Top best Insurance Lawyers Near me in ZIP 30345

With over 42 years of experience as a trial and appellate lawyer, Jeffrey D. Diamond has extensive knowledge and keen insights which are utilized in the best interests of his clients.. Mr. Diamond’s AV rating from respected legal publisher Martindale-Hubbell as voted by his professional colleagues, has a well-earned reputation in the legal profession and amongst his colleagues for his professionalism, integrity, knowledge and vast experience in the insurance law area. He has been named as a  Georgia Super Lawyer since 2013.. The Law Offices of Jeffrey D. Diamond has successfully represented policyholders, and formerly Insurance companies, in a wide variety of insurance coverage and bad faith actions. He continues to enhance his reputation in this area of law as an Adjunct Professor of Insurance Law at both Georgia State University College of Law and Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School.

Since the mid-1990’s, Jonathan M. Adelman has practiced in the areas of insurance defense, insurance coverage, insurance fraud, motor vehicle liability, trucking liability, general liability, and civil/commercial litigation. He represents individuals, corporations, and insurance companies in state and federal courts, both at the trial and the appellate levels. Mr. Adelman received his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia and his law degree from Georgia State University. Mr. Adelman served as a lead articles editor on the Georgia State University Law Review.. Mr. Adelman has been lead counsel in well over 100 jury trials. In addition, Mr. Adelman has presented arguments to the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court, and the South Carolina Court of Appeals.. Mr. Adelman was one of two attorneys designated by Georgia insurance companies to foster a legislative fix to Georgia’s growing problem involving tactical conditional settlement demands. Mr. Adelman’s efforts resulted in the successful passage of O.C.G.A. § .  Also, in 2015, Mr. Adelman again successfully represented the interests of insurance companies in the legislative process by testifying before the House Judiciary Committee in opposition of a bill designed to overhaul Georgia’s uninsured motorist insurance bad faith statute for the sole purpose of creating a financial windfall to claimants at the extreme detriment of insurance companies.. Mr. Adelman is a frequent lecturer and is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell.   He is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association, Defense Research Institute, the Atlanta Claims Association, and the National Association of Professional Insurance Investigators. For each year since 2009, Mr. Adelman has been named a Super Lawyer by his peers in Atlanta Magazine. For 2012, Mr. Adelman was named one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Georgia. Also, on four separate occasions, Mr. Adelman’s successful case results have been featured in front page articles of the Daily Report, Georgia’s legal periodical.

Shattuck (Tucker) Ely is a trial attorney with ten years of experience litigating complex civil cases. His diverse litigation practice includes a variety of business litigation matters, with an emphasis on representing policyholders in disputes with insurance carriers.

Richard E. Dolder is a partner who joined Slappey & Sadd to expand the firm’s work on insurance coverage and insurance bad faith. Rich represents individuals and businesses who are improperly denied coverage or treated unfairly by their insurance companies

Mr. Warncke received his Bachelor of Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude, at Georgia State University in 1988.  He received his law degree from the University of Georgia School of Law, Cum Laude, in 1991.  While in law school, Mr. Warncke was selected as one of three students to represent UGA in the American College of Trial Lawyers National Moot Court Competition.  The three member team took second place  nationwide in brief writing.  The team also advanced to the quarter finals in the national oral argument competition in New York City.. Upon graduating from law school, Mr. Warncke began working as an associate at Dietrick, Evans, Scholz & Williams, and became partner on January 1, 1998.  In 2011, Mr. Warncke became a name partner in Evans, Scholz, Williams & Warncke, LLC.. Mr. Warncke has developed a niche representing insurance policyholders in claims involving long term disability, life insurance, and health insurance arenas.  He has handled hundreds of claims under both federal ERISA law and under Georgia state bad faith insurance law.   He is frequently invited to lecture and write professionally in his field of expertise, and is routinely associated by other attorneys to assist them in this highly complex legal environment.. Mr. Warncke’s practice also includes handling serious personal injury claims arising from work-related accidents, automobile collisions, and tractor trailer collisions.

