Practice areas: Personal Injury; view more
Licensed in Georgia since: 2011
Education: Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2014 - 2025 Call today:
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Dustin’s experience trying cases to juries will help maximize the value of your case. Insurance companies know the attorneys who have success in the courtroom and that is what motivates them to resolve your case for its full value. Many of Dustin’s jury verdicts have far exceeded the best offers from the insurance companies. Dustin has successfully tried cases throughout Georgia and in Tennessee and Alabama. He has also handled cases in Florida, South Carolina, and Mississippi.
Former clients have said:
- Dustin was so friendly and professional and took care of everything! He was amazingly thorough, patient, and ultimately very successful.
- Dustin Davies is a great lawyer and very good in the courtroom. He loves what he does and it shows.
- Dustin may be one of the most understanding and caring individuals to work with.
- Dustin did exactly what he said he was going to do.
- Dustin helped change my life!
Every year since 2014, Dustin has been selected by his peers as a Super Lawyer Rising Star. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Georgia are selected for this honor. He has also been recognized as a “Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend Magazine. Every year since 2015, Dustin has been selected by The National Trial Lawyers as a Top 40 Under 40 trial lawyer. In 2015, he was named to the Fulton County Daily Report’s “On the Rise 40 Under 40.”
Dustin serves as co-chair for the Legislative Committee of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA). He is a fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America, a trial lawyer honor society. In addition, he is a member of the American Association for Justice, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, Georgia Legal History Foundation, and Gainesville-Northeastern Bar Association, where he serves as President.
A native Georgian, Dustin graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia and graduated from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. Dustin is a graduate of the State Bar of Georgia’s Leadership Academy, GTLA LEAD Program, and Leadership Hall County.
Dustin and his wife, Kristy, have three children. They attend Gainesville First United Methodist Church and he enjoys coaching football for the North Hall Junior Trojans.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: PlaintiffFocus areas
Assault, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Dram Shop Laws, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 100% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2011, Georgia
Professional Webpage: https://www.dhgainjurylaw.com/dustin-davies/
Bar / Professional Activity
- GTLA Co-Chair Community Outreach
- GTLA Directed Giving Co-Chair, 2022
- Super Lawyer Rising Star, 2024
- Co-chair, GTLA Legislative Committee, 2024
- President, Northeastern Judicial Circuit Bar Association, 2023
- GTLA, Co-Chair of Legislative Committee, Liaison between GTLA and members of the Legislature, working with our team of lobbyists , 2023
- Civil Justice PAC Chairman, 2021
- GTLA, Co-Chair of Directed Giving, 2022
- Vice President of Programs for the Gainesville-Northeastern Bar Association, 2022
- GTLA, Directed Giving Co-Chair, 2022
- GTLA District Vice President, 2022
- GTLA District Vice President, 2021
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Committee Member, 2020
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, District Vice President, 2020
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, LEAD ("Leadership Education & Advanced Direction") Program, Co-Chair, 2020, 2020
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Civil Justice PAC, Chairman-Elect, 2020
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Civil Justice PAC, Secretary, 2019
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association, Member since 2014
- American Association for Justice, Public Affairs Committee
- American Association for Justice, Member since 2013
- Blue Ridge Bar Association, Member since 2012
- Gainesville-Northeastern Georgia Bar Association, Member since 2012
- Georgia Legal History Foundation, Member since 2013
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Civil Justice PAC, Treasurer, 2019
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Civil Justice PAC, Treasurer, 2018
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Civil Justice PAC, Board Member, 2019
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Civil Justice PAC, Board Member, 2018
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Civil Justice PAC, Board Member, 2017
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Legislative Committee, 2019
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Legislative Committee, 2018
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Legislative Committee, 2017
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Legislative Committee, 2016
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Legislative Committee, 2015
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, District Vice President, 2019
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, District Vice President, 2018
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, District Vice President, 2017
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, LEAD ("Leadership Education & Advanced Direction") Program Selection Committee, 2017
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, LEAD ("Leadership Education & Advanced Direction") Program Graduate, 2015
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Civil Justice PAC, Young Lawyers Committee, 2017
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Civil Justice PAC, Young Lawyers Committee, 2016
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Member since 2012
- State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyer's Division, Director of Law School Outreach, 2017
- State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyer's Division, Director of Law School Outreach, 2016
- State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyer's Division, Director of Law School Outreach, 2015
- 2019-2020 State Bar of Georgia Statewide Judicial Evaluation Committee, 2019
- 2017-18 State Bar of Georgia Statewide Judicial Evaluation Committee, 2018
- 2017-18 State Bar of Georgia Statewide Judicial Evaluation Committee, 2017
- State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyer's Division, Member-at-large of Executive Council, 2015
- State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyer's Division, Member-at-large of Executive Council, 2014
- State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Division, Litigation Committee, Member
- Young Lawyer's Division of the State Bar of Georgia, Member since 2011
- State Bar of Georgia, Member
- Tennessee Bar Association, Member
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Confidential seven figure settlement for a minor who contracted a bacteria at a children's dental office due to contaminated water lines leading to the removal of her lymph nodes. , 2022
- $10,000,000.00 settlement for a man who was seriously injured in a motorcycle collision, 2024
- $1,000,000.00 policy limit settlement for a minor who was injured at an agritourism farm in Georgia, 2024
- Confidential settlement for man who rear-ended a logging truck on I-985 , 2022
- $775,000.00 pre-suit settlement for a client who suffered scarring to her head in a collision. Settlement amount was over 9 times the client's special damages, 2021
- $2,000,000.00 settlement for a lady who was injured in Mississippi when her van was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer, 2022
- $4.5 million settlement for an airplane crash in Georgia, 2023
- $615,000.00 settlement for a man who was injured in a tractor-trailer collision., 2023
- $550,000.00 slip and fall settlement in Hall County, GA, 2022
- Jarma v. Fortin, Superior Court of Cherokee County, $400,000.00 settlement for a client who suffered a wrist fracture in a t-bone disputed liability collision, 2022
- Mueller v. Tobin, et al., Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, rear-end motor vehicle collision involving three vehicles resulting in neck injections, $100,000.00 jury verdict, 2019
- Randall Worley v. Ronald E. Davis and Anniston Metals, Inc., Superior Court of Floyd County, client who was rear-ended by tractor-trailer had to undergo low back surgery, $800,000.00 settlement, 2019
- Cathy Keane v. Jon Blackburn, et al., State Court of Gwinnett County, t-bone collision, $650,000.00 settlement, 2019
- Arthur Byers v. Tommy Gibson, State Court of Hall County, rear-end collision, $550,000.00 settlement, 2019
- Robert Bearden, et al. v. Moease Abraham Brooks, et al., Circuit Court of the 7th Judicial Circuit In and For Volusia County, FL, $6,000,000.00 settlement for injuries caused by tractor trailer collision, 2018
- Betty J. Keeter, Individually, and as the Executrix of the Estate of Larry Keeter, Superior Court of Cherokee County, wrongful death motor vehicle collision, $2,000,000.00 settlement, 2018
- Danita Hester v. Abby Karwacki, Superior Court of Cheorkee County, rear-end collision resulting in knee surgery, $225,000.00 jury verdict, 2017
- Larry Tradd Cook v. Georgia Dept. of Transportation, et al., State Court of Fulton County, client fell in storm drain on shoulder of I-85, $550,000.00 settlement, 2017
- Stacey Merck v. Eric Stover, State Court of Hall County, insurance company blew time-limited demand on a $100,000 liability policy and, as a result, settled this pedestrian versus vehicle case for $1,000,000.00, 2017
- Judith Gillihan v. Robert T. Buchanan, M.D. and Habersham Surgical Associates, P.C., State Court of Stephens County, failure to properly manage a perforation of the colon, confidential settlement, 2017
- Mark Cobb v. Jerry L. Lisk, State Court of Fulton County, rear-end collision requiring my client to have low back surgery, $850,000.00 jury verdict, 2017
- Pedestrian Wrongful Death Claim, Cherokee County, Georgia, $875,000.00 settlement, 2017
- Carolyn Brown v. Polk County, Tennessee, Circuit Court of Polk County, TN, Sheriff's deputy t-boned my client requiring spine surgery, $768,580.96, 2016
- Christel Roberge, as the Executrix of the Estate of Dorothy Higgs, Deceased, and as surviving child of Dorothy Higgs v. Gwinnett County Hospital System, Inc., State Court of Gwinnett County, 82 year old woman who was a high fall risk fell in hospital room while unattended and developed a subdural hematoma and died, confidential settlement, 2016
- Bullock v. Eury, State Court of Hall County, rear-end motor vehicle collision with shoulder injury, $130,000.00 jury verdict, 2016
- Chaz McCrary v. Atlanta Independent School System, State Court of Fulton County, rear-end collision resulting in low back injections, $185,000.00, 2016
- Ronald Eric Burk v. Linda Saunders. M.D., Jannet Scruggs, M.D., and Northeast Georgia Physicians Group, Inc., State Court of Fulton County, failure to diagnose biceps tear, confidential settlement, 2015
- Armando Martinez v. Madeline B. Wirt, State Court of Hall County, rear-end collision resulting in shoulder surgery, $320,000.00 jury verdict, 2015
