Firm Profile
- Past President, State Bar of Georgia.
- Lead author, Georgia Law of Torts: Trial Preparation & Practice (2010-2021 editions).
- First Georgia lawyer to earn three board certifications from the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
- Past chair, Institute for Continuing Legal Education in Georgia.
- "Tradition of Excellence Award" from State Bar of Georgia General Practice & Trial Section.
- Past chair, American Association for Justice Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway & Premises Liability Section.
- Included in Georgia Super Lawyers and Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
- Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
- Fellow, International Society of Barristers.
- Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
- Included in Best Lawyers in America and Georgia Super Lawyers.
- Mr. Lanham is a trial attorney with nearly a half century of experience specializing in professional negligence, wrongful death, aviation, railroad, product liability and related plaintiffs’ tort litigation. During the Vietnam War, he was an Army JAG officer assigned to represent two defendants in the infamous My Lai Massacre case.
- Georgia Super Lawyer
- "Top 100 Trial Lawyers."
- He has written and lectured extensively in all aspects of civil litigation. More than four decades' experience as a trial attorney specializing in all aspects of personal injury/wrongful death civil litigation, including automotive/trucking, aviation, railroad, product liability, medical/professional negligence, highway design, architectural/engineering negligence and related Plaintiffs’ tort litigation.
Professional leadership
- Past President, State Bar of Georgia
- Past Chair of largest practice area section of national organization of trial lawyers.
- “Short list” of nominees for appointment to Georgia Court of Appeals (2012)
- Based on numerous verdicts and settlements in the millions of dollars
- Civil Trial Advocacy (1995)
- Civil Pretrial Advocacy (2012)
- Truck Accident law (2019)
- “AV”
- “Super Lawyer”
- “Legal Elite”
- Avvo 10.0
- Lead author – Georgia Law of Torts: Trial Preparation & Practice
- Chapter author – Handling Motor Vehicle Accident Cases
- Numerous articles in legal periodicals
- Has taught law students at Emory and other lawyers in continuing legal education programs throughout the US