Mr. Van Sant focuses his practice on representing individuals who have suffered injuries through the fault of others, including car and truck accidents, motorcycle wrecks, tractor trailer accidents, nursing home neglect and wrongful death cases.  Mr. Van Sant is an experienced trial lawyer who has received many accolades and has been nationally recognized as one of the best personal injury trial lawyers in the country.

Mr. Lowery has a broad range of litigation experience on the defense side in a number of areas, including personal injury, products liability, professional liability, insurance, and trademark and unfair business practices disputes. He is a regular faculty member for the Atlanta College of Trial Advocacy and the NITA trial programs.

Michael A. Prieto founded the firm’s nursing home wrongful death practice and has developed it into one of the largest Long-Term Care plaintiffs’ practices in Georgia, recovering millions of dollars for clients in the process.. His litigation work focuses on representing patients and families against assisted living, skilled nursing, acute, sub acute and long-term care facilities. He advocates for fair compensation when wrongful acts and omissions are discovered, and through aggressive efforts tries to assure that the same thing will never happen to another innocent victim.. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including Larry King, Oprah, Paula Zahn, Today, Good Morning America, Donahue and others. He has been quoted by the Los Angeles Times and other print media.. Mr. Prieto cares deeply about his community and has organized many pro bono clinics for the elderly poor throughout the state of Georgia, preparing wills, powers of attorney, and providing general legal advice in senior centers and churches. He has, without compensation, given advice to nursing homes and assisted living facilities with the hope of improving resident care.. Mr. Prieto serves as County Administrator in Bartow County, as well as Probate Judge pro tempore. He has also served in the U.S. Army JAG Corps and is a combat veteran of wars in the Middle East. He is an active member of the American Association for Justice and the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. He is a member of the AAJ Nursing Home Litigation Group and Chair of the GTLA Nursing Home Litigation Group.

MaryBeth V. Gibson was born in New York and grew up in Atlanta.  She graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia, with a B.S. in Biochemistry, and was a member of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the National Health Preprofessional Honor Society dedicated to the encouragement and recognition of excellence in preprofessional health scholarship. She received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law, where she was an active member of the Environmental Law Association. Upon graduation from law school, MaryBeth practiced law at one of the largest law firms in the southeast handling insurance coverage disputes and property and casualty matters on behalf of employers and insurers. She left that practice to pursue a career at The Finley Firm, P.C., representing clients in complex civil litigation.. Combining her analytical background with her passion for the law, MaryBeth brings a unique perspective to litigated matters. MaryBeth specializes in complex civil litigation, including business litigation, data breach litigation (representing Financial Institutions In Re: The Home Depot, Inc., Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, MDL 2583, serving as co-chair of Third-Party Discovery Committee), consumer fraud cases, corporate fraud cases, mass torts (representing multiple clients In Re: Vioxx Products Liability Litigation –  MDL 1657, participating in Discovery Committees In ReDePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2197, and In Re DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., Pinnacle Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation, MDL 2244), and catastrophic injury claims.   Her practice involves an emphasis in Class Action Litigation [multi-million dollar judgment in Village Auto v. Rush, 286 Ga. App. 688(2007)] and Multi-District Litigation (Vioxx, Toyota, DePuy and Home Depot).. MaryBeth is also retained to act as Special-Counsel to law firms throughout the United States assisting in complex civil litigation.  She has litigation and trial experience in state and federal courts, as well as mediation and arbitration experience.  She was selected as Georgia Trend’s 2009 Legal Elite: Georgia’s Most Effective Lawyers.

