Joshua A. Scoggins
Joshua A. Scoggins
Partner
Bio
Josh Scoggins has extensive experience representing clients in real estate related matters including purchase and sale transactions, real estate development, construction law, commercial leasing, easement acquisition, utility issues, title disputes, condemnation/eminent domain litigation, ordinance changes, regulatory zoning and land use.
Josh specializes in representing commercial and residential builders and developers in zoning and land use matters before local governments, and administrative boards in the northeast Metro Atlanta area including Forsyth County, Dawson County, Sugar Hill, Cherokee County, Woodstock, Milton, Alpharetta, Sandy Springs, Roswell and Johns Creek as well as zoning and land use litigation at both the trial and appellate court levels.Over the years Josh has successfully represented clients ranging from individuals and small businesses to large corporations including banks and financial institutions, insurance companies, national builders and real estate developers, private equity funds, hedge funds and numerous Fortune 500 companies. Josh works tirelessly to achieve his clients' goals and is dedicated to doing so in the most efficient and cost effective manner.
Areas of Practice
Awards
Employment
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 2011
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2011
Education
- Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
- Juris Doctor
- North Georgia College & State University, Dahlonega, Georgia
- B.B.A.
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Major: Finance
Professional Associations & Memberships
- American Bar Association
- State Bar of Georgia
- Forsyth County Bar Association, 2011 to 2015
- Georgia Bar Association, 2011 to 2015
Representative Clients
- Lennar Homes
- Pulte Homes
- DR Horton
Past Employment Positions
- Lipscomb Johnson, LLP, Partner, 2011 to 2014
- Lipscomb Johnson, LLP, Law Clerk, 2006 to 2010
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
- $180,000 settlement of condemnation case brought in connection with road widening. Through the effective use of competent appraisal experts, the final settlement my client received was almost 4 times higher than the appraised value relied on by GDOT to condemn the property. , 2023
- $550,000 settlement of a condemnation case filed by the City of Kennesaw for a by-pass. The City's appraised value for the property that was taken from my client totaled only $115,000. Over the next year I relentlessly and aggressively negotiated with the condemning authority until the City agreed to pay my $550,000; almost 5 times higher than the City's original appraised value., 2023
- $375,000 settlement of condemnation case brought in connection with road widening. Following several years of litigation with GDOT, we were able to successfully settle the matter through mediation for double the amount initially offered by GDOT., 2023
- $13,000,000+ settlement for property owner in condemnation case of property for a public park. Following almost 3 years of litigation, we reached a settlement with the government on the eve of trial that included a cash payout of $10,427,500 along with several million dollars in additional tax savings for the property owner. This amount represented a 3-fold increase over the government's offer when the property was condemned., 2023
- Successfully challenged new local government ordinance imposing impact fees on new developments within the City of Hoschton, Georgia. In addition to securing over $200,000 in impact fee refunds from the City, I successfully negotiated a significant reduction of the per-unit impact fee charged by the City, thereby saving my client millions of dollars in future costs., 2023
- $855,000 settlement of condemnation case brought in connection with road widening., 2022
- $464,000 settlement of condemnation case brought in connection with road widening., 2022
- $156,000 settlement of condemnation case brought in connection with road widening., 2020
- $320,000 settlement of condemnation case brought in connection with road widening, which was negotiated on behalf of a homeowners association whose subdivision entrance was being severely damaged by the widening. Through our firm's use of highly qualified experts and relentless lobbying of DOT and local government officials, we obtained a final settlement amount that was four times higher than DOT's original offer. To protect our client's rights should the neighborhood's swimming pool and other amenities be damaged by the road widening, we also insisted that DOT remove a standard "waiver of future claims" provision and instead agree to allow our client recover money for any future damage done to the amenity area., 2020
- $850,000+ settlement for property owner in condemnation case brought in connection with road widening., 2019
- $254,000 settlement of condemnation case brought in connection with road widening., 2019
- $850,000 settlement in condemnation case brought in connection with road widening., 2015
- $255,000 settlement of condemnation case brought in connection with road widening., 2014
Client Reviews
When You Work With Us, You Feel Like You're Case is the Most Important Case
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"Straight Shooter!"
I perceive Josh to be one of the good guys! A defender of the constitutional, inalienable rights of property ownership and will fight to receive highest and best use value for your property!- Craig -
"Extremely Thorough!"
Josh went above and beyond to protect my rights against an overreaching City and solved the problem at the lowest possible level without litigation or even headache. He did a great job of explaining my case to me and listening to my point of view on strate- Eric
