Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, L.L.P. – Atlanta, GA

Michael Rust graduated from Emory University in 1980 and Emory University School of Law in 1983 where he was Notes and Comments editor of the Emory Law Journal (Law Review). Since that time, he has maintained an active trial practice in the state of Georgia both in State and Federal Courts. Mr. Rust teaches litigation as part of Emory University School of Law’s annual Trial Practice Program. He has received AV rating from Martindale Hubble, the highest rating afforded to lawyers by their peers.

Michael Rust’s areas of practice are wrongful death and catastrophic injury litigation, construction litigation, employment litigation, insurance coverage litigation, and products liability litigation. Since 1983 Mr. Rust has tried numerous cases in each of these areas and obtained favorable verdicts for his clients. For example, in the last four years Mr. Rust has represented the owners of a chip mill in Eastman, Georgia against suits brought by numerous adjacent land owners alleging environmental claims and nuisance. Mr. Rust has defended a Jesup, Georgia mortgage broker against claims of allowing a well to become contaminated with e-coli bacteria. Mr. Rust has defended an insurance client against claims of bad faith and breach of the duty to defend arising out of copyright infringement claims. At least half of Mr. Rust’s practice presently involves injuries and disputes arising out of construction projects. In the area of products liability, Mr. Rust is representing several manufacturers of products containing asbestos in over 300 lawsuits. Mr. Rust also has represented employers in lawsuits in EEOC complaints alleging age, sex and race discrimination as well as sexual harassment and hostile environment claims. Mr. Rust writes and lectures on the topics of insurance coverage litigation and litigation and, along with his partner Matt Moffett, Mr. Rust has authored the Agency Section of West Publishing’s Georgia Employment Law Treatise.

Michael Rust has lived in Atlanta, Georgia since coming here to attend Emory University in 1976. Mr. Rust and his wife, Lora, have two daughters, Allie and Hunter, and make their home in the Morningside area of Atlanta and are active in their local schools and community.

Gray, Rust, St. Amand, Moffett & Brieske, L.L.P. – Atlanta, GA

Michael D. St. Amand practices civil litigation, with specialization in the areas of insurance defense and insurance coverage. He serves as statewide counsel for large and small insurance companies, as well as private corporations. He has extensive jury trial experience and serves as lead trial counsel in federal and state court cases.

Mr. St. Amand has extensive experience training attorneys throughout the state and has made presentations at a number of continuing legal education seminars on ADR and mediation, premises liability cases, challenging and cross-examining expert witnesses, and defending punitive damage claims. He has also led and participated in numerous client seminars on various casualty insurance issues. He is a member of the Atlanta Claims Association, Atlanta Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia.

Mr. St. Amand began practicing law with Messrs. Gray and Rust upon graduation from law school in 1988 and was joined by Messrs. Moffett and Brieske in 1990 and 1994, respectively. Mr. St. Amand is a 1982 graduate of The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated, with honors, from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas in 1985, and received his law degree, cum laude, from the University Of Georgia School Of Law in 1988. Mr. St. Amand’s academic honors include: Bryant T. Castellow Scholarship Award (UGA); National Merit Scholarship (Trinity); Special Presidential Scholarship (Trinity); First Graduate of Trinity University Honors Program (1985); Mortar Board; American Jurisprudence Trusts and Estates Award; and Russell Best Brief Award (UGA).