James M. Poe is an experienced and effective personal injury plaintiff’s attorney with particular expertise in medical malpractice. In practice since 1974, Jim has held a Martindale-Hubbell rating of AV (its highest rating) for more than 25 years, and has been voted a Georgia Superlawyer in medical malpractice by his peers every year from 2007-2017.. Jim began his law career as an insurance defense litigator with Swift, Currie, McGhee and Hiers, then left in 1983 with seven other partners to form the firm Drew, Eckl, and Farnham, also an insurance defense practice. His years of experience in representing insurance companies in serious cases taught him the issue analysis  and presentation skills that effectively move insurors toward  settlement.. While at Drew, Eckl, Jim handled a number of plaintiff’s matters – an experience he found both challenging and rewarding.  In 2003, he determined to enter a plaintiff’s practice full-time, forming the firm James M. Poe, P.C. He has handled a wide variety of personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability and wrongful death cases with significant positive results, including multiple seven and high-six-figure verdicts and settlements. In addition to negotiating many large settlements, Jim has won a number of sizable victories at trial, and has defended those verdicts as lead counsel in more than 40 appeals before the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Georgia Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 5th and 11th Circuits.. Jim offers close personal attention to each client. He believes in being responsive and when he is in the office he answers his own phone so that clients can reach him and get a prompt response. He attacks each case with the belief that the truth is found in the details.  His attention to detail, both in understanding and developing the underlying facts of the case and determining the law which will control the case has been the  key to his success.

I'm a native of the Atlanta metro area, and a “double dawg” with both undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Georgia. My first 8 years as a lawyer were spent doing defense work for the big insurance companies, an advantage that sets me apart from most personal injury attorneys.. I know how insurance companies work, so I can stay one step ahead of them. Many of the defense attorneys know me, and know I’m not afraid to take my cases to trial in front of a jury. I look forward to meeting you personally, and will use my litigation and insurance company experience to get you the best possible outcome.

I have enjoyed practicing law here in metro Atlanta for the past 30 years.  I handle matters for clients in metro Atlanta, and statewide.

I am a trial lawyer who is experienced in medical malpractice cases, including birth injury cases, and other personal injury cases of all types including motor vehicle wrecks, brain injury, dangerous products, dangerous premises, wrongful death, civil rights violations, etc. Further I have extensive experience in business and college/university litigation. Recently I have concentrated my practice in the area of genital injury litigation.  I have extensive experience in wrongful circumcision and botched circumcision cases.  I have obtained over 16 million dollars in judgments, verdicts, or settlements for victims of such torts.  I have appeared on a temporary (pro hac vice) basis in the courts of some 23 states and federal districts.  I associate regularly with lawyers across the country in genital injury cases.

I am a native of Birmingham, Alabama. I obtained my Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from Spelman College and my Juris Doctor Degree from Emory University School of Law. I have been a member of the State Bar of Georgia since 2005 and have experience in practice areas including real estate, worker's compensation, personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice.. In addition to my professional career serving my clients, I strive to be as active as possible in my community. I have volunteered in community fairs to educate those without access to legal counsel and assisted with recommendations for issue resolution. I served as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of a 501(c)(3) Non Profit Organization for eight (8) years. I support local and statewide political and election campaigns through volunteer efforts. I am an active participant at my local church, where I participate in service activities within and outside in the community. I am a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. And, I am extremely passionate about mentorship and providing young girls and women with knowledge and tools to invoke the importance of character, education and fortitude for their successful personal and spiritual development.. In my spare time, I enjoy baking, watching good movies, game nights, fairs and amusement parks, bowling, roller skating and any other activites/time spent with family and friends.

I am a founding partner of Gaslowitz Frankel LLC, a premiere fiduciary litigation law firm in Atlanta, GA.  My firm and I have represented numerous executors, trustees, heirs, and beneficiaries in connection with allegations of breaches of fiduciary duties.

Colleagues know me as a young determined, charismatic, and reasonable professional who can always be trusted to come up with different approaches to the status quo. I never try to impose my ideas on others. Instead, I spend a lot of time understanding the law and searching for the best strategies to advocate for clients.

