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| NAME | Robert D. Ingram, Partner |
| ringram@mijs.com | |
| EDUCATION | Kennesaw College, BS Emory University School of Law, JD |
| BAR MEMBERSHIPS | State of Georgia State of Tennessee |
| PRACTICE AREAS | Insurance Defense Workers’ Compensation Business and Intellectual Property Disputes Probate Litigation |
Robert is a fourth generation Cobb Countian who has successfully tried numerous cases to verdict in State and Federal Courts on a broad range of commercial and insurance defense litigation matters. He has also tried many cases before AAA arbitration panels and workers compensation administrative law judges. Robert has also defended a wide array of class actions representing insurers, contractors, and manufacturers and has successfully represented many of the firm’s clients in business and intellectual property disputes and probate litigation. He received his undergraduate degree from Kennesaw College with honors and his law degree from Emory University School of Law. He is a member of the Bar in both Georgia and Tennessee.
President, State Bar of Georgia, 2005-06
President, Cobb Bar Association, 1998-99
State Bar Board of Governors, 1993-07
State Bar Executive Committee, 1999-07
Cobb County Bar, Board of Trustees, 1993-04
Lawyer Assistance Program, Chair
Foundation of Freedom Commission, Chair
General Counsel Overview Committee
Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism, 2003-05
Commission on Continuing Lawyer Competency, 2004-12, Chair 2010-11
Communications Committee, Co-Chair, 2009-13
Judicial Qualifications Commission, 2006-14 term, Chair
- Disciplinary body which conducts investigations and hearings regarding complaints and allegations of misconduct against Georgia judges
U.S. Judicial Nominating Panel, 2004-17
- Appointed by Senator Johnny Isakson as a member of the panel to assist Georgia’s U.S. Senators in recommending Federal Judicial nominees & U.S. Attorneys to the President of the United States
Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council, 1996-17
- Chairman of Advisory Council, 2009-13;
Rules & Mediation Committee 1996-09; 2013-17
Lawyers Foundation of Georgia, Board of Trustees
Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2004-07, Chair 2006-07
Georgia Bar Foundation, Board of Trustees
Georgia Institute of Continuing Judicial Education, Board of Trustees, 2007-10
Georgia Supreme Court Commission on Legal Education, 2007-08
Georgia Supreme Court Code of Judicial Conduct Revision Committee, 2011-14
Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
Defense Research Institute
Old War Horse Lawyers Club
Lawyers Club of Atlanta
State Disciplinary Board
- Investigative Panel, 2004-05
Review Panel, 2006-07
Peer Recognition
Georgia Super Lawyers
Selected by peers in annual nomination and polling process conducted by Atlanta Magazine, 2004-17 and 2012-17 Super Lawyers Business Edition
Best Lawyers in America
Nominated and selected by peers for inclusion in the 2006-16 editions in the specialties of Commercial Litigation, Construction Law and Workers’ Compensation Law
Best Lawyers in Commercial Litigation
Selected for inclusion by Litigation Magazine in conjunction with The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal and Corporate Counsel Magazine 2008-17
Atlanta Business Chronicle, selected to the Legal Elite list
Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition
Selected for Civil Litigation Defense for 2008-17
AV Preeminent Rated
Received top peer review rating by LexisNexis and Martindale-Hubbell for legal ability and ethics, 2005-17
Bobby Cleveland Professionalism Award
Selected by Cobb County Bar, 2005
Preeminent Lawyer Bar Registry
Selected by Lexis-Nexis and Martindale-Hubbell for 2008-17
Cobb Justice Foundation
Founder and Chair, 1995
Member, 1995-17
Selected as Volunteer of the Year, 1997
Justice Weltner Freedom of Information Award
Presented by First Amendment Foundation to the Judicial Qualifications Commission while Chaired by Robert Ingram 2014
American Academy of Trial Lawyers(AATA)
Recognized by AATA as one of the Premier 100 Trial Attorneys for Georgia
Other Organizations
Noonday Baptist Association, Board of Trustees, 1996-03,2014-16 Chair 1999-03
Georgia Self-Insurer’s Association, Board of Directors, 2007-12
North Georgia Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Board of Directors, 2000-02
Cobb County Youth Museum, Board of Directors, 1995-97
Cobb County School System, Board of Ethics, Chair, 2000-01
Georgia Workers Compensation Association, Board of Director’s, 2013-17
