Stone Law Group Trial Lawyers, LLC

Attorney William Sims Stone

Jurisdictions:

• Georgia, 1977
• Alabama, 1985
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida

Education:

• University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
  • J.D. - 1977
• University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
  • B.B.A. - 1975
  • Major: Accounting
• Early County High School - 1971
• Netherlands Institute of Industrial Economics - 1973

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Life Member and past president
• American Association for Justice, Member
• State Bar of Georgia, Advertising Regulation Committee
• Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission
• State Bar of Georgia, Member
• Alabama State Bar, Member
• Southwest Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Member

Attorney Ryals Drayton Stone

Jurisdictions:

• Georgia, 2010
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 2011
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia, 2011
• Supreme Court of Georgia, 2011
• Georgia Court of Appeals, 2011

Education:

• Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
  • J.D. - 2009
  • Honors: University of Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College - Study Abroad Program
  • Honors: Awarded the highest marks in both international comparative constitutional law and professional responsibility
  • Honors: Basic Skills in Trial Advocacy, top grade
  • Honors: Abraham J. Caruthers Fellow
• University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
  • B.A. - 2005
  • Major: History
• Southwest Georgia Academy - 2000
  • Honors: With Honors

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division, Director of Sponsorship; Litigation Committee Chair, 2011 - 2015
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Executive Committee; LEAD Committee Chair (2013-2015), 2011 - 2015
• State Bar of Georgia, Member
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA), Member
• American Bar Association (AAJ), Member
• American Association of Justice, Member
• Atlanta Bar Association, Member
• Pataula Bar Association, President
• Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia, Civil Justice PAC Board of Directors

Attorney James William Stone

Jurisdictions:

• Georgia, 2013
• Alabama, 2015
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of Georgia

Education:

• John Marshall Law School, Atlanta, Georgia
  • J.D. - 2013
  • Honors: Student chapter of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, active member
• University of Georgia - Terry College of Business, Athens, Georgia
  • B.B.A. - 2009
  • Major: Management Information Systems
• Southwest Georgia Academy - 2005
  • Honors: With Honors

Professional Memberships and Achievements:

• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Member, 2013 - Present
• American Association for Justice, Member, 2013 - Present
• American Bar Association, Member, 2013 - Present
• State Bar of Georgia, Member

­­­Attorney Michael G. Regas II

Bar Admissions:

• Georgia, 1991
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia, 1991
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1991

Education:                                         

• Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, Georgia
  • J.D. – 1991
• University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
  • B.B.A. – 1987
  • Honors: Dean’s List

Professional Memberships and Achievements: 

• State Bar of Georgia, Member
• Atlanta Bar Association, Member
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, Member
• The Lawyer’s Club of Atlanta, Georgia, Member
• The American Association for Justice, Member
• Southern Trial Lawyers Association, Member
• Grid Iron, Member
• Buckhead Lion’s Club

­­­Attorney Carly M. Mathis

Carly grew up in Leesburg, Georgia and currently lives in Atlanta. She graduated from University of Georgia in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in Digital and Broadcast Journalism and a minor in Communication Studies. Carly received her Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2018. 

During law school, Carly was a member of the University of Georgia School of Law Moot Court team and was a finalist in both the Russell and Intrastate Competitions. Carly spent her first year summer as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Stephen Louis A. Dillard, Court of Appeals of Georgia. In her third year, she served as the President of the Student Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and a member of the Orr Inn of Court. 

Carly was admitted to practice law in Georgia in 2018 and the District of Columbia in 2021. She is admitted to practice in the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Georgia. Carly has represented individuals in various personal injury matters, including automobile accidents and premises liability cases. 

Foster v. Landstar Ranger, Inc., et al. (2011)

$40,175,000.00
Jury Verdict
Cobb County State Court, Georgia
Wrongful Death case against the Trucking Company whose tractor trailer driver ran a stop sign, killing two people and injuring a third.
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U.S. ex rel. LaCorte v. Merck and Co., Inc. (2008)

$250,000,000.00
Settlement
USDC - ED Louisiana
Qui Tam case in which whistle blower claims that Merck underreported the "best price" of its drug brand Pepcid® to the government in an illegal scheme resulting in overcharging Medicare, Medicaid and other governmental health programs.
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Susan S. DePaola, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustee
for Collins Signs, Inc. v. Nissan North America, Inc. et al. (2008)

$13,827,000.00
Jury Verdict
USDC - MD Alabama
Promissory fraud and conversion claims against Nissan as it did not intend to perform the terms and conditions of a sign contract at the time it entered into it and for unlawfully converting property belonging to Collins Signs.
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Coleman v. North Fulton Neurology, P.C. et al. (2007)

$11,716,118.00
Jury Verdict
Fulton Co. State Court, Georgia
Medical Malpractice - failure to monitor spinal surgery resulting in 19 year old Paraplegic.
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Rucker v. Knight Trucking et al. (2006)

$250,000.00
Jury Verdict
Clayton County State Court
Minor car accident
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Lee v. Kennestone Hospital, (2001)

$880,209.00
Jury Verdict
Cobb County State Court, Georgia
Medical Negligence - failure to monitor Patient who bleeds to death post surgery.

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James Sealey v. Fire & Casualty Ins. Co. (2001)

$1,959,150.00
Jury Verdict
Duvall County, Florida
Back injury caused by driver negligence. Defense refused to offer $25,000 policy limits.
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Johns v. Cherokee Trucking Company (1999)

$5,260,800.00
Jury Verdict
Clay County, Florida
Mild traumatic brain injury caused by dump truck collision. Defense only offered $250,000 on a 1 million policy.

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