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Katherine McArthur

Proven Verdicts
Founding Attorney at McArthur Law Firm
Atlanta, GA45 years experienceAdmitted 1980

About Katherine McArthur

Katherine 'Kathy' L. McArthur is the founder and owner of McArthur Law Firm in Georgia, with offices serving both Atlanta and Macon. For more than four decades, she has dedicated her career to fighting for individuals who have suffered catastrophic injuries and families who have lost loved ones due to negligence.

Licensed to practice law in Georgia since 1980, McArthur focuses her practice exclusively on personal injury matters, including wrongful death, car accidents, truck crashes, and medical malpractice.

McArthur earned her law degree from UNC School of Law in 1979 and her Bachelor's Degree from the University of North Carolina in 1976 with Phi Beta Kappa honors.

She is Board Certified as a Specialist in Truck Accident Law, Civil Trial Law, Civil Practice Advocacy, and Medical Malpractice by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA). She has been a Georgia Super Lawyer since 2005, Top 10 since 2018, and Top 3 since 2023. She has been named Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year for many years; in 2023, she earned the title for two practice areas.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$25 millionVerdict

A Bibb County jury returned a $25 million verdict against two OB-GYNs who failed to diagnose and manage severe preeclampsia, resulting in a stillbirth in 2017.

Bibb County State Court, Macon, GA · 2025Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$13.775 millionVerdict

A Bibb County jury awarded $13.775 million to the estate of Bennie Moore after an anesthesiologist's assistant failed to notice she had stopped breathing during a 2017 endoscopy, causing a fatal hypoxic brain injury.

Bibb County State Court, Macon, GA · 2025Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$9.2 millionVerdict

A Bibb County jury awarded $9.2 million to the family of Allen Turner, a 69-year-old Macon man who died after surgeons at the Medical Center of Central Georgia mistakenly severed his superior mesenteric artery during a 2017 polyp-removal procedure.

Bibb County State Court, Macon, GA · 2023Medical MalpracticeRead 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 North Carolina
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Georgia, admitted 1980

Awards & recognition

NBTA Board Certified Specialist - Truck Accident Law
NBTA Board Certified Specialist - Civil Trial Law
NBTA Board Certified Specialist - Civil Practice Advocacy
NBTA Board Certified Specialist - Medical Malpractice
Georgia Super Lawyer (2005-present; Top 10 since 2018; Top 3 since 2023)
Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year (multiple years)
Phi Beta Kappa (UNC, 1976)

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