Oliver Maner LLP, an award-winning law firm providing superior legal services since 1897, is pleased to announce firm partners and leading trial lawyers Greg Hodges and William J. Hunter were recently awarded the 2020 Georgia Super Lawyers designation. Hodges was recognized for his outstanding accomplishments in Personal Injury General (Defense) and General Litigation; and, Hunter was recognized for his impressive professional achievements in General Litigation. The Super Lawyers selection process includes independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.

Since 2003, Hunter has devoted 100 percent of his practice to complex trial law including representing plaintiffs severely injured or killed in cases against product manufacturers, device manufacturers, trucking companies, and large industrial or construction companies and defending doctors or healthcare providers in malpractice cases. Hunter’s experience also includes cases related to large and complex business disputes, many times involving claims related to fiduciary duties, trade secrets, and “bet the company” issues. He has been recognized by his peers with industry awards many times including Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers’ Lawyer of the Year, Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite, and others. He is also a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated member of the firm, a member of the Savannah Bar Association, State Bar of Georgia, American Association for Justice, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, and Savannah Trial Lawyers Association.

With nearly 40 years practicing law, Hodges is widely respected as a trial lawyer and has earned the distinguished Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating with 100 percent of his practice devoted to the litigation section of the firm. He primarily concentrates his practice on medical malpractice defense and other complex civil litigation, plaintiff's personal injury, products liability, and wrongful death cases. Career accolades include consecutive years as Best Lawyers’ Lawyer of the Year, Top 100 Georgia Super Lawyers, Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite, among many others. Hodges is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, Savannah Bar Association, Georgia Defense Lawyers Association, and the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is admitted to practice before the Georgia state courts, the Supreme Court of Georgia, the United States District Courts for the Middle and Southern districts of Georgia, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.