 Michael D. St. Amand
1700 Atlanta Plaza
950 East Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Phone:
(404) 870-7373
Fax:
(404) 870-7374
E-mail:
Email Me
Web site:
http://www.grsmb.com
Michael D. St. Amand practices general civil litigation, with specialization in the areas of insurance defense, commercial litigation, products liability, life insurance, insurance coverage, and ERISA litigation. He serves as statewide counsel for numerous large and small insurance companies, as well as several private corporations. He has served as lead trial counsel for these and other clients in cases throughout Georgia.
In addition to his trial work, Mr. St. Amand has had extensive training and experience in various forms of ADR, including mediation and arbitration. He has made presentations at a number of continuing legal education seminars on trial practice issues, including cross-examinations, punitive damages, independent medical examinations, and documentation and assessment of monetary damages. He has also led and participated in numerous client seminars on various casualty insurance issues. He is a member of the Atlanta Claims Association, Atlanta Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia.
Mr. St. Amand began practicing law with Messrs. Gray and Rust upon graduation from law school in 1988 and was joined by Messrs. Moffett and Brieske in 1990 and 1994, respectively. Mr. St. Amand is a 1982 graduate of The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated, with honors, from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas in 1985, and received his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1988. Mr. St. Amand's academic honors include: Bryant T. Castellow Scholarship Award; National Merit Scholarship; Special Presidential Scholarship; First Graduate of Trinity University Honors Program; Mortar Board; American Jurisprudence Trusts and Estates Award; and Russell Best Brief Award.
- Partner
- Animal Bites -- Defense
- Animal Bites -- Plaintiff
- Assault & Battery -- Defense
- Assault & Battery -- Plaintiff
- Bad Faith
- Commercial Insurance
- Complex Litigation
- Defamation & Privacy -- Defense
- Defects
- Federal Appellate Practice
- Federal Trial Practice
- Insurance Subrogation
- Life & Health
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Defense
- Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff
- Police Misconduct
- Premises Liability -- Defense
- Premises Liability -- Plaintiff
- Property & Casualty
- Slip and Fall -- Defense
- Slip and Fall -- Plaintiff
- State Appellate Practice
- State Trial Practice
- Wrongful Death -- Defense
- Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Georgia, 1988
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1988
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia,
1988
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Bryant T. Castellow Scholar
Honors: American Jurisprudence Trusts & Estates Award
Honors: Russell Best Brief Award
Honors: Mortar Board
- Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas,
1985
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: With Honors
Honors: National Merit Scholar
Honors: Special Presidential Scholar
Major: Political Science
- Duncan v. Integon General Ins. Corp., 267 Ga. 646
(Georgia Supreme Court 1997)
- Jackson v. Dunkin' Donuts, Inc., 211 Ga. App. 598
(Georgia Court of Appeals 1993)
- Barton Malow Co. v. Metro Mfg., Inc., 214 Ga.App. 56
(Georgia Court of Appeals 1994)
- Sinclair v. Orozco, 205 Ga.App. 498
(Georgia Court of Appeals 1992)
- Bergan v. Time Ins. Co., 196 Ga.App. 78
(Georgia Court of Appeals 1990)
- Allen v. Allstate Life Ins. Co., 31 Fed.Appx. 929
(United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit 2002)
- GMAC Insurance
- Auto-Owners Insurance Co.
- Winning Ways with Direct and Cross-Examination: Guiding Principles for the Civil Litigator in Georgia, National Business Institute Seminar,
1997
- Independent Medical and Psychiatric Examinations, ICLE,
1998
- Closing Arguments in Punitive Damage Trials, ICLE Seminar,
1998
- Chair, Atlanta Claims Association Convention Seminar,
1998
- Direct Examination of Medical Experts, ICLE-GA,
2001
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2002
- Art of Cross-Examination, National Business Institute,
2001
- Analyzing Damages in PI Cases, National Business Institute,
2000
- Conducting an Effective Cross-Examination in Georgia, Lorman Educational Services,
2001
- Recipient, American Jurisprudence Trusts and Estates Award
- Recipient, Russell Best Brief Award
- Mortar Board
- Member
- Atlanta Bar Association
- Member
- State Bar of Georgia
- Member
- Atlanta Claims Association
- Member
- Secret Santa Project (Atlanta Bar Association),
1999
- Present
- Zaban Night Shelters,
1996
- Present
- Olympic Volunteer
- Park Pride Project
- Rails to Trails Project
- Christmas in April Project
- Public Service Committee (Atlanta Claims Association)
- Atlanta Community Food Bank,
1994
- Present
- Big Brothers of Atlanta
- Pi Sigma Alpha
- Phi Delta Phi
- September 11, 1964, Quantico, Virginia
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