 Jerry A. Buchanan graduated Magna Cum Laude from the
University of Georgia in 1973, where he was elected to the honor societies of
Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. He graduated Cum Laude from the University of
Georgia School of Law in 1976, and was elected a member of the Order of the
Coif. During his 34 years of law practice, he has been involved in a broad range
of civil litigation mattes, including insurance defense litigation; the
representation of banks in cases of alleged fraud, cases involving the Uniform
Commercial Code and other banking laws and regulations, and cases involving
fiduciary duties, including will contests and guardianship matters; the
representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation over insurance
policy coverage issues; the defense of wrongful death actions; the prosecution
and defense of product liability cases, including cases involving prescription
drugs, meat cutting equipment, automobiles, ladders, nail guns, hot water
heaters, propane gas, and various other industrial and consumer products; the
prosecution and defense of libel and slander actions; the prosecution and
defense of construction litigation cases; wrongful termination actions; the
defense and prosecution of medical malpractice actions; the defense of public
utilities in a variety of litigated matters, including electrical contact cases,
natural and propane gas explosion cases, premises liability actions, and cases
involving federal law and regulations. He has also been involved in a number of
cases involving environmental issues, including both State and Federal laws and
regulations. He is licensed to practice in both Georgia and Alabama.
Mr. Buchanan has been actively involved in the community and the Profession,
serving at various times as a Director of the Younger Lawyers Division of the
State Bar of Georgia; president of the Columbus Bar Association; on the Board of
Directors of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, where he is a past
president; the Board of Directors of CADEF, Childhood Autism Foundation; and on
the administrative board of his church. He was appointed by the United States
District Court to serve as a member of the Civil Justice Reform Act Committee
for the Middle District of Georgia in 1995, and subsequently for two years he
served by appointment of the Court as Chairman of the then newly created
Advisory Group on Civil Justice in the United States Court for the Middle
District of Georgia. Mr. Buchanan is a Fellow of the American College of Trial
Lawyers and a Fellow of the Lawyers Foundation of Georgia.
Mr. Buchanan has spoken at seminars on subjects of civil litigation, discovery,
and trial practice, and has served both as Chairperson and on the faculty of the
Georgia Defense Lawyer’s Association Trial Academy for the last ten years. Mr.
Buchanan served as co-chair of the pro bono seminar sponsored by the Georgia
Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, a two day seminar in Atlanta
offering trial practice continuing legal education for lawyers serving in the
public interest.
Mr. Buchanan has extensive experience as a mediator, having successfully
mediated many complex cases. |
