Brandon Lee Peak

Brandon L. Peak is a partner at Peak Wooten McDaniel & Colwell LLP, where he has successfully litigated trucking, personal injury, product liability, and class action cases in courts throughout the nation. In 2019, he was lead counsel in a $280 million wrongful death trucking verdict, the largest verdict in a trucking case in American history. Brandon has personally been involved in cases with verdicts and settlements exceeding $1 billion. He enjoys helping clients get their lives back together and, if necessary, trying cases to juries. After graduating summa cum laude from The Citadel and magna cum laude from Mercer Law School, Peak clerked for a federal judge and then began his practice at an international law firm handling complex litigation. Over the course of his career, he has handled numerous multi-million dollar wrongful death, personal injury and False Claims Act cases and was part of a team that resolved a group of consumer class action cases for cash settlements exceeding $225 million. Brandon remains an active member of the bar and frequently speaks and writes on trial practice and procedure.

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Georgia

Since 2004

Law Clerk

Clerked for the Honorable Robert L. Vining, Jr., a Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

2004 - 2005

Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law

J.D. (2004) | Law Degree

2001 - 2004

Brandon attended the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University on a full scholarship, graduating magna cum laude and first in his class. While at Mercer, Brandon was elected by his peers as Chief Justice of the Honor Council and Articles Editor of the Mercer Law Review. He received the Walker P. Johnson, Jr. award for ethics and professionalism, as well as numerous other scholastic honors, including the Faculty Awards for Most Outstanding Senior and Outstanding Legal Writing. Brandon was also active in the Moot Court Program and was a member of Mercer’s Intrastate Moot Court team.

Honors: Recipient, George Waldo Woodruff Award of Excellence Given Annually to the First Honor Graduate Walker P. Johnson, Jr. Memorial Award Recognizing Excellence in Ethics and Professionalism Faculty Award for Most Outstanding Senior Faculty Award for Outstanding Legal Writing Dean R. Lawrence Dessem Merit Scholarship

The Citadel

B.S. (2001) | Business Administration

1997 - 2001

After graduating from the public schools in his community, Brandon went on to The Citadel in Charleston, SC, where he graduated summa cum laude and first in the School of Business while serving as a Battalion Commander and member of the Honor Court.

Honors: Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia J.D. magna cum laude Honors: Intrastate Moot Court Team Honors: Finalist, Hugh Lawson III Memorial First Year Moot Court Competition Honors: Chief Justice, Mercer Law School Honor Council Law Review: Mercer Law Review, Articles Editor The Citadel B.S. summa cum laude Honors: Battalion Commander Honors: Honor Court, Member

40 under 40 Legal Rising Stars to Watch

Fulton County Daily Report

2014

Each year 40 Georgia attorneys under the age of 40 are nominated by Georgia’s legal community and handpicked by the Fulton County Daily Report’s editorial staff for their work in the past and their potential for continued success.

Georgia Super Lawyer

Super Lawyers

Finalist for Lawyer of the Year, 2020

Fulton County Daily Report

Georgia Super Lawyers Rising Star

Martindale-Hubbell

an honor reserved for only 2.5% of Georgia lawyers. Brandon received the “AV Preminent — 5.0 out of 5.0” rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the leading national legal rating agency.

Brainerd Currie Honor Society

Member

Current

State Bar of Georgia, Young Lawyers Division

Executive Committee Member

Current

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

Member

Current

The American Association for Justice

State Delegate

Current

Columbus Bar Association

Past Vice-President

Current

• Georgia Trial Practice Manual: Chapter One, Frequently Used Statutes

• Mercer Law Review, Annual Survey of Georgia Law, Trial Practice and Procedure,

Mercer Law Review

• EEOC v. Waffle House, Inc.: Employers Beware the EEOC, “Master of its Own Case”,

54 Mercer L. Rev. 1235, 2003

2003

Spotting Automotive Product Liability Cases, ICLE

September 11, 2011

Institute of Continuing Legal Education

Auto Torts, GLTA Seminar

July 16, 2016

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

Taking Depositions, GLTA Seminar

April 27, 2017

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

Keeping Them Honest--Discovery & Sanctions, GLTA Seminar

March 22, 2009

Georgia Trial Lawyers Association