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R. Harold Meeks, Jr. online at visit superlawyers.com

Roy Harold (Hal) Meeks, Jr. has tried over one hundred bench and jury trials and binding arbitrations in his career in substantive areas including medical malpractice defense, securities defense, construction claims, commercial and contract disputes.  His current practice is divided among health care litigation, including medical malpractice defense, securities and construction litigation,  and a myriad of other disputes facing business clients.  He also has extensive experience representing securities firms and individual brokers and has often litigated employment covenant, trade secret, and other white-collar employment disputes.  Mr. Meeks is a frequent speaker to business groups on lien law topics and commercial and contract dispute remedies, and is a speaker at legal seminars sponsored by the Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education.  He has written for the Georgia State Bar Journal and other publications on litigation issues affecting businesses. 

Mr. Meeks is a Georgia native who attended the University of Georgia, where he received his B.A. degree in English, cum laude, in 1976, and the University of Georgia School of Law, where he served as Senior Editor of the Georgia Law Review and graduated in 1979.

He is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association, the State Bar of Georgia, the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, the Defense Research Institute, the Georgia Defense Lawers Association and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the United States Supreme Court.

Practice Areas:  

        - Construction 
        - Commercial Litigation
        - Medical Malpractice 
        - Securities Litigation

Admitted:
 

Georgia, 1979

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit

U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1979

U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 1979
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Law Review: Georgia Law Review, Editorial Board Member, 1977 - 1978
Law Review: Georgia Law Review, Senior Editor, 1978 - 1979

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1976
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: General Honors, Program for Superior Students
Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa
Honors: Blue Key

Representative Clients:

CareSouth Home Health Services, Inc.

Home Depot USA, Inc.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Georgia, Inc.Medical Center of Central Georgia

SunTrust Investment Securities, Inc.

 

 

Presentations and Publications:

• "Usurpation of Corporate Opportunities: Liabilities of the Former Officer or Director," (Co-Author with David C. Jensen) 18 Ga. St. B.J. 150, May, 1982
• "Georgia Door-Closing Statute: Who Bears the Burden?" 24 Ga. St. B.J.141, February, 1988
• Presenter, Fiduciary Responsibility: Some Basic Principles; Business Torts, ICLE, November 2, 1989 Subcontractor/Materialmen Lien Law, Atlanta Bar CLE, March 2, 1997
• Presenter, Lien Rights in Georgia, ICLE Lien Seminar, May 23, 2002
• Presenter Liens on Tenant Improvements; Construction Mechanics' & Materialmen's Liens, ICLE, May 22, 2003
• Presenter, Construction, Mechanics' & Materialmen's Liens, ICLE, May 2, 2004
• Presenter, Protecting the Owner in a Lien Dispute; Construction, Mechanics' & Materialmen's Liens, ICLE, May 6, 2005 Perfecting the Construction Lien; Construction, Mechanics' & Materialmen's Liens, ICLE, May 19, 2006
• Presenter, Statutory Requirements for Claiming and Perfecting a Construction Lien, ICLE Seminar, May 18, 2007
• Presenter, Thomas v. MCCG; The Decision and Its Implications, 23rd Annual Medical Malpractice Institute, November 29,2007 - December 1, 2007 
• Presentation at Construction Mechanics and Materialmen's Liens Seminar presented by ICLE in Savannah, Ga., Perfecting the Construction Lien,  May 22, 2009 
• Presentation to Grady Health Systems Clinic Physicians on Prevention of Medical Malpractice Claims entitled "Avoiding Your Day in Court", March 29, 2011
• Presentation at Construction Mechanics and Materialmen's Liens Seminar presented by ICLE in Atlanta, Ga., Claimant's Perspective: Claiming and Perfecting Lien Rights, May 20, 2011
• Presentation to the Family Practice Residency Program at Mercer University School of Medicine on Prevention of Medical Malpractice Claims entitled "Avoiding Your Day in Court", July 22, 2011 

Professional Associations and Memberships:

        - Atlanta Bar Association 
        - Lawyers Club of Atlanta 
        - State Bar of Georgia 
        - The Defense Research Institute 
        - The Georgia Defense Lawyers Association