As a seasoned trial attorney in Atlanta, practicing statewide in Georgia, Ken Shigley's work is focused primarily on cases of injury and death resulting from truck and bus accidents.  He has served as chair of the Southeastern Motor Carrier Liability Institute and is on the national advisory board of the Association of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America.  He is a frequent speaker on national continuing legal education programs regarding trucking and personal injury trial practice.

A "lawyer's lawyer," Mr. Shigley was recently elected in a competitive statewide election as  Secretary of the State Bar of Georgia, which with roughly 39,000 members is the fifth largest state bar organization in the United States. This is a volunteer leadership position that does not conflict with active law practice. Over the past 45 years, most people who were elected to this position moved up to President of the State Bar within three years.

Mr. Shigley’s professional peer ratings include:
•    “AV” (Highest rating in Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory)
•    "Super Lawyer” (Atlanta Magazine)
•    “Legal Elite” (Georgia Trend)
•    Certified Civil Trial Advocate (National Board of Trial Advocacy)
•    Listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

Mr. Shigley has completed over 120 jury trials to verdict. He has represented clients in litigation of civil cases in 30 of Georgia's judicial circuits, the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia and the Southern District of Florida, state courts in Alabama and Nevada, the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

After graduating from Emory University Law School, Mr. Shigley went home to begin his career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Tallapoosa Judicial Circuit, which then covered four mostly rural counties, prosecuting everything from misdemeanors to murder. When he left the DA’s office, he worked in a small town general law practice for a few years. Then he took a job with a law firm in Atlanta where he defended lawsuits for insurance companies, corporations, and state and local governments all over Georgia, eventually becoming a name partner in that firm.

Since 1990, his practice has focused on representing individuals and families in cases of serious injury and wrongful death.  That practice gradually came to focus primarily on cases of catastrophic injury and wrongful death involving interstate motor carriers.

Some other highlights include:

•    Member, Georgia Courts Automation Commission, 2008 -  .
•     Faculty, Emory University Law School Trial Techniques Program, 1998 - 2008.
•    Chair, Georgia Insurance Law Institute, 1994.
•    Chair, Tort & Insurance Practice Section, State Bar of Georgia, 1994 - 1995.
•    Advocate, National College of Advocacy. Completed Ultimate Trial Advocacy Institute at Harvard Law School, 1996.
•    Member of Million Dollar Advocates Forum, based on judgments and settlements in excess of one million dollars.
•    Chair, Georgia Personal Injury Practice seminar for Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, 2003 - 2007.
•    Master, Lamar Inn, American Inns of Court.
•    Member: American Association for Justice, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Christian Legal Society, Christian Trial Lawyers Association, Atlanta Bar Association, Lawyers Club of Atlanta, Sandy Springs Bar Association.

Raised in rural Georgia and Alabama, Ken is happily married and has two children in college.  He has served as served as a church elder,  Sunday School teacher, YMCA youth soccer coach, Assistant Scoutmaster, and as a member of National Advisory Council for the  NF Marathon Team, raising medical research funds for the Children's Tumor Foundation.  He was selected as a speaker at the 2008 neurofibromatosis medical research conference at Bonita Springs, Florida.