has named
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LA WYER OF THE YEAR
recipients in Georgia based on their particularly high level of peer recognition. Joe D. Whitley
ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAW
FIRST AMENDMENT LAW
David L. Balser FRANCHISE LAW
Colin A. McRae
Rupert M. Barkoff
ANTITRUST LAW
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE
Tony G. Powers APPELLATE PRACTICE
Michael B. Terry ARBITRATION
Robert S. Highsmith Jr. HEALTH CARE LAW
Armando L. Basarrate IMMIGRATION LAW
Joseph H. Huff Stephanie E. Parker Christopher L. Ray Adam Malone
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS LAW
Steven E. Fox
Jay I. Solomon
BANKING AND FINANCE LAW
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LAW
Stephanie Casteel
BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY AND REORGANIZATION LAW
INSURANCE LAW
Jeffrey R. Kuester
David S. Teske
Stephen L. Cotter
Karen Fagin White Michael N. White
LABOR LAW - MANAGEMENT
BET-THE-COMPANY LITIGATION
LAND USE AND ZONING LAW
John H. Fleming John T. McGoldrick, Jr. Thomas W. Tucker BIOTECHNOLOGY LAW
Robert A. Hodges
Michael Eric Ross
Kathryn M. Zickert LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW DEFENDANTS
Thomas W. Curvin LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW PLAINTIFFS
CONSTRUCTION LAW
Frank J. Beltran
COPYRIGHT LAW
Frank M. Lowrey IV
John I. Spangler III William M. Ragland, Jr. CORPORATE LAW
Richard Cicchillo, Jr. J. Wiley Ellis J. Patrick Meyer Jr. CRIMINAL DEFENSE: GENERAL PRACTICE
William D. Healan III Douglas N. Peters CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR
LITIGATION - ANTITRUST
LITIGATION - BANKING AND FINANCE
William J. Holley II LITIGATION - BANKRUPTCY
Sarah R. Borders
LITIGATION - CONSTRUCTION
George Anthony Smith LITIGATION - ENVIRONMENTAL
John H. Johnson Jr. LITIGATION - ERISA
NON-PROFIT / CHARITIES LAW PATENT LAW
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION DEFENDANTS
Weymon H. Forrester William P. Franklin, Jr. Earl W. Gunn George R. Hall William H. Larsen PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION PLAINTIFFS
Dennis T. Cathey Joseph A. Fried William J. Hunter Paul Kilpatrick, Jr. Leland Malchow Katherine L. McArthur PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION DEFENDANTS
Andrew T. Bayman
PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION PLAINTIFFS
Leslie J. Bryan
PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW DEFENDANTS
Michael J. Goldman
Christopher A. Wray
William J. Vesely Jr.
DUI/DWI DEFENSE
LITIGATION - FIRST AMENDMENT
Robert W. Chestney
Robert L. Rothman
Leonard T. Marcinko
EMINENT DOMAIN AND CONDEMNATION LAW
LITIGATION - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Thomas J. Andersen Mark C. Rusche Steve L. Wilson
Charles L. Ruffin Anne Woolf Sapp
Holmes J. Hawkins III
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW
G. Wayne Hillis Jr.
John R. Hickman
EMPLOYMENT LAW - INDIVIDUALS
Charles A. Hawkins
EMPLOYMENT LAW - MANAGEMENT
LITIGATION - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
LITIGATION - LAND USE AND ZONING
Douglas D. Salyers LITIGATION - REAL ESTATE
Jess L. Rosen
J. Wayne Crowley
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
LITIGATION - SECURITIES
EQUIPMENT FINANCE LAW
LITIGATION - TRUSTS AND ESTATES
Robert D. Strauss FAMILY LAW
Emily S. Bair Stephen C. Steele FAMILY LAW MEDIATION
Linda Wade Gettle FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION LAW
H. Gary Pannell
Teri Lynn McMahon SECURITIES REGULATION
SECURITIZATION AND STRUCTURED FINANCE LAW
LITIGATION - PATENT
Robert D. Mowrey
SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW
LITIGATION - MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
ENERGY LAW
ENTERTAINMENT LAW - MUSIC
REAL ESTATE LAW
William Scott Ortwein
William N. Withrow, Jr.
Arthur H. Domby
PUBLIC FINANCE LAW
G. Douglas Dillard
C. Geoffrey Weirich
David G. Russell
Ralph R. Morrison James E. Reynolds, Jr.
Earle R. Taylor III TAX LAW
W. Carter Bates III Reginald J. Clark K. Russell Simpson TECHNOLOGY LAW
James Steinberg TRADEMARK LAW
J. Rodgers Lunsford III TRUSTS AND ESTATES
MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS - DEFENDANTS
Richard E. Barnes Alan F. Rothschild, Jr. Lee A. Summerford Melissa P. Walker
MEDIATION
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAW EMPLOYERS
LITIGATION AND CONTROVERSY - TAX
Sheldon M. Kay
C. Michael Evert, Jr. Patrick T. O’Connor Jonathan C. Peters
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs Atlanta
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW PLAINTIFFS
John A. Sherrill Hector E. Llorens Jr.
Joseph A. Fried
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW DEFENDANTS
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ADMINISTRATIVE / REGULATORY LAW
Joe Fried is not your typical attorney. Based out of Atlanta, he has built a national reputation as an incredible lawyer who gets tremendous results for his clients, and also as someone who selflessly helps other lawyers get the best results possible for their clients. Joe has the unique ability to see into a complex case, pull out the compelling story, and then communicate that story in a simple way that screams out for justice. “My job is to make each case simple and compelling,” Fried asserts. “It all starts with understanding people,” Fried says, “and understanding what motivates them to care.” Fried’s broad education and unique background give him the edge there. He is a former police officer who spent 20 years as a part-time judge, and his education includes physics and accident reconstruction as well as psychology, psychodrama, neurolinguistics, and storytelling. Fried has drawn on his deep well of knowledge and personal experience to create an innovative professional philosophy and approach he says has been key to his success as a plaintiff’s attorney. “First, we make a commitment to be 100% credible.” Fried admits this is not always easy to do, but he feels it is imperative. “Lawsuits are a battle of credibility,” Fried proclaims, “and the side with the credibility at the end wins.” When asked how he deals with negative facts or problems, Fried replies ““I always start with this question: How can the defense be 100% right, and we still win?” This adage isn’t empty rhetoric, nor is it a boast. Rather, Fried employs it in his practice to inspire himself and his team to engage in “outsidethe-box” problem-solving. “We give up our credibility if we fight negative facts,” Fried says. “If I can figure out a compelling reason that we should win, even if the negative fact is true, I can embrace that fact instead of fighting it.” The key, according to Fried, is figuring out why each juror should care about the case. “We win when the case is about something more important than the negative fact,” Fried explains. He and his team spend a lot of time focusing on why every juror, no matter who they are, should care about the case and how a verdict in Fried’s favor serves the greater good. “Until I have that figured out,” Fried says, “I am not ready to try the case.” Fried is a founding member of both the Truck Accident Attorneys Roundtable and the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys and is chair-elect of the Trucking Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice. In addition, Fried is a long standing member of the faculty of the famed Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College. Because of his unique background and fantastic results, Fried is frequently associated by other attorneys around the country to help in the preparation and trial of their cases.
John A. Ferguson, Jr.
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