Robert F. Glass

Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Atlanta, Georgia

Glass & Robson, LLC
Robert F. Glass
Glass & Robson, LLC

Practice Areas: Personal Injury; view more

Licensed in Georgia since: 2007

Education: Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2025 Selected to Rising Stars: 2011 - 2019
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Glass & Robson, LLC

3715 Northside Pkwy NW
Building 200, Suite 420
Atlanta, GA 30327 Visit website

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Robert F. Glass is a partner at Glass & Robson, LLC, a premier plaintiff’s personal injury firm based in Atlanta, Georgia.  Robert is widely recognized throughout the state as one of the most accomplished plaintiff lawyers in Georgia.  Robert is known for his professionalism, determined work ethic, dedication to his clients, extensive and thorough preparation in litigation, and excellence in the courtroom.  Robert holds an “AV” Preeminent Rating from Martindale Hubbell.  Robert’s advocacy has earned him inclusion in Thomson Reuters’ Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star and Super Lawyers every year since 2011.  In 2021, Robert was nominated for and accepted to the prestigious Best Lawyers in America organization and has been nominated every year since.

Robert’s practice focuses on all variations of serious injury and wrongful death matters.  He frequently litigates and tries cases arising from serious motor vehicle collisions, tractor-trailer collisions, and serious premises liability matters.  Robert frequently speaks and presents on various personal injury litigation and trial subjects based on his past success.

Robert is actively involved in various legal organizations, including the State Bar of Georgia, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, and American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”).  Robert is a leader within the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, serving as a member of its Executive Committee and chair of the Georgia Civil Justice PAC.  Robert was nominated and accepted to the American Board of Trial Advocates in 2022 and serves as the organization’s Southeast Chapter’s treasurer.

Robert is an Atlanta native.  He graduated magna cum laude from the University of the South in 2002.  Robert obtained his law degree from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law, cum laude, where he served as Senior Managing Editor of the Mercer Law Review, a member of the moot court board, and was elected by the entire student body as Honor Court Prosecutor during his third year.

In his spare time, Robert enjoys spending time with his wife and three children.  Robert is an avid outdoorsman, having completed a semester course with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in Alaska in 2002, an experience he credits to his work ethic and success.  Robert is also an award-winning western, big-game archery and mountain hunter. 

*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.

Practice areas

Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff

Focus areas

Assault, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Dram Shop Laws, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death

