Jeffrey M. Wasick

Contact Information

Address:

1700 Atlanta Plaza
950 East Paces Ferry Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30326

Phone:

404-870-7433

Fax:

404-870-1033

E-mail:

jwasick@grsmb.com

Website

http://www.grsmb.com

Biography

Jeff Wasick is an associate at Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske LLP focusing on civil litigation. Jeff earned his Juris Doctorate from Emory University School of Law in 2005 before serving as Judicial Law Clerk in the Georgia Superior Court for Houston County, Houston Judicial Circuit, serving as clerk to both the Honorable George F. Nunn, Chief Judge, and the Honorable Edward D. Lukemire, Judge. Jeff is admitted to practice before all trial and appellate courts of the State of Georgia as well as the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Jeff is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, and the Defense Research Institute. Jeff is a member of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association education committee and has served as a panel evaluator for the Fulton County Regional of the Georgia High School Mock Trial Competition.

Jeff is a National Merit Scholar and an Eagle Scout (Troop 382, Copley, Ohio) and he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history with a minor in economics from Kent State University, summa cum laude, in 1998. At Kent State, Jeff was honored as the History Department Student of the Year, awarded admission to Phi Alpha Theta, and was a Distinguished Senior Leadership Award winner.

Current Employment Position(s):

Associate

Areas of Practice:

Insurance Defense
Trial Practice
Premises Liability
Motor Carrier Liability
Insurance Coverage
Construction Liens
Construction Defects
Insurance Subrogation
Products Liability
Business and Commercial Litigation

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Superior Courts of Georgia – 2006
Court of Appeals of Georgia – 2007
Supreme Court of Georgia – 2007
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia – 2008
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit – 2012

Education:

Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, 2005 J.D.
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1998 B.A.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Major: History

Representative Cases:

Berni v. Cousins Properties, Inc., — S.E.2d —, 2012 WL 2478154 (Ga.App. 2012) (premises liability)

Lewis v. Ritz Carlton Hotel Co., LLC, 310 Ga.App. 58, 712 S.E.2d 91 (2011). (defense of tort claims for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution)

Kairos Peachtree Associates, LLC v. Papadopoulos, 288 Ga.App. 161, 653 S.E.2d 386 (2007). (civil procedure)

Publications:

Co-author of “Defending Your Case Using Technology” article for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia’s Defense of a Personal Injury Claim CLE held February 2, 2012, in support of presentation by lead author Matthew G. Moffett.

Co-author of “Jazz” chapter in Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 34, Issue 2 (2000), with lead author Dr. William Kenney.

Past Employment Positions:

McLain & Merritt, P.C., Associate, 2006 – 2008