Trial Advocacy

Mr. Ernest Michael Moran Related Seminars and Products

Law & Moran

E. Michael Moran joined the law firm of LAW & MORAN in 2004. While at John Marshall Law School, Mike was elected by the student body as Chief Justice of the Honor Court. He graduated Magna Cum Laude and also received the Eugene D. and Betty Howe Vezzani Award for Excellence in Constitutional Law and the Academic Dean's Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement.

After graduation Mike practiced in the areas of appellate law and commercial litigation. In 2001 Mike began practicing exclusively in the area of personal injury and now limits his practice to representing individuals and families in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. Mike has tried cases to verdict in federal and state courts in Georgia and other states, as well as argued before both federal and state appellate courts.

Mr. Michael Louis Goldberg Related Seminars and Products

Fried Goldberg LLC

Michael L. Goldberg is a partner in the law firm of Fried Goldberg LLC and represents victimssuffering catastrophic personal injuries or wrongful death throughout the Southeast, primarily in the areaoftrucking and commercial vehicle accidents. Michael was born in Augusta, Georgia and played for the Division I Basketball Team at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia where he graduated with a B.S. in Political Science in 1994.

He earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia in 1997. He has beenlead counsel for the plaintiff on 15 cases with verdicts in excess of a million dollars and is admitted topractice law in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and Tennessee. Michael was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers in October of 2013. Fellowshipinto the ACTL is extended by invitation only and is limited to less than 1% of the lawyer population.

Michael was named as one of the top lawyers in Georgia under the age of 40 by the Fulton County Daily Report in 2011 and was consecutively named as one of the top 100 lawyers in Georgia in the Super Lawyers editionof Atlanta Magazine since 2013. He is the author of the Library of Georgia Personal Injury Forms, 6th Edition and Understanding Motor Carrier Claims, 6th edition.

Mr. Joshua Steven Wood Related Seminars and Products

Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC

Mr. Peter Andrew Law Related Seminars and Products

Law & Moran

Peter A. Law (“Pete”) is the senior principal and founder of LAW & MORAN, a 5-6 lawyer trial firm dedicated to the representation of individuals who have suffered injuries and death due to the negligence of others, primarily in premises liability cases, motor vehicle collisions, product liability and a host of other negligence cases.  Since inception, Pete has been counsel in verdicts and/or settlements approaching $1,800,000,000.00 ($1.8 billion), including at least 7 separate cases with recoveries exceeding $50,000,000. 

Pete Law has been recognized by various independent surveys as one of Georgia’s top trial lawyers by multiple publications, to include Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, and CVN Network.  Not only is Pete annually selected as one of Georgia’s top Super Lawyers, including multi-years as the number 1 selection (top vote getter of all lawyers, all categories), he has been selected as a “Top 10” vote recipient by the Super Lawyer independent survey every year for a decade. (See, Atlanta Magazine, Super Lawyers, 2003 - present). 

Pete Law is a Fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) and International Society of Barristers (ISOB).  The Academy is perhaps the most prestigious organization of trial lawyers that exists in America, with members limited to 500 lawyers throughout 30 countries. In addition to multiple years voted number 1 by Super Lawyers, the Georgia business community has also selected Pete as a top trial lawyer, selecting him as a “Georgia Legal Elite,” (Georgia Business Trend, 2004 - present).  Pete is also rated by his peers as AV rated, the top designation available by legal publication Martindale Hubbell, and is listed annually in the Best Lawyers in America trade publication. 

Pete is one of the very few lawyers in American history to have ever settled and collected $100,000,000.00 for a single case – a feat Pete has achieved on multiple occasions.  Pete has been counsel for the Plaintiff in approximately 300 recoveries each exceeding one million dollars ($1,000,000.00), including approximately 60 separate recoveries exceeding five million dollars ($5,000,000.00), and more than 100 separate recoveries exceeding three million dollars ($3,000,000.00).  In addition to trying cases, Pete regularly speaks at Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminars nationwide. 

When not practicing law, Pete enjoys traveling with his wife of 30 years, Agnes, and their five children, as well as attending to his farm.  Further interests include cars, motorcycles, water sports, art, welding, and gardening.

Mr. James Darren Summerville Related Seminars and Products

The Summerville Firm LLC

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. 

Mr. Michael J. Gorby, Founder / Partner Related Seminars and Products

Founder / Partner

Gorby Peters & Associates LLC

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.

Hon. Rachel Ross Krause Related Seminars and Products

Fulton County Superior Court

Judge Krause has served on the Superior Court of Fulton County since 2019. She was appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal, then elected to a full term in June 2020 and re-elected in 2024.  In addition to managing her busy docket, Judge Krause also volunteers to preside over an Accountability Court, helping people struggling with substance abuse working to overcome their issues and return to their families and communities as responsible citizens.  Judge Krause serves on Fulton Superior Court’s Case Management Committee, Business Court Committee, and Executive Committee, a position to which she was elected by her colleagues.  She also serves on the Nominations Committee and Pattern Jury Instruction Committee for Georgia’s Council of Superior Court Judges and currently serves as a member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Post 18.

Judge Krause graduated in 2001 from Mercer Law School, where she was awarded the James C. Estes Moot Court Award and appointed to the Order of the Barrister.  After graduation, Judge Krause practiced civil litigation for eighteen years in both state and federal courts.  Before being appointed to the bench in 2019, Judge Krause was a partner with Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard and Smith.  She and her husband, Tom, have three children – two in high school and one in college. 

Ms. Natalee Marsha-Rose Drummond Related Seminars and Products

The Fairley Firm LLC

Natalee Drummond-Fairley began her legal career in 2003 after graduating from Georgia State University College of Law. During law school Natalee was an associate editor of her Law Review, an intern to Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice Robert Benham, an intern to Federal District Court Judge Richard Story and an invited student member of the prestigious Bleckley Inn of Court.

Natalee began her career in big law as an associate at Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy (now Bryan Cave) before working as defense litigation and trial counsel for two of the largest insurance companies in the world. While working as defense counsel, Natalee gained a wealth of litigation and trial experience having tried over 100 cases in the Magistrate, State and Superior Courts of numerous Georgia counties including Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Cobb, Gwinnett, Henry, and Dougherty counties to name a few.

After almost a decade of practice and experience, Natalee founded the Fairley Firm, LLC, to focus on Plaintiff’s personal injury litigation in 2012. During her 11 years at the helm of the Fairley Firm, Natalee has become a trusted advisor and valued co-counsel to some of the most prominent attorneys across the state of Georgia in the area of premises liability. In 2022, the Fairley Firm was recognized by industry leader CaseMetrix as having the top ten highest premises settlement values in the Southeast and was noted to be the only solo firm on the list. Natalee was honored to be selected by her peers as a speaker at The Best of the Best seminar in 2023 and has taught numerous CLE’s on such topics as Surviving Summary Judgment in Premises Liability Cases, Handling High Profile Cases, How to Effectively Use Technology at Trial, Handling Slip and Fall Cases and Trial Basics for New Attorneys.

A 2000 graduate of Louisiana State University, Natalee enjoys cheering on her LSU Tigers in a multitude of sports -- especially football – and enjoys golfing, weight training and trying out new restaurants in the Atlanta area. She enjoys being a boy-mom to two very-busy sons and has been a member of Impact Church in Atlanta, Georgia for the past 14 years.