Towne Lake
Business Association
Member Spotlight
Joseph Segraves
Attorney at Law

From the
Towne Lake Business Association

November brings my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving - a time to give thanks for all we have and to count our blessings. Be optimistic and positive; it may become contagious.

What a great time we had at our 3rd Annual Towne Lake Business Association (TLBA) Golf Tournament at the Eagle Watch Golf Club! Our day was a huge success from the perfect weather, fabulous sponsors, great turn-out of players and the many volunteers. We thank everyone who participated in any way this year. Over $3,500 was raised, $2,000 of which will go directly to the TLBA Entrepreneurial Scholarship Fund. In addition to a great day of golf, our tournament was complemented with fantastic prizes for the winning teams, a live auction of original sports memorabilia, a raffle and an Italian buffet dinner. You might want to mark your calendar for next year's tournament (in September 2004) as our event is getting bigger and better each year.

Here is a question for local businesses who are not yet members of the TLBA. What are you waiting for? If there is a better value for $50 per year than this, please let me know. One of the benefits of membership is being featured as a Member Spotlight in The TowneLaker, showcasing your business at no additional cost to you! That's right, nothing, notta, zip! And that's just part of the deal. We focus on helping businesses improve and grow through our monthly Lunch 'N' Learn Workshops, as well as networking through our talented member base. So come join us for lunch - you'll be glad you did.

As always, we thank you for supporting our local businesses, and thus, our Towne Lake area community, and for "Keeping Towne Lake Dollars in Cherokee."

Wayne Kosbe, President

Welcome New Members:

Anne Morris
Morris & Schneider, P.C.

Steve Peacock
Cherokee Tribune

Brett Middleton & Craig Gruber
Discover Rehabilitation

Chuck Barnes & Jean Moss
SouthBank, N.A.

Donna & Rick French
Diversified Fund Raisers

  Join us for our next
Lunch 'N' Workshop
Tuesday, November 18, at 12:30 p.m.
Featherstone's at Towne Lake Hills.
Please call (770) 517-8210, ext. 550 to RSVP.

Visit us at www.tlba.org.

Joseph Segraves

Joseph Segraves, attorney at law, has been a member of the Georgia Bar Association and in private practice for the better part of 30 years. For a majority of that time, Joe has been a one-man law firm. He practices general law and represents privately held and small businesses. He believes in getting to know his clients and understanding their business needs, while providing a wide-range of legal services for them. He also represents individuals who want an attorney who will personally handle their case. He recognizes that an individual's legal need is one of utmost importance to that individual, and Joe treats it as such.

Joe graduated from the University of Georgia and entered Emory Law School basically as a way to "stay in school and continue to have fun and avoid the draft." Although it wasn't immediately apparent to Joe what type of law he wanted to specialize in (remember his reason for going to law school in the first place), he soon found his niche in general law and has been satisfied with his decision. In 1998, Joe went back to school at Kennesaw State University and received his Master of Business Administration.

In addition to being a member of the Towne Lake Business Association, Joe is a Board member and past President of Kennesaw State University Business School Alumni Association. His hobbies include ALTA tennis (he's an A-6 level player) and golf, and he enjoys building things with his hands. He has two sons, William and David and one grandson. He is currently engaged to a "wonderful woman" by the name of Jane.

Joe had this to say about practicing law, "Practicing law is often said to be a privilege that is earned by hard work. It has been personally satisfying when you can help good people and obtain good results from your work." Joe can be reached by phone at (770) 924-7508 or by email at jsegraves@sprynet.com.