Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
Joseph Fried
Founding Chair
Education
- Law School: Graduated from University of Georgia Law School in 1993
- Undergraduate Degrees: Oglethorpe University BA Summa Cum Laude
Martindale-Hubbell and other legal ratings
- Martindale-Hubbell AV
Trucking specific organizations and leadership positions and awards
- Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys – Founding Chairman
- AAJ Truck Litigation Group – Past Chair
- AAJ Truck Litigation Group – Trial Lawyer of the Year 2013, 2014
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Trucking Section – Past Chair
- Trucking Attorneys Roundtable – Founder
Law Organizations and leadership and awards
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Past Executive Board, Past CLE Chair
- AAJ, Past Board of Governors
- Trial Lawyers College Faculty
- Superlawyers, Top 100
- Best Lawyers, Lawyer of the Year: 2015-2016; 2021-22
Notable Results
- $52 Million: Truck causes traumatic brain damage to young man in Georgia.
- $37.5 Million: Man struck improperly stopped truck on highway causing brain damage in Georgia.
- $31 Million: Truck kills car passengers in North Carolina
- $28 Million: Truck kills two young women in south Georgia.
- $24 Million: Truck kills young boy near Jacksonville, Florida.
- $23.7 Million: Two children suffered brain injuries in Tennessee.
- $20 Million: Truck causes traumatic brain injury in Georgia.
- $16 Million: Truck wheel came off and caused brain injury in California.
- $14.25 Million: Truck hits rear of passenger car killing man and daughter on bridge in South Carolina
- $10.2 Million: Trucker leaves road and hits passenger car on that was stopped on shoulder. Paraplegia.
- $7.55 Million: Young client hits rear of bobtailing tractor at night and suffers serious facial scarring in Georgia
Additional Information
- Mr. Fried has handled trucking cases in 44 States, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.