Background
Veal, Gregory R. was born on January 4, 1957 in Augusta, Georgia, United States.
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Gregory R. Veal
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Furman University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1979). University of Georgia (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1982).
Career
Transamerica Insurance Company v. United States, 31 Federal Citation Index. 602 (1995); Transamerica Insurance Company v. H.V.A.C. Contractors, Incorporated. 857 F. Supp. 969 (North Dakota Georgia. 1994).Worked at Bovis, Kyle & Burch (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in General Civil, Corporate and Insurance Practice. Trials and Appeals. Negligence, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Fraud and Arson Defense, Products Liability, Workers Compensation, Fidelity and Surety, Construction, Commercial, Bankruptcy, Estate Planning, Taxation, Real Estate Law, Local Government Law, Condemnation, Medical Malpractice and Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Georgia.
United States.
District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia. United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
United States.
Court of Federal Claims. Phi Beta Kappa. Editorial Board, 1980-1981 and Managing Board, 1981-1982, Georgia Law Review. Company-Author: Annotated Commercial Blanket Bond, Chapter
3, Section 3 and Chapter
5, Section 4, American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1985, Supp. 1991. Author: "Subrogation--The Duties and Obligations of the Insured and Rights of the Insurer Revisited," XXVIII Tort and Insurance Law Journal 69 (Fall, 1992).
"Georgia Fidelity/Surety in "95: Five Cases You Should Know," 1996. "Arbitration and the Surety: When You Should, How Far You Should, and What If You Don"t," 1995.
"As Their Interests May Appear: Multiple Obligee Bonds," 1994.
"Comparing Peaches and Palmettos: Georgia and South Carolina"s Different Views of the Surety and Bad Faith," (1993) Southern Surety and Fidelity Claims Conference. Member: American (Member: Litigation Section. Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee.
Forum Committee on the Construction Industry) Bar Association.
State Bar of Georgia (Member, Litigation Section). The Firm"s practice can be divided into two primary areas of concentration: litigation and business.
The largest sector of our practice is in the litigation area representing a number of insurance companies and self-insureds in the areas of casualty, personal injury, product liability, property, and workers" compensation. The firm also has a substantial fidelity and surety practice.
The business and corporate sector of the firm represents several small to medium size corporations and several local banks.
The diversified commercial services provided to international clients are in such areas as bankruptcy, commercial law, tax, contracts, and real estate. The litigation and business practices are often combined in handling complex commercial litigation matters such as enforcing debtor or creditor rights, bankruptcy litigation, construction litigation and corporate litigation. Additionally, the firm provides services for a number of individual clients in conjunction with probate and estate planning matters.
The firm is also the city attorneys for Alpharetta, Georgia.
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Membership
Member: American (Member: Litigation Section. Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee. Forum Committee on the Construction Industry) Bar Association.
State Bar of Georgia (Member, Litigation Section).
