Christian Henry
Biography
Christian G. Henry is the managing Partner of our office in Athens, Georgia, and he focuses primarily on medical malpractice, long-term care, behavioral health care, governmental liability, and complex litigation.
With nearly 30 years of litigation experience, Henry has tried numerous jury trials in the Superior and State Courts of Georgia and dozens of non-jury trials. He has also handled over 30 appeals in the Georgia Court of Appeals, Georgia Supreme Court, and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
His experience extends to nominations for U.S. District Court Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals, and Judge of the Superior Court of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit.
He served as the County Attorney for Morgan County, Georgia for 25 years, a role equivalent to being general counsel for a 200-person enterprise that included advising county commissioners and staff on all matters of county business, rules, and regulations, as well as representing the County in civil litigation.
An active member of the State Bar of Georgia, Christian is a Past President of the Local Government section, and he is a Past President of the County Attorneys section of the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia.
Christian holds a Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Georgia.
While in law school, he was a member of the Cumberland Law Review and a Scholar of Merit (Contracts II). He also taught legal research and writing to first-year law students as a Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow.
Henry lives in Oconee County, Georgia, with his wife, and he has two children.
Credentials
Admitted
State Courts:
- Georgia, 1997
- Court of Appeals, Supreme Court; 1998
U.S. District Courts:
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1998
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 2002
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, 2019
U.S. Courts of Appeals:
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Education
- J.D., Samford University, 1997
- B.A., Political Science, University of Georgia, 1993
Memberships
- Association of County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG):
- County Attorneys Section: President, 2015-2016
- General County Government Committee: Member
- Legal List-Serv Protocol Committee: Member
- DRI
- Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
- Georgia Municipal Association (GMA)
- Georgia Society of Healthcare Risk Managers
- State Bar of Georgia, Local Government Law Section: Vice Chair, 2019-2020
Presentations
- Nuts and Bolts of Local Government
State Bar of Georgia Meeting, February 2020 - Regulation of Short-Term/Vacation Rentals
65th Annual Institute for City and County Attorneys, 2018 - Insurance Bad Faith Claims in Georgia
Lorman Education Services, June 2002
Publications
- Georgia Law of “Bad Faith” in the Insurance Context
Lorman Education Services; June 6, 2002