Joseph Aaron Fried
America's Truck Crash Lawyer - Board Certified NBTA
Joe Fried is among the top truck crash lawyers in the United States. Based out of Atlanta, Georiga, he has handled cases in over 35 States with recoveries over $1 billion. He is the founder of the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys, past Chair do the American Association of Justice Trucking Litigation Group, and past President of the National Trial Attorneys Trucking Trial Lawyers. Joe has authored books, DVDs, and peer-reviewed articles on handling commercial motor vehicle cases and has given over 600 presentations to lawyer, judge, and law enforcement audiences on commercial vehicle-related subjects as well as on all aspects of preparing and trying civil cases.
Joe has been recognized by various lawyer organizations around the country for his leadership and success - Best Lawyers, SuperLawyers, Lawyer of Distinction, Lawyer of the Year, etc.
Joe is a former police officer and a true safety advocate. He brings a unique background to his cases with his knowledge of physics, mechanics, accident investigation, and reconstruction, as well as human psychology, psychodrama, neurolinguistic programming, and storytelling. He prides himself on being able to discover the compelling story for each case that needs to be told.
Joe was instrumental in the establishment of an ABA-approved Board Certification in Truck Accident Law - which is administered through the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA). Joe is in the first class of lawyers who became board certified after co-chairing the committee that sought ABA approval.
- Personal Injury
- Car Accidents, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Contingent Fees
- Florida
- The Florida Bar
- ID Number: 40850
- Georgia
- State Bar of Georgia
- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 4943429
- Tennessee
- Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee
- ID Number: 030018
- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- ID Number: 24105095
- English: Spoken, Written
- Founder
- Academy fo Truck Accident Attorneys
- - Current
- This is the largest specialty organization in the Country for laweyrs and paralegals who handle truck crash cases on the plaintiff side.
- Past President
- National Trial Lawyers Association Trucking Trial Lawyers
- - Current
- Founding Partner
- Fried Goldberg (formerly Fried Rogers Goldberg)
- - Current
- Focusing on truck crash cases and various other serious injury and wrongful death cases.
- Past-Chair
- American Association of Justice - Trucking Litigation Group
- - Current
- Group for plaintiff attorneys who handle truck crash cases
- Student and then Faculty
- Trial Lawyers College
- - Current
- Judge (part-time)
- Fulton County Magistrate Court
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- Partner
- Henry Spiegel Fried & Milling (formerly Williams & Henry)
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- Attorney Law Clerk
- United States District Court, Southern District of Georgia
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- One year Judicial Clerkship
- The University of Georgia School of Law
- J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Activities: Law Review
- Oglethorpe University
- B.A.
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Top 100
- Superlawyers
- Top 10 Lawyers
- NTL
- Lawyer of the Year
- Best Lawyers
- Lawyer of the Year
- Best Lawyers
- National Board of Truck Accident Attorneys
- Co-Chair
- - Current
- Activities: This board was formed to seek ABA approval for a Board Certification in Truck Crash Law
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Board of Directors
- - Current
- Texas State Bar  # 24105095
- - Current
- Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys
- Founder
- - Current
- National Trial Lawyers Association Trucking Trial Lawyers
- Past President
- - Current
- MANY on Truck Crash related issues
- Trial Magazine, Trial Guides, several others
- Trucking Regulations
- Trial Magazine
- Many Presentation on Best Practices for Laweyrs - Trial, Depositons, Mediations, etc, Hundreds, National
- OVER 500 Presentations on Handling Truck Crash Cases, Approx 40-50 per year, National
- Various Trial Lawyer Organizations and State Bar Organizations
- Board Certified in Truck Crash Law
- NBTA