Brandon L. Peak

Bar / Professional Activity

• Appointed by the Georgia Supreme Court to serve on the Lawyer Competency Task Force, 2021
• Member of the Advisory Committee on Legislation for State Bar of Georgia, 2024
• Member of the State Bar of Georgia Board of Governors, 2024
• Appointed by Georgia Supreme Court to State Disciplinary Board, 2024
• Elected Parliamentarian of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2024
• Executive Committee, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2023
• Re-elected to serve on the State Bar Board of Governors, 2023
• Serve as Co-Chair of Directed Giving Committee for GTLA, 2023
• Served as Chair of the State Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of Georgia, 2023
• Appointed to serve as Chair of the State Bar Advisory Committee on Legislation, 2023
• Executive Committee, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2022
• Board of Governors, State Bar of Georgia, 2022
• Chair- Elect, Advisory Committee on Legislation, State Bar of Georgia, 2022
• Chair-Elect, State Disciplinary Board, 2022
• Member of the Executive Committee, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2021
• Georgia
• Columbus Trial Lawyers Association, Past President
• State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Division, Executive Committee Member
• Serve on the Executive Committee of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2020
• Appointed by Georgia Supreme Court to the State Disciplinary Board, 2020
• Appointed by Georgia Supreme Court to the State Disciplinary Board for the State Bar of Georgia, 2019
• State Bar Board of Governors, 2020
• Bench and Bar Committee, State Bar of Georgia, 2019
• Appointed by State Bar President to Committee on Attorney-Client Solicitation, 2019
• Elected to Board of Governors, State Bar of Georgia, 2019
• President, Columbus Trial Lawyer's Association, 2012
• AAJ State Delegate, Georgia Trial Lawyer's Association, 2019
• Member, E-Discovery Committee, State Bar of Georgia, 2015
• President, Chattahoochee Bar Association, 2011
• Member, E-Discovery Committee, State Bar of Georgia, 2016
• Georgia Bar Association, Appellate and Legislative Committees, 2019
• State Delegate, American Association for Justice, 2017
• Advisor, Disciplinary Rules & Procedures Committee, State Bar of Georgia, 2012
• Vice President, Columbus Bar Association, 2014
• President Elect, Columbus Bar Association, 2015
• Georgia Trial Lawyer's Association, Legislative Affairs Committee, 2019
• AAJ State Delegate, Georgia Trial Lawyer's Association, 2016
• American Association for Justice, 2012
• Executive Committee Member, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2017
• Barrister, Columbus Inn of Court, 2019
• Treasurer, Columbus Bar Association, 2012
• Executive Committee, Georgia Trial Lawyer's Association, 2014
• President, Columbus Bar Association, 2017
• Leadership Academy, Georgia Bar Younger Lawyer's Division, 2008
• Executive Committee Member, Georgia Trial Lawyer's Association, 2019
• Member, Atlanta Bar Association, 2009

