Randy Edwards, Partner

As a former NFL defensive lineman, Randy is a trial lawyer who brings a “unique” presence and attitude to the courtroom.  At least one opposing counsel has told the judge (in writing) that he found Randy “to be a rather large and imposing man” and that he feared for his physical safety.  As a partner in the Atlanta office of Kilpatrick Stockton, Randy used to represent an interstate road construction contractor in frequent litigation with the Georgia Department of Transportation and was Southeastern counsel for an insurance company in the defense of insurance bad faith cases.  Based on that experience, he knows all the tricks insurance companies, construction companies and the Georgia DOT use to defend themselves.  Thus, he brings tremendous experience to the following types of cases.

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• Serious personal Injuries/deaths caused by defective road construction.

  • There is nothing worse than for someone to start out on a routine drive but then find themselves in a life or death situation because either the Georgia DOT or the contractor (or both) decided to ignore their obligations to the motoring public.  Randy is well known to the highest levels of the Georgia DOT, having made presentations to the Board and deposed the Chairman of the Georgia DOT.  Randy has had several multi-million-dollar settlements with the Georgia DOT and its contractors for the most tragic types of cases.

• Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith

  • Randy started his career defending insurance coverage in bad faith cases. He knows how insurance companies approach cases, and where they bury the skeletons when they blow coverage.  Randy recently handled a case which was settled on the eve of trial after it was learned that the insurance company altered the policies to justify its decision to rescind $2 million in life insurance policies when the insured was hit and killed by a drunk driver.  Because at least some insurance companies will go so far as to alter policies to avoid paying a valid claim, lawyers must be willing and able to vigorously litigate bad faith cases.

• Life Insurance Rescission

  • During the first two years of a life insurance policy, an insurance company has the right to review the original underwriting file and see if the insured made any misrepresentation in the application process.  They are not supposed to look for, or manufacture ways to avoid paying the life insurance proceeds to the beneficiaries of the policy. Unfortunately, they often do. 

• Personal Injury and Wrongful Death

  • Randy has extensive experience with serious personal injury and death cases involving cars, trucks, motorcycles, and ride-share companies like Uber and Lyft.

• Business litigation​​

  • Randy has a master’s degree in finance and has extensive experience handling all sorts of business cases, including breach of contract, trademarks and trade secrets, and especially claims under the Fair Business Practices Act and RICO, both of which provide for “treble damages” in certain cases.  Randy likes to have “skin in the game” and will take these types of cases on a full or partial contingency. 

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Randy was a 4-year letterman and 3-year starter as a defensive lineman for the University of Alabama where he played for legendary Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant and was named a permanent captain by his Alabama teammates.  Randy went on to play four years for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. He was primarily a “nickel” pass-rusher for the Seahawks, with his best year being 1985 when he had 10.5 quarterback sacks.

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Randy graduated from Alabama in 1984 with a degree in finance.  After his NFL days were over, he returned to Alabama and graduated from both law school and the graduate school of business in 1992 with both a law degree and master’s degree in corporate finance.  Randy is licensed to practice law in Georgia and Alabama and has handled cases literally from the Southern District of Florida to the Western District of Washington and many states in between.