Richard Griggs

Richard is an experienced civil litigator who is proficient at handling complex cases with large damages, multiple expert witnesses, and large volumes of documentary evidence in a variety of areas including automotive product defects (and components such as airbags, seats, seatbelts, roof structures, fuel systems, and tires), general products liability, serious motor vehicle and large truck wrecks, premises and work-site accidents, and home and golf cart fires.

He has been sole lead or co-lead counsel in over 70 jury trials since he began practicing law over 30 years ago. Many of Richard’s clients or their family members have experienced death, quadriplegia, spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain damage, severe burns and other catastrophic injuries requiring long-term rehabilitation and significant ongoing medical costs.

Richard has been invited to speak at numerous seminars hosted by various groups on topics that include tractor-trailer litigation, jury selection, accident reconstruction, pre-suit investigation of civil claims, brain injuries, products liability, expert witnesses, wrongful death, demonstrative evidence and other trial-related subjects.

Richard has authored numerous articles on trial practice and evidentiary topics that have appeared in a variety of legal publications including The Brief magazine, the national quarterly publication of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section, the ABA’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal, the Mercer Law Review, and the Georgia Defense Lawyers Journal.

Richard has handled cases throughout Georgia, including all Metro Atlanta counties, and North, Middle and South Georgia. He has also been admitted pro hac vice (“for this event”) in cases in Florida, Hawaii, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia.

Richard received a B.A. degree from the University of Georgia in 1991 and a law degree from Mercer University in 1995. At Mercer, Richard was a member of both the Moot Court Board and the Law Review. He was the Prosecutor of the Honor Court and a member of the Order of Barristers.

Richard lives in Atlanta with his wife. They have two college-age sons and two dogs. When he is not practicing law he enjoys golf, tennis, padel, travel, reading, and spending time in the mountains of Western North Carolina or along the Georgia coast.