Personal Injury

We only represent personal injury victims. We represent many victims of car accidents. These can range from clients who suffer "soft tissue" injuries and "whiplash" to broken bones or more serious personal injury cases.

We take great pride in fighting to make sure that the victims of drunk-driving accidents receive fair compensation from the drunk driver including punitive damages. There are other factors to consider in these cases that need to be addressed such as the prior history of the drunk driver and the impact and anger this causes in the victims of drunk driving.

Trucking Accidents usually result in very serious and often life changing injuries to our clients. We fight not only to make sure they receive the proper medical care for today and the future, but also to make sure that if the trucking company violated the law, they are also punished.

GA, Nov 2000
Bar Number: 663357

• Georgia State Court
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Georgia Supreme Court
• All military Courts
• Northern District of Georgia Federal Court

• State Bar of Georgia
• Fayette County Bar Association
• Georgia Personal Injury List Server
• American Association for Justice

Our firm's continuing education hours are spent either learning updates in the law in Georgia Personal Injury, learning and updating Trial skills, or learning about the medical injuries our clients suffer — (Example seminar on Whiplash and Soft tissue injuries).

We have an extensive list of articles on Georgia Personal Injury law on our website covering a wide range of topics. Additionally, I have written two books, Georgia Personal Injury Guide and Georgia Property Damage Guide.

A recent case that my firm settled was a drunk driving accident. The drunk driver struck the vehicle our clients were riding in. One of our clients suffered a broken arm and required surgery. The second suffered from "soft tissue" injuries, but required epidural steroids shots for continuing pain after chiropractic treatment. Initially the insurance company claimed that their driver had a concussion and was not drunk at the scene. They made offers ignoring the punitive damages portion of the case. We rejected their settlement offer, followed the criminal trial, forwarded all the medical information to the Coweta County Solicitor, talked to their office and made sure that the drunk driving charge was not dropped. We also investigated the history of the drunk driver and found that after our accident, she had received a second drunk driving charge. After finding this information, and after the criminal case, we contacted the insurance company and shortly afterward, the cases settled. One client received the insurance policy limits, and the other case settled for very close to the insurance policy limits. Our clients were very happy that we fully investigated the case since for one, the settlement was over 3 times what was offered in the beginning.

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Georgia

Our firm is located in Peachtree City, just south of Atlanta, Georgia. We focus on helping injured people throughout Georgia. We only take personal injury cases. This allows us to fully understand Georgia Personal Injury Law, since we do not have to practice other areas. Our firm is focused on several things: getting our clients the medical care they need (whether this is a chiropractor, physical therapist, medical doctor, orthopedist or any other specialist), finding all of the available insurance coverage, and fighting to make sure our clients receive fair compensation for their injuries. This includes compensation for medical bills, medical treatment, lost wages, pain, suffering, and disruption of life, and sometimes punitive damages.

While we attempt to settle our clients' cases without filing a lawsuit or going to court, this is sometimes impossible. If the insurance company will not make a fair offer, we will file suit against the insurance company and go to court.

Within the Personal Injury area of law we spend a large amount of our practice in several areas: car accidents, victims of Drunk Drivers, Pedestrian/ Crosswalk Accidents, Wrongful Death Cases, and Brain Injured clients.

I have been practicing personal injury law in Atlanta for many years. After working at one of the biggest Personal Injury Firms. I left to start my own firm. After establishing the firm, I focused on personal injury cases. After several years, we were filing an increasing number of lawsuits against the insurance companies. At that time, our Associate Tory Holloway was hired to handle the litigation department. Since then we have established a reputation as a personal injury law firm that is not afraid to file suit, whether the case is large or small if that is what our clients need.

I started my legal career in the United States Army as a Judge Advocate. I practiced legal assistance for the soldiers at Ft. Campbell, KY for a year. I then changed jobs to helping soldiers accused of crimes. While practicing criminal defense my practice handled major felonies and sexual assault cases for a multi-state area. After two years, I transferred to Ft. Benning, GA where I again practiced criminal defense, defending soldiers accused of serious felonies including sexual assault and child homicide. I was responsible for a multi-state area.

After serving in the Army for four years, I wanted to settle down and moved back to Peachtree City. I then began working for a large personal injury firm in Atlanta, GA. After settling hundreds of cases for my clients, I decided I wanted to open my own firm. After leaving I established the firm of Hurt 999, Law Offices of Shane Smith.

Holly Smith

(770) 631-7667

Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

After-hours case consultations are available Monday thru Friday, but I frequently work other hours also. Just call and hit 1 for a new client consultation.

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Yes, Bobbie Jo in our office speaks fluent Spanish.

All of our cases are on a contingency fee basis. Our normal fee is 1/3 of the settlement if a lawsuit does not have to be filed.

Our firm does not normally do hourly work as we limit our practice to personal injury cases, and I feel that if a personal injury lawyer does not feel confident enough in the case to take it on a contingency fee basis, then he or she does not need to take the case.

We offer a free initial consultation either in person or over the phone. We do not normally set a specific limit of time for the consultation. I want everyone to have a clear picture and understanding of the case and the services my firm would provide on the case at the end of the consultation. Most consultations last between 15 minutes to an hour depending on the complexity of the case.

No, our normal contract is no fee, no up-front costs, with recovery being due at the end and successful resolution of the case.