Georgia

Bruce A. Hagen

Decatur, GA

Bruce A. Hagen decided very early on that he was going to devote his entire career to helping injured people. After graduating from George Washington University Law School in 1986, Bruce spent the early years of his practice training under incredible mentors before launching his own law firm in 1992 in Atlanta. He took on auto accidents, truck wrecks, slip and fall cases, and listened to every victim that came his way to learn everything he could about personal injury law. Practice makes better - with more than 200 civil trials under his belt, Bruce built a name for himself in Georgia courtrooms and amongst his peers as The People’s Lawyer. The verdicts he won and settlements he obtained, have changed the lives of his clients for the better. In return, his clients kept coming back with more cases and Bruce built his practice the old school way - through word of mouth and personal referrals from satisfied customers. As his law practice grew, Bruce pursued a long-time passion and began representing injured cyclists and doing advocacy work on behalf of the cycling community in Georgia. Through Bike Law Georgia, Bruce spends a substantial part of his time hosting educational programs for bicyclists, drivers, and law enforcement officers to help ensure that people are aware of both their rights and responsibilities, as well as to help promote safety for all road users. Bruce is also heavily involved in working with both State legislators and Municipal leadership in crafting laws intended to help protect bicyclists and pedestrians. Throughout his legal career, Bruce Hagen has appeared on television and radio to discuss personal injury law and to provide a legal opinion on current situations on the news. He is a frequent guest on 680 The Fan and his weekly podcast “Where Sports Meets The Law” is a listeners favorite. Bruce Hagen co-authored the book Litigating Minor Impact Soft Tissue Cases Vol. 1, 2 & 3 with trial lawyer Karen K. Koehler and Dr. Michael D. Freeman. By sharing his knowledge and experience in this book, Bruce hopes to shape the next generation of personal injury lawyers. First published in 2015, it has been updated annually and has become a tool for plaintiff’s attorneys nationwide. Bruce Hagen has been recognized as a Georgia Super Lawyer for twenty consecutive years. In 2016, his son Matt Hagen joined him in his law practice as an attorney and has been recognized as a Georgia Rising Star for eight consecutive years. Community has always been at the heart of Bruce’s career. His law firm and legal team are involved in a variety of community outreach activities ranging from sponsoring various bike events, to collecting used bikes for kids, and teaching bike safety lessons at a local middle school. As the founding partner of Hagen Rosskopf LLC, Bruce Hagen is no stranger to the challenges of being a small business owner and running a successful law firm. One of his best accomplishments is the team at Hagen Rosskopf, many of whom have been with the firm for decades and who consider each other family. Although Bruce Hagen already has an impressive legal career to boast about, he remains focused on the needs of his clients and the rapidly changing legal landscape for injured people in Georgia.

Darren W. Penn

Atlanta, GA

Darren W. Penn is a trial lawyer handling a wide variety of tort and business litigation in state and federal courts across the United States. His practice areas include products liability, trucking and auto collisions, wrongful death, medical malpractice, aviation, business tort, entertainment, and intellectual property cases. He began his career in 1994 as a trial lawyer for State Farm, trying over a hundred bench and jury trials. He was a founding member of Penn & Pate LLP, then merged into Scherffius, Ballard Still & Ayres LLP, and later co-founded Harris Penn Lowry LLP, securing over $750 million in verdicts and settlements. He is the founder of Penn Law LLC. Darren is past President of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA), a member of the Board and past Chair of the Georgia State Bar’s General Practice & Trial Law Section, and past Chair of the Civil Justice PAC of Georgia. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, consistently named to Super Lawyers, Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite, and the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America and Georgia. He earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Georgia.

Todd Henningsen

McDonough, GA

Attorney Todd Henningsen is the managing partner at Henningsen Injury Attorneys, P.C. With more than two decades of legal experience and expertise, Todd has spent his time as a personal injury attorney working toward one objective: to protect the rights of accident victims. As a result, he has won millions of dollars on behalf of injured victims all over the state of Georgia.

Linley Jones

Atlanta, GA

Linley Jones is one of Atlanta’s most accomplished trial lawyers and the founder of The Linley Jones Firm, P.C. She is the first woman in the United States to be board certified in legal malpractice by the American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys. With over 30 years of experience, she practices primarily in legal malpractice, personal injury, and wrongful death. She has been repeatedly recognized as a Super Lawyer, one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Georgia, and one of the Top 50 Female Lawyers in Georgia. She also serves as a Mayor Pro Tem and City Council member in Brookhaven, Georgia.

Nathan E. Fitzpatrick

Atlanta, GA

Nathan Fitzpatrick is an attorney in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in Personal Injury. He is the founding member of The Fitzpatrick Firm, LLC, and has recovered millions for clients since 2009 in various personal injury and accident cases, including nursing home negligence, wrongful death, premises liability, auto accidents, trucking accidents, medical malpractice, slip and fall, and serious bodily injury cases. He is a distinguished trial attorney with extensive knowledge of Georgia and Federal law.

Michael L. Goldberg

Atlanta, GA

Michael L. Goldberg is a partner at Fried Goldberg LLC, representing victims of catastrophic personal injuries or wrongful death, primarily in trucking and commercial vehicle accidents. He has been lead counsel on 15 cases with multi-million dollar verdicts and was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2013.