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Michael Goldberg

Proven Verdicts
Founder/Attorney at Fried Goldberg LLC
Atlanta, GA

About Michael Goldberg

Michael L. Goldberg is a partner at Fried Goldberg LLC who represents victims of catastrophic personal injuries and wrongful death throughout the Southeast, primarily in trucking and commercial vehicle accidents. Born in Augusta, Georgia, he has served as lead counsel on 15 cases with verdicts exceeding $1 million.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$25 millionVerdict

A Fulton County jury awarded $25 million against MARTA after a 66-year-old paratransit rider fell descending an awkwardly angled bus step and suffered catastrophic brain damage that left her in a vegetative state.

Fulton County Superior Court, Atlanta, Georgia · 2018Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$20 millionVerdict

A Cobb County jury awarded $20 million after a tractor-trailer ran a red light in Kennesaw and left a 57-year-old Pakistani immigrant with permanent, catastrophic brain damage.

Cobb County State Court, Georgia · 2016Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$16.66 millionVerdict

A DeKalb County jury awarded $16.66 million to a 21-year-old who suffered a traumatic brain injury and lasting mobility limitations after a chain-reaction crash on I-285 sent his car underneath a Brown Trucking Company big rig.

DeKalb County State Court, Georgia · 2023Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$16.2 millionVerdict

A Gwinnett County jury returned a $16.2 million verdict against Amazon Logistics after finding the company bore employer responsibility for a contract delivery driver who struck and seriously injured an eight-year-old child in a residential subdivision.

Gwinnett County State Court, Georgia · 2024Car AccidentsRead the full story →
$8 millionVerdict

A Clayton County jury returned an $8 million verdict for U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Ronnie Stevens after a dump truck driver struck a construction barrel on I-75, launching it into Stevens's path and shattering his ankle and wrist.

Clayton County Superior Court, Georgia · 2019Motorcycle AccidentsRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Georgia School of Law
JD, 1997
Mercer University
Undergraduate, 1994

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Georgia
State Bar of South Carolina
State Bar of Alabama
State Bar of Tennessee
State Bar of Georgia
State Bar of South Carolina
State Bar of Alabama
State Bar of Tennessee
DeKalb Bar Association
American Association for Justice
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Lawyer's Club of Atlanta
Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
South Carolina Association of Justice

Awards & recognition

American College of Trial Lawyers (inducted October 2013)
Super Lawyers Georgia (annually since 2013)
Top lawyer in Georgia under 40, Fulton County Daily Report (2011)

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