Jeff Shiver

Bar / Professional Activity

• GTLA, New Lawyer’s Division, Outreach Committee, Co-Chair
• Atlanta Bar Association, Member
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
• Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court Barrister
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Member
• American Bar Association, Member
• State Bar of Georgia, Member
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Georgia

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• $140,000,000 Jury Verdict – Premises Liability / Wrongful Death
• $2,500,000 Settlement – Premises Liability / Workplace Injury
• $2,397,000 Settlement – Commercial Vehicle Collision
• $2,000,000 Settlement – Workplace Injury
• $12,500,000 Settlement – Negligent Security
• $7,000,000 Settlement – Tractor Trailer

Educational Background

• University of Georgia, B.B.A., Major: Insurance

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Demand Letters and Demand Packages: Nothing Gets Settled Without Them, ICLEGA, September 2014
• Practice Pointers: Leading with Results & Involvement, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) LEAD, November 2014
• Effective use of Georgia’s Offer of Settlement Statute (O.C.G.A. 9-11-68), November, 2013
• Presenting Evidence at Trial: Effective Deposition/Cross Examination Strategies, Atlanta Bar Association CLE, January 2014
• Demonstrative Evidence, Trial Advocacy Seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE), December 2007
• Litigation Tips and Techniques, Gate City Bar Association Litigation Committee Seminar, October 2013, Atlanta, Georgia
• Premise Liability: How to Prove your Case with Defendant’s Documents GLTA Annual Seminar, March 2013, Atlanta, Georgia
• Investigating Car Wrecks and other Litigation Tactics, ICLEGA, October 2012, Atlanta, Georgia
• Presenting Damages to a Jury, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) Annual Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2012
• Superstar Personal Injury Lawyer, Best Verdicts 2011, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE), March 2012
• Opening Statements for Plaintiff’s Lawyers, Atlanta Bar Association CLE, January 2011
• Presenting Damages in Rural Venues; Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) Fall Workshop, Savannah, Georgia, October 2011
• Premises Liability, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) Annual Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2011
• Discovery and Trial Tactics in Cases Against Trucking Companies, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE), March 2011
• Discovery and Trial Tactics in Personal Injury Cases, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE), March 2011
• Effective Trial Techniques, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) Annual Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2009
• Trial Techniques, Moderator of panel discussion, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) Fall Workshop, Savannah, Georgia, October 2009
• Techniques for Getting Value out of Automobile Crash Cases, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Practice, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE),September 2016
• Opening Statements, Tips and Strategies, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury CLE, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE), February, 2018
• Mastering Opening Statements, “Show Me CLE” Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA) Workshop, Savannah, Georgia, January 2018
• Various Ways to Ask for Money Damages, Trial Advocacy Seminar, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE), November 2017
• Efficient Trial Preparation Strategies, Auto Torts Seminar, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA), Destin, Florida, July 2017
• Direct Examination of Expert Witnesses, General Practice and Trial Institute, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE), March 2017
• Georgia’s Direct Action Statute: Two Bites at the Apple?, Truck Wreck Cases, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE), March 2017
• Maximizing Damages, Plaintiff’s Personal Injury Workshop, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE), February 2017
• Damages in Chronic Pain Cases, Holiday Seminar, Georgia Trial Lawyer’s Association, December 2016
• Handling Big Cases, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia (ICLE), March 2016
• Premise Liability Cases from Plaintiff’s Perspective, Large Atlanta Defense Law Firm Annual Legal In-house CLE, May 2016
• University of Georgia School of Law, Fall, Guest Lecturer, 2018
• Trial Strategies from Shiver Hamilton’s Recent $29,250,000 and $3,700,000 verdicts, Essential Torts Workshop, Georgia Trial Lawyer’s Association, February 2016
• Maximizing Damages for Catastrophic Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Victims, ICLEGA, January 2016
• The Golden Age of Torts, Superstar Plaintiff’s Lawyers Best verdicts of 2015 ($29,250,000 verdict), ICLEGA January 2016
• Dominating Expert Witnesses, Carlson on Evidence, ICLEGA, December 2015
• Judges and Lawyers Panelist, Carlson on Evidence, ICLEGA, January 2015

Honors

• Georgia’s Legal Elite; 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
• Top 100, Super Lawyers 2018
• Top 40 under 40 Litigation lawyers in the State of Georgia by The American Society of Legal Advocates
• Top 40 under 40 by the National Trial Lawyers
• “On the Rise” Recipient (one of 13 lawyers under 40 chosen by Fulton County Daily Report), 2011
• Super Lawyer, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
• Super Lawyers Georgia Rising Stars; 2007, 2009 & 2010, 2011 and 2012 (There was no Rising Stars publication in 2008)

Awards

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