Kristie Piasta joined Piasta Walker Hagenbush LLC as of counsel in 2022.  Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Piasta served as an Assistant General Counsel of a large health care system, advising on regulatory compliance, corporate governance and strategic initiatives.  Ms. Piasta has also practiced with two large law firms in Georgia where she advised on a variety of matters, including multiple acquisitions in the health care area. 

Ms. Piasta is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and served previously on the Executive Committee of the Nonprofit Law Section.  She was also involved in the Nonprofit Section’s Legislative Committee which was responsible for updating the Georgia Nonprofit Corporation Code in 2023.  

Ms. Piasta graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia with a degree in Finance and also received her juris doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law.  After practicing law for several years, Ms. Piasta attended the University of Washington School of Law where she received her LL.M. in Health Law, focusing her studies on regulatory compliance and risk management.   

Ms. Piasta and her husband, Ed Piasta, live in Sandy Springs, Georgia with their two sons. 

George E. Bradford, Jr. was born in Birmingham, Alabama.  He received all of his formal education in the public schools of Texas.  Mr. Bradford received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin’s Plan II Liberal Arts Honors Program.  He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.  Mr. Bradford is licensed to practice law in Maryland, Texas and Georgia. 

For over twenty years George Bradford has presented continuing legal education courses on Veterans Benefits, Veterans Legal Issues, Ethics and Professionalism for the State Bar of Georgia.  During that decade Mr. Bradford was also a leader of the State Bar of Georgia’s Military and Veterans Law Section.  He previously served as the Director of Veterans Legal Issues for the State Bar of Georgia’s Military and Veterans Law Section. 

Mr. Bradford is a Designated Agency Ethics Official for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.  And he is founding member to the VA Office of General Counsel’s Ethics Specialty Team where he has nationwide responsible for Ethics education, training and guidance for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.