Wayne Melnick Email & Phone Number

Wayne S. Melnick is a Partner and Vice-Chair of the Freeman Mathis & Gary's Government Law practice section. He also is a member of the firm’s CGL and Business Liability practice section where he is Vice-Chair of FMG’s Transportation practice group. Mr. Melnick is an accomplished trial attorney and has tried over 50 jury trials to verdict in cases throughout the country. For every year since 2009, Mr. Melnick has been named a "Georgia Super Lawyer" in the areas of civil law defense and he currently is one of only three Northern District of Georgia Representatives on the Board of Directors for the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association.As part of the firm’s Government Law practice section, Mr. Melnick has a broad-based litigation practice with a focus on local government defense. He has defended cities, counties, school districts, teachers, administrators, sheriffs, police officers, and various other types of governmental entities and individuals in civil rights and general liability matters in both state and federal court at the pre-litigation, trial, and appellate levels. He also serves as general counsel for charter schools in Georgia. Mr. Melnick is the Co-lead Chair of the Claims Litigation Management Alliance’s National Municipal Law Committee. Mr. Melnick is recognized as a national authority in civil rights cases and immunity issues and is frequently requested to speak around the nation regarding municipal liability.Mr. Melnick's practice also includes the defense of clients in a variety of commercial and complex litigation matters. He is panel counsel for a number of the nation's largest providers of commercial general liability and professional coverage. Mr. Melnick’s has extensive experience involving the defense of trucking cases and has repeatedly defended multi-million dollar claims and law suits involving trucking accidents.

Listed skills include Litigation, Appeals, Personal Injury, Trials, and 25 others.