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| | Address | | Ambrose Baber Building, 577 Walnut Street, Suite 200, P.O. Box 246 | | Macon, Georgia 31202 | | (Bibb & Jones Cos.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 478-745-1181 | | Telecopier: 478-746-9479 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.chrkglaw.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Chambless, Higdon, Richardson, Katz & Griggs, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General civil practice in all state and federal courts, including Insurance Defense, Professional Negligence Defense, Workers' Compensation, Governmental Liability, Land Use, Mediation, Employment, and Business Law. | | Year Established: 1988 | | Firm Size: 15 | Clients:
LOCAL COUNSEL FOR: Auto Owners; Cambridge Integrated Services; Capital Indemnity Corp.; CNA Ins. Co.; Commercial Underwriters Ins. Co.; Constitution States Service Co.; EMC Ins. Co.; Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.; Georgia Insurers' Insolvency Pool; Georgia Interlocal Management Agency; Government Employees Insurance Co.; Great American Insurance Cos.; The Hartford Insurance Group; Homestead Ins. Co.; JWF Specialty Services; MAG Mutual Insurance Co.; Mercedes-Benz Credit Corp.; National Casualty Co.; National Indemnity Co.; National Security Insurance Co.; Reliance Insurance Group; Safeco Insurance Co.; Scottsdale Insurance Co.; Sedgewick James of GA., Inc.; Standard Guaranty Insurance Cos.; State of Georgia; State Farm Insurance Cos.; St. Paul/Travelers Ins. Co.; Twiggs County, Ga.; United Services Automobile Association; Universal Insurance Co. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Saturday: 08:30 AM - 12:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | David B. Higdon (Member) born Port Saint Joe, Florida, November 17, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 1968); Mercer University (J.D., 1971). Phi Delta Phi (Treasurer, 1970-1971). Adjunct Professor, Workers Compensation Law, Mercer University School of Law, 1991—. The Best Lawyers in America, Workers Compensation, Woodward/White, Inc., 1995—. Member: Macon (Secretary, 1975-1976; Vice-President, 1976-1977; President, 1977-1978) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia (Workers' Compensation Section, Vice-Chairman, 1983-1984; Chairman, 1985-1986); American Board of Trial Advocates; William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court (President, 2005-2006). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation Law; Insurance Law; Tort Law. Email: David B. Higdon | | Thomas F. Richardson (Member) born Macon, Georgia, June 13, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina (A.B., 1971); University of Georgia (J.D., 1975). Lawyer of the Year, Macon Bar Association, 2004. Member, Lawyers' Advisory Committee to the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2002—. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court; American Board of Trial Advocates. Practice Areas: Civil Rights Law; Government; Mediation; Employment Law. Email: Thomas F. Richardson | | Mary Mendel Katz (Member) born Colorado Springs, Colorado, December 4, 1948; admitted to bar, 1979, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B., 1970); Mercer University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Brainerd Currie Honor Society. Managing Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1978-1979. Member, Board of Directors: Georgia Legal Services Foundation. Member, Board of Visitors, Mercer University School of Law, 2007-2010. Member: Macon (President, 1997-1998) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court. Fellow: Lawyers Foundation of Georgia. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Law; Tort; Employment Law; Governmental Liability. Email: Mary Mendel Katz | | Emmitte H. Griggs (Member) born Macon, Georgia, April 24, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Georgia. Education: Mercer University; Vanderbilt University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1982). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Brainerd Currie Honor Society. Associate Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1981-1982. Law Clerk to Honorable Wilbur D. Owens, Jr., Chief Judge, United States District Court for Middle District of Georgia, 1982-1984. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Law; Insurance Defense Law; Personal Injury Law; Wrongful Death Litigation. Email: Emmitte H. Griggs | | Jon Christopher Wolfe (Member) born Fairfax, Virginia, September 7, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (A.B.J., summa cum laude, 1990); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1993). Phi Kappa Phi. Member: Brainerd Currie Honor Society; Mercer Law Review, 1991-1993. Author: "Sex, Violence, and Profanity: Rap Music and the First Amendment," 44 Mercer Law Review 667 (1993); "High Voltage and the Exclusive Remedy", Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Journal, 1996 . Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; George Defense Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Waszczak v. City of Warner Robins, 221 Ga.App. 528 (1996); Flint EMC v. Ed Smith Const. Co., 270 Ga. 464 (1999). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Tort Law; Civil Trial. Email: Jon Christopher Wolfe | | Brown W. Dennis, Jr. (Member) born Augusta, Georgia, March 13, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, Georgia. Education: Davidson College (B.A., 1983); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 1990). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Mercer Law Review, 1988-1990. Author: "South Carolina v. Baker: Taxing Tax Free Bonds," 40 Mercer Law Review 1455, 1989. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Georgia Association of Hospital Attorneys. