It is a rather morbid statistic that the Georgia State Patrol keeps but it is helpful to keep track of, and that is the number of deaths on Georgia Highways during a holiday. For the just completed Thanksgiving Holiday, that unfortunate number is 19. This is an increase in the…
Most people don’t realize this, but your own car insurance company, the one you pay premiums to to protect you, is your adversary, not your friend. You must treat them like an adversary whenever you are involved in a car wreck, even when it is not your fault. If you…
Many of you know one of my favorite topics to opine upon as a plaintiff’s personal injury attorney in Atlanta, Georgia is distracted driving. I have seen too many families lose loved ones in car wrecks because of another driver’s ridiculous insistence on texting while driving. It is rampant in…
REMARKS TO GAWL GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN LAWYERS, JUDICIAL LUNCHEON-OCTOBER 17, 2012- ROBIN FRAZER CLARK, PRESIDENT, STATE BAR OF GEORGIA Thank you, Susan, for that kind introduction and the very nice invitation of the GAWL to be with you here today. I see some dear friends in the audience today,…
There has been a frightening number of wrong way car wrecks in Metropolitan Atlanta lately, four since August 15, and all involving fatalities. This is extremely alarming on numerous levels. First, at least two of these involved alcohol. There is evidence the wrong way driver, the “at-fault” driver, had consumed…
Friends: Tomorrow, we citizens of Georgia, get the opportunity to exercise one of our sacred rights: the right to vote. I urge each of you to do so. Other than serving on a jury, voting may be the single most important thing you do as a citizen. During my personal…
The drama at Lake Lanier that has been playing out over the last ten days has been absolutely heartwrenching. Our prayers go out to the Prince family, who lost two sons, Jake, 9 and Griffin, 13, in that tragic boating collision that occurred on Lake Lanier during the evening hours…
Robin Frazer Clark of Atlanta Installed as 50th President of State Bar of Georgia June 2, 2012 Contact: Sarah I. Coole or sarahc@gabar.org Savannah – Robin Frazer Clark of Atlanta was installed as the 50th president of the 43,000-member State Bar of Georgia on June 2 during the organization’s annual…
In a few days I will be asking a Fulton County, Georgia jury to return a verdict for the plaintiff for the full value of the life of a young man who was 31 years old when he died, a husband and a father of two young sons. What the…
On May 10-11 I’ll be at the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) Annual Seminar and Convention held at the Loews Hotel in Midtown Atlanta. This is ground zero for the best trial lawyers in the State of Georgia. I am speaking on the power of cognitive neuroscience use at trial.…