Background
Wedge, Robert B. was born on September 26, 1947 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
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Robert B. Wedge
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University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, 1969). University of Georgia (Juris Doctor, 1972).
Career
Worked at Shapiro Fussell Wedge Smotherman & Martin, Limited Liability Partnership (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Professional Liability Law, Surety Bonds, Employment Litigation, Commercial Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1972, Georgia. Phi Delta Phi. Member, Managing Board, Georgia Law Review, 1971.
Author: "The Surety"s Discharge Defense--How Viable Is lieutenant to Claims of Owners and Lenders?" Fidelity and Surety Committee of the American Bar Association, Annual Convention, Washington, District of Columbia, July 9, 1985.
"The Performance Bond--To Whom and Foreign What?" Fidelity & Surety Committee of the American Bar Association, Annual Mid-Winter Meeting, New York, New York, January 31, 1986. "Methods Foreign Preparing a Complex Construction Case for Trial," ICLE (Georgia), April 4, 1986.
"Successful Trial Practice--Malpractice Concerns of the Trial Practitioner," ICLE (Georgia), January 19, 1990. "Successful Trial Practice--Malpractice Challenges to the Litigator," ICLE (Georgia), January 18, 1991.
"Who Should Pay for Environmental Claims?" The Perspective of the Architect/Engineer, "Fidelity & Surety Committee of the American Bar Association, Annual Convention, Atlanta, Georgia, August 12, 1991.
"Federal Appellate Practice--Developing/Protecting the Record for Appeal," ICLE (Georgia), April 21, 1994. "Federal Practice and Procedure--Discovery Abuses and Ethical Considerations," ICLE (Georgia), April 28, 1995. "The Great Contingency Payment Clause Debate," Joint Program of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry and Fidelity & Surety Law Committee, San Francisco, California, January 25, 1996.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.
Member: Atlanta (Board of Directors, Construction Law Section, 1993-1994) and American (Member: Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, 1976. Fidelity and Surety Law Committee of Tort and Insurance Practice Section, 1978.
Vice Chairman, 1987-1990. Standing Committee on Professional Liability, 1992) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia.
Lawyers Club of Atlanta.
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Membership
Member, Managing Board, Georgia Law Review, 1971.
