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
- COVID-19 In Jails And Prisons – US Supreme Court Asked To Stay Ohio Injunction Requiring Transfer Of Inmates, May 2020, HBS Correctional Healthcare Blog
- Supreme Court Not Showing Immediate Interest In Shooting Down Qualified Immunity, May 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- Texas’ Correctional Healthcare System Has Momentary Attention Of US Supreme Court, May 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- US Supreme Court Ready To Sit Down To A Full Plate Of Qualified Immunity, May 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- Yes, It’s True: You Cannot Sue A Dog— Or A Cat, For That Matter, April 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- Of Dogs And Privacy: The Warrantless Seizure Of A Dog’s Blood, And All That Comes With It, April 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- US Supreme Court Hands Down Pro-Law Enforcement 4th Amendment Ruling, April 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- Gun Store Owner Sues Over Shelter-In-Place Ordinance, March 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- National Commission On Correctional Health Care’s (NCCHC) 2019 Annual Report, March 2020, HBS Correctional Healthcare blog
- Forced Labor in Privatized Prisons? Eleventh Circuit Cries Foul!, March 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- The Modern Suicide Case In The Correctional Healthcare Setting, February 2020, HBS Correctional Healthcare blog
- 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 Refuses to Stop Order to Move Inmates From Virus-Ravaged Prison
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
Thus is the title of Adam Liptak’s New York Times coverage of the Ohio inmate transfer case, Williams v Wilson case
COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons – US Supreme Court Asked to Stay Ohio Injunction Requiring Transfer of Inmates
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
There have now been any number of COVID-related challenges to the conditions of confinement in jails/prisons nationwide, especially with respect
Texas’ Correctional Healthcare System Has Momentary Attention of US Supreme Court
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
The United States Supreme Court has given the State of Texas until Friday to respond to inmate suit over current
US Supreme Court Ready to Sit Down to a Full Plate of Qualified Immunity
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
Our Supreme Court Justices are about to sit down to an unprecedented feast of qualified immunity. That feast will be
Yes, it’s True: You Cannot Sue a Dog— Or a Cat, for That Matter
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
This column originally appeared in the June 2017 issue of the Georgia's Cities newspaper.
After suffering from brain freeze and writer’s
Of Dogs and Privacy: The Warrantless Seizure of a Dog’s Blood, and all that Comes with it
This article originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of the Georgia's Cities Magazine.
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
State v. Newcomb, 359 Or. 756 (2016)
Act
Practice Specific Experience
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
- COVID-19 In Jails And Prisons – US Supreme Court Asked To Stay Ohio Injunction Requiring Transfer Of Inmates, May 2020, HBS Correctional Healthcare Blog
- Supreme Court Not Showing Immediate Interest In Shooting Down Qualified Immunity, May 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- Texas’ Correctional Healthcare System Has Momentary Attention Of US Supreme Court, May 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- US Supreme Court Ready To Sit Down To A Full Plate Of Qualified Immunity, May 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- Yes, It’s True: You Cannot Sue A Dog— Or A Cat, For That Matter, April 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- Of Dogs And Privacy: The Warrantless Seizure Of A Dog’s Blood, And All That Comes With It, April 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- US Supreme Court Hands Down Pro-Law Enforcement 4th Amendment Ruling, April 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- Gun Store Owner Sues Over Shelter-In-Place Ordinance, March 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- National Commission On Correctional Health Care’s (NCCHC) 2019 Annual Report, March 2020, HBS Correctional Healthcare blog
- Forced Labor in Privatized Prisons? Eleventh Circuit Cries Foul!, March 2020, HBS Governmental Liability blog
- The Modern Suicide Case In The Correctional Healthcare Setting, February 2020, HBS Correctional Healthcare blog
- 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 Refuses to Stop Order to Move Inmates From Virus-Ravaged Prison
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
Thus is the title of Adam Liptak’s New York Times coverage of the Ohio inmate transfer case, Williams v Wilson case
COVID-19 in Jails and Prisons – US Supreme Court Asked to Stay Ohio Injunction Requiring Transfer of Inmates
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
There have now been any number of COVID-related challenges to the conditions of confinement in jails/prisons nationwide, especially with respect
Texas’ Correctional Healthcare System Has Momentary Attention of US Supreme Court
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
The United States Supreme Court has given the State of Texas until Friday to respond to inmate suit over current
US Supreme Court Ready to Sit Down to a Full Plate of Qualified Immunity
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
Our Supreme Court Justices are about to sit down to an unprecedented feast of qualified immunity. That feast will be
Yes, it’s True: You Cannot Sue a Dog— Or a Cat, for That Matter
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
This column originally appeared in the June 2017 issue of the Georgia's Cities newspaper.
After suffering from brain freeze and writer’s
Of Dogs and Privacy: The Warrantless Seizure of a Dog’s Blood, and all that Comes with it
This article originally appeared in the September 2016 issue of the Georgia's Cities Magazine.
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
State v. Newcomb, 359 Or. 756 (2016)
Act
Practice Specific Experience