- Susan Hausler v. Sheila Mashburn, State Court of Forsyth County, five car collision, $334,071.26 jury verdict, 2014
- Misti Martin v. A New Beginnings Estate Liquidation Co., et al., State Court of Fulton County, Defendant's Motion for Summary Judgment in this slip and fall case was denied and Defendant then settled for confidential amount, 2014
- Haley Buice v. James E. Cauley, D.M.D. and Coast Dental of Georgia, P.C., State Court of DeKalb County, dental malpractice, $2,800,000.00 jury verdict against Coast Dental leading to confidential settlement and separate confidential settlement with James E. Cauley D.M.D., 2014
- Faithe Chadwick v. James E. Cauley, D.M.D., et al., dental malpractice, confidential settlement, 2014
- Valerie Crisp v. James Curtis Whitney, Personal Rep. of the Estate of Connie Whitney, et al., State Court of Cobb County, rear-end motor vehicle collision, $400,000.00 jury verdict, 2013
- Neal v. Garcia-Aguilera and Latin American Taxi Cab, Inc., State Court of Hall County, disputed liability motor vehicle collision at an intersection, $69,092.32 jury verdict (verdict included attorney fees and expenses of litigation), 2013
- McKinley v. Bostick, State Court of Cherokee County, rear-end motor vehicle collision, $142,000.00 jury verdict, 2012
- Confidential settlement obtained against a megachurch pastor related to a fraudulent mortgage modification program, 2012
- Gowen v. Lynn Davis Roberts, et al., State Court of Pierce County, $125,000.00 settlement in a civil fraud case related to a fuel pump-rigging scheme in southeast Georgia, 2012
- Ruby Alicia Alderman and Donald Ernest Roberson, Surviving Parents of Matthew Taylor Roberson, Deceased v. Coty Wayne Rodriguez, et al., State Court of Ware County, wrongful death/dram shop case, confidential settlement, 2011
Videos
- Dustin argued before a three judge panel of the Court of Appeals and all judges ruled in his client's favor., Successful Argument Before the Court of Appeals of Georgia, Personal Injury, 2022
Pro bono / Community Service
- Volunteer, Christmas Arts and Crafts at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
- President, Northeastern Judicial Circuit Bar Association, 2023
- Vice President of Programs for the Gainesville - Northeastern Bar Association, 2022
- Courthouse Tour Guide for Law Day for Gainesville-Northeastern Georgia Bar Association
- Law Day Committee for Gainesville-Northeastern Georgia Bar Association, 2016
- Volunteer, Junior League of Savannah Thrift Sale
- National Night Out in Gainesville, GA, event to promote community involvement in crime prevention
- Volunteer, Teddy Bear Clinic in Savannah, GA, event hosted by Memorial Hospital to help children overcome fear of doctors and hospitals
- City (Gainesville) Representative for Georgia Legal Food Frenzy to raise food and funds for Georgia's eight regional food banks
- Volunteer, Touch-A-Truck Family Festival in Gainesville, GA, event that exhibits police cars, fire trucks, and heavy machinery with proceeds going to Hall County Animal Shelter Volunteer
- Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce
- Hall County Chamber of Commerce
- Career Day Speaker at Mill Creek Middle School
- Volunteer, Wills Clinic for First Responders from Richmond and Columbia Counties, drafted wills and advanced directives for first responders
Educational Background
- University of Georgia, Major: Political Science, Honors: cum laude, 2007
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Peachtree Road Race, 2013
- Labor Day Doughnut Dash 5k, 2017
- Labor Day Doughnut Dash 5k, 2016
Honors
- Rising Start, Super Lawyers, 2014 - 2024
- Young Alumni Council, Young Alumni Council, Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, 2019 - 2020
- The Avvo Rating is our effort to evaluate a lawyer’s background based on the information available in an attorney’s Avvo profile. We create the rating using a model that considers information the lawyer has included on their profile in addition to the information we collect from state bar associations and other organizations that license legal professionals. Any information that affects the Avvo Rating is visible in an attorney’s profile. The rating is a number on a 0-10 scale with a 10-rated lawyer garnering the title of “superb.”, Avvo 10.0 Rating, Avvo, 2015 - 2023
- For the 15th year, Georgia Trend is recognizing the state’s top attorneys – by asking the lawyers themselves who they think are the best in their field. This year’s exceptional attorneys practice in all corners of the state, from Atlanta and Augusta to Waycross and Savannah and represent 16 practice areas: Bankruptcy/Creditors’ Rights, Business Law, Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Entertainment/Sports Law, Environmental Law, Family Law, General Practice/Trial Law, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment, Personal Injury, Public Finance/Bonds, Real Estate/Construction Law, and Taxes/Estates/Trusts, plus two new categories this year, Healthcare Law and Intellectual Property. For the third year, we asked some of our top vote getters their opinions about the legal profession and Georgia. You’ll see their profiles throughout the list. To compile this listing, attorneys submitted their nominations via our website at georgiatrend.com. Any attorney who is a member of the state bar and lives and practices in Georgia was eligible to vote and to be voted onto this list. Respondents were not allowed to vote for themselves. They could, however, vote for members of their own firms only if they voted for an equal or greater number of attorneys outside their firms. We received nominations for nearly 2,000 attorneys. The ones with the most votes by their peers appear in the following pages in alphabetical order in the categories in which their fellow attorneys voted them, although some may practice in more than one area. The lists are determined solely by lawyers’ votes; places on the list are not for sale. The names of the attorneys who are advertisers appear in red type. Ballots were tallied and names verified by the Georgia Trend editorial staff., Legal Elite, Georgia Trend, 2017
