Georgia, 1965
Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, 1964
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Meritorious Service Award, Mercer University Law School, 1994
Tradition of Excellence Award, General Practice and Trial Section, State Bar of GA
H.T. O’Neal, Jr. Award, New Lawyers Division, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Georgia Trial Lawyer of the Year, Georgia Chapter, American Board of Trial Advocates
Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Personal Injury Litigation
Listed, Atlanta Magazine as one of Georgia’s Super Lawyers for 2004
Listed, annual publication of Georgia Super Lawyers
Adjunct Professor of Law, “Trial Advocacy”, Mercer University, Macon, GA
Case Name: Department of Transportation Negligence
Amount Recovered: $1,500,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Products Liability - Battery Explosiion Loss of One Eye (1987)
Amount Recovered: $800,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Department of Transportation Negligence and Contractor Negligence
Amount Recovered: $1,750,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Police Chase Negligence
Amount Recovered: $1,100,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Defective Tire Use
Amount Recovered: $3,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Tractor-Trailer Negligence
Amount Recovered: $7,662,500.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Coca Cola Stock Recovery (1975)
Amount Recovered: $2,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Medical Error Transfusion
Amount Recovered: $3,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Products Liability Negligence - Repair/Inspection
Amount Recovered: $11,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Tractor Trailer Negligence
Amount Recovered: $10,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Magnesium Explosion - Negligent Inspection - Federal Torts Claim Act
Amount Recovered: $1,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Medical Malpractice - Aneurysm Misdiagnosis - Federal Tort Claim
Amount Recovered: $1,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Explosion - Product Failure/Failure to Warn
Amount Recovered: $2,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Medical Malpractice - Misdiagnosis of back injury
Amount Recovered: $1,900,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Explosion - Product Failure/Negligent Inspection
Amount Recovered: $5,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Corporate Fraud - Largest jury verdict in Middle Georgia, One of the largest verdicts in the State, affirmed on appeal - Primarily punitive damages
Amount Recovered: $20,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Injury by Object Falling off Truck
Amount Recovered: $1,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Slip and Fall
Amount Recovered: $700,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Products Liability - Auto Component Design
Amount Recovered: $2,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Estate Fraud
Amount Recovered: $10,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Corporate Fraud - Financing of $250.00 electrical applicance - punitive damages (1985)
Amount Recovered: $200,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Products Liability - Electric Fan Failure (1985)
Amount Recovered: $850,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Premises Liability Case - Failure to Warn
Amount Recovered: $8,000,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Ammonium Nitrate Explosion - Partial Amputation (1974)
Amount Recovered: $400,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Trust Fraud
Amount Recovered: $600,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Bridge Collapse Injury
Amount Recovered: $1,400,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Tractor Trailer Negligence
Amount Recovered: $1,700,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Boat Seat Failure
Amount Recovered: $1,400,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Police Chase Negligence
Amount Recovered: $550,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Case Name: Slip and Fall
Amount Recovered: $600,000.000
Number of Plaintiffs: 0
Macon Bar Association
American Bar Association
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Middle Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Board of Bar Examiners, State of Georgia
American College of Trial Lawyers: Fellow; Past-Chairman, State Committee
International Academy of Trial Lawyers: Fellow
American Bar Foundation: Fellow
Georgia Civil Justice Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors
Local Rules and Ethics Advisory Committee for the Middle District of Georgia
Master, William Augustus Bootle American Inn of Court
Georgia Panel, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Disciplinary Committee
| • Automotive | • Product Liability | • Premises Liability |
| • Other Torts | • Railroad | • Automotive (Transportation) |
| • Aviation & Space | • Pharma Law | • Hospital Error |
| • Product Liability (Product Liability) | • Strict Liability | • Breach of Warranty |
| • Insurance Law |
