Stuart R. Halpern has been named a partner at Weiner, Shearouse, Weitz, Greenberg & Shawe, LLP, one of Savannah’s oldest and most respected law firms.
 
Mr. Halpern joined the firm in 2014 and has enjoyed considerable success as a transactional and litigation attorney in the areas of residential and commercial real estate, real estate litigation, business/corporation law, business litigation, contract law, municipal law and civil litigation, estate planning and probate work. Mr. Halpern has served as counsel to the City of Savannah on numerous occasions for municipal eminent domain work.
 
He has also worked with developers on a statewide basis on solar energy projects, recently serving as a panelist regarding solar panel development deals at the State Bar of Georgia’s 2019 Commercial Real Estate seminar.  
 
“Stuart Halpern is an outstanding attorney who also clearly demonstrates the character traits of diligence and integrity on which our firm has been built,” said WSWGS managing partner Stephen F. Greenberg. “We are proud to call him a partner and look forward to the work he will do for our clients and our firm in the future.”
 
Mr. Halpern is admitted to practice in the states of Georgia and South Carolina. He received his B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Florida Warrington College of Business with a major in Finance and earned a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2014 as a Sigmund A. Cohn Scholarship Recipient for all three years in law school. Mr. Halpern is a member of the Savannah Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia, and the South Carolina Bar Association. He also serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the Savannah Jewish Federation.