Frank C. Bedinger, III
Frank C. Bedinger, III is a Partner practicing in the Atlanta office of Hawkins Parnell Thackston & Young LLP. His practice focuses primarily on traditional tort liability defense litigation and insurance litigation, and he regularly acts as lead trial counsel for numerous cases involving torts, contracts, and federal civil rights. He also has significant experience defending “bad faith” claims against insurance carriers and performing insurance coverage analysis. Frank has wide experience litigating in the courts of several states, including Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia; he has also argued significant appellate cases before the Georgia and Tennessee Courts of Appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the Georgia Supreme Court, and the United States Supreme Court.
Professional Experience
Mr. Bedinger has extensive appellate experience, having appeared before the Georgia Court of Appeals, Georgia Supreme Court, the Tennessee Court of Appeals for the Western District (Jackson, TN), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court (December 1991).
Professional affiliations
- Georgia Bar Association
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute
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Practice areas
Education
J.D., University of Virginia School of Law (1979)
B.A., Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia (1976)
Bar admissions
- Georgia
Courts
- All State Courts in Georgia
- Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia
- United States Supreme Court