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Robert M. Locke, Broker and Master Property Manager
Crown Realty & Management

Robert LockeRobert and his wife Betty moved to Atlanta in 1978 and started buying houses as a sideline business working out of their home. When they ran out of money they started selling houses to investors. Without fail investors wanted Robert to manage them, forcing Robert to start a management company. After 20 years Robert has bought over 200 houses for his own account and has sold over 500 houses to investor clients. Crown Management Corporation manages properties for private individuals, banks, investors, government institutions, real estate investments trusts, builders, and other Realtors. Robert’s real love is locating and acquiring homes in the North Atlanta Area.

Robert joined the National Association of Residential Property Managers November 1993. He received his Professional Property Manager (PPM) designation September 1997, his Master Property Manager designation September 1998, and Crown received the coveted Certified Residential Management Company (CRMC) designation in 2002. Robert has been hired by attorneys as an expert witness in property management disputes in both state and federal court. Robert is a frequent speaker at local, state, national and international real estate conventions. He is a graduate of Michigan State University and has been licensed in real estate since 1973. Robert and Betty reside in Roswell.

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Monica K. Gilroy, Esquire
McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark LLC

Monica is a 1990 graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. Monica attended the University of South Carolina School of Law and obtained her Juris Doctorate Degree in 1993. Currently a partner in the litigation department of McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, L.L.C., Monica has been a civil litigator for eleven years. At McCalla, Raymer, the focus of her litigation practice includes all aspects of real estate litigation, landlord/tenant claims, broker and agent liability defense, contract and title claims and homeowner/builder disputes. She regularly assists closing attorneys, real estate agents, property managers and brokers when title issues and other contract issues arise. Monica also practiced for several years in the area of estate and trust litigation. She speaks and teaches on a regular basis to real estate professionals, property managers, real estate brokers, agents and attorneys on litigation and real estate related topics.

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Jennifer Dickenson, Esquire
McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark LLC

Jennifer Laguzza Dickenson is a partner at McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols & Clark, LLC. She is a 1989 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Rochester, New York and a 1992 graduate of Emory University Law School. She also attended the Univeriste de Sorbonne in Paris, France.

Mrs. Dickenson was admitted to the Georgia bar in 1992 and the New York bar in 1994. She has clerked for the Honorable Dorothy Toth Beasley at the Georgia Court of Appeals. She is an affiliate member of the Atlanta Mortgage Bankers Association of Georgia, the Atlanta Mortgage Brokers Association, the Atlanta Board of Realtors, the Women’s Council of Realtors – Atlanta, and the North Metro Association of Realtors.

Mrs. Dickenson specializes in real estate transactional law including residential and commercial closings.

Jennifer lives in the North Fulton area with her two daughters and husband.

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