When Tragedy Strikes
Mr.Freeman was recently interviewed by Lawyer Minds. Find the full interview here.
Render C. Freeman has dedicated his legal career to holding wrongdoers responsible for their carelessness. Why should the victims of carelessness (and their families) be left holding the bag, when someone else caused their hardship?
Whether the wrongdoer is a doctor or a truck driver makes no difference; if their carelessness causes the hardship, then they must take personal responsibility for their mistakes. We all learned this lesson in kindergarten: “We have to clean up our own messes!”
But some people refuse to clean up their own messes, and when that happens, we use the American system of trial by jury to hold them accountable. In his 25+ year career, Render has learned to empower jurors, and, at the same time, truly trust them to do the right thing.
Render is not a high-volume lawyer. He takes very few cases – and only those involving serious injury or wrongful death. That enables him to fully pour himself into each case and give each client the attention that their tragedy deserves.
As a trial attorney, Render has a broad range of experience litigating and trying complex cases, including medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and malpractice, motor vehicle and truck crashes, premises liability, negligent security and negligent hiring. Render has tried cases all over the State of Georgia: from Federal District Court in Atlanta to State and Superior Courts in the remote corners of our state.
Render has developed a national reputation as a trial attorney and has been elected to the faculty of the Trial Lawyers College in Wyoming and the American Association for Justice. Through these organizations and others, Render has taught lawyers all over the country: from California to Florida to Fargo, North Dakota.
Before joining Andersen, Tate & Carr in 2005, Render practiced law with an Atlanta firm for eleven years where he rose to partnership. With that firm, Render defended proprietors and trucking companies (and their insurance carriers), including Pepsi Bottling Group, Kroger, Kmart and BiLo. His extensive experience as a defense lawyer gives Render unique strategic insights into the defense tactics employed by defendants and their insurance carriers.
Render was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He and his wife raised two boys in Johns Creek, Georgia where they lived for over twenty years. As empty nesters, Render and his wife have now moved back into the big city, but Render remains actively involved in the Johns Creek community through Johns Creek Chamber of Commerce and The Rotary Club of Johns Creek.
You can listen to Render’s appearance on The Scott Glovsky Trial Lawyers Talk podcast here.