Varel, Amy L.

During the past eighteen years, Troy A. Lanier has maintained an active civil litigation and trial practice in the state and federal courts of Georgia. Throughout his career, his practice has been heavily concentrated in one specific area of law: civil litigation and the trial of civil matters.

Troy Lanier maintains an AV® peer review rating in Martindale Hubbell, the highest possible ranking given for both legal ability and ethical standards. In 2006, he was named as one of Georgia's Rising Stars® by Law & Politics, joining a select group as only 2.5 percent of the attorneys in Georgia are chosen for this accolade.

He provides representation for both individual and corporate/governmental entities. His practice currently focuses primarily on business and contract litigation, injury cases, and employment-related disputes, including civil rights claims. His practice also includes insurance matters, condemnation proceedings, premises liability cases, construction litigation, and various cases involving public school districts. A substantial portion of Mr. Lanier's practice involves the representation of litigants in the federal courts of Georgia.

Troy Lanier earned his A.B. in 1988 from the University of Georgia and obtained his Juris Doctorate from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1992. He is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia and the Augusta Bar Association. He is a past President of the Young Lawyer's Club of Augusta. He formerly served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Augusta Bar Association.

He currently serves as Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Legal Services Program, and he also serves as Chairman of the Fundraising Committee for the GLSP board. He is a Fellow of the Lawyers Foundation of Georgia, and he has served on the Foundation's Challenge Grant Committee.

He is a member of Trinity-on-the-Hill United Methodist Church. He serves as a volunteer football and baseball coach for the Augusta Recreation and Parks Department. He and his wife, Shannon Gentry Lanier, have two sons.