01 Jun Phillip E. Friduss
Phil Friduss is a Partner in the Atlanta office, with strong practice ties to the Firm’s six (6) Georgia regional offices.. His practice focuses on the defense of high exposure cases in the areas of governmental liability, labor and employment, education, and correctional health care. Over a span of 29-plus years, Mr. Friduss has had the pleasure of representing over 200 public entities.
For the success of his team, Phil has been named a Georgia Super Lawyer by Atlanta Magazine all 14 years such designations have been made, and has also been an honored member of Georgia Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite in the area of labor and employment law. For over 15 years, he has been AV ® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Friduss has been a member of the Defense Research Institute’s Governmental Liability Committee for over 15 years, serving as its Chairman 2012-14. Phil is a national level speaker and author. His legal column, Towns and the Law, appears monthly in Georgia Municipal Association’s flagship print publication, Georgia Cities.
ADMITTED
- Georgia
EDUCATION
- J.D., Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, 1989
- B.A., Belmont College, 1983
PUBLICATIONS
- Supreme Court Quietly Hammers Fifth Circuit in Conditions of Confinement Case, Reversing Qualified Immunity Ruling, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, November 2020
- Supreme Court Takes on New Fourth Amendment Case, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, October 2020
- Qualified Immunity Front And Center, HBS Correctional Healthcare Blog, June 2020
- Supreme Court Refuses To Stop Order To Move Inmates From Virus-Ravaged Prison, HBS Correctional Healthcare Blog, June 2020
- COVID-19 In Jails And Prisons – US Supreme Court Asked To Stay Ohio Injunction Requiring Transfer Of Inmates, HBS Correctional Healthcare Blog, May 2020
- Supreme Court Not Showing Immediate Interest In Shooting Down Qualified Immunity, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, May 2020
- Texas’ Correctional Healthcare System Has Momentary Attention Of US Supreme Court, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, May 2020
- US Supreme Court Ready To Sit Down To A Full Plate Of Qualified Immunity, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, May 2020
- Yes, It’s True: You Cannot Sue A Dog— Or A Cat, For That Matter, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, April 2020
- Of Dogs And Privacy: The Warrantless Seizure Of A Dog’s Blood, And All That Comes With It, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, April 2020
- US Supreme Court Hands Down Pro-Law Enforcement 4th Amendment Ruling, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, April 2020
- Gun Store Owner Sues Over Shelter-In-Place Ordinance, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, March 2020
- National Commission On Correctional Health Care’s (NCCHC) 2019 Annual Report, HBS Correctional Healthcare Blog, March 2020
- Forced Labor in Privatized Prisons? Eleventh Circuit Cries Foul!, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, March 2020
- The Modern Suicide Case In The Correctional Healthcare Setting, HBS Correctional Healthcare Blog, February 2020
- 2(B), or Not 2(B) – Show Me Your Papers Survives to See Another Day, DRI Today (2016)
- Today’s Cprrectional Healthcare World, White Paper 2017
- Municipal Courts’ Practices Involving Incarceration of Indigent Defendants Under Fire, 2016 ACCG Annual Meeting
- Georgia’s Wistleblower Act as Applied to Local Governments, 62nd Annual Institute for City and County Attorneys, 2015
- Georgia Municipal Association’s Georgia Cities legal columnist since 2011
- A Legal Fight, for Freedom: The Dred Scott Decision, For the Defense 2011
- Defending the Indefensible: Racial Profiling Hits the Courts, For the Defense, 2000
- ADA UPDATE: Supreme Court Rejects “Ability to Perform Job Tasks” Standard in Favor of Focusing on a Claimant’s Ability to Perform Activities of “Central Importance to Daily Life – numerous publications
- The Telecommunications Act of 1996, For the Defense, DRI, December 2008
- Public Entities and Public Officials’ Liability Under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1985
- Justices Give the War on Drugs a Significant Boost: The Year in the Fourth Amendment, 29 The Urban Lawyer: The National Quarterly on State and Local Government Law 787-93 (1997)
- Update on Fourth Amendment Search Cases: The New and Confused Framework, 28 The Urban Lawyer: The National Quarterly on State and Local Government Law 679-700 (1996)
- National and Local Speaking Engagements every year since 1996 (DRI; ABA; Georgia ICLE, ACHSA; USLAW; Texas Bar Association; among others)
MEMBERSHIPS
- Chairman (2012-14), Defense Research Institute’s Governmental Liability Committee
- Co-Chairman, ABA’s Committee on Civil Rights Liability, 1998
- Chairman, ABA Sub-Committee on Civil Rights/First Amendment Liability, 1997
- Defense Research Institute’s Governmental Liability Committee since 2000
- Member, Senator Paul Coverdell’s Crime and Law Enforcement Task Force, 1998-2000
Recognitions
- AV ® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Georgia Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite
- Super Lawyers 2003-2018
Presentations
- National and Local Speaking Engagements every year since 1996 (DRI; ABA; Georgia ICLE, ACHSA; USLAW; Texas Bar Association; among others)
Supreme Court Quietly Hammers Fifth Circuit in Conditions of Confinement Case, Reversing Qualified Immunity Ruling
Supreme Court Takes on New Fourth Amendment Case
Qualified Immunity Front and Center
Supreme Court Refuses to Stop Order to Move Inmates From Virus-Ravaged Prison
COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons – US Supreme Court Asked to Stay Ohio Injunction Requiring Transfer of Inmates
Texas’ Correctional Healthcare System Has Momentary Attention of US Supreme Court
Phil Friduss is a Partner in the Atlanta office, with strong practice ties to the Firm’s six (6) Georgia regional offices.. His practice focuses on the defense of high exposure cases in the areas of governmental liability, labor and employment, education, and correctional health care. Over a span of 29-plus years, Mr. Friduss has had the pleasure of representing over 200 public entities.
