Kenneth L. Shigley

Background

Shigley, Kenneth L. was born on May 16, 1951 in Fort Payne, Alabama, United States.

Education

Furman University (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). Emory University (Juris Doctor, 1977).

Career

Admitted to the bar, 1977, Georgia. Chair, Georgia Insurance Law Institute, Saint Simons Island, Georgia., 1994. Lecturer: "Auto Insurance: Fundamentals of a Motor Vehicle Personal Injury Case," Insurance Law Fundamentals Seminar, Atlanta, May 1994.

"Kids & Torts," Insurance Law Institute, Saint Simons Island, Georgia., 1993.

Author: "Tort Claims Involving Minors in Georgia," 31 Georgia State Bar J. 11 (1994). "Effective Use of Low-Technical Visual Aids at Trial," 31:5 Foreign the Defense 12 (1989).

"Insurance Defense Practice Under the Proposed Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct," Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Journal, 1988. Assistant District Attorney, Douglas County, 1977-1978.

Mediator, Henning Mediation & Arbitration Service, Incorporated.

Moderator, Georgia Tort & Insurance Law Forum, Counsel Connect, 1995-1997. Member: Atlanta (Director, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, 1997-1998) and American (Member, Section of Torts and Insurance Practice. Litigation Section) Bar Associations.

State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, 1994-1995.

Secretary-Treasurer, 1993-1994, Insurance Law Section. Company-Chair, Legal Ethics Committee, Younger Lawyers Section, 1987-1988.

Member, Court Futures Committee, 1993-1995. Member, Code of Professional Responsibility Committee, 1986-1988).

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Special Member).

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member). Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. Defense Research Institute.

Lawyers Club of Atlanta.

Christian Legal Society. National College of Advocacy (Advocate).

American Inns of Court (Master). Lamar Inn, Emory University.

(Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy).

Mr. Shigley worked for nearly a decade in an insurance defense litigation firm before launching his own practice. He now concentrates primarily on representation of individuals, families and small businesses with substantial tort and insurance claims, coverage litigation, defense work for self-insured entities, attorney professional liability and discipline defense, and service as a private mediator.

Achievements

• Kenneth L. Shigley has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Tort Claims Involving Minors in Georgia," 31 Georgia State Bar J. 11 (1994). "Effective Use of Low-Tech Visual Aids at Trial," 31:5 For the Defense 12 (1989). "Insurance Defense Practice Under the Proposed Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct," Georgia Defense Lawyers Association Journal, 1988.
    
    Assistant District Attorney, Douglas County, 1977-1978. Mediator, Henning Mediation & Arbitration Service, Inc. Moderator, Georgia Tort & Insurance Law Forum, Counsel Connect, 1995-1997.

Membership

Member: Atlanta (Director, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, 1997-1998) and American (Member, Section of Torts and Insurance Practice. Litigation Section) Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia (Chairman, 1994-1995.

Secretary-Treasurer, 1993-1994, Insurance Law Section.

Company-Chair, Legal Ethics Committee, Younger Lawyers Section, 1987-1988. Member, Court Futures Committee, 1993-1995.

Member, Code of Professional Responsibility Committee, 1986-1988). Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (Special Member).

The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining Member).

Georgia Defense Lawyers Association. Defense Research Institute. Lawyers Club of Atlanta.

Christian Legal Society.

National College of Advocacy (Advocate). American Inns of Court (Master).

Lamar Inn, Emory University. (Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy).