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General Defense
- Telephone: 478-745-2821
- Fax: 478-743-9609
- E-Mail: contact@jonescork.com
- Website: www.jonescork.com
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6437, Macon, GA 31208-6437
Established: 1872
Practice Areas
- Insurance Defense
- Automobile
- Fire
- Casualty
- Life Insurance
- Workers' Compensation
- Medical Malpractice
- Self-Insured
- Coverage Opinions
- Banking
- Business Law
- Class Actions
- Complex Litigation
- Education Law
- Employment Law
- Environmental Law
About Us
Jones Cork, LLP is one of the largest law firms in Georgia outside of Atlanta. Located at the center of the State, our firm’s legal representation reaches throughout the State, including Atlanta, Valdosta, Augusta, Columbus, and many small towns and cities across Georgia. Our goal in each legal engagement is to achieve a successful result for our client. Our firm maintains the highest standards of excellence and ethics.
Every legal engagement and every client is equally important to us.
Jones Cork, LLP has extensive experience representing large and small businesses; banking institutions; governmental entities and school districts; and individuals in virtually all aspects of corporate, transactional, commercial, real estate, litigation, and insurance matters. We believe quality legal representation includes personalized client service, and we strive to build strong relationships with our clients. We encourage frank and frequent communications on all aspects of our representation.
Client Information
General Counsel For
- Baldwin County School District
- Cherokee Brick & Tile Company
- Nu-Way Weiners, Inc.
- Pulaski County School District
- South Georgia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
- Wesleyan College
Insurance Clients
- Alfa Vision Insurance Corp.
- Allstate Insurance Company
- AssuranceAmerica Insurance Company
- Auto-Owners Insurance Company
- Cincinnati Insurance Company
- Direct Adjusting Company, Inc.
- Donegal Insurance Group
- Farmers Insurance Exchange
- Foremost Insurance Company
- Great American Insurance Group
- Integrity Administrators
- Mercury Insurance Group
- Midwestern Insurance Alliance
- Occidental Fire & Casualty Company of North Carolina
- Omni Insurance Company
- QBE the Americas Group
- Southern General Insurance Company
- Southern States Insurance Exhchange
- Southern Trust Insurance Company
- State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
- Stratford Insurance Company
- Trexis Insurance Corp.
- Trexis One Insurance Corp.
- Tudor Insurance Company
- Western World Insurance Company
Local Counsel For
- AT&T Southeast
- BASF Corporation
- BB&T
- Bibb County School District
- Educational Credit Management Corporation
- Genworth Financial, Inc.
- Georgia Transmission Corporation
- KaMin LLC
- Republic Services, Inc.
- SunTrust Bank, Middle Georgia
Regional Counsel For
- B-H Transfer Co.
- Georgia Power Company
- Green Group Holdings, LLC
- Howard Sheppard, Inc.
Personnel Information
Partners
Rufus D. Sams, III
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: dee.sams@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 1971
Memberships:
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Mercer University, J.D. (cum laude), 1971
Law Review:
Board of Editors, Mercer Law Review, 1970-1971
Born: 1947
Steve L. Wilson
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: steve.wilson@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 1972
Education:
- Emory University, A.B., 1969
- The University of Georgia, J.D., 1972
Born: 1947
Robert C. Norman, Jr.
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: bob.norman@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 1980
Memberships:
- Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
Education:
- The University of Georgia, A.B. (magna cum laude), 1977
- The University of Georgia, J.D. (cum laude), 1980
Born: 1955
Howard J. Strickland, Jr.
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: jay.strickland@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 1988
Education:
- The Citadel, B.A., 1985
- The University of Georgia, J.D., 1988
Born: 1963
Cater C. Thompson
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: cater.thompson@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 1983
Education:
- Mercer University, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1980
- Mercer University, J.D. (cum laude), 1983
Law Review:
Mercer Law Review, 1981-1983
Born: 1959
Thomas W. Joyce
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: tom.joyce@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 1989
Education:
- Wofford College, A.B., 1980
- Mercer University, J.D. (cum laude), 1989
Law Review:
Mercer University Law Review, 1988-1989
Born: 1958
Brandon A. Oren
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: brandon.oren@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 1989
Education:
- Bob Jones University, B.A., 1986
- The University of Georgia, J.D., 1989
Born: 1964
Callie Dickson Bryan
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: callie.bryan@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 2002
Memberships:
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
- The University of Georgia, B.A. (cum laude), 1999
- Georgia State University College of Law, J.D., 2002
Born: 1977
Eugene S. Hatcher, Jr.
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: gene.hatcher@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 1997
Education:
- The University of Alabama, B.A., 1994
- Mercer University, J.D., 1997
Born: 1971
J. Patrick Goff
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: patrick.goff@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 2005
Education:
- Mercer University, B.B.A. (cum laude), 2001
- Mercer University, J.D., 2004
Born: 1979
Christopher J. Arnold
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: chris.arnold@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 2008
Memberships:
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
- The University of Georgia, B.B.A. (cum laude), 2005
- Mercer University, J.D., 2008
Born: 1982
Reneé S. Rainey
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: renee.rainey@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 2010
Memberships:
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
- Presbyterian College, B.S. (magna cum laude), 2007
- Mercer University, J.D., 2010
Born: 1985
Collier W. McKenzie
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: collier.mckenzie@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 2011
Education:
- The University of Georgia, B.A., 2007
- Mercer University, J.D., 2011
Born: 1985
R. Matthew Shoemaker
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: matt.shoemaker@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 2012
Memberships:
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
Education:
- The University of Georgia, B.A., 2007
- Mercer University, J.D. (magna cum laude), 2012
Born: 1984
Associates
Andrew L. Davidson
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: andrew.davidson@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 2015
Education:
- Georgia Southern University, B.S. (summa cum laude), 2011
- Mercer University, J.D. (cum laude), 2015
Born: 1989
Barret W. Kirbo
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: barret.kirbo@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 2016
Education:
- The University of Georgia, B.A. Political Science, 2011
- Mercer University, J.D. (cum laude), 2016
Born: 1989
Caleb S. Davis
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: cale.davis@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 2017
Education:
- The University of Georgia, B.S., 2012
- Mercer University, J.D., 2017
Born: 1990
Sydney M. Solomon
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: sydney.solomon@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 2014
Education:
- Georgia College & State University, B.A., 2011
- Mercer University, J.D., 2014
Born: 1991
Of Counsel
Canon B. Hill
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: canon.hill@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 2005
- District of Columbia, 2017
- West Virginia, 2018
Education:
- The University of Georgia, B.A., 2002
- Mercer University, J.D., 2005
Born: 1979
C. Taylor Broun
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: taylor.broun@jonescork.com
Admitted
- South Carolina, 2008
- Georgia, 2010
- District of Columbia
Education:
- Charleston School of Law, J.D., 2010
- Emory University School of Law, LL.M., 2013
Born: 1982
Timothy K. Adams
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: tim.adams@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 1962
Education:
- Emory University, A.B., 1960
- University of Virginia, LL.B., 1963
Born: 1938
H. Jerome Strickland
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: jerome.strickland@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 1963
Memberships:
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
Education:
- Auburn University
- Mercer University, LL.B., 1964
Born: 1940
W. Warren Plowden, Jr.
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: warren.plowden@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 1968
Education:
- Davidson College, A.B., 1965
- Mercer University, LL.B. (magna cum laude), 1968
Born: 1944
Thomas C. Alexander
Macon, GA
- E-Mail: tom.alexander@jonescork.com
Admitted
- Georgia, 1976
Education:
- The University of Georgia, B.B.A. (cum laude), 1973
- Mercer University, J.D. (cum laude), 1976
Born: 1950
Service Areas
Albany, Georgia, USA 103 miles
Americus, Georgia, USA 68 miles
Cordele, Georgia, USA 65 miles
Dublin, Georgia, USA 50 miles
Forsyth, Georgia, USA 24 miles
Griffin, Georgia, USA 52 miles
Milledgeville, Georgia, USA 30 miles
Perry, Georgia, USA 28 miles
Warner Robins, Georgia, USA 18 miles
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