Mediator's Profile

Hon. Gino Brogdon

Business Name: Henning Mediation & Arbitration Services LLC

Hon. Gino Brogdon, Sr. presided over complex civil and felony cases for almost 10 years as a trial judge in the Superior and State Courts of Fulton County in Atlanta. Following his 2005 retirement from the bench, Gino tried high-visibility civil cases for plaintiffs and defendants and has become a highly sought-after mediator and arbitrator. He has served as an adjunct professor of law at both Emory University School of Law and John Marshall School of Law, as well as a faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Hon. Gino Brogdon is among the most well-known and highly-regarded trial lawyers in Georgia. He was most recently an equity partner at Alston & Bird, where he was one of the firm ‘s foremost trial lawyers and was called upon to try complex and high-stakes cases for some of the firm’s largest clients. Immediately prior to joining Alston & Bird, Judge Brogdon served as a judge in Fulton County, Georgia for nearly a decade, where he presided over complex civil matters and various felony cases.

Before his tenure on the bench, Judge Brogdon-who regularly appears as a legal analyst on CNN-operated a highly-successful plaintiff’s practice for four years. He tried cases for plaintiffs ranging from commercial disputes, medical malpractice, wrongful death and personal Injury

Following his 2005 retirement from the bench, Gino tried high-visibility civil cases for plaintiffs and defendants and has become a highly sought-after mediator and arbitrator, where he successfully mediated numerous cases in most areas of civil litigation, including:

  •     Automobile liability
  •     Premises liability
  •     Commercial
  •     Construction
  •     Medical malpractice
  •     Wrongful death
  •     Legal malpractice
  •     Employment
  •     Aviation
  • .  Divorce

Judge Brogdon also served as an adjunct professor of law at both Emory University School of Law and John Marshall School of Law, as well as a faculty member of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Education

  •     Indiana University Bloomington, Doctor of Law (J.D.), Law, 1986
  •     Oberlin College, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics, 1983

Memberships & Affiliations

  •     Member, State Bar of Georgia, 1987 – Present
  •     Member, American Bar Association, 1987- 2003
  •     Member, Atlanta Bar Association, 1987 – Present
  •     Member, Indiana State Bar Association, 1986 – Present
  •     Member, National Bar Association, 1998 – 2005
  •     Member, Gate City Bar Association, 1994-Present
  •     Member, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 1992 -1996, 2007-Present
  •     Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1992-1996

Court Admissions

  •     United States Supreme Court (2011)
  •     Supreme Court of Georgia
  •     Georgia Court of Appeals
  •     State Bar of Georgia (1987)
  •     Indiana State Bar (1986)
  •     U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Georgia
  •     U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana

Mediation/Arbitration Training

  • Justice Center of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia (2002)
  • Henning Mediation & Arbitration Service, Inc. (2012)
  • Completed the Advanced Mediation Course at The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law (2013)

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