Georgia Car Accident Lawyers

This page lists Georgia personal injury firms as an informational resource, followed by a short summary of the Georgia rules that apply to most car accident claims.

Before you read the listings, read the note at the end of this page. It sets out what this directory is and is not, and how the information in it was compiled. The short version: listing here is not an endorsement, the firm details and results below are each firm’s own published material rather than anything verified here, and details change.

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JOHN FOY & ASSOCIATES

• Brand: “The Strong Arm”
• Phone: (404) 400-4000
• Address: 3353 Peachtree Rd NE, Ste. 700, Atlanta, GA 30326
• Website: johnfoy.com
• Key Attorneys: John M. Foy, Duncan M. Harle, Patty K. Kim, Charles E. Johnson III
• Coverage: Atlanta, Augusta, Alpharetta, Columbus, Macon, Marietta, with additional locations statewide
• Services: Free consultation, 24/7 availability, contingency fee, Spanish-language services
• Firm-reported results: The firm publishes aggregate recovery figures and individual verdicts on its own website

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GARY MARTIN HAYS & ASSOCIATES

• Brand: “Georgia’s Power Law Firm”
• Phone: 1-800-898-HAYS (1-800-898-4297)
• Lead Attorney: Gary Martin Hays, former insurance defense lawyer, practicing since 1993
• Office Locations (nine): Duluth (3098 Breckinridge Blvd), Atlanta (75 Ponce De Leon Ave NE), Lithonia (6830 Main St), College Park (5640 Old National Hwy), Marietta (2372 Austell Rd SW), Gainesville (1016 Thompson Bridge Rd), Conyers (1000 Peek St NW), Jonesboro (6741 Tara Blvd), Douglasville (2092 Fairburn Rd)
• Recognition: Super Lawyers, Million Dollar Advocates, Martindale-Hubbell Platinum, BBB A+
• Media: Has appeared on national and local broadcast media and co-created a legal television programme
• Publications: Author of a personal injury claims guide series, offered as free downloads
• Community: Founded “Keep Georgia Safe” (2008) and a seasonal community giving programme
• Services: Free consultation, Spanish-language services (Se Habla Español)
• Firm-reported results: The firm publishes aggregate recovery figures and individual verdicts on its own website

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TOBIN INJURY LAW

• Phone: (404) 587-8423
• Address: 38 Old Ivy Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30342
• Additional offices: Johns Creek (6290 Abbotts Bridge Rd., #104), Snellville (2194 North Road, Ste. 150), Smyrna (1177A Concord Road)
• Lead Attorney: Darren Tobin
• Approach: Represents injured claimants rather than insurers; maintains a deliberately small caseload for direct attorney access
• Recognition: AV Preeminent Rating, Super Lawyers, Georgia Legal Elite, Best Lawyers in America, Avvo Client’s Choice
• Background: Cites experience of apartheid-era South Africa as formative to his commitment to civil justice work
• Coverage: Serves the whole of Georgia including rural counties
• Services: 24/7 client access, direct team communication
• Firm-reported results: The firm publishes individual verdicts and settlements on its own website

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BRODIE LAW GROUP (MACON)

• Phone: (478) 239-2780
• Main Office: 4580 Sheraton Drive, Macon, GA 31210
• Additional Offices: Gray, Milledgeville
• Service Areas: Macon, Warner Robins, Dublin, Milledgeville, Middle Georgia
• Key Attorneys: Ashley Brodie, Sean Brodie, Natasha Frank, Ashley Herndon Seymour, Mark Usher
• Local Focus: Middle Georgia practice with familiarity with the I-75, I-16 and I-475 corridors
• Practice Areas: Car, truck, motorcycle, pedestrian, bicycle and rideshare accidents
• Services: Free case evaluations, Spanish-language services (Hablamos Español)
• Website: brodielawgroup.com

Pedestrian collisions are a persistent problem in Middle Georgia, and pedestrian claims raise issues that ordinary vehicle-to-vehicle claims do not, including sight lines, roadway design and the availability of uninsured motorist coverage where no vehicle policy responds. If you have been injured in a pedestrian accident or any type of auto collision in Middle Georgia, Brodie Law Group’s car accident lawyers in Macon handle these matters, with offices in Macon, Gray, and Milledgeville and Spanish-language services available.

