Mary Donne Peters’ background includes extensive commercial and tort litigation experience across over thirty states. Mary Donne holds licenses to practice law in South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama and has received the peer-reviewed rating of AV-Preeminent® (the highest available) by Martindale-Hubbell and has been honored as a Georgia Super Lawyer®.

Mary Donne is the author of The Admissibility of Expert Testimony in Georgia, published by Thomson-Reuters, the world’s largest legal publishing company. Her book has been updated annually since 2005.

Beyond her legal expertise, Mary Donne is an active member of various civic and business organizations, including the Women President’s Organization, an international business organization open to second-stage companies that are owned and operated by women. Mary Donne also has a strong commitment to philanthropy, notably having served on the Boards of the Red Cross (Metropolitan Atlanta) and Girls Inc. of Greater Atlanta.

A passionate educator, Mary Donne is also the co-founder of Land of Opportunity Training, LLC, an online, on demand training platform that helps businesses achieve growth through government contracting.

TAYLOR TRIBBLE | MANAGING PARTNER

HUFF POWELL BAILEY, LLC

Taylor is a Partner in the Atlanta office of Huff Powell Bailey. She is also the Managing Partner of the law firm. Her practice is devoted primarily to the defense of medical malpractice claims and cases. She represents hospitals, nurses, physicians, mid-level providers, health systems and other entities in all phases of claims and litigation including trial and appellate work. She specializes in complex medical malpractice cases with a particular focus in obstetrical cases and radiology cases. Taylor also represents a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company in professional negligence and ordinary negligence and premises liability cases.

Taylor is a trial tested litigation attorney. She has tried well over 30 complex and medical malpractice cases to verdict in some of the worst venues for the defense in the country.

Taylor obtained her undergraduate degree in political science and Spanish, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia and her juris doctorate degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law, where she was a member of the Moot Court Team and Articles Editor for the Journal of International and Comparative Law. Before private practice, Taylor completed a federal clerkship with the Honorable G. R. Smith, Federal Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Georgia.

In recognition of her medical malpractice and litigation expertise, Taylor is frequently asked to give presentations to attorneys, physicians, insurance carriers and healthcare companies.

Darren Summerville is a Principal in The Summerville Firm, LLC, a boutique trial and appellate shop in Atlanta.  Darren graduated from Emory University on full academic and debate scholarships, then pursued a career as a biologist for several years before returning to law school.

Darren graduated summa cum laude at the top of his class at Georgia State, winning every major writing award offered by the school during his three years there.  He started at the Bondurant Firm before shifting his focus to a more plaintiff- oriented practice, and formed The Summerville Firm in 2011. 

Darren is the only lawyer in Georgia to be recognized both by the National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer and as a Top 100 SuperLawyer in the area of appellate practice.  In the appellate arena, he has argued and defended some of the most impactful Georgia decisions in the past fifteen years, including decisions governing the constitutionality of the medical malpractice damages cap, the proper interpretation of the Emergency Department statute, the Apex Doctrine, and numerous arbitration clause disputes.  

Before and after the COVID shutdown, he averages ten to twelve trials a year, typically with an eye toward securing a clean record that would hold up on appeal.  As trial counsel, he has secured two nine-figure verdicts, and approximately 20 seven and eight figure results. 

Randall M. Kessler is the founder of Kessler & Solomiany, LLC., a domestic relations law firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Kessler is the author of many family law books including Divorce: Protect Yourself, Your Kids and Your Future, The GA Library of Family Law Forms, and How to Mediate a Divorce. He is also an adjunct professor of Family Law Litigation at Emory Law School and has served as the Chair of the Family Law Sections of the American Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia and the Atlanta Bar Association. Mr. Kessler has represented some of the highest profile clients in the country including judges, national and local
politicians, professional athletes, TV Stars and other celebrities, entertainers and artists.

Mike Gorby has tried hundreds of cases and handled thousands of matters for corporations and individuals across the United States throughout his legal career. Mike’s practice focuses on Insurance Coverage Disputes, Commercial Litigation and Liability for Owners and Managers of Property. He is also a certified mediator.

Mike is a passionate teacher. He’s chaired the Premises Liability Seminar for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education of Georgia (now a Division of the Georgia State Bar) for over twenty years. He is a frequent speaker for state and national legal education programs, including the ICLE.

Mike is the author of Premises Liability in Georgia, which was originally published by Thomson-Reuters® in 1998 and which is updated annually. Mike is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law.

Mike is rated AV-Preeminent ® (the highest level of professional excellence) by the Lexis-Nexis Peer Review Ratings™ system and has been selected as a Super Lawyer® by the Thomson Reuters® peer review system.

I handle serious wrongful death and personal injury cases.

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Ben Sessions has been recognized as a Top 100 SuperLawyer by SuperLawyers Magazine from 2019 through 2025, and he has been consistently recognized as a SuperLawyer since 2015. He has tried more than 65 jury trials, and he has appeared before the Georgia Supreme Court 4 times, and in 3 of those cases, he managed to win. 

