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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
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
Products
Liability
Appellate
Representation
Civil
Litigation
PROFESSIONAL
LEADERSHIP
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).
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