Robert M. Hammers, Jr. is the co-founding partner of Schneider Hammers. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and grew up in Woodstock, Georgia. Rob graduated from UGA in 1999 and from FSU College of Law in 2008. After learning how to defend complex civil cases as a defense lawyer, Rob started exclusively representing plaintiffs when he teamed up with Schneider Hammers co-founder, Jason Schneider in 2011.

Rob specializes in complex tort litigation. Mass torts is an industry term to decribe national litigation where many people are injured in similar ways by the same product, usually a medical device or pharmaceutical drug. These case are highly complex and time consuming. Rob is an expert in this field.

He presently serves as leader as a member of the plaintiff steering committees for the following mass tort actions:

In re Cook Medical, Inc., IVC Filters Marketing, Sales Practices and Product Liability Litigation, U.S.D.C. Southern Dist, Indiana, Case No. 1:14-ml-2570, MDL No. 2570

In Re Cordis IVC Filter Product Liability Litigation, Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Alameda, Case No. RG116812476

Rob is proud to call himself a trial lawyer. As an Atlanta personal injury attorney, he is dedicated to getting fair and just results for those who have been injured by defective products or the negligence of others. His firm specializes in car wrecks, tractor trailer collisions, premises liability cases, slip and falls, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect cases, and workers compensation. Schneider Hammers has successfully resolved thousands of personal injury cases of all kinds resulting in millions of dollars in recoveries.

Practice Areas

80%Class Action/Mass Torts: Plaintiff
20%Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff

Focus Areas

Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury, Trucking Accidents, Premises Liability - Plaintiff

Selections

Super Lawyers: 2021 Rising Stars: 2012 - 2013, 2015 - 2018

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Admitted: 2008, Georgia

Professional Webpage: https://schneiderhammers.com/attorneys/robert-m-hammers-jr/

Honors/Awards:

Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Selected to the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association LEAD program
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers
National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40: 2016, 2017, 2018
Eagle Scout

Bar/Professional Activity:

Civil Justice PAC Board Treasurer, 2019
Civil Justice PAC Board Member, 2017
State Bar of Georgia, 2008
Georgia Court of Appeals, 2013
American Association of Justice, 2011
Boy Scouts of America
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 2010
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 2010
Supreme Court of Georgia, 2014
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2011

Pro bono/Community Service:

Sponsor for South Cherokee Baseball
Sponsor East Cobb Baseball League, 2019
Volunteer with GTLA and St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church for charities and fund raising events

Verdicts/Settlements:

$3,000,000 verdict in Indiana Federal Court for client injured by a defective IVC filter medical device., 2019
$1,100,000.00 Tractor trailer collision causing multiple surgies., 2019
$5,000,000 judgment against pool company that negligently failed to train and supervise lifeguards resulting in brain injury to minor child., 2018
$480,000 verdict for man injured in an automobile collision that resuled in neck surgery., 2018
$1,666,666.67 settlement for family of man killed by tractor trailer that pulled in front of him. , 2017
$790,000 verdict in Henry County State Court for rear-end collision neck surgery case., 2017
$600,000 settlement for horse back riding injury by overcoming civil immunity and establishing the equipment was faulty and horse was unsafe., 2017
$1,350,000 for rear-end collision caused by drunk driver that resulted in back surgery., 2016
$840,000 jury verdict in DeKalb County State Court in a premises liability action against a condominium association who maintained a dangerous condition on the common elements of the property, 2014