  • 100% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff

First Admitted: 2007, Georgia

Professional Webpage: https://www.glassrobson.com/robert-f-glass/

Bar/Professional Activity:
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia
  • Georgia Supreme Court
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
  • Georgia Court of Appeals
  • Member, Editorial Board of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association publication, The Verdict, 2010
  • Member, Atlanta Bar Association, 2007
  • Member, National Crime Victim Bar Association, 2010
  • Panel speaker at National Crime Victim Bar Association seminar in Atlanta, Georgia.  Issues included various methods of pursuing a crime victim's rights through the civil justice system, 2010
  • Member, State Bar of Georgia, 2007
  • Member, North Metro Trial Lawyers Association, 2009
  • Nominated to Editorial Board of GTLA's "The Verdict," 2010
  • Member, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2011
  • Member, Editorial Board of the Georgia Bar Journal, 2009
  • Member, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2009
  • Member, American Association for Justice, 2009
Verdicts/Settlements (Case Results):
  • Fernald v. Winfield (2010): Recovered at-fault party's full policy limits, pre-suit, for serious injuries Plaintiff suffered after being impaled into Defendant's windshield while riding a road bike on a public street.
  • $850,000.00 verdict in Cobb State Court for a woman that required a neck fusion resulting from a t-bone motor vehicle wreck.  Final defense offer was $100,000.00, 2016
  • Hunt v. Wal-Mart (2009): Obtained a $62,500 settlement for a slip-and-fall incident. 
  • Stonebridge v. Joseph Juhasz (2010): Obtained an $81,000 settlement for injuries arising from a motor-vehicle collision.
  • Brawner vs. Bryson: $95,000 settlement for child in an animal attack., 2011
  • Gilman vs. Diaz $300,000 road-wreck settlement, 2013
  • Harris v. Blue Sky Condominiums, Red Hair Investment Group and Dossey Richards (2008): Obtained a $375,000 judgment in favor of a family that was the victim of a fraudulent real estate deal involving the sale of a $145,000 condominium conversion from an existing apartment complex.  The judgment included all of the family’s attorney’s fees and $225,000 in punitive damages.
  • Pacheco v. Regal Cinemas, Inc. and Perfections Security Management, LLC (2010): Served as second-chair counsel in a highly publicized negligent security and wrongful death case brought by a Hispanic family for the gang-related murder of their son in a movie theater parking lot.  Obtained a defense verdict after two weeks of trial.
  • Maitland vs. Atlanta Airlines Terminal Corporation and Corporate Services Management: $107,500 settlement for a slip-and-fall at the Atlanta Airport, 2011
  • Confidential six-figure recovery for an assault victim at a prominent restaurant and bar., 2012
  • Legacy Investment Communities LLC v. Fulton County (2008): Served as second-chair plaintiff’s counsel in a jury trial that resulted in an $180,000 verdict against Fulton County for selectively enforcing county ordinances against a developer.
  • Seidel v. Builders First Source, Inc. (2009): Served as second-chair defense counsel in a property damage trial resulting in a defense verdict.
Pro bono/Community Service:
  • Helped a woman taken advantage of by a car dealership recover a payment that the dealership refused to refund., 2011
Honors/Awards:
  • Rue Ratings’ Best Attorneys in America, 2015
  • American Academy of Trial Attorneys “Premier 100 Trial Attorney”, 2015
  • American Society of Legal Advocates “Top 40 Under 40,” 2013, 2014, 2015
  • National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys “Top 10 Under 40 Award for the State of Georgia”, 2015
  • America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys – Georgia, 2018, 2019
  • Daily Report’s “Top 20 Verdicts of 2016”
  • National Trial Lawyers “Top 40 Under 40″, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators – Georgia, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • The Best Lawyers in America, 2021
  • National Trial Lawyers “Top 100 Trial Lawyers”, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • Super Lawyers Rising Star (limited to only 2.5% attorneys statewide) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Atlanta Attorney at Law “Attorneys to Watch”, 2018
  • Super Lawyer, 2020, 2021
  • Member, Mercer University Moot Court Board
  • Martindale-Hubbell “AV” Preeminent Rating (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Nominated to the National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40, Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers, 2011
  • Awarded a full-scholarship to the four-day Gary Christy Memorial Trial Skills Clinic in Athens, Georgia, by the State Bar of Georgia, Scholarship, General Practice and Trial Section, State Bar of Georgia, 2010
  • Law Review, Senior Managing Editor, Mercer Law Review, 2006
  • Nominated to Georgia Trend's Legal Elite, Legal Elite, Georgia Trend, 2012
Educational Background:
  • B.A., University of the South, magna cum laude, with Distinction in Political Science, 2002
White Papers:
  • Contributing Editor, Garner’s Modern American Usage (3d ed.)
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
  • “Opening Statement” (Mercer Law School Trial Practice; 2014)
  • “Closing Argument” (Mercer Law School Trial Practice; 2015, 2016)
  • Fried, Rogers, Goldberg Breakfast Meeting (Verdict Presentation; 2016)
  •  National Crime Victim Bar Association (Atlanta Regional Seminar; 2010) 
  • “What is GTLA” (John Marshall Law School; 2011)
  • “Countdown to Trial” (Trial and Error CLE; 2013)
  • (2006) Law Review Case note, Roper v. Simmons: A Dead-End for the Juvenile Death Penalty, Mercer Law Review
  • “Common Mistakes Made by Younger Lawyers at Trial” (Atlanta Bar Association CLE; 2014)
  • “Life of a Trial” (Atlanta Bar Association CLE; 2014)
  • “Closing Argument” (Mercer Law School Trial Practice; 2015, 2016)
  • Fried, Rogers, Goldberg Breakfast Meeting (Verdict Presentation; 2016)
  • Strafford Publications National Webinar, Personal Injury Opening Statements and Closing Arguments (2017, 2018)

Office location for Robert F. Glass

3715 Northside Pkwy NW
Building 200, Suite 420
Atlanta, GA 30327

Phone: 404-751-4702

Selections

6 Years Super Lawyers
9 Years Rising Stars
  • Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2025
  • Rising Stars: 2011 - 2019

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Top 100: Georgia Super Lawyers: 2025

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