W. Bruce Barrickman has over 32 years of experience as a trial lawyer in cases involving Bad Faith, Commercial, Construction, Insurance Coverage, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Professional Negligence, Trucking, and Wrongful Death. He is AV®Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated¹ by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Bruce has been a registered neutral with the Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution since 1999 and helped to found BAY Mediation & Arbitration Services, LLC in 2002. He is a recognized member of The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and The Georgia Academy of Mediators & Arbitrators. Mr. Barrickman has been a student and faculty member of the National Institute of Trial Advocacy training program and has taught at Continuing Legal Education seminars approved by the State Bar of Georgia.

Areas of Expertise
• Bad Faith
• Commercial
• Construction
• Insurance Coverage
• Personal Injury
• Premises Liability
• Professional Negligence
• Trucking
• Wrongful Death

ADR Training
• Resolution Resources Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, 1998 and 1999
• Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution, Registered Neutral
• Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law,
Malibu, California, Intermediate - 1999; Advanced - 2001
• Neutral Case Evaluation, 1999

Education
• J.D., University of Kentucky, 1978
• B.A., University of Kentucky, 1975

Bar Admissions
• Georgia

Court Admissions

• Supreme Court of Georgia
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

Legal Employment
• Barrickman, Allred & Young, Atlanta, Georgia (Partner, 1999 present)
• Bovis, Kyle & Burch, Atlanta, Georgia (Partner, 1991 1998; Assoc., 1988 1991)
• Richardson, Barrickman & Dickinson, Glasgow, Kentucky (Partner, 1979 1988)

Professional Affiliations
• State Bar of Georgia
• American Bar Association (ABA)
• Defense Research Institute (DRI)
• The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
• The Georgia Academy of Mediators & Arbitrators

Other Professional Accomplishments
• AV®Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

¹ AV®Preeminent™ is a certification mark of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings Fall into two categories legal ability and general ethical standards.