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense Law; Tax Law. Email: Brown W. Dennis, Jr. | | Dennis L. Duncan (Member) born Bainbridge, Georgia, September 7, 1954; admitted to bar, 1992, Georgia. Education: State University of West Georgia (B.A., 1977); University of Georgia (B.Mus., 1981); University of Colorado (M.Mus. 1985); Mercer University (J.D., 1991). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (Member, Sections of: Tort and Insurance Practice; Workers' Compensation Law); Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Insurance Defense Law. Email: Dennis L. Duncan | | David N. Nelson (Member) born Boston, Massachusetts, February 2, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Georgia. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1990); Walter F. George, Mercer University (J.D., 1995). Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Automobile Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Trial Practice; Medical Malpractice. Email: David N. Nelson | | John J. Makowski (Member) born Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 20, 1966; admitted to bar, 1997, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1990); Mercer University (J.D., 1997). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Insurance Defense; Civil Rights Law; Employment Law; Torts; Personal Injury. Email: John J. Makowski | | ASSOCIATES | | Norman C. Pearson, III (Associate) born Williamsport, Pennsylvania, December 26, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Virginia; 2000, Georgia. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1991); University of Richmond (J.D., 1994). Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Virginia State Bar. [Captain, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1995-2001.]. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Trial Practice. Email: Norman C. Pearson, III | | Larry W. Fouché (Associate) born Greenville, South Carolina, February 6, 1958; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia. Education: University of South Carolina (B.A., 1998); Mercer University (J.D., 2001). Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; William A. Bootle Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense; Trial Practice; Federal Criminal Law; State Criminal Law. Email: Larry W. Fouché | | Frances L. Clay (Associate) born Macon, Georgia, June 1, 1967; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1989); University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (M.A., 1991); The Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D., 2001). Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyer Association; William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Frances L. Clay | | Jason D. Lewis (Associate) born Falmouth, Massachusetts, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: Mercer University (B.A., cum laude, 2000; J.D., magna cum laude, 2006). Member, Brainerd Currie Honor Society; Mercer Law Intrastate Moot Court Team. Student Writing Editor, Mercer Law Review. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Governmental Liability; Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense. | | Carol L. Underwood (Associate) born Warner Robins, Georgia, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia. Education: Georgia Southern University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2003); Mercer University (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Order of Barristers. Member, Moot Court Family Law Competition Team. Editor, Lawson Moot Court Competition. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Association of Women Lawyers. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. | | Karen J. Robertson (Associate) born Greensboro, North Carolina, 1977; admitted to bar, 2007, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 2001); Mercer University (J.D., 2007). Order of Barristers. Member: Wagner Moot Court Team, 2007; Intrastate Moot Court Team, 2006. Vice Chair, Moot Court Competitions. Member: State Bar of Georgia; Macon Bar Association; American Bar Association; Student Bar Association (Treasurer). | | OF COUNSEL | | James F. Carson, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Macon, Georgia, December 15, 1942; admitted to bar, 1972, Georgia. Education: Emory University; Mercer University (A.B., 1966; J.D., 1973). Phi Delta Phi. Adjunct Professor, Land Use Planning, Mercer University School of Law, 1990-1996. Certified Mediator, State of Georgia. Member: Macon and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Business Law; Planning and Zoning Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Civil Litigation. | | Joseph H. Chambless (Of Counsel) born West Palm Beach, Florida, January 14, 1937; admitted to bar, 1961, Georgia. Education: Mercer University (A.B., 1959); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (LL.B., 1961). Phi Alpha Delta (Secretary, 1959-1960). Member: Macon Bar Association ; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1997-1998); The Defense Research Institute, Inc.; Georgia Society of Hospital Attorneys. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Law; Insurance Defense Law; Hospital Law. Email: Joseph H. Chambless | | Joseph H. Davis (Of Counsel) born Braselton, Georgia, July 25, 1927; admitted to bar, 1951, Georgia. Education: Georgia School of Technology; North Georgia College; Mercer University (LL.B., 1951); Columbia Law School. Blue Key; Phi Alpha Delta (President, 1950). Member, Board of Editors, Mercer Law Review, 1950-1951. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Georgia, 1952-1958. Member: Macon Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Law; Torts. |
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