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James B. Matthews III

James B. Matthews III

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Civil Litigation

440 College Ave ste 320, Athens, GA 30601, USA

Jim handles a wide range of plaintiffs’ personal injury cases. He focuses his practice on product defects, medical negligence, and trucking accidents. Jim is from Cordele, Georgia, where he attended Crisp County High School before attending Georgia Southern University on a baseball scholarship. After being drafted by the Atlanta Braves, Jim played professionally in the minor leagues for a short while before ultimately following a path toward his legal career. He graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1983. With more than 40 years of legal experience, Jim has earned a reputation as a seasoned and successful trial lawyer. In the early years of his career, he defended hundreds of personal injury cases. He defended hospitals and physicians, trucking companies, and manufacturers of a wide range of products, including tobacco and asbestos products. He also worked on behalf of companies in business litigation matters. Jim eventually decided to switch sides and focus on the representation of plaintiffs after a successful trial in which he represented a U.S. Court of Appeals judge in a personal injury case. At Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C., he now handles a wide variety of personal injury and wrongful death cases brought by injured victims and their families, as well as plaintiff business litigation. Most of Jim’s clients are referred to him by other attorneys and former clients he has helped in the past. Jim is actively involved in the pelvic mesh and hernia mesh litigation. He is co-lead counsel in the C.R. Bard hernia mesh consolidated litigation in Rhode Island, was lead counsel in the Atrium C-Qur hernia mesh litigation in state court in New Hampshire, and was state court liaison to the New Hampshire federal court C-Qur multi-district litigation. He had significant roles in the discovery, deposition, and pre-trial stages of the Ethicon/Johnson & Johnson Physiomesh hernia mesh multidistrict litigation in Atlanta (which was settled before trial) and in all stages, including trial, in the C.R. Bard pelvic mesh MDL in federal court in Charleston, West Virginia (which settled after a win for his client in the first bellwether trial). Following many successful medical malpractice cases, Jim was chosen to co-author the chapter on Legal Issues in a highly respected medical textbook, Clinical Anesthesiology Practice.

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James Painter

James Painter

Distinguished Lawyer

Medical Malpractice Law

5775 Glenridge Drive, Building E, Suite 100, Atlanta, GA 30328

Jim practices in the area of general civil litigation, with an emphasis on medical malpractice defense. Managing partner of our Augusta office, Jim?s practice focuses on representing hospitals, physicians, nursing homes and other health care providers throughout Georgia and South Carolina. From pre-suit investigation through final judgment, Jim has obtained numerous medical malpractice defense verdicts in State and Federal Courts. He also handles comprehensive general insurance defense, including suits involving allegations of premises liability, product liability, defamation, breach of contract, worker?s compensation, and automobile and trucking liability.

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Jennifer Gore-Cuthbert

Personal Injury Law

295 W Crossville Rd, Suite 200, Roswell, GA 30075

Jennifer Gore-Cuthbert is the founding attorney and owner of Atlanta Personal Injury Law Group – Gore, a personal injury firm based in Roswell, Georgia. Atlanta Personal Injury Law Group – Gore represents victims of vehicle collisions, drunk driving collisions, those injured in a slip-and-fall, and wrongful death cases. Jennifer is committed to building a close working relationship with her clients to provide quality, compassionate, and efficient legal representation. Jennifer’s goals of becoming an attorney and opening her own practice were shaped by her own personal injury experiences. In college, she was seriously hurt in a car accident. After going through the arduous recovery process and having to navigate her own legal case, Jennifer decided that she wanted to dedicate her professional life to helping other victims get back on track. Since opening its doors in 2013, Atlanta Personal Injury Law Group – Gore has grown exponentially in case portfolio, revenue, and employee size. Jennifer has also received several prestigious awards and recognitions, including: Avvo Clients’ Choice Award, Avvo Top Personal Attorney, Avvo Top Attorney, American Institute of Personal Injury Attorney’s “10 Best in Client Satisfaction,” The National Trial Lawyers’ “Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Lawyers,” Superlawyers “Rising Star in Personal Injury Law,” Georgia Trend Magazine’s “Legal Elite in Personal Injury Law,” Atlanta Attorneys at Law Magazine’s “Attorneys to Watch,” and recently, Daily Report’s “Best Social Mediator.” In addition to building her own prosperous law practice, Jennifer regularly takes time to mentor younger attorneys on topics such as personal injury law, practice management, and business marketing. She has garnered recognition from various reputable news outlets, including CEO Weekly: “Entrepreneurship Beyond Law: Jennifer Gore-Cuthbert’s Multifaceted Journey to Unprecedented Success.”

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