The Firm
Statement of Practice:
Personal Injury; Tort Litigation; Workers' Compensation; White Collar Crime Defense; Business Litigation; Whistleblower Law; Trials and Appeals
Other Office Address:
Locust Grove, Georgia Office: 3590 Highway 42
Richard W. Hendrix
Mr. Hendrix was born on August 22, 1952 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1977 and the bar in South Carolina in 1978. He is licensed to practice law in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Hendrix earned his JD in 1977 from Emory University and his BA in 1974 from Davidson College, where he graduated with cum laude honors.
"A Refresher On the Federal Tort Claims Act," The Verdict (Winter, 1999); "Rule 16 and the Jencks Act: A Need for Legal Reform," Calendar Call (Winter, 1996); "White Collar Crime: New Tools for Prosecution," The Atlanta Lawyer (Summer, 1986); "Crossing State Lines in Wrongful Death Actions: Traps for the Unwary," The Verdict (Fall, 1990);"Corporate Criminal Liability: The Need for Effective Compliance Programs," South Carolina Lawyer, (March/April, 1993)
1992-present: Adjunct Professor of Litigation, Georgia State University of Law; 1991-1992: Associate Independent Counsel, re: Dept. of Housing and Urban Development; 1979-1985: Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division
Atlanta Bar Association; American Bar Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; American Inns of Courts (Master Lamar Inn); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Tort Law; Personal Injury Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense
Michael A. Sullivan
Mr. Sullivan was born on December 9, 1955 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1985. Mr. Sullivan earned his JD in 1984 from Vanderbilt University. He earned his AB in 1977 from the University of North Carolina. While at Vanderbilt University, Mr. Sullivan was the Senior Articles Editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review from 1983 to 1984.
"Professional and Ethical Dilemmas in Litigation," ICLE of Georgia, 1998-2004; "Overlooked Theories of Liability," ICLE of Georgia, 2004; "Fiduciary Negligence," Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2001;"Trial Techniques in Product Liability Cases," Products Liability Section of the State Bar of Georgia, 2001;"Peremptory Strike Is Worth Preserving," Coauthor, with Bobby Lee Cook, 2 Georgia State Bar Journal 38, (December 1996); Chapters on perjury and other offenses related to judicial proceedings, Georgia Jurisprudence, (Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, 1995);"Developments in Criminal Law: United States Supreme Court Update 1993-1994 Term," Lecturer, ICLE of Georgia, September 1994;
1995-1998: Associate Independent Counsel for HUD Investigation
American Trial Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court (Master, Bleckley Inn); Board of Directors, Federal Defender Program; Atlanta Bar Association (Member, Judicial Selection and Tenure Committee, 1997-2000; Litigation and Criminal Sections); American Bar Association (Member, Committee on Complex Crimes Litigation and White Collar Crime Southeast Regional Subcommittee; Criminal Justice and Tort and Insurance Sections); Member, Trial, General Practice and Criminal Sections, State Bar of Georgia; Executive and Legislative Committees; Co-editor, The Verdict, from 2000-2001, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Canal Ins. Co. v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 256 Ga. App. 866, 570 S.E.2d 60 (2002); United States v. Watt, 911 F. Supp. 538 (D.D.C. 1995); J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. v. Bentley, 207 Ga. App. 250, 427 S.E.2d 499 (Ga. App. 1992); Aetna v. Cantrell, 197 Ga. App. 672, 399 S.E.2d 237 (Ga. App. 1990)
Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Business Torts; Commercial Litigation; Whistleblower "Qui Tam" Litigation; Fraud; Fiduciary Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense
Steven R. Wisebram
Mr. Wisebram was born on August 4, 1952 in Barnesville, Georgia. He was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1977. He is licensed to practice law in Georgia, the District of Columbia, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Wisebram earned his JD in 1977 from Emory University and his AB in 1974 from Harvard University.
1984-1987: United States Department of Justice, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force; 1980-1987: Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Georgia; 1977-1980: United States Congress, Counsel to Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
Personal Injury Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense; Commercial and Business Litigation
David E. Naylor
Mr. Naylor was born on December 4, 1953 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1987. He is licensed to practice law before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Naylor earned his JD in 1987 from Woodrow Wilson College of Law and his BA in 1976 from Mercer University.
Member, Trial and Workers' Compensation Sections, State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association; Atlanta Bar Association; American Bar Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Personal Injury; Products Liability Litigation; Workers' Compensation
Charles E. McCranie, Esq. (Of Counsel)
Mr. McCranie was born on August 23, 1927 in Cecil, Georgia. He was admitted to the bar in Georgia in 1953. He is licensed to practice law before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. McCranie earned his LLB in 1953 at John Marshal University, where he was a Sigma Delta Kappa member. He earned his AB from the University of Georgia in 1950.
State Bar of Georgia; Atlanta Bar Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Bar Association; Fellow, American Board of Trial Advocates