Biography

David joined the firm in the fall of 2018. His practice focuses on litigation, insurance defense, and financial institutions.

David is originally from Thomaston, Georgia. He earned his B.A. in English from Gordon State College, graduating cum laude in 2014. He then graduated magna cum laude from Mercer University School of Law, receiving his Juris Doctor in 2018.  While at Mercer, David was Editor in Chief of the Mercer Law Review and was a student member of the William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court. He is a member of the Brainerd Currie Honor Society.

David and his wife, Shannon, live in Macon and attend Southside Baptist Church in Warner Robins.

Practice Areas

• Litigation
• Insurance
• Business Litigation
• Banking + Financial Institutions
• Appellate
• Local Government Law

Professional Organizations/Activities

• Historic Macon Foundation

Presentations + Publications

• The Great Escape: How One Plaintiff’s Sidestep of a Mandatory Arbitration Clause was Applied to a Class in Bickerstaff v. Suntrust Bank, 68 Mercer L. Rev. 539 (2017).

Education

• Mercer University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2018)
• Gordon State College (B.A., English, cum laude, 2014)

Admitted

• Georgia, 2018
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Court of Appeals of Georgia
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 

Administrative/Legal Assistant Contact

Name: Cathy Padgett
Title: Legal Assistant
Phone: 478.749.9964