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REYNOLDS, HORNE & SURVANT (MACON)

• Phone: (478) 405-0300 (the firm also publishes (478) 217-2582 on its site)
• Fax: (478) 405-0550
• Address: 6320 Peake Rd, P.O. Box 26610, Macon, GA 31210-6610
• Experience: The firm reports approximately fifty years serving Macon and Middle Georgia
• Coverage: Macon, Warner Robins, Middle Georgia, and the wider Southeast
• Practice Areas: Car, truck and motorcycle accidents, wrongful death, workers’ compensation, medical malpractice, products liability, aviation, nursing home negligence, premises liability, and mediation
• Recognition: Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated, Super Lawyers
• Services: Free case evaluation
• Coverage focus: Liability, UM/UIM, med-pay and property damage coverage questions

After a car accident in Middle Georgia, understanding your own insurance coverage often matters as much as establishing fault. The distinction between “offset” and “add-on” uninsured motorist coverage can change what you actually recover, and whether limits from more than one policy can be combined is a genuinely complex question in Georgia rather than a simple election. The Macon car accident attorneys at Reynolds, Horne & Survant work on these coverage questions alongside the liability case.

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GAUTREAUX LAW (MACON)

• Phone: (478) 238-9758
• Address: 778 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA 31201
• Lead Attorneys: Jarome Gautreaux, David Cooke, Griffin Green
• Approach: Selective about cases taken, with direct attorney involvement rather than high-volume handling
• Service Areas: Macon, Warner Robins, Middle Georgia, and courts throughout Georgia from Atlanta to Albany
• Practice Areas: Car, motorcycle and truck accidents, distracted driving, DUI crashes, side-impact, rear-end, hit-and-run, uninsured motorist and pedestrian accidents
• Services: Free consultation, contingency fee
• Trial posture: Substantial jury trial experience across Georgia

Not all car accident practices are structured the same way. Some firms carry very large caseloads, which can mean most of a client’s contact is with support staff. If you prefer direct access to your attorney and a firm prepared to try the case if it does not settle, Gautreaux Law’s Macon car accident attorneys operate on a different model, with lead attorney Jarome Gautreaux meeting clients personally.

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ADAMS, JORDAN & HERRINGTON, P.C. (MACON)

• Phone: (478) 743-2159
• Macon Office: 915 Hill Park, Macon, GA 31201
• Milledgeville Office: 115 E. McIntosh Street, Milledgeville, GA 31061
• Albany Office: 2410 Westgate Drive, Albany, GA 31707
• Lead Attorney: Virgil Adams
• Experience: The firm reports over forty years representing Georgia accident victims
• Service Areas: Macon, Milledgeville, Albany, Middle Georgia
• Practice Areas: Car, truck, motorcycle and bicycle accidents, pedestrian accidents, wrongful death, medical malpractice, premises liability, construction accidents, and dog bites
• Special Circumstances: Uninsured and underinsured motorist claims, government liability, work-related crashes, hit-and-run
• Services: Free consultation, contingency fee
• Note: The firm advises that immigration status does not affect the right to file a personal injury claim

Serious collisions on Macon’s higher-volume roads, including the I-75 corridor near Mercer University, Eisenhower Parkway and Gray Highway, often involve the harder categories of claim: uninsured motorists, government defendants with short ante-litem notice deadlines, and hit-and-run. Adams, Jordan & Herrington’s car accident lawyers in Macon handle these matters across Middle Georgia from offices in Macon, Milledgeville, and Albany.

