Former defense attorney James M. Poe has joined Atlanta-based plaintiffs firm Warshauer Thornton & Easom as a name partner. The firm’s new name, effective Jan. 1, is Warshauer Poe & Thornton, said the firm’s managing partner, Michael J. Warshauer.

Poe is a former partner at defense firm Drew, Eckl & Farnham and started his own plaintiffs practice three years ago, said Warshauer.