Michael D. St. Amand practices civil litigation, with specialization in the areas of insurance defense and insurance coverage. He serves as statewide counsel for large and small insurance companies, as well as private corporations. He has extensive jury trial experience and serves as lead trial counsel in federal and state court cases.
Mr. St. Amand has extensive experience training attorneys throughout the state and has made presentations at a number of continuing legal education seminars on ADR and mediation, premises liability cases, challenging and cross-examining expert witnesses, and defending punitive damage claims. 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 (UGA); National Merit Scholarship (Trinity); Special Presidential Scholarship (Trinity); First Graduate of Trinity University Honors Program (1985); Mortar Board; American Jurisprudence Trusts and Estates Award; and Russell Best Brief Award (UGA).
Conducting an Effective Cross-Examination in Georgia, Lorman Educational Services
Art of Cross-Examination, National Business Institute
Analyzing Damages in PI Cases, National Business Institute
Direct Examination of Medical Experts, ICLE-GA
Chair, Atlanta Claims Association Convention Seminar
Closing Arguments in Punitive Damage Trials, ICLE Seminar
Independent Medical and Psychiatric Examinations, ICLE
Winning Ways with Direct and Cross-Examination: Guiding Principles for the Civil Litigator in Georgia, National Business Institute Seminar
Co-Author, Agency Section of Georgia Jurisprudence: Employment Law (Treatise), Lawyer, West/Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing
Animal Bites — Defense & Plaintiff
Assault & Battery, Defense & 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 & Plaintiff
Police Misconduct
Premises Liability — Defense & Plaintiff
Property & Casualty
Slip and Fall — Defense & Plaintiff
State Appellate Practice
State Trial Practice
Wrongful Death — Defense & Plaintiff
Michael D. St. Amand practices civil litigation, with specialization in the areas of insurance defense and insurance coverage. He serves as statewide counsel for large and small insurance companies, as well as private corporations. He has extensive jury trial experience and serves as lead trial counsel in federal and state court cases.
Mr. St. Amand has extensive experience training attorneys throughout the state and has made presentations at a number of continuing legal education seminars on ADR and mediation, premises liability cases, challenging and cross-examining expert witnesses, and defending punitive damage claims. 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 (UGA); National Merit Scholarship (Trinity); Special Presidential Scholarship (Trinity); First Graduate of Trinity University Honors Program (1985); Mortar Board; American Jurisprudence Trusts and Estates Award; and Russell Best Brief Award (UGA).
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.
Major: Political Science
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: With Honors
Honors: National Merit Scholar
Honors: Special Presidential Scholar
Fraternities
Pi Sigma Alpha
Phi Delta Phi
Bar Admissions
1988 | Georgia
1988 | U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
1988 | U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
