Dwight A. Meredith

(Emeritus) (Mr. Meredith is in the process of moving his practice to the new Elon Law School, to open Fall 2006 in Greensboro, NC)

Areas of Expertise

• Wrongful Death Litigation

• Catastrophic Personal Injury Litigation

• Complex Real Estate Litigation

• Appeals, Federal and State

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PRACTICE PROFILE

AV rating Martindale-Hubbell

EDUCATION

• LL.M., in Litigation, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1986.

• J.D., Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1985.

• B.A., in Public Policy Sciences and Economics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1977.

ADMISSIONS

• FEDERAL United States Supreme Court, United States Circuit Court for the 11th Circuit (Atlanta, Georgia), United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern District of Georgia.

• GEORGIA Georgia Supreme Court and Court of Appeals.

FOCUS OF PRACTICE

    Civil Litigation

• In 1998, the firm resolved one of the largest prefiling personal injury settlements in Georgia.

• Catastrophic Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

  • Trial and Appeal

• Products Liability

  • Trial and Appeal

• Appellate Representation

  • Defend Verdicts on Appeals

  • Appellate Real Property Litigation

• Civil Litigation

  • Trial and Appeal

  • Extensive Knowledge of Real Estate Mineral Law

  • Extensive Representation of Landowners Concerning the Subsurface Partition of Mineral Lands.

PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP

• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA).

• Author and Lecturer, A Quick Reference Guide to OCGA 9-15-14, Superior Court Judge’s Annual Conference, St. Simon’s Island, Georgia. July 26-29, 1998.

• Represented Landowners in the largest court supervised partition of Real Estate in Georgia history — 7,000 acres. Obtained and Managed valuations on the subsurface minerals, fee simple surface and timber rights on 7,000 acres.

• Author, 1996 Annual Start to Finish Seminar, “How to Get Around Defendant’s Refusal to Turnover Requested Documents,” GTLA, Atlanta, 1996.

• Georiga Trial Lawyers Association  (GTLA)

• Co-Author, Textbook, Advanced Trial Problems and Case File, 1st Ed, (NITA, 1988). ISBN 1-55681-121-7.

• Represented Clients in the first case to apply the offensive use of collateral estoppel in a wrongful death action, Winding River, et al. v. Barnett, 218 Ga. App. 35, 459 S.E.2d 569 (1995), cert. denied.

• Counsel, Co-Counsel or Appellate Counsel on most recent major cases cited in Georgia with regard to the interpretation of partition of real property, O.C.G.A. § 44-6-166.1.

CIVIC AND PERSONAL

• Regional Bridge Champion; Participant 1998 Nationals.

• Intern, Hon. Marvin Shoob, United States Judge, Northern District of Georgia – Atlanta Division (1986).