John D. Hipes
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Insurance Coverage Attorney in Alpharetta, GA
Alpharetta, GA 30009
- Insurance Coverage (20%),
- Business Litigation (20%),
- Business/Corporate (20%),
- Construction Litigation: Business (20%),
- Employment Litigation: Plaintiff (10%),
- Real Estate: Business (10%)
Attorney John D. Hipes is a co-founder and principal of Hipes & Belle Isle, LLC, law firm in Alpharetta, Georgia. A top-rated trial lawyer with more than 32 years of total legal experience, Mr. Hipes provides unmatched counsel and support to a diverse range of clients throughout the greater Atlanta metro and surrounding areas who have legal needs involving any of the following:
· Commercial litigation
· Insurance coverage disputes
· Construction law and litigation
· Real estate law and litigation
· Employment litigation
· Partnership and shareholder disputes
· Injury and tort law
Over the course of his legal career, Mr. Hipes has achieved remarkable success fighting for the rights and interests of his clients, including residential and commercial policyholders, and others dealing with complex legal challenges. As an attorney, he has gained a reputation for his in-depth legal knowledge and uncommon problem-solving skills as well as his unwavering dedication to helping his clients obtain their goals and the favorable outcomes they seek as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
Honored for his outstanding professionalism and superior client service, Mr. Hipes has earned consistent top rankings and endorsements from his peers, and he has received numerous testimonials and referrals from his satisfied clients.
Mr. Hipes graduated cum laude from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1981, and he obtained his Juris Doctor from Georgia State College of Law in 1988. While there, he was the editor of the Georgia State University Law Review, where he published an article regarding abusive litigation. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court.
A leader in his field, Mr. Hipes once served as president of the North Fulton Bar Association, and he is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia and other local, state and national legal organizations. He is also highly involved in his local community, and he serves on the Alpharetta City Council as well as liaison to the Alpharetta Public Safety Department and the Alpharetta Municipal Court.
Mr. Hipes is also the former president of the Rotary Club of Alpharetta, and he has served on the boards of the Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation and North Fulton Community Charities. He has also served on the board and executive committee member of the Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce, and he is involved with various other civic organizations.
- 20%Insurance Coverage
- 20%Business Litigation
- 20%Business/Corporate
- 20%Construction Litigation: Business
- 10%Employment Litigation: Plaintiff
- 10%Real Estate: Business
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About John Hipes
Admitted: 1988, Georgia
Bar/Professional Activity:
- State Bar of Georgia, 1988
- United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
- United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- North Fulton Bar Association - President (2011) 2002-2021
- Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce
- Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Alpharetta City Council, Post 4 - Councilman 2018-2021
- North Fulton Community Charities - Board Member 2014-2021
- Alpharetta Public Safety Foundation - Board Member 2013-2021
- Rotary Club of Alpharetta - President (2008) 1997-2021
- Alpharetta Planning Commission - Commissioner 2017-2018
- Leadership North Fulton, 2000
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
- Presented information to public adjusters and insurance adjusters on topics including collapse, water leakage, valued policy statute and total fire loss, duty to cooperate, proofs of loss, policy interpretation issues, application issues, appraisal, bad faith, and adjuster issues such as relationship to the policyholder, communications, serving as appraiser, expert testimony, limits on soliciting, and unlicensed public adjusting., Presenter, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS IN INSURANCE LAW, Insurance Continuing Education Seminar: GAPIA Fall Conference, 2020
- Presented information to public adjusters and insurance adjusters on topics including notice conditions, diminished value, contract of limitations, policy interpretation issues, application issues, third party rights under a policy, bad faith, and adjuster issues such as preparation of damage estimates, expert testimony, serving as appraiser, consequences of misrepresentations, submitting proofs of loss, limits on soliciting, and unlicensed public adjusting. , Presenter, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN INSURANCE LAW, Insurance Continuing Education Seminar: GAPIA Fall Conference, 2019
- Presented information to public adjusters and insurance adjusters on topics including the analysis of policy endorsements including protective safeguard endorsements in particular. , Presenter, ANALYSIS OF POLICY ENDORSEMENTS INCLUDING PROTECTIVE SAFEGUARDS ENDORSEMENTS, Insurance Continuing Education Seminar: GAPIA Fall Conference, 2018
- Presented information to public adjusters and insurance adjusters on topics including policy conditions pertaining to presentation and completion of proofs of loss, and submitting to examinations under oath., Presenter, LOSS PAYMENT CONDITIONS: PROOFS OF LOSS AND EXAMINATIONS UNDER OATH, Insurance Continuing Education Seminar: GAPIA Fall Conference, 2017
- Presented information to public adjusters and insurance adjusters on topics including the insured’s settlement options to recover replacement cost, actual cash value, and policy limits under the valued policy statute. , Presenter, INSURED SETTLEMENT OPTIONS: MEASURING THE LOSS, Insurance Continuing Education Seminar: GAPIA Spring Conference, 2017
- Presented information to public adjusters and insurance adjusters on topics including insurable interest, residence premises requirement, vacancy, and proper evaluation and presentation of insurance claims., Presenter, OWNERSHIP, RESIDENCY AND VACANCY, Insurance Continuing Education Seminar: GAPIA Fall Conference, 2016
- Presented information to public adjusters and insurance adjusters on topics including fraud in the policy application, fraud in the submission of the insurance claim, proofs of loss, innocent co-insured rule, and avoidance of fraud., Presenter, PROPERTY INSURANCE FRAUD FROM ALL PERSPECTIVES, Insurance Continuing Education Seminar: GAPIA Fall Conference, 2015
- Presented information to public adjusters and insurance adjusters on topics including sewer and drain backups, vacancy, vandalism, arson, proofs of loss, examinations under oath, innocent spouse and co-insured rule, and valuation of damages., Presenter, UPDATE ON GEORGIA INSURANCE COVERAGE LAW, Insurance Continuing Education Seminar: GAPIA Fall Conference, 2014
- Presented on the topic of fraud in the application., Presenter, FRAUD IN THE APPLICATION - THE INSURED'S PERSPECTIVE, 18th Annual Insurance Law Institute, 1999
- Note, Abusive Litigation, Author, ABUSIVE LITIGATION, Georgia State Univ. L. Rev., Vol. 3, 1987
Verdicts/Settlements:
- Erebia v. Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Co., (N.D. Ga 2016): Verdict $977,579, 2016
Educational Background:
- Wake Forest University, 1981
Industry Groups
- Insurance
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Last Updated: 2/10/2021