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PRINE LAW GROUP (MACON)

• Phone: (478) 257-6333
• Fax: (478) 257-6345
• Address: 740 Mulberry Street, Macon, Georgia 31201
• Service Areas: Macon, Dublin, Middle Georgia, Bibb County, Laurens County
• Practice Areas: Car, truck and motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice, bicycle accidents, wrongful death, workers’ compensation, criminal defense
• Memberships and Recognition: Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent, Avvo rated, American Association for Justice, State Bar of Georgia
• Local Practice: Familiarity with Bibb County court practice and with local roads including Vineville, Pio Nono, Sardis Church Road, Zebulon and Bass Road, and Shurling Drive
• Services: Free consultation, contingency fee

Georgia’s modified comparative negligence rule allows you to recover compensation even if you were partially at fault, as long as you are less than 50% responsible, and how that percentage is argued often decides the case. Since 2025, seat belt evidence is admissible on that allocation, which makes the 50% line more contested than it used to be. Prine Law Group’s car accident attorneys in Macon are based in Middle Georgia and handle these cases locally.

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Georgia Law Essentials

A short reference. Each item is covered in full in our detailed guides.

Time Limits (Statute of Limitations)

• Personal Injury: 2 years from the accident (O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33)
• Property Damage: 4 years (O.C.G.A. § 9-3-32)
• Loss of Consortium: 4 years, under the same statute as personal injury (O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33). This is a separate spousal claim, not an extension of anyone else’s deadline
• Wrongful Death: 2 years from the date of death
• Minors: The clock generally starts at age 18, but parents’ derivative claims are not tolled
• Government defendants: Much shorter. Six months for cities, twelve months for counties and for the State

Fault Rule (Modified Comparative Negligence)

• 50% or more at fault: no compensation
• Less than 50% at fault: recovery reduced by your percentage
• Example: $100,000 award with 20% fault yields $80,000
• Statute: O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33
• 2025 change: evidence of seat belt non-use is now admissible on this allocation under the amended O.C.G.A. § 40-8-76.1, for actions commenced on or after April 21, 2025 (the filing date controls, not the accident date). Because it reaches the fault percentage and not just damages, it can move a claim across the 50% line

Georgia Insurance Requirements

• Baseline minimum liability: 25/50/25, which is often inadequate
• Higher minimums after a DUI conviction under O.C.G.A. § 33-7-16 (2025): 50/100/50 for a first covered conviction, 100/300/100 for a second or subsequent, held for three years
• A meaningful share of Georgia drivers carry no liability insurance. Published estimates vary, so treat any single figure with caution; the practical conclusion does not depend on which estimate is right
• UM/UIM coverage types: “offset” versus “add-on”
• Your policy cannot require you to arbitrate a UM dispute (O.C.G.A. § 33-7-11(g))
• Whether limits from multiple policies can be combined depends on the policies and your insured status, not on a simple election
• Med-pay coverage pays medical bills regardless of fault
• Collision coverage pays your vehicle repair, minus deductible

Damages You Can Recover

Medical bills past and future, lost wages and earning capacity, property damage and diminished value, pain and suffering, emotional distress, loss of quality of life, loss of consortium, and funeral costs in wrongful death cases.

Note that the 2025 reform changed how past medical expenses are proven (O.C.G.A. § 51-12-1.1) and restricted how non-economic damages may be argued to a jury.

What NOT to Do After an Accident

• Don’t admit fault or apologise
• Don’t accept the first insurance offer
• Don’t give a recorded statement without a lawyer
• Don’t discuss details with the other driver
• Don’t delay seeking medical care
• Don’t sign releases without attorney review
• Don’t post about the accident on social media
• Don’t skip medical appointments
• Don’t automatically accept a total-loss valuation

What TO Do After an Accident

• Call 911 immediately, even for minor accidents
• Seek medical care, even if you feel no pain
• Take pictures and video of the scene, damage and injuries
• Get witness contact information
• Get the police report
• Contact an attorney before the insurance adjuster
• Keep all medical records and bills
• Start a pain and recovery journal
• Notify your insurance company, but be careful what you say

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Why Legal Representation Matters After a Georgia Car Accident

After a car accident, many people wonder whether hiring a lawyer is necessary. The honest answer is that it depends on the case, and the factors below are the ones that actually decide it.