Donald Montgomery is a top criminal defense and DUI attorney in Savannah, Georgia. He embarked on his professional journey at the Chatham County DA office before transitioning into private practice, where he has excelled as an award-winning DUI attorney in South Georgia. Mr. Montgomery concurrently held the part-time position of Bryan County Solicitor for seven years, seamlessly balancing it with his thriving private practice.
As a former police officer, and Georgia State Prosecutor, Mr. Montgomery has a unique perspective on every case. With his vast experience, he is able to evaluate each legal case, and prepare the best possible defense for his clients.
Mr. Montgomery is able to use his unparalleled experiences as a police officer and prosecutor to defend his clients, and seek justice for those who have been wrongly accused. Donald Montgomery has developed an impressive reputation throughout Georgia, and is known to be aggressive at trial, fighting for the legal rights of his clients, and vigorously defending them in court. When faced with a DUI, or criminal charge, there is no other attorney more qualified to be on your side.

Ron Lloyd has more than 35 years of experience handling impaired driving cases, formerly as a State Trooper (Sergeant) with the Georgia State Patrol and currently as an Impaired Driving Consultant, Trainer and Expert Witness in the private sector.  As a Georgia State Trooper, he made nearly 1000 DUI arrests and was a member of the Georgia State Patrol’s Elite “Alpha Team” DUI Task Force. He also served as the Georgia State Patrol’s Impaired Driving Training Coordinator, responsible for training Georgia State Troopers on how to properly investigate and effectuate DUI arrests, using the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA’s) DUI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (SFST) training curriculum.

As a law enforcement officer, Ron Lloyd was an International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)/NHTSA Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) Instructor, as well as a NHTSA DUI Detection and Standardized Field Sobriety Testing Instructor. As an instructor, he has trained thousands of professionals in this field, including, but not limited to, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, judges and attorneys from across the United States and Canada on impaired driving-related topics.

Ron Lloyd is recognized nationally as an Impaired Driving Expert, and he has lectured for numerous professional organizations, such as, the Institute of Continuing Judicial Education (ICJE) of Georgia, The Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE) of Georgia, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), The National College for DUI Defense (NCDD), Prosecuting Attorney’s Council of Georgia, Georgia Safety Management System, Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) Crime Lab, Georgia Police Academy, as well as others. He has also been a speaker at the prestigious Harvard University for the National College for DUI Defense on multiple occasions. 

Ron Lloyd was presented with an award from The National College for DUI Defense at the 2019 Winter Conference in Los Angeles, CA for his contributions and instruction on impaired driving-related topics. He was also honored as one of the "Best of 2017 Highest Rated Speakers of the Year” by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), voted on by seminar attendees from all NACDL seminars throughout the year.  

Billy Tomlinson attended undergraduate school at the University of Georgia and earned his law degree at the Mississippi College School of Law. Prior to his studies, he proudly served in the United States Marine Corps. During his service, he was stationed at Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot as a Primary Marksmanship Instructor.

Judge Tomlinson first opened his law practice in Richmond Hill 24 years ago. He is licensed to appear before all Georgia state courts, the Northern, Central, and Southern Federal District Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.  While maintaining his private practice, Judge Tomlinson also served as the Solicitor for Garden City. Additionally, he served as Conflict Solicitor for 13 years for Bryan County State Court.

Judge Tomlinson first donned a judge’s robe as a Municipal Court Judge in Port Wentworth, Georgia. Since then, he has also been appointed as Judge in Pooler, Garden City, Ludowici, and the Magistrate Court of Bryan County.

He currently serves on the Executive Committee for the Council of Municipal Court Judges of Georgia and serves on the Senior District One representative for Municipal Judges, the Legislative Committee, the Judicial Training Council, the Committee to Prevent Sexual Harassment, and the Judicial Wellness Committee. Judge Tomlinson’s active involvement in the legal and judicial realm offers him the opportunity to meet others in the state and gain first-hand knowledge of the best judicial practices for his courts.

Since becoming the State Court Judge in Bryan County in the last election, Billy has never had any ruling overturned on appeal, he believes in getting it right the first time.
He is also especially proud of starting the Pretrial Diversion Program, which was created to provide alternatives to traditional prosecution to address the underlying causes of criminal behavior to reduce recidivism. PTD is a voluntary program run by the Office of the Solicitor-General. It has been incredibly successful for all those who have participated.

Lastly, Billy kept a promise to form a Family Violence Court Program to serve the citizens of Bryan County. This was a response to the increase in the number of victims and families that endured family-related violence in recent years. His program is only the 5th such program in the State of Georgia, the very first in Southeast Georgia, the first in any county south of Macon, and the first in any non-metro county. It creates an opportunity for first-time offenders of a family/domestic violence charge to earn a change in adjudication status of their eligible charges upon completion of special terms and conditions.