Areas of Practice

• Catastrophic injury
• Wrongful death
• Defective and dangerous products
• Car accidents
• Trucking accidents
• Medical malpractice
• Workplace injuries
• Whistleblower/ False Claims Act cases
• Insurance subrogation

Bar Admissions

• Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Georgia Supreme Court
• South Carolina
• South Carolina Court of Appeals
• South Carolina Supreme Court
• North Carolina
• North Carolina Court of Appeals
• North Carolina Supreme Court
• S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
• S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
• S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
• S. District Court, District of South Carolina
• S. District Court, Northern District of Florida

Education

• Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia
  • J.D., cum laude
• Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina
  • B.A. in History and Political Science

Seminars & Publications

Selected Seminars

• Annual Product Liability Seminar – Expert Witnesses: Practical Tips from Both Sides of the “V.”  (2015)
• GTLA Paralegal and Legal Assistant Workshop – Preparing a Demand: The Keys to Effective Presentation of Your Case (2015)
• Panelist, GTLA Leadership Education and Advanced Direction Program (2015)
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Trial Practice Manual Seminar – Chapter Four: Procedural Points (2008)

Publications

• Product Liability, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 59 Mercer L. Rev. 331 (Fall 2007) (co-author)
• Associate Editor, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Trial Practice Manual (2007)
• Product Liability, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, 58 Mercer L. Rev. 313 (Fall 2006) (co-author)
• Ogletree v. Navistar Int’l Transp. Corp.: The Demise of the “Open and Obvious Danger” Rule, 50 Mercer L. Rev. 1137 (1999)

Honors and Awards

• Georgia Super Lawyer, 2018 – 2023

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Georgia
• South Carolina Bar
• North Carolina State Bar
• President, Macon Bar Association 2019-2020
• Macon Bar Association (Executive Committee 2014-present)
• William A. Bootle Inn of Court
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association – Co-Editor Trial Practice Manual 2020
• Middle Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
• Federal Law Clerk for the Honorable Jack T. Camp, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

Representative Experience

• Has handled cases or appeared before courts in Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee, and California, in addition to state and federal courts throughout Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina
• Has represented first-party property insurers and insureds in subrogation cases, including damage caused by a train derailment at an industrial facility that exceeded $200 million, damage caused by a foreign object left inside a generator that exceeded $3 million, equipment failures, defective products, fires, flooding, and other cases involving significant property damage and business interruption claims
• Has represented individuals who sustained catastrophic injuries during automobile and tractor-trailer accidents, patients who were injured as a result of medical negligence, and individuals who were injured by defective consumer or commercial products
• Has represented inventors in intellectual property cases involving patent infringement
• Has represented whistleblowers in cases involving Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance fraud
• Has represented first-party property insurers in coverage disputes involving boiler explosions, train derailments, construction defects, pharmaceutical products, and equipment failure