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. For over 29 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 Expands Fourth Amendment Protections, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, March 2021
- 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
- Georgia 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 Expands Fourth Amendment Protections
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
Getting hit by a bullet but still escaping in the getaway car implicates the Fourth Amendment after all sayeth Chief
Supreme Court Quietly Hammers Fifth Circuit in Conditions of Confinement Case, Reversing Qualified Immunity Ruling
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
This past Monday, in a per curiam decision (Justice Barrett not participating; Justice Alito concurring to suggest cert should not
Supreme Court Takes on New Fourth Amendment Case
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Lange v. California, Docket No. 20-18, where the issue has been coined
Qualified Immunity Front and Center
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
Excellent WSJ article below on qualified immunity by Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall. Well-rounded, and evenhanded. Hard to find that
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
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. For over 29 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 Expands Fourth Amendment Protections, HBS Governmental Liability Blog, March 2021
- 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
- Georgia 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 Expands Fourth Amendment Protections
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
Getting hit by a bullet but still escaping in the getaway car implicates the Fourth Amendment after all sayeth Chief
Supreme Court Quietly Hammers Fifth Circuit in Conditions of Confinement Case, Reversing Qualified Immunity Ruling
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
This past Monday, in a per curiam decision (Justice Barrett not participating; Justice Alito concurring to suggest cert should not
Supreme Court Takes on New Fourth Amendment Case
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
Last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Lange v. California, Docket No. 20-18, where the issue has been coined
Qualified Immunity Front and Center
Written by: Phillip E. Friduss, Esq.
Excellent WSJ article below on qualified immunity by Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall. Well-rounded, and evenhanded. Hard to find that
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
Practice Specific Experience