Attorney Profile

Peter Strott has been practicing law for 20 years in the construction, business, insurance, collections and personal injury areas. A Cum Laude graduate from the University of Georgia and a former law clerk on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, his expertise includes dispute resolution through litigation, arbitration and mediation in State and Federal courts, including bench and jury trial practice and appellate practice, and in a multitude of arbitral forums. His practice involves a wide range of disputes for local, national and international clients. He has resolved commercial disputes, construction disputes, contract disputes, real estate disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, personal injury claims (both plaintiff and defense), secured transaction disputes, insurance coverage issues, employment issues, and business dispute issues. He is also skilled at drafting construction contracts and other agreements for large, medium and small projects, and for owners, developers, general contractors and subcontractors.

Areas of Practice

• Construction Law

Bar Admissions

• Georgia, 1987

Education

• University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia, 1986
  J.D.
  Honors: Cum Laude
  Law Review: University of Georgia Law Review, Articles Editor, 1985 - 1986
  Law Review: University of Georgia Law Review, Editorial Board, 1984 - 1985
  
  
• Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1983
  B.A.
  
  

Published Works

• Preventing Spousal Disinheritance in Georgia, 19 Georgia Law Review 427 , 1985

Representative Cases

• Progressive Data Systems, Inc. v. Jefferson Randolph Corp., 275 Ga. 420, 568 S.E.2d 474 ( 2002)
• Lockaby v. United Testing Group, Inc., 986 F. Supp. 1400 (N.D. Ga. 1997)
• Kelly v. Pierce Roofing Co., Inc., 220 Ga. App. 391, 469 S.E.2d 469 ( 1996)
• Dibrell Bros. Intern. S.A. v. Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro, 38 F.3d 1571 (11th Cir. 1994)
• McDevitt & Street Co. v. K-C Air Conditioning Service, Inc., 203 Ga.App. 640, 418 S.E.2d 87 ( 1992)
• U.S. v. McCoy, 919 F.2d 139, 1990 WL 190498 (4th Cir. 1990)
• City of Richmond, Va. v. Madison Management Group, Inc., 918 F.2d 438 (4th Cir. 1990)

Honors and Awards

• Recipient of Scholarship for Stellar First-Year Law School Performance

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Georgia Bar
  Member
  
  
• Atlanta Bar Association
  Member
  
  

Birth Information

• April 29, 1960, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America