David Alan Sleppy
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Work in Cathey & Strain, LLC
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 41 years of experience
Product Liability, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Mediation
649 Irvin Street, Post Office Box 689, Cornelia, GA 30531
About David Alan Sleppy
Practice Areas
- Product Liability
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Mediation
Education
- George Washington University National Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1981J.D.
- Gettysburg College, 1978B.A.
- Honors: summa cum laude
Representative Cases
- Co-counsel in wrongful death of minor case resulting from amusement park accident which settled for record amount in Georgia. Case also resulted directly in the enactment of The Carnival Ride Safety Act by the Georgia legislature. (O.C.G.A. § 34-13-1 et seq).
- Numerous cases highlighted in the Fulton County Daily Report, the Georgia legal newspaper, including carnival ride, tire, hospital negligence and police chase cases.
- Participated in numerous multi-district litigations around the country including L-tryptophan, Gamma guard, the Swissair crash, FenPhen and VIOXX cases.
- Represented the family of AMTRAC conductor killed following a barge collision with a railroad bridge causing the train to plunge into a bayou.
- Co-counsel representing Rodney Culver (running back for the San Diego Chargers) and his wife, who were killed in the Value Jet crash in the Florida Everglades. Eight figure settlement was the highest for all passengers.
- Successfully arbitrated to binding decision, through the International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France an international commercial case involving payment of sales commissions in Australia.
- Co-lead trial counsel in a Pirelli tire case which received national media attention from the Wall Street Journal, ABC, NBC, CNN, and USA Today.
- Wrote student transportation policy for county school board, adopted and implemented as part of wrongful death settlement.
- Appeared on the PBS television show, Layman’s Lawyer, discussing sovereign immunity and lawsuits against government entities.
- Regularly selected to mediate personal injury, commercial and insurance coverage cases.
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 1982
- District of Columbia, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1994
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 1996
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
Other Affiliations
- Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
- American Bar Association
- American Association of Justice
- Mountain Circuit Bar Association
- Association for Conflict Resolution
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Center for International Legal Studies
Past Positions
- Herman & Sleppy, Partner
Articles
Published Works
- Who’s Where at the FDA, FDC Reports, Inc., Chevy Chase, MD (1982). Assistant Editor
- Admissibility of Evidence in Civil Cases, Herman & Mclaughlin, 1st ed., Harrison Co., (1984), Editorial Assistant
- “Relief from Judgment; Enforcement of Judgments” Georgia Procedure-Verdicts and Judgments, Volume 5, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing (1995)
- “The Open and Obvious Defense – Is it Alive and Well?”, Georgia Bar Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, D. Sleppy, E. Strain, (December 1996)
- “Closing Argument”, Trial Practice Manual, D. Cathey, D. Sleppy, GTLA (revised eds, 2000-2007)
- “Annual Survey of Georgia Law-Torts”, Mercer Law Review, D. Sleppy, L. Bucko, Vol. 54, No. 1 (Fall 2002)
- “ADR/Practical Mediation Tips”, Calendar Call, General Practice And Trial Section, State Bar of Georgia, D. Sleppy, Vol, XVII, No. 1 (Fall/Winter 2010/11). Co-Editor (2011-12)
Office Info
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