About Dean Richard
Dean Richard Fuchs is a partner at Schulten Ward Turner & Weiss, LLP, in Atlanta, Georgia. He has been licensed to practice law in Georgia since 1994, Florida since 1994, and Massachusetts since 1996. The firm, located at 260 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 2700, handles cases involving employment law, business disputes, and business litigation across the Atlanta metropolitan area. He earned his law degree from Emory University School of Law in 1994. Prior to that, he graduated magna cum laude from Boston University with a bachelor's degree in political science in 1991.
During law school, he clerked for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. His practice focuses on employment law, including representing both employers and employees in matters such as wage and hour disputes, discrimination claims, and wrongful termination cases. He also handles business litigation, including contract disputes and partnership disagreements. Additionally, he serves as a mediator and arbitrator, registered with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution since 2010.
Before joining Schulten Ward Turner & Weiss in 2003, he was a partner at a private Georgia-based firm. He has been recognized by Georgia Trend magazine as one of the "Legal Elite" in 2013 and 2021. He has also been named a Super Lawyer each year since 2012 and holds a 10.0 rating from Avvo. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Florida Bar, the Massachusetts Bar Association, and the Atlanta Bar Association. He served as president of the Georgia Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association in 2008 and has been a member of the National Employment Lawyers Association since 2006.
In 2021, he was invited to serve as a panel arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association. He devotes a portion of his time to pro bono work, volunteering with organizations such as Georgia Legal Services Program, the Pro Bono Partnership of Atlanta. The State Bar of Georgia Pro Bono Resource Center.