For the success of his team, Phil has been named a Georgia Super Lawyer by Atlanta Magazine all 14 years such designations have been made, and has also been an honored member of Georgia Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite in the area of labor and employment law. For over 15 years, he has been AV ® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Friduss has been a member of the Defense Research Institute’s Governmental Liability Committee for over 15 years, serving as its Chairman 2012-14. Phil is a national level speaker and author. His legal column, Towns and the Law, appears monthly in Georgia Municipal Association’s flagship print publication, Georgia Cities.
ADMITTED
- Georgia
EDUCATION
- J.D., Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, 1989
- B.A., Belmont College, 1983
PUBLICATIONS
- Supreme Court Quietly Hammers Fifth Circuit in Conditions of Confinement Case, Reversing Qualified Immunity Ruling, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, November 2020
- Supreme Court Takes on New Fourth Amendment Case, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, October 2020
- Qualified Immunity Front And Center, HBS Correctional Healthcare Blog, June 2020
- Supreme Court Refuses To Stop Order To Move Inmates From Virus-Ravaged Prison, HBS Correctional Healthcare Blog, June 2020
- COVID-19 In Jails And Prisons – US Supreme Court Asked To Stay Ohio Injunction Requiring Transfer Of Inmates, HBS Correctional Healthcare Blog, May 2020
- Supreme Court Not Showing Immediate Interest In Shooting Down Qualified Immunity, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, May 2020
- Texas’ Correctional Healthcare System Has Momentary Attention Of US Supreme Court, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, May 2020
- US Supreme Court Ready To Sit Down To A Full Plate Of Qualified Immunity, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, May 2020
- Yes, It’s True: You Cannot Sue A Dog— Or A Cat, For That Matter, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, April 2020
- Of Dogs And Privacy: The Warrantless Seizure Of A Dog’s Blood, And All That Comes With It, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, April 2020
- US Supreme Court Hands Down Pro-Law Enforcement 4th Amendment Ruling, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, April 2020
- Gun Store Owner Sues Over Shelter-In-Place Ordinance, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, March 2020
- National Commission On Correctional Health Care’s (NCCHC) 2019 Annual Report, HBS Correctional Healthcare Blog, March 2020
- Forced Labor in Privatized Prisons? Eleventh Circuit Cries Foul!, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, March 2020
- The Modern Suicide Case In The Correctional Healthcare Setting, HBS Correctional Healthcare Blog, February 2020
- 2(B), or Not 2(B) – Show Me Your Papers Survives to See Another Day, DRI Today (2016)
- Today’s Cprrectional Healthcare World, White Paper 2017
- Municipal Courts’ Practices Involving Incarceration of Indigent Defendants Under Fire, 2016 ACCG Annual Meeting
- Georgia’s Wistleblower Act as Applied to Local Governments, 62nd Annual Institute for City and County Attorneys, 2015
- Georgia Municipal Association’s Georgia Cities legal columnist since 2011
- A Legal Fight, for Freedom: The Dred Scott Decision, For the Defense 2011
- Defending the Indefensible: Racial Profiling Hits the Courts, For the Defense, 2000
- ADA UPDATE: Supreme Court Rejects “Ability to Perform Job Tasks” Standard in Favor of Focusing on a Claimant’s Ability to Perform Activities of “Central Importance to Daily Life – numerous publications
- The Telecommunications Act of 1996, For the Defense, DRI, December 2008
- Public Entities and Public Officials’ Liability Under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1985
- Justices Give the War on Drugs a Significant Boost: The Year in the Fourth Amendment, 29 The Urban Lawyer: The National Quarterly on State and Local Government Law 787-93 (1997)
- Update on Fourth Amendment Search Cases: The New and Confused Framework, 28 The Urban Lawyer: The National Quarterly on State and Local Government Law 679-700 (1996)
- National and Local Speaking Engagements every year since 1996 (DRI; ABA; Georgia ICLE, ACHSA; USLAW; Texas Bar Association; among others)
MEMBERSHIPS
- Chairman (2012-14), Defense Research Institute’s Governmental Liability Committee
- Co-Chairman, ABA’s Committee on Civil Rights Liability, 1998
- Chairman, ABA Sub-Committee on Civil Rights/First Amendment Liability, 1997
- Defense Research Institute’s Governmental Liability Committee since 2000
- Member, Senator Paul Coverdell’s Crime and Law Enforcement Task Force, 1998-2000
Recognitions
- AV ® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Georgia Trend Magazine’s Legal Elite
- Super Lawyers 2003-2018
Presentations
- National and Local Speaking Engagements every year since 1996 (DRI; ABA; Georgia ICLE, ACHSA; USLAW; Texas Bar Association; among others)