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• $280,000,000 verdict in a wrongful death trucking case, which is believed to be the largest trucking verdict in American history, 2019
• $350,000 settlement for a FedEx truck driver who was injured in a disputed liability collision while on the job., 2024
• $250,000 policy limits settlement for parents of an unborn child who was miscarried following automobile wreck., 2023
• $1,000,000 policy limits settlement for individual run over at night in a convenience store parking lot., 2024
• $1,250,000 settlement in a workplace injury case where the plaintiff lost a portion of his thumb while cleaning a piece of machinery., 2024
• $1,000,000 policy limit settlement in a commercial motor vehicle wreck case where the decedent ran into the rear of another commercial motor vehicle that was disabled and blocking a lane of the interstate., 2024
• $8,000,000 settlement in disputed liability case where a mental health facility allowed a resident to elope from the facility., 2024
• $2,050,000 disputed liability policy limits settlement in commercial motor vehicle case where the investigating officer contended our client was at fault., 2024
• $1,000,000 policy limits settlement in a disputed liability negligent security case., 2024
• $9,500,000.00 settlement in disputed liability wrongful death case arising out of an automobile collision where the defendant claimed a sudden medical emergency., 2024
• $32,500,000.00 settlement of disputed liability trucking case, which is believed to be the largest pre-trial wrongful death case in Georgia history., 2023
• $250,000 settlement in contested car wreck case., 2023
• $825,000 policy limits settlement in case arising out of a transportation van wreck., 2023
• $2,000,000 settlement in a very difficult premises liability case, 2023
• $3,500,000 settlement in hunting accident case where a hunter lost an eye., 2023
• $1,000,000 settlement in professional negligence case that injured a previously-disabled client., 2023
• $10,000,000 settlement in wrongful death commercial motor vehicle case., 2023
• $16,750,000 settlement in contested False Claims Act case based on Antikickback violation, 2023
• $3,000,000.00 settlement in a hotly contested wrongful death case arising out of a fall at a construction site where the defense contended the plaintiff's claims were barred by the exclusive remedy provision., 2022
• $21,000,000.00 settlement in case of Braun v. Thomas Concrete in which client suffered a below-the-knee amputation after being injured at a construction site.  , 2022
• $1,000,000 policy limits settlement in extremely difficult case for pedestrian killed by commercial vehicle, 2021
• $600,000 settlement for personal injury case in rural Georgia, 2022
• $730,000 settlement in contested liability truck collision in Ohio, 2022
• $3,500,000 settlement for truck collision, 2021
• $3,000,000 settlement for boat collision, 2021
• $12,000,000 settlement in contested liability wreck between commercial vehicle and motorcycle, 2021
• $5,500,000 trucking settlement in contested liability case in Arkansas, 2022
• $700,000 settlement in a hotly disputed case where client drove into the back of a stopped tractor-trailer., 2021
• $1,000,000 settlement in disputed liability trucking case, 2021
• $3,100,000 policy limits settlement in a very difficult trucking case, 2020
• $1,000,000 policy limits settlement in a complex case involving municipal immunity, 2020
• $10,000,000 settlement in a motor vehicle wreck case where liability was hotly contested, 2020
• $250,000 policy limits settlement in a road wreck case, 2019
• $300,000 settlement in a trucking case where my client sustained relatively minor injuries in a disputed liability trucking case., 2019
• $300,000 settlement in a medical negligence case where my client was allowed to fall out of a bed and sustained injuries despite being on fall precautions at a hospital., 2019
• $100,000 settlement in a road wreck case., 2018
• $1,030,000 policy limits settlement in a fatal log truck wreck., 2019
• $1,000,000 policy limits settlement in a trucking case where a log truck failed to yield the right of way and struck my client's vehicle, injuring him., 2019
• $2,000,000 policy limits settlement in a case where my client was injured after striking a piece of tree-trimming equipment that was illegally being operated on the interstate at night., 2019
• $113,000 settlement for a minor child who was injured while being transported by a non-emergency transportation provider., 2018
• $129,000 settlement in a road wreck case involving a wreck that happened on Halloween., 2018
• $120,000 policy limits settlement in road wreck case., 2018
• $125,000 Settlement in a road wreck case., 2018
• $500,000 Settlement in a case where a young woman's shoulder was injured by a deck that collapsed and injured patrons at a Savannah bar on St. Patrick's Day., 2018
• $600,000 settlement in a trucking case where driver of tractor-trailer received a low back injury when struck by a passenger vehicle.  This settlement was 6 times the policy limits., 2018
• $20,000,000 settlement in a wrongful death case where a tractor-trailer crossed the center line and caused a fatal wreck., 2018
• $1,000,000 settlement in a trucking case where a motorcycle struck a part that had fallen off of a tractor-trailer., 2018
• $125,000 confidential cash settlement of policy limits in a road wreck case, 2010
• $16,000,000 Settlement, Qui Tam Case, Bibby v. FTN, 2013
• $17,000,000 Settlement, DeLoach v. Total Transportation of Mississippi, LLC, 2016
• $925,000 cash settlement for a rear-end collision with a log truck at night, 2011
• $125,000 Settlement, Road Wreck Case, Centerfitt, 2013
• $11,000,000 Jessmon v. Greenwich Insurance Company, et al., 2016
• $925,000, Settlement against confidential defendant in trucking case, 2011
• $350,000 Confidential Settlement, Road Wreck, 2014
• $125,000 policy limits settlement of motorcycle wreck case, 2017
• $49,000,000 cash settlement, Pierce v. Universal Underwriters Life Insurance Company, consumer class action settlement, 2008
• $1,750,000 settlement in a disputed liability road wreck case with an issue of first impression involving immunity of regional commissions, 2012
• $150,000 Settlement, Road Wreck, 2014
• $2,525,000 confidential cash settlement versus auto manufacturer and striking driver, 2009
• $75,000 policy limits settlement in motorcycle wreck case, 2012
• $4,750,000 Confidential Settlement, Trucking Wreck, 2014
• $100,000 policy limits obtained in a road wreck case, 2010
• $140,000 Settlement, Road Wreck Case, 2013
• $250,000 Confidential Settlement, Workplace Injury, 2015
• $1,000,000 cash settlement, policy limits in a trucking case versus confidential trucking company, 2011
• $45,000,000 Settlement, Qui Tam, Bibby v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 2013
• $14,000,000 settlement, Baggett v. Total Transportation of Mississippi, LLC, 2016
• $525,000, Settlement in Hunting Accident, 2011
• $1,000,000 Confidential Settlement, Workplace Injury, 2014
• $175,000 policy limits settlement of road wreck case, 2017
• $45,000,000 cash settlement, Toole v. JMIC Life Insurance Co., consumer class action, 2008
• $550,000, policy limits settlement in road wreck case, 2012
• $100,000 Settlement, Road Wreck, 2014
• $150,000 policy limits settlement of road wreck case, 2017
• $2,250,000 confidential cash settlement versus trucking company and auto manufacturer, 2006
• $38,000,000 settlement - Bibby v. PNC Bank, N.A., whistleblower case, 2012
• $3,250,000 Verdict, Burns v. JB Trucking, Inc., Rockdale County State Court, 2015
• $1,250,000 confidential cash settlement in a road wreck case, 2008
• $1,750,000 Confidential Settlement, Workplace Injury, 2013
• $930,000 Settlement, Trucking Company, 2015
• $225,000 confidential cash settlement of policy limits in a road wreck case, 2010
• $10,200,000 Settlement, Qui Tam, Bibby v. SunTrust, 2013
• $14,000,000 settlement, Clark v. Total Transportation of Mississippi, LLC, 2016
• $45,000,000 settlement - Bibby v. JPMC, Qui Tam, 2012
• $2,500,000 Verdict, Transport Van Collision, 2014
• $1,000,000 confidential policy limits settlement of trucking case with minimal injuries, 2017
• $1,300,000 settlement for facial scarring sustained in a collision with a commercial motor vehicle, 2011
• Confidential Settlement in double fatality case versus Firestone, 2012
• $250,000 Settlement - Road Wreck, 2014
• $47,750,000 cash settlement, Buckner v. Resource Life Insurance Company, consumer class action, case involved the largest sanction ever imposed in Georgia, 2010
• $1,950,000 settlement, disputed liability trucking case, 2012
• $475,000 confidential cash settlement of policy limits in a road wreck case, 2008
• $5,300,000 Confidential Settlement - Trucking Company, 2013
• $1,000,000 Settlement, Accounting Malpractice, 2015