What Representation Changes

Representation changes what happens to a claim in ways that are easy to name and hard to quantify: an attorney knows what the claim is worth before the first offer arrives, handles the adjuster, and preserves evidence and deadlines that are easy to lose. Figures circulate about how much more represented claimants recover, but the ones in wide circulation trace back to insurance industry research that is decades old and contested, so we are not repeating a percentage here.

Insurance Companies Have Their Own Interests

Insurance adjusters may be courteous, but their role is to manage the company’s exposure, not to maximise your recovery. Insurance companies employ experienced lawyers, claims adjusters, and investigators. An attorney is the counterweight to that.

Contingency Fees: Read the Expenses Clause

Contingency fees are the norm in Georgia personal injury work, which means the fee comes out of a recovery rather than up front. Read the agreement on one point in particular: fees and case expenses are not the same thing. Filing fees, deposition costs and expert fees are often advanced by the firm and then deducted from the recovery, and some agreements make the client responsible for them even if the case does not succeed. Ask how expenses are handled before you sign.

Free Consultations

Most personal injury firms offer a free initial consultation. Confirm this directly with any firm before relying on it. A consultation is an opportunity to ask specific questions: who will actually handle the file, how expenses work, and what the firm thinks the main difficulty in your case is.

Lawyers Handle Communications

Once you hire an attorney, you no longer deal directly with insurance adjusters, handle the paperwork, or worry about saying something that damages your claim.

Calculating the Full Scope of Damages

Insurance companies often offer quick settlements covering immediate, obvious expenses. What those offers frequently omit is future medical care, long-term reduced earning capacity, and non-economic damages. A thorough evaluation considers past and future medical expenses, lost wages, lost earning capacity, pain and suffering, loss of quality of life, loss of consortium, property damage including diminished value, and out-of-pocket expenses.

Navigating Georgia’s Coverage Structure

Georgia coverage questions are more complex than they first appear:

• Liability insurance from the at-fault driver, at a minimum that may be higher than 25/50/25 if that driver has a DUI conviction
• Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage from your own policy
• Med-pay coverage for immediate medical expenses
• Property damage coverage for repairs and diminished value
• “Offset” versus “add-on” UM provisions, which significantly affect recovery
• Whether limits from more than one policy can be combined, which depends on the policies involved and your insured status rather than on a simple election

Protection Against Low Settlement Offers

Once you accept a settlement and sign a release, you cannot reopen your case, even if your injuries prove more serious than initially thought. A lawyer evaluates offers against the real value of the case.

The Bottom Line

If you have been injured in a Georgia car accident, representation is worth evaluating seriously, particularly where liability is disputed, injuries are significant, a government defendant is involved, or coverage is complicated. With free consultations and contingency fee arrangements, the cost of finding out is low.

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About This Directory

This page lists Georgia personal injury firms as an informational resource. It is not a law firm, does not provide legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship with anyone.

Listing here is not an endorsement, a recommendation, or a statement that any firm is better suited to your case than a firm not listed. We have not evaluated the firms’ work, and the selection here is not the result of any ranking process.

Contact details and office locations were checked against each firm’s own published contact pages on the date shown below. Where a firm’s own page could not be opened, a second independent source was used and the entry reflects that. Attorney rosters, recognitions and case results are each firm’s own reporting and have not been independently verified here. Law firms change addresses, phone numbers and staff, and directory sites frequently carry stale listings long after a move. Verify directly with the firm before acting on anything on this page.

Past results do not guarantee or predict the outcome of any other case. Every case turns on its own facts, evidence, venue and circumstances.

Fee arrangements and consultation policies vary. Confirm both directly with any firm, and ask specifically whether case expenses are separate from the fee and who bears them if the case does not succeed.

On the legal summaries above: they are general information about Georgia law, current as of the review date below, and are not a substitute for advice on your own facts. Georgia law changed substantially in 2025, and this page reflects those changes as we understand them at the review date.

Information compiled and last reviewed: September 23, 2026