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Jerry A. Buchanan
Buchanan & Land LLP
1425 Wynnton Road
Post Office Box 2848
Columbus,
GA 31902
Tel: (706) 323-2848
Fax: (706) 323-4242
Website: www.buchananland.com
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ADR Services Include:Mediation; Med-Arb
Jerry A. Buchanan has substantive case experience in the following areas...
 Banking & Finance |
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Commercial/Business |
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Construction |
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Consumer Fraud |
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Contract Disputes |
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Employment |
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Insurance |
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Landlord/Tenant |
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Libel & Slander |
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Medical Malpractice |
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Nursing Homes |
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Personal Injury |
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Premises Liability |
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Product Liability |
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Professional Fees |
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Professional Negligence |
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Religious Institutions |
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Torts |
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Trusts / Estates |
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Wrongful Death |
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BIOGRAPHICAL:During his 33 years of law practice, Mr. Buchanan has been involved in a broad range of civil litigation matters, including insurance defense litigation; the representation of banks in cases of alleged fraud, cases involving the Uniform Commercial Code and other banking laws and regulations, and cases involving fiduciary duties, including will contests and guardianship matters; the representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in litigation over insurance policy coverage issues; the defense of wrongful death actions; the prosecution and defense of product liability cases, including cases involving prescription drugs, meat cutting equipment, automobiles, ladders, nail guns, hot water heaters, propane gas, and various other industrial and consumer products; the prosecution and defense of libel and slander actions; the prosecution and defense of construction litigation cases; wrongful termination actions; the defense and prosecution of medical malpractice actions; the defense of public utilities in a variety of litigated matters, including electrical contact cases, natural and propane gas explosion cases, premises liability actions, and cases involving federal law and regulations. He has also been involved in a number of cases involving environmental issues, including both State and Federal laws and regulations. He is licensed to practice in both Georgia and Alabama.
EDUCATION:Jerry A. Buchanan graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Georgia in 1973, where he was elected to the honor societies of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. He graduated Cum Laude from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1976, and was elected a member of the Order of the Coif.
Memberships & AffiliationsMr. Buchanan has been actively involved in the community and the profession, serving at various times as a Director of the Younger Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia; president of the Columbus Bar Association; on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association; the Board of Directors of the Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education; the Board of Directors of the Childhood Autism Foundation; and on the administrative board of his church. He was appointed by the United States District Court to serve as a member of the Civil Justice Reform Act Committee for the Middle District of Georgia in 1995, and subsequently for two years he served by appointment of the Court as Chairman of the then newly created Advisory Group on Civil Justice in the United States Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Mr. Buchanan is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a Fellow of the Lawyers Foundation of Georgia.
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Jerry A. Buchanan is a member of the Georgia Academy of Mediators & Arbitrators, the state's premier roster of certified attorney-mediators. The NCASCM profile includes more specific local information, such as counties and regions served, and can be visited directly at www.georgiamediators.org/jerry-buchanan
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