James (Jay) Sadd

Jay Sadd represents individuals and families in catastrophic injury, wrongful death, and insurance cases. Jay began his career in a large Atlanta downtown law firm, but has since devoted the last 25 years to representing catastrophically injured individuals and their families.  Jay has a consistent track record of success for his clients, and is a frequent lecturer in seminars for the education of fellow attorneys. He has served as President of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, and has received many awards, which include America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators.

Jay has been lead counsel in cases in which his client has been awarded or recovered $22,000,000; $10,250,000; $7,600,000; $6,000,000; $5,600,000; $3,450,00;  $2,600,000; $2,300,000; $2,250,000; $2,100,000; $1,700,000; $1,600,000; $1,200,000; $1,000,000 and numerous other significant awards for compensation for losses suffered due to other’s wrongdoing and/or negligence. 

He has appeared as a guest and has been quoted by several national media sources, including NBC’s Today Show, CNN World News, CBS television, ABC television, The New York Times, USA Today, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, and The National Law Journal. 

Mr. Sadd is admitted to practice in all Georgia courts, the Federal Bar Association, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit and the U.S. District Courts of Georgia. Although a longtime resident of Atlanta, Ga., Jay was born and reared in West Virginia and is also a member of the West Virginia Bar Association. 

For his commitment to legal ethics and professional accomplishments, Mr. Sadd earned the highest peer rating possible of AV Preeminent* from Martindale-Hubbell. 

Jay lives in Atlanta with his wife Laura and 2 children. 

* AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards