Paul Painter has been a civil trial lawyer in Savannah for more than thirty years. He graduated from Georgia Tech and from the University of Georgia School of Law and served as president of the law school's alumni association. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and served as the College's state chairman for Georgia. He served as a member and as chair of the Georgia Board of Bar Examiners. He is a past president of the Savannah Bar Association and of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. He has been named one of Georgia's "Top 100" lawyers by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine since 2004 and is listed in "The Best Lawyers in America." His civil trial practice emphasizes business litigation, and he has handled matters involving breach of commercial contracts, business torts, corporate governance, shareholder disputes, professional liability (lawyer, accountant), product liability and class actions.

Education

• University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1974)
• President, University of Georgia Law School Association (law school's alumni association), 2002-2003 Member, Board of Visitors, 2004-2006
• Senior Editor, Georgia Law Review
• Georgia Tech (B.S.I.M. 1968)

Memberships

• American College of Trial Lawyers (Fellow; Georgia State Chairman, 2002-2004)
• Savannah Bar Association, President 1993-1994
• Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, President 1986-1987
• State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, Gen. Practice and Trial Section 1992-93)
• American Bar Association (Section of Litigation, Section of Business Law)
• Georgia Bar Foundation, Fellow

Court and Other Appointments

• Member, Georgia Board of Bar Examiners (appointed by Supreme Court of Georgia), 1998-2003 (Chairman 2003)
• Member, Committee on Lawyer Qualifications and Conduct, Eleventh Circuit United State Court of Appeals, 1995-2003 (appointed by three Chief Judges of 11th Circuit to this nine-lawyer disciplinary board)
• Member, Court Advisory Committee, United States District Court, Southern District of Georgia, 1991-2000, 2004-2010
• Member, Georgia Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency (appointed by Supreme Court of Georgia), 1995-1999
• Member, Governor's Advisory Commission on Tort Reform, 1986

Ratings

• Selected as Georgia "Super Lawyer" by Law & Politics and Atlanta Magazine for Business Litigation, 2004-2012
• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America in Litigation since 1994 (Specialties of bet-the-company litigation, commercial litigation, product liability and personal injury litigation)
• Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory's highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards (AV)

Bar and Court Admissions

• Georgia State and Superior Courts
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Court of Appeals of Georgia
• United States District Courts: Northern, Middle, Southern Districts of Georgia
• United States Courts of Appeal: Eleventh and Federal Circuits