Rush S. Smith

Biography

Mr. Smith has achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for legal ability and ethics for more than 20 years. He has been listed for the past three years and is currently honored as one of Georgia's "Super Lawyers" by Atlanta Magazine in a peer-reviewed selection process utilized around the country. He currently chairs the Firm's Professional Liability Practice Group and served as chair of the USLaw Professional Liability Practice Group from 2005-2007. He is a frequent speaker assisting the Georgia Bar's Institute for Continuing Legal Education, state and national professional associations' continuing education programs, and risk management seminars across the state. Mr. Smith also has developed a specialty in the defense of airline travelers' claims relating to ancillary airport services provided on the tarmac, in the concourses and in the terminal and its approaches. Rush Smith is one of Georgia's leading malpractice defense lawyers, having defended physicians, hospitals, attorneys and other professionals in jury trials across Georgia and in federal court for more than 28 years. Mr. Smithi is a graduate of Law Emory University, J.D., 1978, Undergraduate Universitaet Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany, 1969-1970 and Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S. Physics, 1972.

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Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: GA