JOSEPH P. BRENNAN
Born Savannah, Georgia, October 15, 1946. Admitted to bar 1977, Georgia. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S. 1968); University of Georgia (J.D. 1977). Member: Savannah Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; Georgia Insurance Defense Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Advocates. [Ret. Lt. Col. Pilot, Georgia Air National Guard]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice Defense, Products Liability.

WILEY A. WASDEN III
Born Savannah, Georgia, July 31, 1959. Admitted to bar, 1984, Georgia; 1986, Georgia Court of Appeals; 1989, Supreme Court of Georgia; 1991, U.S. Claims Court. Education: University of The South (B.A., 1981); University of Georgia (J.D., 1984). Editor, Georgia Defense Lawyer Journal, 1997. Co-Author: with James V. Painter, "Recent Developments in Georgia Premises Liability Law: Criminal Activity Cases," Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Journal, 1996. Chapter 7 Panel Trustee in Bankruptcy, 1990-2006. Member: Savannah Bar Association, Savannah Bar Association Committee (1995-present); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Executive Council, Young Lawyers Section, 1987-1989); Statewide Judicial Evaluation Committee (1997-present); Special Master in Bar Disciplinary Proceedings (1999-present); Congressional Advisory Committee on Selection of Federal Judicial Officials (2000-2004); Georgia Insurance Defense Lawyers Association (Board Member, 1992-2002); Georgia Society of Hospital Attorneys; American Academy of Hospital Attorneys; Defense Research Institute (Committees: Commercial Liability, Medical Liability, Professional Liability); American Veterinary Medical Law Association; Georgia Super Lawyer (2007-present); Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Practice Areas: Hospital Malpractice Defense; Professional Liability; Insurance Defense.

MARVIN W. MCGAHEE
Born Atlanta, Georgia, January 8, 1957. Admitted to bar 1981, Georgia; 1994, South Carolina. Education: Georgia State University (B.S. 1978); University of Georgia (J.D. 1981). Member: Savannah Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia; South Carolina Bar. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation, Employment Discrimination, Civil Litigation.

W. RICHARD DEKLE
Born Savannah, Georgia, March 8, 1968. Admitted to bar, 1991, Georgia. Education: Mercer University (B.A. 1990); Walter F. George School of Law (J.D. 1993). Member: State Bar of Georgia; Savannah Bar Association; Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Products Liability, Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice Defense.

TRACIE GROVE SMITH
Born Belvidere, Illinois, July 4, 1963. Admitted to bar, 1988, Tennessee; 1991, Texas; 1993, Georgia; 1989, United States District Court of Tennessee; 1993, United States District Court of Georgia, Southern District; 1994, 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Education: Emory & Henry College (B.A., cum laude 1985); Washington & Lee Law School (J.D., 1988). Moot Court Board. John W. Davis Moot CourtBest Brief Award. Justice Alexander Harmon Scholar. Member:GeorgiaBar Association;SavannahBar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense, Civil Litigation, Medical Malpractice Defense.

J. CURT THOMAS
Born Morrow, Georgia, March 25, 1976. Admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia; 2008, South Carolina; 2005 United States District Court of Georgia, Southern District; 2006 Georgia Court of Appeals. Education: Georgia State University (B.S. 2001); Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University (J.D. 2005). Ruby R. Vale Corporate Law Moot Court Competition. Hugh Lawson Oral Advocacy Competition, Finalist. Member: Savannah Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice Defense, Bankruptcy.

B. NICOLE SMITH
Born Atlanta, Georgia, March 26, 1974. Admitted to bar, 2000, Georgia; 2000 Georgia Court of Appeals; 2000 Georgia Supreme Court; 2002 United States District Court of Georgia, Northern District and Middle District. Education: University of Georgia (ABJ 1996 with high honors); University of Georgia (J.D. 2000). Order of Barristers (2002) and Joseph P. Lumpkin Inns of Court (1999-2000). Member: Atlanta Bar Association 2001-2005, Member Young Lawyers Association 2001-2005. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense, Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense.

SALLY HASKELL PERKINS
Born Macon, Georgia, February 13, 1979. Admitted to bar, 2005, Georgia. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (A.B., 2001); University of Georgia (J.D. 2004). Member: Atlanta Bar Association 2006, Georgia Bar Association, Savannah Bar Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense, Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense.

GREGORY G. SEWELL
Born Savannah, Georgia, February 3, 1982. Admintted to bar, 2007, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., 2004); Georgia State University (J.D.,2007). Member: State Bar of Georgia, Savannah Bar Association. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice, Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense.

OF COUNSEL
WILLIAM E. DILLARD III
Born Columbus, Georgia, October 24, 1955. Admitted to bar, 1987, Georgia. Education: University of Georgia (BBA, 1982); University of Georgia (JD, 1987). Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter (1987). Member: American Bar Association 1987-2005, 2007, SavannahBar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation, Insurance Defense, Bankruptcy, Corporate.