- The Avvo Rating is our effort to evaluate a lawyer’s background based on the information available in an attorney’s Avvo profile. We create the rating using a model that considers information the lawyer has included on their profile in addition to the information we collect from state bar associations and other organizations that license legal professionals. Any information that affects the Avvo Rating is visible in an attorney’s profile. The rating is a number on a 0-10 scale with a 10-rated lawyer garnering the title of “superb”, Client Choice Award, Avvo, 2015 - 2016
- Award for outstanding service to the State Bar, Award of Achievement for Outstanding Service to the Bar, State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division, 2016
- Strong leadership is a key ingredient in the continuing development of a thriving community. The Greater Hall Chamber’s Leadership Hall County (LHC) program educates emerging and existing leaders to be integral players in the future of our community. Since its inception in 1983, over 800 men and women representing our diversity have completed this program and have taken their place as leaders in the community. Among the alumni are business professionals, politicians, judges, corporate CEOs, successful entrepreneurs, non-profit leaders, devoted educators and dedicated community volunteers. Through a series of sessions combining lectures and tours participants learn about such topics as: Economic Development, Public Safety, Politics, Tourism, Education, Healthcare, Social Services, Agriculture and Quality of Life. While every year follows a similar format, each class is adjusted to meet the specific needs and interests of the class while also staying abreast of current events and new venues. Class members are informed and, thereby becoming better qualified and more encouraged to take an active role in the decision making processes within the community. The connections made with classmates and the interaction with top community leaders adds value to this program well before and long after graduation, Graduate, Leadership Hall County, 2014 - 2016
- Invitation only organization composed of the top trial lawyers from each state or regions of certain highly-populated states who are younger than the age of 40 and exemplify superior qualifications, trial results, and leadership. http://www.thenationaltriallawyers.org/ntl-groups/top-40-under-40/, Top 40 Under 40, The National Trial Lawyers, 2015 - 2022
- The Daily Report is proud to announce our 2015 class for "On the Rise"—a selection of Georgia lawyers under the age of 40 who are making a difference in the community and will continue to do so in the future. The people we chose came from a pool of dozens of lawyers nominated by colleagues, co-counsel, mentors, friends and Daily Report staff. We faced the difficult task of selecting just 40. It wasn't easy. Those not chosen remain on our radar screen for future developments as their careers progress. Our honorees have made significant impacts on behalf of their clients. Some are likely candidates to one day serve the judicial system as judges and justices. Some already have big verdicts under their belts. Others are dealmakers in complex multimillion-dollar transactions. All told, the candidates were selected not only for what they've achieved thus far, but for what we believe they're likely to accomplish for the legal profession and for their respective communities in the future.Read more: http://www.dailyreportonline.com/id=1202731508812/Daily-Report-Announces-2015-On-the-Rise-Class#ixzz3gigIFn6j, On the Rise 40 Under 40, The Fulton County Daily Report, 2015
- Awarded each year to one third year student at Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law for excelling in insurance law, Guerry R. Moore Insurance Law Award, Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, 2011
- The Litigation Counsel of America is an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society established to reflect the new face of the American bar. Membership is limited to 3,500 Fellows, representing less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. The composition of the LCA is aggressively diverse, with recognition of excellence among American litigation and trial counsel across all segments of the bar. The purpose of the LCA is to recognize deserving, experienced, and highly qualified lawyers, to provide an outlet for scholarly authorship of legal articles on trial and litigation practice, to provide additional sources for professional development, to promote superior advocacy and ethical standards in the practice of law, to assist in community involvement by its membership, and to advance a superior judiciary, by taking relevant positions on issues or legislation affecting judicial compensation and/or benefits, as well as those affecting the American litigation processes., Associate Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
Industry Groups
- American Association For Justice
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
- Litigation Counsel Of America
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association
- The National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40
Selections
1 Year Super Lawyers
12 Years Rising Stars
- Super Lawyers: 2026
- Rising Stars: 2014 - 2025
