Mr. James Darren Summerville

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.