Cases We Handle

Atlanta Personal Injury Lawyer

Johnson & Ward, established in 1949, became the first and best personal injury specialty law firm in Atlanta. Ken Shigley is a former president of the State Bar of Georgia and the first Georgia lawyer to earn three board certifications from the National Board of Trial Practice.

Our practice is focused on:

Catastrophic Personal Injury

Ken Shigley has represented parties in thousands of personal injury cases involving

• Brain injury
• Spinal cord injury
• Burn injury
• Amputation
• Back Injuries
• Neck injuries
• Serious injuries to children 

Wrongful Death

Mr. Shigley has represented families in many cases of wrongful death of spouses, parents and children resulting from car, truck and bus wrecks, and from defectively manufactured products

Automobile Crash Cases

Mr. Shigley has handled thousands of car wreck cases during his career. He is a past chair of the Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway & Premises Liability Section of the American Association for Justice, the Tort & Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Georgia and the Georgia Insurance Law Institute.

Truck Crash Cases

We represent victims and families in personal injury and wrongful death cases including tractor-trailer. semi trailer, dump truck and other large commercial truck crashes in which occupants of either another vehicle or the large truck itself were killed or seriously injured. News media have recognized that Mr. Shigley “specializes in wrongful death cases against trucking companies.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 7, 2018. He has served on the national boards of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys and the Trucking Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice, taught in continuing legal education programs on trucking litigation from coast to coast, and was chair of the Southeastern Motor Carrier Liability Institute.

Bus Crashes

Mr. Shigley has represented people injured in crashes of tour buses, college vans and buses, company vans, school buses and transit buses. Among those were the crash of a tour bus in Atlanta carrying the a college baseball team from Ohio to Florida and the crash of a college van in Georgia.

Defective Products Liability

Ken Shigley has successfully represented people seriously injured by defective brakes, passenger restraint system, tires, industrial machinery and other defectively designed or manufactured products.

Premises Liability

We have represented many clients injured due to criminal assaults on business property, and unsafe floors, stairs, sidewalks and swimming pools, etc. Mr. Shigley is a past chair of the Motor Vehicle Collision, Highway & Premises Liability Section of the American Association for Justice.

Numerous cases have resulted in recoveries over a million dollars.

If you have been injured in an accident caused by another’s negligence, contact us today for a free consultation* to discuss your legal rights.