Representative Clients

• The Corporation of Mercer University, 2021
• Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital, 2024
• The Corporation of Mercer University., 2024
• Synovus Bank, 2019
• St. Francis Hospital, Inc., 2015

Pro bono / Community Service

• Appointed to Pastor Parrish Relations Committee Assigned to Select New Minister for St. Luke Church, 2021
• Secretary of the Mercer University Law Board of Visitors, 2024
• Chair of the St. Luke School Board of Trustees, 2024
• Member of Pastor Parish Relations Committee, St. Luke Church, 2023
• Secretary, Mercer Law Board of Visitors, 2023
• Chair of St. Luke School Board, 2023
• Chair of the State Disciplinary Board, 2022
• Elected Chair of St. Luke School Board, 2022
• Re-elected a member of School Board for St. Luke School, 2022
• Mercer Law School Board of Visitors, 2021
• Trustee, St. Luke School, 2021
• Chair, Headmaster Search Committee of St. Luke School Board, 2020
• Elected Board Member of American Little League Baseball, 2019
• Member of the St. Luke School Board, 2020
• Member, Pastor Parrish Relations Committee, St. Luke Church, 2019
• Administrative Council, St. Luke Church, 2012
• Pastor Parrish Relations, St. Luke Church, 2019
• Trustee, St. Luke School, 2019
• Fundraising Committee, Columbus United Way, 2011
• Georgia Bar, Journey for Justice, 2012
• Trustee, St. Luke School, 2016
• Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer's Foundation, 2005
• Volunteer, Ronald McDonald House, 2010
• Member, Headmaster Search Committee, St. Luke School, 2014

Honors

• Re-elected to Board of Governors, Member, State Bar of Georgia, 2021
• Chair, State Bar of Georgia Advisory Committee on Legislation, 2023
• Appointed by the Georgia Supreme Court to serve as a Member of the Lawyer Competency Task force., Member of Lawyer Competency Task Force, Georgia Supreme Court, 2022
• Received President's Award from Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2022
• AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rated in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, 2021
• Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2012 – 2017
• National Trial Lawyers Top 40 under 40, 2014
• George Waldo Woodruff Award of Excellence, Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, 2004
• Appointed by Dean Cathy Cox to the Board of Visitors for the Mercer University School of Law, Board of Visitors, Mercer University School of Law, 2019
• Elected to the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia, Board of Governors, State Bare of Georgia, 2019
• Faculty Award for Outstanding Legal Writing, Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, 2004
• Walker P. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Award for ethics and professionalism, Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, 2004
• Brainerd Currie Honor Society, 2004
• Dean R. Lawrence Dessem Merit Scholarship, Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, 2001
• Faculty Award for Most Outstanding Senior, Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, 2004

