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution, Registered Neutral. Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2002.

ISLN
901682930

Elizabeth Howard

Elizabeth (GG) Howard joined BAY in 2003 and became a member of the Georgia Bar in 2006.

Howard defends clients in auto tort matters, employment litigation, premises liability and professional negligence claims. She performs coverage reviews and litigates coverage issues. Howard relocated with her family to Atlanta in 2001.

Prior to moving to Georgia, she was a partner at a boutique litigation firm in Columbia, South Carolina and served as the trial attorney for the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control. She worked as law clerk to the Hon. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina.

Howard graduated from the University of South Carolina Law School, cum laude, in 1987 and became a member of the South Carolina Bar in the same year. Howard was active in the John F. O’ Neall Inn of Court and the South Carolina Women’s Lawyer Association. She received the Silver Compleat lawyer Award from the law school in 2008.

Howard is admitted to practice in the Court of appeals and Supreme Court of Georgia, all districts of the US District Court in Georgia, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. She remains a member of the SC Bar. She volunteers with the City Schools of Decatur, Decatur City Dance and the City of Decatur

Alyson Straight

Alyson Straight joined BAY in 2018 and became a member of the Georgia Bar in 2012.

Ms. Straight defends clients in auto tort matters, premises liability, commercial and general litigation. Ms. Straight relocated with her family to Atlanta in 2012. After moving to Georgia, she practiced at a boutique litigation firm in Atlanta, Georgia for five years.
Ms. Straight graduated from the University of Baltimore Law School, in 2011 and became a member of the Maryland Bar in the same year. She was active in the University of Baltimore Civil Advocacy Clinic and the Truancy Court Program. Ms. Straight is admitted to practice in the Northern District Court in Georgia
And remains a member of the Maryland Bar.

Practice Areas

Insurance Defense
Premises Liability
Workers’ Compensation
Property Damage
General litigation
Commercial Litigation
Personal Injury
Trucking

Contact
Main: 404-252-2230
Fax: 404-252-3376
Email: [email protected]

University
University of Maryland, B.A., 2006

Law School
University of Baltimore, J.D., 2011

Admitted
Maryland, 2011, Georgia, 2012, United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, 2013
Memberships
State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association; Atlanta Bar Association

Born
East Meadow, New York, April 8, 1985

Biography
University of Baltimore Civil Advocacy Clinic, Student Attorney; University of Baltimore School of Law Truancy Court Program, Volunteer; Empire Mock Trial Competition, Volunteer Juror; Georgia State University College of Law, Orientation Volunteer.

Jennifer Lamb

Jennifer Lamb joined Barrickman, Allred & Young, LLC in 1999 and became a CORE Registered Paralegal™ in 2014.

Lamb has primarily assisted attorneys in insurance defense and workers compensation.

Lamb graduated from Gainesville College in 1997 and began working for the District Attorney’s Office for the Northeastern Judicial Circuit in Gainesville, Georgia. In 1998, she left the District Attorney’s office for an insurance defense firm in Gainesville, Georgia. In 1999, she began working at Barrickman, Allred & Young.

Contact:

Direct Phone: 678-222-0260

Main: 404-252-2230

Email: [email protected]

University

Gainesville College, 1997

Memberships

Georgia Association of Paralegals (GAP)

National Federation of Paralegal Association (NFPA)

Born: October 16, 1975 in Decatur, Georgia.

Biography: National Federation of Paralegal Association, Inc.’s CORE Registered Paralegal™