Mike Gorby

Honors/Awards:

• Arbitrator and Mediator, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, Lawyers Club of Atlanta
• Member, Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
• Member, Georgia Liaison, Professional Liability Committee, Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• Member, Insurance Law and Litigation Sections, State Bar of Georgia
• Member, Litigation Section, American Bar Association
• Member, Atlanta Bar Association

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Volunteer Instructor with the Dekalb County Special Education Project
• Long-Time Member, Holy Cross Catholic Church
• Atlanta Mental Health Organizations

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• Speaker and is annually a keynote speaker at the Premises Liability Seminar for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia
• Chairman, Premises Liability Seminar Program, Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 1994 - 2005
• Chair, Annual Premises Liability Seminar for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, which is affiliated with the University of Georgia, 1994
• Premises Liability in Georgia, Premises Liability in Georgia, Harrison Company, 1998
• Premises Liability in Georgia, Atlanta Bar Association seminar in Park City, Utah, March 11, 1994
• Insurance Coverage Law in Georgia, National Business Institute, Inc. Seminar, July 25, 1995
• Premises Liability in Georgia, Atlanta Bar Association Seminar in Snow Mass, Colorado, March 1998
• Premises Liability in Georgia, Harrison Company, 1998
• Premises Liability in Georgia, Atlanta Bar Association, February 1999
• Insurance Law: Third-Party Coverage in Georgia, June 18, 2002
• Accessibility of Expert Testimony in Georgia, Thomson/West Publishing Company

Verdicts/Settlements:

• Mr. Gorby has also litigated Premises Liability cases on behalf of individuals. He and partner Mary Donne Peters obtained a jury verdict of $1.2 million in Ohio for injuries suffered by a truck driver at a steel company. Here in Georgia, Mr. Gorby and Ms. Peters obtained a $3.4 million jury verdict for a woman who was seriously injured in a dog attack, one of the largest verdicts of its type in the country. Finally, Mr. Gorby obtained a substantial confidential settlement on behalf of an attorney who was falsely arrested at a shopping mall
• On the other side of the coin, Mike Gorby was retained by an insurance carrier that denied coverage for environmental damages claimed to exceed $20-million. Mr. Gorby obtained summary judgment on behalf of the insurance carrier and the decision was upheld by the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
• Mike Gorby served as lead trial counsel for a southern city that sued its insurance carrier to provide coverage for over $25-million in claims arising out of criminal sexual conduct by a police officer. The case was tried in federal court in Atlanta, Georgia, and the judge ruled that the insurance company was not only required to cover over $25-million in claims, but also the attorneys' fees to litigate the case. The decision was upheld by the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

Educational Background:

• Georgia State University, B.A., 1971