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Mr. Richard Wayne Hendrix

Finch McCranie LLP


Richard W. Hendrix

229 Peachtree St, NE, Suite 2500

Atlanta, GA 30303

rhendrix@finchmccranie.com

404.658.9070

Mr. Hendrix is the Senior partner at the Atlanta law firm, Finch McCranie, LLP. He has been a trial lawyer for over 45 years formerly serving as both a state and federal prosecutor. He has been in private practice for 38 years specializing in complex civil and criminal litigation. His trial practices focuses on Wrongful Death, Serious Injury Litigation, including medical malpractice; excessive force, civil rights, and police pursuit cases.  He graduated from Davidson College, cum laude in 1974 and from Emory Law School in 1977.  He has tried to a jury over 85 cases and his multiple million dollar plus jury verdicts including the largest ever medical malpractice verdict against Emory University ($38.6 million) returned in November, 2023.

Mr. Hendrix has served as an Adjunct Professor of Litigation at the Georgia State Law School in Atlanta for over 20 years.