Mr. Matthew Franklin Totten

The Totten Firm LLC

Matthew Totten is the founder and managing attorney of The Totten Firm, LLC. Matthew represents property managers, lenders, property owners, and investors in a wide range of real property-related matters in trial and appellate courts.

Particularly, Matthew has significant experience in landlord-tenant matters, representing local and national property management clients throughout the eviction process, defending adverse tenant litigation, addressing bankruptcy-related matters, and navigating the unique issues posed to lenders during post-foreclosure REO. 

Further, Matthew extensively litigates and resolves title issues as to real property, including representing lenders and consumers in lien priority disputes, title defects, and other items affecting real property interests. Matthew has substantial experience in representing financial institutions and servicers throughout the non-judicial foreclosure process, including resolving title-related concerns prior to conducting foreclosure.

As a graduate of the University of Georgia (BBA, Finance) and the University of South Carolina (JD), he is admitted to the bar of all State of Georgia Courts, as well as the federal and bankruptcy courts of the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Matthew serves as chair of the legislative subcommittee for the Executive Committee of the Real Property Section of the State Bar of Georgia. He is originally from Brunswick, Georgia and lives in Dunwoody with his amazing wife, three wonderfully rambunctious kids, and prioritizes giving back to the community as an Eagle Scout.