Noel’s practice focuses on real estate and business-related matters. He has represented numerous individuals and businesses in the acquisition and sale of a variety of businesses, as well as the acquisition, financing, development, and sale of real estate throughout the US. Noel has handled hundreds of residential and commercial real estate closings, including transactions involving thousands of acres of farmland, timberland, and recreational properties.

Noel’s legal experience includes a combination of 21 years in private practice, followed by 8 years as General Counsel for a large privately-owned international conglomerate. A life-long resident of Augusta, he began his career working in his family’s real estate company.

Areas of Experience

• Real Estate Acquisitions, Financings, Development and Divestitures
• Business Acquisitions, Financings and Divestitures
• Environmental Investigations and Clean Up
• Disposal of Troubled Real Estate
• Conservation Easements
• Alternative Investments Due Diligence, Investigations and Analysis
• Tax-Deferred Exchanges of Real Estate and Personal Property
• Business Operations and Risk Mitigation
• Employment Matters
• Franchise Laws
• Hotel Operations
• Outdoor Advertising
• Federal Contracting by Lessors and Suppliers
• Equine Laws – breeding, purchase and sale transactions, equine insurance, and owner liability
• Software and Literary License Agreements
• Trademarks and Service Marks – registration, transfer, and enforcement
• Copyright Laws, including Digital Millennium Copyright Act claims and claims of unauthorized use of photos on the internet

Bar Admissions

• Georgia, 1992
• South Carolina, 1992

Education

• Georgia State University, Robinson College of Business
  • Master of Business Administration – 2012
• Georgia State University, College of Law
  • Juris Doctor – 1992
• College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – 1987

Prior Experience

• Hull, Towill, Norman and Barrett, PC.
• J. Noel Schweers, II, PC.
• General Counsel, Morris Communications Company, LLC
• Schweers Law, LLC

Honors and Professional

• Martindale-Hubbell Peer Rating of AV® Preeminent
• Member Augusta Bar Association
• Real Property Law Section, past presenter, newsletter contributor and editor
• Past Executive Committee Member, Secretary, Treasurer and President of the Real Property Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia

Community and Cultural Activities

• Member of the Augusta Canal Authority
• Member of the Board of Trustees for Historic Augusta, Inc.
• Past Trustee, Vice Chairman, and Chairman of the Board of the Sacred Heart Cultural Center
• Kiwanis Club of Augusta, Member and Past Board Member
• Past Trustee, Secretary, Treasure, Vice Chairman, and Chairman of the Board for the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art
• Past Member of the Board of Directors of Trinity Hospital of Augusta
• Past Counsel and ex-officio Member of Historic Augusta, Inc. and the Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau