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| | Address | | 2100 The Equitable Building, 100 Peachtree Street, N.W. | | Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1912 | | (DeKalb & Fulton Cos.) | | | |
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| Johnson & Ward practices in the following areas of law:
Civil Trial Litigation in all State and Federal Courts including Negligence, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Medical, Nursing Home, Architectural, Engineering and Other Professional Negligence, Aviation, Railroad, Property/Casualty, Trucking-Automotive, Products Liability, General Business and Commercial Litigation, Corporation, Tax, Copyright, Trademark, Probate, Administrative, Contracts, Bankruptcy, General Corporate Practice, Employment Law, Competition Law. | | Year Established: 1949 | Firm Profile:
Johnson & Ward is the successor to Phillips & Johnson, founded in 1949. The firm's practice over the ensuing five decades has focused primarily upon civil litigation and general corporate practice. The firm has been active in Bar activities, and firm members have long been regular lecturers in litigation seminars and courses. The firm membership has remained relatively small and has been a model for other small, personal service litigation and corporate practice firms. | | Firm Size: 8 | | Inslee M. Johnson (1911-1996). | | Cullen M. Ward (1921-1979). | | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | William C. Lanham (Member) born Tampa, Florida, August 25, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, Alabama; 1967, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court and Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th and 11 Circuits; U.S. District Courts, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia. Education: University of Alabama (A.B., 1964; J.D., 1966). Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "Preparation and Trial of a Civil Case," Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 1982-1989; "Federal Civil Trial Practice and Procedure: Arguments," Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 1983; "Evidence for Georgia Trial Lawyers" and "Wrongful Death in Georgia," Georgia State University College of Law, 1985, 1986, 1988 and 1989; "A Case Against a Trucking Company: Investigation and Experts," Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 1989 and 1990; "Statute of Limitation, Effect on Minors, and Expert Affidavits in Malpractice Cases," Institute of Continuing Judicial Education in Georgia, 1990; "Cross-Examination of Witnesses," National Education Network, 1992; "Bad Faith Litigation in Georgia," National Business Institute, 1993; "Plaintiff's Discovery of Air Crash Investigation," Aviation Section of State Bar of Georgia, 1994; "Medical Malpractice in Georgia," National Business Institute, 1995; "Trying the Wrongful Death Case in Georgia," National Business Institute, 1997 and 1999; "Trial of a Civil Case," Dekalb Bar Association, 1997 and 1998; Keys to Effective Expert Witness Examination in Georgia," National Business Institute, 2001. Co-Author: "Sample Settlement Brochure" 31 Am. Jur. Trials 527, 1984. Included in The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, since 1987. Member: Atlanta Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Alabama State Bar; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Vice President, 1989). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (Georgia Chairman, 2004-2005); International Society of Barristers; International Academy of Trial Lawyers; Lawyers Foundation of Georgia. [Capt. U.S. Army Reserve, JAGC, 1966-1971]. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Aviation Law; Professional Negligence Law; General Civil Litigation. Email: William C. Lanham | | Clark H. McGehee (Member) born Auburn, Alabama, August 22, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Georgia; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th and 11th Circuits; U.S. District Courts, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1973); Emory Law School (J.D., 1977). Author: "An Atlanta Lawyers Experience in Performing Pro Bono Representation of A 9/11 Victim Under the Victim Compensation Fund," The Atlanta Lawyer, Oct., 2004; "Not Just The Money: Lee v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, The Verdict, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Fall, 2000; Stein Closing Argument: "Proximate Cause," Section 350 and "Highways - Dangerous Conditions," Section 395 (West, Oct. 2000); "Direct Examination of Blood Alcohol Expert," "Direct Examination of Defendant's Engineers," and "Direct Examination of Guardrail Expert," Handling Accident Cases (West, 1996,1997 and 1998); "Complications of the Federal Tort Claims Act," Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 2001; "The Georgia Tort Claims Act: Negotiating The Minefield," Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 1998; "Emerging Issues in Personal Injury Law," Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 1997; "The Georgia and Federal Tort Claims Act," Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, Torts, 1997; "Through The Looking Glass: The Discretionary Function Exception Under The Federal Tort Claims Act," Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 1996; "A Primer on Insurance Bad Faith," Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 1995; "The Tragedy of the Unforgiving Roadway - Liability for Unsafe Highway Design, Construction and Maintenance," General Practice and Trial Section, State Bar of Georgia, 1990, and Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Proof of Liability and Damages, 1988; "Demonstrative, Documentary and Physical Evidence," Georgia State University College of Law, 1990; Courtroom Medicine, "Direct Examination of Medical Experts," Vol. 7 (Matthew Bender, 1989); "Motivating a Jury to Award Fair Damages: Use of Specialized Medical Experts," Georgia Trial Lawyers Assn., 1990; "Computing and Demonstrating General Damages," Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Damages, 1983; "Subsequent Remedial Measures in a Product Liability Case: The Fastest Spinning Wheel in Litigation," Georgia State Bar Journal, 1982; "Defective Products: Production Defects, Design Defects and Defective Warnings and Directions," and "Effective Discovery in Georgia," Georgia State University College of Law, 1985, and 1987; "Bad Faith: The Other Side of Jones v. State Farm," Atlanta Bar Assoc., 1984. Co-Author: "Sample Settlement Brochure," 31 Am. Jur. Trials, 527, 1984. Member: Atlanta and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Member, General Practice and Trial Law Section); Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Reported Cases: Eg. Robert & Co. Associates v. Tigner, 351 SE2d 82 (1986); Rixey v. West Paces Ferry Hospital, 916 F2d 612 (11 Cir., 1990); Arthur Pew Constr. Co. v First Nat'l Bank, 965 F2d 1559 (11th Cir, 1992); Cooper v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 849 F2d 496 (11th Cir., 1988); Dept. of Transp. v. Brown, 471 SE2d 849 (1996); Lee v. State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, 533 SE2d 82 (2000); Dept. of Transp. v. Dupree, 570 SE2d 1 (2002). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Products Liability Law; Professional Negligence Law; Aviation; General Civil Litigation. Email: Clark H. McGehee | | Baxter P. Jones (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, May 15, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1979); University of Georgia (J.D., 1982); Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium (LL.M., 1983). Research Editor, Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law, 1981-1982. Member: Atlanta and American (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Georgia Lawyers for the Arts. Reported Cases: Tempo Management, Inc. v. DeKalb County, 373 SE2d 622 (1988); Vann v. DeKalb County Board of Tax Assessors, 367 SE2d 43 (1988). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Copyright and Trademark Law; General Civil Litigation. Email: Baxter P. Jones | | William D. deGolian (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, January 24, 1950; admitted to bar, 1979, Georgia. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1972); University of Georgia (J.D., 1979). Instructor: Atlanta College of Trial Advocacy, 1992-1997; Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques, Emory School of Law, 1999—. Speaker: "Nursing Home Litigation in Georgia," Lorman Education Services, 2003; "Filling The Regulatory Gaps-Some Strategies for the Nursing Home Litigator," Atlanta Bar Association Elder Law Forum, 1999, 2000; "Practical Legal Ethics in Georgia," National Business Institute, 2001. Member: Atlanta Bar Association ( President, 2002-2003; President Elect, 2001-2002; Treasurer, 2000-2001; Secretary, 1999-2000; Board of Directors, 1996—; Member, Executive Committee, 1997—; Chair, Litigation Section, 1996-1997); State Bar of Georgia; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation; Lawyers Foundation of Georgia; Atlanta Bar Foundation. [Capt., U.S. Naval Reserve, active duty, 1972-1976]. Reported Cases: Dept. of Transportation v. Dupree, 256 Ga. App. 668, 570 SE2d 1 (2002); Brogdon et al v. National Healthcare Corp. et al, 103 F.Supp.2d 1322 (N.D. Ga. 2000); Fireman's Fund Insurance Company v. Dean, 441 SE2d 436 (1994); Parks v. Associates Commercial Corporation, 351 SE2d 661 (1986). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Property/Casualty; Tort; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Nursing Home Neglect. Email: William D. deGolian | | Bruce A. Maxwell (Member) born Joliet, Illinois, February 4, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Georgia, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 2004, Florida; 2007, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1985); Drake University (J.D., with honors, 1988). Phi Alpha Delta. First Place, 1986 and Finalist, 1985, C. Edwin Moore Moot Court Competition. Member: Civil Rights Moot Court Team; Midwest Moot Court Team. Chairman, 1994 Intrastate Moot Court Competition. Author: "Analyzing and Documenting Damages in a Product Liability Action," Georgia Products Liability Seminar, 2002. Vice-Chairman, 1993 Intrastate Moot Court Competition. Member, Intrastate Moot Court Competition, 1989—. Adjunct Professor of Law, John Marshall Law School, 1993—. U.S.C.G. Licensed Captain. Member: Atlanta (Member, Litigation and Worker's Compensation Sections); Jacksonville and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; The Florida Bar; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Jacksonville Bar Association; Jacksonville Justice Association. Reported Cases: Richard Kauffman, M.D. v. Eastern Food & Gas, Inc., et al, 539 S.E. 2d 599, 246 Ga. App. 103 (2000); Abad v. Kraft, 411 S.E.2d 500; rev. 417 S.E.2d 317, on remand, 426 S.E.2d 270 (1992); Chafin v. Winn-Dixie Atlanta, Inc., 411 S.E.2d 201 (1991); Dennis v. Malt, 395 S.E.2d 894 (1990). Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Products Liability Law; Medical Malpractice; Premises Liability; Civil Litigation; Worker's Compensation. Email: Bruce A. Maxwell | | David J. Llewellyn (Member) born Salem, Massachusetts, November 30, 1950; admitted to bar, 1979, Georgia; Georgia Court of Appeals; Supreme Court of Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 1972; J.D., 1979). Phi Eta Sigma; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Author: "Legal Remedies for Penile Torts," The Compleat Mother, Winter, 1995; "Some Thoughts on Legal Remedies," Ch. 39 in Male and Female Circumcision: Medical, Legal and Ethical Considerations in Pediatric Practice, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1999; "Penile Torts in the Courts," Ch. 6 in Flesh and Blood: Perspectives on the Problem of Circumcision in Contemporary Society," Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 2004. Presentations: "Strategies for Litigation," Eighth International Symposium on Circumcision and Human Rights, University of Padua, Padua, Italy, September 2-4, 2004; "Winning and Losing on the Circuit," Ninth International Symposium on Circumcision, Genital Integrity, and Human Rights, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, August 24-26, 2006. Previous employment: Associate: Davis, Matthews & Quigley, Atlanta, Georgia, 1979-1982; Powell, Goldstein, Fraser & Murphy, Atlanta, Georgia, 1981-1985. Shareholder: Sparrow, Eidson & Llewellyn, East Point, Georgia, 1985-1987; Eidson & Llewellyn, East Point, Georgia, 1987-1988. Sole Practitioner, Atlanta, Georgia, 1988-1991. Partner, Llewellyn & Swanson, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991-1994. Sole practitioner, Atlanta and Conyers, Georgia, 1994-2005. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; The American Association for Justice; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Old War Horse Lawyers Club. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Brain Injury; Spinal Injury; Wrongful Death; Automobile Negligence; False Arrest; False Imprisonment; Police Brutality; Libel and Slander; Medical Malpractice; Circumcision Damage; Wrongful Circumcision; Genital Injury; Dental Malpractice; Nursing Malpractice; Hospital Liability; Hospital Negligence; Legal Malpractice; Premises Liability; Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Federal Tort Claims; Government Tort Liability; Fraud; Credit Fraud; Commercial Fraud; Insurance Fraud; Insurance Bad Faith; Civil Rights; Civil Rights Section 1983; Sex Discrimination; Employment Litigation; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Business Torts; Collections; Copyright Litigation; College and University Law; Healthcare Fraud Litigation; False Claims Act Litigation; Medicare Fraud and Abuse; Land Use Litigation; Family Law; General Litigation; Contractual Matters; Trials and Appeals; Mediation. Email: David J. Llewellyn | | Stan Kreimer, Jr. (Member) born Cincinnati, Ohio, October 7, 1951; admitted to bar, 1977, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A. in English, 1973); University of Georgia (J.D., 1977). Law Clerk to Hon. A. W. Birdsong, Jr., Court of Appeals of Georgia, 1978. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. | | OF COUNSEL | | James E. Goodman (Of Counsel) born Birmingham, Alabama, April 20, 1939; admitted to bar, 1968, Georgia, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1961); Naval Justice School (1963); Emory University (J.D., 1968). Trial Attorney and recognized authority: Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), Employment Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation Claims, Equal Pay Claims, Breach of Restrictive Covenant, Fiduciary Duty Claims, Wrongful Death, Catastrophic Personal Injury Claims. Certified Arbitrator and Mediator. Featured as a guest commentator on national (i.e. Pat Buchanan), regional (i.e. Wisconsin Public Radio) and local radio talk shows, has appeared on NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN and BBC, CTV Television (Canadian national television), TV2/Danmark (Danish national television), Channel 4 (British national television), and Italian national television. Consultant: Litigation and Employment Issues: Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, Costa Rica, England, Holland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Trinidad and Turkey. Litigation in Federal and State Courts Nationwide. Member: Atlanta and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta. [Lt., USNR, 1962-1966]. (Also Member, Goodman & Associates, P.C.). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Competition Law; General Corporate Law; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Products Liability; Professional Negligence; Civil Litigation. Email: James E. Goodman |
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