Meet Our Attorneys
OUR GAINESVILLE, GA LEGAL TEAM
Our firm is made up of attorneys who have dedicated their professional lives to providing high-quality legal service to clients in North Georgia. One of the distinguishing factors of our practice is the fact that our senior partners, our associates and even our legal assistants possess a high degree of experience, knowledge and skill in at least one focused area of the law.
This uncommon level of focus enables us to offer the service one might expect from a boutique law firm, backed by the broad-based experience, diverse skill-set and substantial resources of a larger practice.
Anna A. Orkins
After years of practicing law in the areas of wills, trusts, and estates, Anna Adams Orkins joined the firm’s estate planning and probate section in January of 2019. A partner in the firm, she continues to focus her practice on estate planning and probate, including the preparation of wills and trusts, incapacity planning, probate and administration, guardianships, conservatorships, and real estate issues. Prior to joining Stewart, Melvin & Frost, Anna was an attorney for several years at an estate planning law firm in Roswell, before opening her own estate planning and probate practice
Nancy Richardson
In addition to leading the firm’s collaborative practice, Nancy Richardson provides counsel and research in the firm’s litigation and corporate sections. Nancy was the first attorney in the Gainesville area to be trained in the flexible model of collaborative practice – an alternative to divorce litigation – in association with local mental health and financial professionals.
T. Treadwell Syfan
Tread Syfan, a partner in the firm, specializes in municipal bond law, securities law, commercial real estate matters and commercial lending. As bond counsel, Tread assists local governments in Northeast Georgia in obtaining tax-exempt financing for infrastructure projects, primarily schools and water and sewer improvements.
John P. Strupe
John Patrick Strupe, an associate in the firm’s probate and estate planning section, joined the firm in 2018 after earning his Master of Laws in Taxation from the University of Florida. As a Certified Public Accountant, John worked in various accounting roles for both large public companies and small privately-held businesses. After several years in the accounting profession, he attended law school at Georgia State University where he earned his law degree.
Eric P. Wilborn
Eric is a Georgia native from Buford in Gwinnett County. He joined Stewart, Melvin & Frost’s probate and estate planning section in 2016. Eric previously practiced law with Hollberg & Weaver, LLP in Buckhead, a litigation law firm specializing in personal injury, federal court litigation, business and complex litigation, divorce defense, and estate planning. Previously, Eric practiced in Gwinnett County primarily in the areas of probate, guardianship and conservatorship issues.
Canon G. Snow
Following nearly a decade of service as an Assistant District Attorney in the State of Georgia in both Superior and Juvenile Courts, Canon Snow joined Stewart Melvin & Frost in 2023. A 2014 honor graduate of the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer, he brings a wide range of legal expertise to the firm. Canon’s practice areas include general civil litigation, criminal law, personal injury, juvenile court and family law.