W. Seaborn Jones

Seaborn Jones' practice includes litigation in the product liability, general personal injury, life and health insurance, and commercial fields. He is also active in alternative dispute resolution and has served as a mediator and court-appointed special master in cases of significance. Originally from Waynesboro, Georgia, Mr. Jones is a graduate of Davidson College (A.B., 1964) and of the University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 1967), where he was a member of its National Moot Court Team and president of his class. Following law school, Mr. Jones served in the United States Army in Vietnam, rising to the rank of Captain. Mr. Jones then returned to Atlanta where he practiced for more than twenty years with the firm of Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd & Cadenhead. Mr. Jones enjoys a well-deserved reputation as a "lawyers' lawyer." He has served as President of the Atlanta Bar Association (1984-85), President of the Metropolitan Bar Caucus (1993) and President of the National Conference of Bar Presidents (2000). He is also well-known in Georgia and nationally as a bar leader at the forefront of the professional reform movement. He was instrumental in forming the Professional Reform Initiative, a project of the National Conference of Bar Presidents which he continues to co-chair. He is the recipient of two of the Atlanta Bar Association's highest awards, the Charles Watkins Award for Distinguished Service (1993) and its Professionalism Award (2000). Awards and Honors Honors Atlanta Bar Association’s Award: Charles Watkins Award for Distinguished Service, 1993 Atlanta Bar Association’s Award: Professionalism Award, 2000

• Partner

• Atlanta Judicial Commission, 1988 - Present
• United States Army, Vietnam, Captain, 1968 - 1970
• Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd and Cadenhead

• Georgia, 1967
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1968
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1968
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 1968
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

• Atlanta Bar Association, 1978 - 1981 (Member, Executive Committee)
• Atlanta Bar Association, 1982 - Present (Board of Directors)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• National Association of Law Placement, Director, 1986 - 1987
• Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Board of Trustees
• Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Board of Directors
• Atlanta Bar Association, 1984 - 1985 (President)
• American Bar Association House of Delegates, 1986 - Present (Member, Atlanta Bar Association)
• American Bar Association, 1993 - Present (Executive Council, National Conference of Bar Presidents)
• State Bar of Georgia (Member)
• Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (Member)
• Metropolitan Bar Caucus (President, 1993)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
• The Advocates Club (Member)
• Lawyers Club of Atlanta (Member)
• National Conference of Bar Presidents (President, 2000)