Beck Shadinger didn’t choose closing law to argue cases; he chose it to sit across from everyday people and make sure they understand what’s happening in one of the biggest legal transactions of their lives. 

His ease with people from all walks of life has roots that go back well before law school. Growing up in Douglasville, Georgia, he watched it transform from a sleepy rural outpost into a culturally and ethnically diverse community of people seeking access to the growing job market in Atlanta. He remembers feeling excited about the opportunities to meet and learn from his new classmates and neighbors.

After earning his B.A. from Clemson University and his J.D. from John Marshall Law school, Beck began practicing law in 2016. Among his most gratifying professional experiences was the chance to help a seller he was representing, an older woman, who had fallen and was hospitalized just before her closing date. The buyer was unwilling to postpone a few days and he threatened to walk, but the woman had time constraints and needed proceeds from the sale to relocate to a nursing home. Beck dropped what he was doing to coordinate with her family and meet them at the woman’s bedside, facilitating review and signature of the paperwork in time to make the close. 

He also applies his service-minded philosophy to the development and presentation of courses for real estate professionals and attorneys, covering topics such as legal updates, ethics, and mental health. The son of two teachers, he sometimes offers these gratis for the love of sharing knowledge. He’s currently working to create similar courses for buyers and sellers as well.

For Beck, his people skills and facility with the written word are the keys to his success. Outside of work he relies on these as well, frequenting sporting and music events where he can connect with his fellow human beings. And at the end of particularly demanding work days, he journals to record the day’s positive events and to remind himself why he got into law in the first place.