One of our two founding partners, Ed Strain was a paragon of the law community in Georgia. A graduate of the University of Georgia, undergraduate (1966) and Law School (1970), he successfully argued numerous cases in courts across the state and nation. He also served as Vice President of the Georgia Trial lawyers Association (1989-2004), on the Executive Committee of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (2004-08), on the Board of Governors for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Board of Governors for the American Association of Justice (2004-08). More than anything, Ed Strain helped set a standard for this firm that we continue to strive to meet each day.
Cathey & Strain, LLC, is a civil litigation boutique. We have handled cases throughout the nation and triumphed for our clients thanks to a practice that is focused primarily on complex civil litigation, including catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases arising from automobile, product liability, medical/hospital malpractice, trucking, railroad, and aviation claims. The firm also handles select cases involving commercial litigation.
Members of Cathey & Strain, LLC, have been and remain active in national, state and local bar organizations, including the American Association of Justice, the American College of Trial Lawyers, the Attorneys Information Exchange Group, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and the Mountain Circuit Bar Association. Original firm members were among those who formed the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and have served as president and vice-president thereof.
Each of our Members have been regular lecturers on civil trial advocacy topics and alternative dispute resolution methods and practices at continuing legal education seminars around the state and country. Firm members have also been published in various legal publications including the Georgia State Bar Journal, Mercer Law Review, The Georgia Trial Practice Manual and Georgia Procedure – Verdicts and Judgments.
Our main office is in Cornelia, in Habersham County. We also have offices in Gainesville, GA, and in metropolitan Atlanta, in historic downtown Decatur. If your situation warrants, we will come to your house for the initial consultation and to confer with you as necessary during the development and litigation of your case.
