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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
REPRESENTATIVE CASES
PUBLICATIONS &
PRESENTATIONS
PRACTICE AREAS
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES &
MEMBERSHIPS
David F. Root
Partner

Atlanta Office
One Ninety One Peachtree Tower
191 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 3600
Atlanta, Georgia 30303

direct: 404.221.2253
fax: 404.523.2345
droot@carlockcopeland.com
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EDUCATION

Wake Forest University School of Law, J.D., 1980
Wake Forest University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1977
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Alpha Theta


ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

Georgia, 1980

Professional Summary

Dave Root specializes in civil defense litigation. He has tried numerous civil cases throughout Georgia, in matters involving general liability, employment, construction and other areas. 

Dave is a magna cum laude graduate of Wake Forest University (B.A., 1977) where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Alpha Theta. He graduated from the Wake Forest University School of Law (J.D., 1980) where he participated in Moot Court.

Dave is a past Managing Partner of Carlock, Copeland & Stair. He served two terms as Chair of the DeKalb Bar Association Litigation Section, is AV Preeminent rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and has written and spoken on a variety of legal topics. For more information on these, please visit the Representative Cases and Publications & Presentations sections of his biography.

Dave is a member of the practicing bar of all Georgia trial and appellate courts, Federal District Courts in Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States Supreme Court. In 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, Dave was an honoree on the Georgia Super Lawyers® list in Atlanta Magazine.