Educational Background

• Mercer Law School, Magna Cum Laude, 2004
• The Citadel, B.S. summa cum laude, Honors: Battalion Commander, Honors: Honor Court, Member

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Speaker at the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention on Frequently Used Statutes, Speaker, Frequently Used Statutes, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2021
• Speaker at the GTLA Auto Torts Workshop in Amelia Island, Florida, Speaker, Lessons I Learned the Hard Way So You Won't Have To, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2022
• I was a speaker at Mercer Law School's Masterclass series on identifying and handling whistleblower cases, Speaker, Whistleblower 101, Mercer Law School Masterclass, Law, 2021
• I authored the chapter Frequently Used Statutes in the Georgia Trial Practice Manual provided to all members of the judiciary and available for purchase by the Georgia Trial Lawyers., Author, Frequently Used Statutes, Georgia Trial Practice Manual, Bench And Bar, 2021
• I gave a presentation on 5 great lessons that can be learned from 5 great legal movies to the Columbus Inn of Court., Speaker, 5 Great Lessons from 5 Great Legal Movies, Columbus Inn of Court, Law, 2019
• Mercer Law Review, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, Trial Practice and Procedure, 2006-2015
• Georgia Trial Practice Manual: Chapter One, Frequently Used Statutes
• I spoke at the handling big cases seminar put on by ICLE., Speaker, Asleep at the Wheel: The Dangers of Fatigue in Trucking Cases, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Law, 2020
• I spoke at the General Practice & Trial Section seminar in Amelia Island, Florida., Speaker, How to Frame Your Case, General Practice & Trial Section of the State Bar of Georgia, Law, 2020
• Presenting on the dangers of fatigue and sleep disorders in trucking cases at the AIEG Annual Seminar., Speaker, The Dangers of Fatigue and Sleep Disorders in Trucking Cases, Attorneys Information Exchange Group, Law, 2019
• I presented on how to effectively prepare for and take depositions of hostile witnesses at GTLA's Annual Convention., Speaker, How to Effectively Take Depositions of Hostile Witnesses, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Seminar, Law, 2017
• I gave a presentation on how to effectively prepare and examine expert witnesses at trial at the ICLE trial practice seminar., Speaker, The Care and Feeding of Expert Witnesses, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Law, 2018
• I served on a panel of lawyers representing Relators who spoke about and offered advice on how to handle federal qui tam cases at the first ever whistleblower symposium in Atlanta., Panel Member, Whistleblower Symposium, Continuing Legal Education, Law, 2019
• BURIED TREASURE, Maximizing Recoveries By Locating and Collecting Hidden Corporate Assets, The Verdict, 2011
• I presented on the realities of handling non-intervened federal qui tam whistleblower cases at this CLE., Speaker, Practical Realities of Handling Non-Intervened Cases, State Bar Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Qui Tam, 2019
• I gave a presentation on maximizing damages at the GTLA Annual Seminar, Speaker, Maximizing Damages, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Annual Seminar, Litigation, 2019
• EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc.: Employers Beware the EEOC is now the Master of its Own Case, 54 MERCER L. REV. 1235 (2003), Author, 2003
• Co-Author, Trial Practice and Procedure, Mercer Law Review (2008-2019)
• Co-Author, Georgia Trial Lawyer's Association, Trial Practice Manual (2013-2017)

Other Outstanding Achievements

• Obtained unanimous affirmance of the largest sanction ever imposed in Georgia history in Resource Life Ins. Co. v. Buckner.
• Named one of Three Finalists for Georgia Lawyer of the Year, 2020
• Obtained Affirmation of Default Judgment before the Georgia Court of Appeals, Alegria v. AAA Cooper Transportation, 2013

“Brandon is a terrific lawyer. He has had incredible experience in and outside of the courtroom. He is smart, ethical and compassionate.”

“Brandon is an exceptional lawyer. His honesty and integrity are second to none.”

“Professional, hard working, ethical ”

“Brandon is an exceptional lawyer. In addition to being extremely bright, his code of ethics and work ethic are second to none.”

“Dedicated to his clients and fantastic at working a case hard to get full value.”

“One of the best lawyers in the state”

“detailed, thorough, respected”

“Brandon is a terrific attorney. He is dedicated to providing excellent results for his clients. He is an honorable and ethical attorney. ”

“Brandon is a very talented, hard-working lawyer.”

“Brandon is one of the best trial attorneys in the state, as evidenced by the results he has provided to his clients.”

“Few attorneys in the country have been more successful than Brandon in the past few years. He strikes fear into the hearts of defense lawyers.”

“Excellent trial lawyer. Hardworking, intelligent, and ethical. He cares about his clients and has obtained some of the biggest verdicts in the state related to trucking accidents. ”

“Simply one of the best lawyers in Georgia at one of the best PI firms in the nation. ”