david e. hudson

member

Telephone:
Fax:

(706) 722-4481
(706) 722-9779

E-mail

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Augusta Office
801 Broad Street, 7th floor
Augusta, GA 30901

Practice Areas

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation and Arbitration
Appellate Practice
Business Disputes, Commercial and Securities Litigation
Civil Rights Litigation
Class Actions and Multi District Litigation
Construction Litigation
Copyright
Creditor Law and Collections

Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace
Employment Litigation
Health Care
Insurance Coverage
Intellectual Property Litigation
Media Litigation
Non-Compete Agreements
Probate Administration
Products Liability, Personal Injury and Torts

David practices in the area of general civil litigation with an emphasis on business and commercial disputes, media law and construction law. He has been a trial lawyer since 1974, and has represented clients at the trial court level in Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, and New York. He has also argued numerous appeals in the appellate courts of Georgia, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and a case before the Supreme Court of the United States.

Education

Mercer University, 1968, A.B., History and Political Science
Honors: Summa Cum Laude, Student Government President, Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award winner
Harvard Law School, 1971, J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude

Professional Experience

Captain in the United States Army (1972-1974)
Senior Instructor, Law Department, United States Military
Police School at Fort Gordon, Georgia
Clerkship with the Honorable Griffin B. Bell, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1971-1972)

Professional associations

American College of Trial Lawyers
Augusta Bar Association
Georgia Board of Bar Examiners, Appointed Member by Supreme Court of Georgia (1994-1998), Past Chair (1998)
United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Chairman Emeritus for the Lawyers Advisory Committee, Past Chair Civil Justice Reform Committee (1992-1994)

civic associations

Mercer University Trustee, Executive Committee Chairman and Former Board
Morris Museum of Art Trustee
National Science Center Foundation Trustee
Richard B. Russell Foundation Trustee
Walter F. George Foundation Trustee

Honors & Awards

Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year Augusta Bet-the-Company Litigation (2012)
Best Lawyers in America® - Bet the Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation: Construction, Litigation: First Amendment and Personal Injury Litigation
Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism Benham Award (2009)
Georgia Super Lawyers - Business Litigation (2004-2013); Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyers (2005-2007)
Georgia Trend's - 100 Most Influential Georgians (2006)
Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite - General Practice/ Trail Law (2012)
Martindale-Hubbell® AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated

Admissions

State Bar of Georgia
David is admitted to practice before the District Courts of Georgia and the Second, Fifth and Eleventh Circuit U.S. Courts of Circuit of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.

Publications

"Georgia Sunshine Laws Handbook 2012" Georgia Press Association, June 2012.
"Duty and Friendship: Judge John Sammons Bell and Judge Anthony A. Alaimo." Georgia Bar Journal. Vol 15, No. 6. 2010.
"Judge Griffin B. Bell - A Great American, ",Americus Time Recorder," January 8, 2009
"When the Sky Did Fall: Argument Before the United States Supreme Court," Georgia Bar Journal.

speeches

David is a frequent lecturer to media and legal groups across the State of Georgia.