Christian Lang is a partner in the Long-Term Care and Assisted Living Litigation Group at Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP. He concentrates his practice on defending nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home health care agencies, as well as all of their caregivers. He also represents clients in other aspects of medical malpractice, premises liability, toxic tort and food borne illness litigation. Christian has tried cases to verdict in Georgia and New Jersey.

Brittany Barto represents businesses and individuals in general liability matters. Her practice focuses primarily on the defense of claims related to automobile & trucking liability and handling a range of matters for an American multinational technology company.. Prior to joining Wilson Elser, Brittany practiced personal injury and employment litigation focusing on motor vehicle collisions, general negligence and violations of federal employment law. She has experience handling matters with the EEOC and state and federal courts throughout the southeast. This experience translates a strong litigation background and a helpful perspective for Brittany’s clients in both strategizing and expediting issues to resolution.. In law school, Brittany was a member of the Student Trial Lawyers Association where her trial team won a national championship. Brittany is barred to practice law in both Georgia and Florida.

Bersinger Law, led by Austin Bersinger, serves as trial and appellate counsel in insurance recovery cases, personal injury actions, and complex business disputes. Specializing in all types of insurance recovery including coverage denials, claim presentation, bad faith matters, and appeals, Bersinger Law delivers exceptional trial representation backed by big law experience.. Bersinger Law founder Austin Bersinger combines his disciplined military background and extensive industry experience to provide his clients with a unique, personalized approach to legal representation. He’s spent years learning how insurance companies think, what drives their decisions, and how to successfully litigate with them. Today, this experience and knowledge drives his practice and benefits his clients.. Austin is an expert on insurance coverage issues. He has been published nationally and spoken all over the country, sharing his insight on a variety of insurance coverage topics. He’s also served as a contributor and editor for the preeminent authority on insurance coverage in Georgia, Georgia Property and Liability Insurance Law.. Austin graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law and ranked first in his class in Contracts and Civil Procedure. He competed nationally in moot court, was a finalist in the J. Melvin England Mock Trial Competition, and balanced law school with his commitment to the Air Force ROTC.. Post-graduation, Austin moved to Montgomery, Alabama to serve at Maxwell AFB as part of the 42 ABW JA. During his time as an active duty officer, he cut his teeth trying cases in his role as a criminal prosecutor and served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.. After fulfilling his military commitment, Austin moved to Atlanta, Georgia to begin his civil litigation practice. He worked as an associate at Dentons US LLP, an international law firm with more than 1,200 lawyers in the United States. While there, Austin defended large companies, including insurance companies, in personal injury, insurance coverage matters, and a variety of commercial litigation cases.

An Indiana native (Hoosier Boy), but now a true Atlanta Falcons and Braves fan, W. Winston Briggs has over 25 years of experience and tried more than 150 jury trials. After watching his grandfather, parents, and siblings practice law, Winston decided to follow in their footsteps and pursue this profession at a very young age. Winston obtained his B.A. Degree from DePauw University in 1984 and graduated from Wake Forest University Law School in 1987. Upon graduation, he passed the Georgia Bar exam and joined the law firm of Decker & Hallman (the predecessor to Decker, Hallman, Barber & Briggs.) He is now currently a member of the Georgia Bar, the Florida Bar and multiple federal courts in Georgia, Florida and Louisiana. Winston also serves as President of the West Midtown Business Alliance and is Vice President and serves on the Board of Directors of Peachtree Childtown School, an educational preschool for children in Atlanta. Winston Briggs has successfully tried a wide variety of cases over the years including ones involving auto accidents, trucking accidents, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, wrongful death, medical malpractice, chemical exposure injuries, Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS) and many more. Winston works closely with his clients, meeting them at the beginning and throughout each case. His approach to the law is to prepare every case as if it is actually going to go to trial. Helping his clients acquire the full compensation they deserve is a rewarding experience for this attorney.