Georgia Lawyers

Personal Injury Law

150 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Suite 220, Decatur, GA 30030

Rich is an attorney in our litigation department primarily focusing on personal injury litigation, including motor vehicle accidents, tractor-trailer accidents, wrongful death, and premises liability incidents. While Rich was born in Boston, Massachusetts, his family soon moved to Riverdale, Georgia, where he grew up and attended school. Rich’s passion for the law led him to become a police officer in Peachtree City, Georgia, where he served over a decade in uniform patrol, criminal investigations, and administration. Over the next eighteen years, Rich broadened his organizational and leadership skills in the private sector, holding various managerial positions in sales, projects, and operations. Rich graduated magna cum laude from Liberty University, earning a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems with a minor in Accounting. Rich continued his education, earning a Master of Business Administration, project management specialization. While completing his MBA Rich was also inducted into the Delta Mu Delta Business Honors Society. In 2016, Rich redirected his passion for the law and attended Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law. While at Mercer, Rich was on the Dean’s List five out of six semesters, a member and officer of the Christian Legal Society and graduated cum laude. Rich began working at Dozier Law Firm as a law clerk in his second year of law school. He continued to work part-time until passing the Georgia Bar and joined the firm as an associate attorney. As a law clerk, Rich drafted countless pleadings, motions, and briefs affording invaluable experience in civil litigation, as well as a distinct advantage as an emerging attorney.

Personal Injury Law

220 Church St, Decatur, GA 30030, USA

Personal Injury Law

47 Professional Dr, Brunswick, GA 31520, USA

With five decades of experience, Bob Killian focuses his practice on matters of civil litigation, primarily personal injury and wrongful death. He has been legal counsel in cases in which over $160 million have been recovered for his clients. He handles cases primarily in Glynn, Camden, Liberty, Brantley, McIntosh, Chatham, Ware, and Wayne counties. In addition to his principal area of personal injury and wrongful death, he has successfully represented clients in business litigation cases, condemnation cases, civil rights cases and estate disputes. He has tried well over 300 civil cases to verdict and has handled over fifty appeals to the Georgia Court of Appeals, Supreme Court of Georgia, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Killian obtained his Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law, and he was admitted to the Georgia State Bar in 1976. He served many years as a Vice President of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association of which he is member. He is also a member of the Glynn County Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the American Bar Association, National Association of Distinguished Counsel-The Nation’s Top One Percent, the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Plaintiff and National Trial Lawyers Top 25 Motor Vehicles. He has been selected to Super Lawyers each year beginning in 2008. He has also been recognized for Lifetime Achievement Membership by America’s Top 100 Attorneys and is a Lifetime Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Dedicated to putting his extensive trial experience to work for his clients, Mr. Killian has garnered recognition among his peers. For over three decades, he has had the AV Preeminent® which is the highest level of Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™,* and he is a with a Kiss and Make-up Letter,” appears in the 1990 winter issue of Verdict, the quarterly journal of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. He also wrote “Use of Experts to Show How Darkness Affects Driver Vision in Tractor Trailer Wrecks” for the journal’s 1997 winter issue, and he co-authored “Examination of the Police Officer in an Automobile Collision Case” published in Calendar Call, a publication of the trial section of the State Bar of Georgia. In addition to writing, he has been a speaker at Georgia Trial Lawyer seminars. From his office in Brunswick, Georgia, Mr. Killian represents clients in the communities of St. Simons Island, Kingsland, Woodbine, St Marys, Jesup, Nahunta, Darien, Baxley, Waycross, Folkston and many others in Southeast GA. When he’s not in the office, Mr. Killian can often be found watching a game, spending time with loved ones, or playing with his four grandchildren. True to his family-first nature, one of his proudest joys is practicing law alongside his daughter, Bonnie. *Martindale-Hubbell conducts a thorough review of attorneys who wish to receive a Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™, through a secure online peer review survey where a lawyer’s ethical standards and legal ability in a specific area of practice is assessed by their peers. Once the review process is completed an attorney may receive 1 of the following Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Ratings™: AV Preeminent®: The highest peer rating standard. This is given to attorneys who are ranked at the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards by their peers. Distinguished: An excellent rating for an attorney who has some experience and is widely respected by their peers for their professional achievement and ethical standards. Notable: A rating given to a lawyer who has been recognized by a large number of their peers for their strong ethical standards. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. This selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.© 2025 Super Lawyers®. All rights reserved.

Personal Injury Law

201 Joseph E. Lowery Blvd NW suite 312, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA

Robert M. Hammers Jr. is a highly respected Atlanta personal injury attorney and managing partner at Hammers Car Accident & Personal Injury Lawyers. He is dedicated to representing individuals and families who have been harmed by negligence, with a strong focus on toxic torts, mass torts, and complex personal injury cases involving defective drugs and medical devices. Throughout his career, Rob has tried more than 50 cases before juries and has secured over $100 million in verdicts and settlements for his clients. His extensive trial experience and strategic approach make him a powerful advocate for those seeking justice and accountability. Rob serves in leadership roles within the legal community, including the Executive Committee of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and the Board of Governors for the American Association for Justice. He is also actively involved in major multidistrict litigation, handling high-stakes product liability and toxic tort cases on a national level.

Civil Litigation

6323 Roosevelt Hwy, Union City, GA 30291, USA

Ronald Jeff Freeman, Sr. is the Co-Founder of Johnson & Freeman, LLC. The firm was established in 1994 and continues to provide representation to domestic entities, foreign governments, and appointed and elected officials. Freeman graduated with High Honors in 1982 from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science. After receiving a “Regents Opportunity Scholarship” from the State of Georgia, he received his Juris Doctor Degree from Georgia State University School of Law in 1985. Freeman also serves as the Chief Judge in Municipal Courts in Clayton and Fulton Counties. Freeman is a member of the Georgia Council of Municipal Court Judges. He occasionally teaches at the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education in Athens, Georgia, on Alternative Sentencing for Youthful Offenders and serves as a Mentor Judge for new Judges in the State of Georgia.