Ryals D. Stone
Top rated Medical Malpractice attorney in Rome, Georgia
Stone Law Group Trial Lawyers, LLC
Practice areas: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Transportation & Maritime; view more
Licensed in Georgia since: 2010
Education: Samford University Cumberland School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2023 - 2026 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2018 - 2022 Call today:
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Stone Law Group Trial Lawyers, LLC
215 Broad StSuite 115
Rome, GA 30161 Visit website
A fifth-generation attorney from a family committed to upholding high ethical standards, Ryals D. Stone is a partner at the Stone Law Group Trial Lawyers, LLC. Based in Rome, he concentrates his practice on aiding individuals and small businesses across Georgia in civil litigation cases involving:
- Catastrophic Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Medical malpractice
- Motor vehicle & Trucking accidents
- Premises liability
- Industrial boiler explosions
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Georgia Civil RICO violations
Mr. Stone devotes nearly all of his practice to personal injury and wrongful death litigation, acting as a zealous advocate for those who have suffered economic and intangible losses and other sorts of hardship as a consequence of the wrongdoing of others. Over the past 15 years since 2010, he and his trial team have earned nearly $200 million in Plaintiffs' jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of his injured clients (including 5 results of $25M or more).
Mr. Stone attended college and earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Georgia in 2005 (AB, History) and is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. He then attended Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama, where he was named a Caruthers Fellow and received his Juris Doctor in 2009. While in law school, he also studied International Law at the University of Cambridge in England.
Mr. Stone is a Member of the State Bar of Georgia, and he is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia, the Supreme Court of Georgia and the Georgia Court of Appeals. He is currently serves on the Executive Committee and is an Officer of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA - Parliamentarian, 2025-26) , on the Board of Directors of the Civil Justice PAC, Inc., previously on the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), as an active member of the Rome Bar Association, and the Pataula Circuit Bar Association.
Honored with a “Superb” rating on Avvo, Mr. Stone received the Award of Achievement in 2015 from the State Bar of Georgia’s Young Lawyers Division. He and his trial team won the Daily Report’s Hall of Fame Verdict Award in 2014 for the highest verdict of $40 million or more. He routinely speaks publicly and presents at numerous seminars and conferences around the State on various legal topics specific to his law practice.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Transportation/Maritime, Aviation and Aerospace, Insurance Coverage, Professional Liability: PlaintiffFocus areas
Assault, Aviation Accidents - Plaintiff, Bad Faith Insurance, Birth Injury, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Delayed or Incorrect Diagnosis, Dram Shop Laws, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Informed Consent, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Professional Malpractice - Other, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Transportation Law, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 20% Personal Injury - Medical Malpractice: Plaintiff
- 30% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 20% Transportation/Maritime
- 10% Aviation and Aerospace
- 10% Insurance Coverage
- 10% Professional Liability: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 2010, Georgia
Professional Webpage: https://stonelaw.com/ryals-drayton-stone/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Georgia, 2010 - present
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA), Parliamentarian (2025-26); Champion member (2011-present); Executive Committee member (2013-present); Co-Chair, Legislative Committee (2021-2023, and 2024-25); Co-Chair, Education Committee (2023-24); Co-Chair, LEAD Program Committee (2013-2015); LEAD Class Selection Committee member (2013-current), 2011
- Georgia Court of Appeals, 2011
- Supreme Court of Georgia, 2011
- District Court Southern District of Georgia, 2016
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 2011
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2011
- American Association of Justice, Member, 2011 – present; Board of Governors, Georgia Revitalization Governor, 2016 – present
- Pataula Bar Association, President, 2014 - present
- Rome Bar Association, Member, 2016 - present
- State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Division, 2010 – 2017, Director of Sponsorship, 2014 – 2016; Litigation Committee Chair, 2014 – 2016
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Committee, 2013 – present; LEAD Committee Chair, 2013-present; LEAD Class Selection Committee, 2013 – present; New Member Orientation Committee, 2015 – 2016
- Civil Justice PAC Board of Directors, Member, Champion Donor, 2014 – present; Treasurer, 2017 – 2018; Secretary, 2018 – present
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Foster v. Landstar Ranger, Inc., et al., Civil Action File No. 09-A-1698 (Cobb County State Court 2011)
- Trabue, et al. v. Atlanta Women’s Specialists, et al., Civil Action File Co. 14-EV-001821Y (Fulton State Court 2017)
- Evans v. The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co., et al., Civil Action No. 2008-062 (Early County State Court 2014)
- Widner v. J.H. Harvey, Food Lion, LLC, et al., Civil Action File No. 12 C-903918-2 (Gwinnett County State Court 2013)
Pro bono / Community Service
- First Baptist Church of Rome, Social Committee; Budget Prep Committee; Vacation Bible School
- Camp Laney Foundation - Member, Board of Directors (2023-present), Mentone, Alabama, 2023
- Northwest Georgia Council of Boy Scouts’ American Values Luncheon
- Unity Christian School’s “A Southern Affair” Silent Auction Fundraiser
- Annual BBQ Luncheon
- Criminal Justice Foundation
- Rome Floyd Chamber, Government Affairs Committee, Young Professionals Committee; Rome/Floyd County Community
Educational Background
- University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia B.A., 2005, Major: History; Presidential Scholar, 2003 - 2004; Dean’s List, 2000; Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, 2000-2005
- J.D., Cumberland School of Law at Samford University - Birmingham, Alabama, 2006-2009
- Southwest Georgia Academy, Honors: With Honors, 1996-2000
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- “Important Questions to Ask During Voir Dire”, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2013
- Co-Chair, GTLA LEAD Program, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2013 – 2015
- “Why LEAD Matters”, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association’s Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2018
- “Generations of GTLA Leadership: A Tradition of Active Involvement and Giving Back”, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association’s LEAD Program Kickoff Session, Athens, Georgia, November 2017
- “Black Diamond Damages: Maximizing Your Client’s Non-Economic Damages at Trial”, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association’s SkiLE, Park City, Utah, March 2016
Other Outstanding Achievements
- In Spring 2013, I designed an annual statewide leadership education curriculum and proposed an annual “LEAD” Program ("Leadership Education and Advanced Direction") for the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. The GTLA Executive Committee unanimously accepted my proposed LEAD Program and immediately appointed me to the Exec Committee as LEAD Committee Co-Chair. Four months later, we received approximately sixty LEAD applications from qualified candidates statewide. In August 2013, we selected 16 of the most qualified applicants to join the inaugural GTLA LEAD class. Today, the GTLA LEAD Program currently boasts 80 LEAD alumni, representing 20 different cities statewide from Albany to Atlanta, Columbus to Cedartown, Savannah to Summerville, Valdosta to Vidalia. The 4th annual GTLA LEAD class graduated in May 2017, and the 5th LEAD class was selected in September 2017. I served as the LEAD Committee Chair for its first two years, and I have proudly served on the LEAD Selection Committee every year since the program was established. At least one LEAD alumni has chaired or co-chaired the LEAD Committee every year since (including the current LEAD Chair, 2017 Leadership Georgia participant M.J. Blakely – LEAD Class of 2014). Two LEAD alumni currently serve in the Georgia General Assembly, including State Senator Blake Tillery (R-Vidalia; LGA Class of 2014). Most importantly, however, LEAD alumni have thoroughly permeated the entire organization; Today, nearly 30% current GTLA Executive Committee members are LEAD alumni, 2013
Honors
- Recipient, Abraham J. Caruthers Fellow
- Recipient, Study Abroad Program at the University of Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College
- Boone & Stone (Foster v. Landstar Ranger Inc.), Daily Report Verdicts Hall of Fame, 2014
- Award Recipient, Highest marks in International Comparative Constitutional Law, Professional Responsibility, and Basic Skills in Trial Advocacy
Industry Groups
- Insurance Bad Faith
- Motor Vehicle And Trucking Accidents
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liablity
- Professional Negligence
- Wrongful Death
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2023 - 2026
- Rising Stars: 2018 - 2022
