Mike is and has been active representing plaintiffs in personal injury, wrongful death, products and pharmaceutical liability, class actions and mass torts actions that have resulted in verdicts or settlements approaching a billion dollars. Many of these cases were the first such cases in the nation and many involved innovative, ground-breaking legal strategies. He and his partners have long been recognized both in Georgia and nationally as a go-to firm that will take on the most challenging cases and opposition.
In the last few years, Mike has focused on mass tort litigation and has served in leadership roles in several national, high profile, injury cases.? Mike has served in leadership roles in the following:
Wake Forest University ? 1978 ? B.A. magna cum laude
University of Georgia ? 1982 ? J.D. cum laude
American Bar Association, member
Atlanta Bar Association, member
Georgia Legal Services Foundation,?former member Board of Directors
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA),?special member
National Academy of Jurisprudence (Premier 100 trial attorney of the state of Georgia),?member
National Trial Lawyers Georgia Appleseed,?member, Board of Advisors, member
State Bar of Georgia, American Bar, member
Association of Justice (AAJ),?Leader?s Forum, lecturer, Litigation Group Chair
Georgia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas
U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Illinois
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Best Lawyers in America ? 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
National Trial Lawyers ? Top 100 Trial Lawyers ? 2012
Super Lawyers ? 2015
Top Rated Lawyer in ?Mass Torts Law? ? American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell ? 2013, 2017