Lyn Dodson

Biography

For over 20 years Lyn has represented both individuals and corporations in matters including personal injury, products liability, premises liability, medical malpractice, contracts, and property issues in Georgia and Mississippi. After a 1998 clerkship with the appellate courts in Mississippi, she began practicing as a defense attorney representing corporations, banks, and insurance companies in general civil litigation, including products liability, personal injury, banking matters, and toxic tort defense litigation. In 2007, Lyn joined a plaintiff’s practice in Atlanta where she represented individuals injured or killed as a result of medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, trucking accidents, automobile accidents, product liability, premises liability and other negligent and intentional acts.

In 2023, Lyn returned to defense work where she is again representing corporations, insurance companies and their insureds in cases across Georgia. This past experience advocating for both plaintiffs and defendants makes her particularly well-suited to serve as a neutral. Lyn has been recognized by Georgia Super Lawyers as one of the Top 50 Women Attorneys in Georgia, by Georgia Trend as Legal Elite, and she is ranked by Martindale-Hubbell as AV Preeminent.

Lyn has been mediating cases in Georgia since 2016 and joined Henning in 2024.

Professional Experience

• Cozen O´Connor (2023 to present)
• Lyn Dodson Mediation (2021 – 2023)
• Katz Wright Fleming & Dodson (2007-2021)
• Swift Currie (2005 - 2007)
• Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush (1999 - 2005)
• Mississippi Supreme Court (1999)
• Mississippi Court of Appeals (1998)

Professional Activities

• Georgia State Bar Association (2005 to present)
• Mississippi State Bar Association (1998 to present)
• Atlanta Bar Association (2007 to present)
• Dekalb Bar Association (2007 -2021)
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (2007 - 2021)
• Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (2024 to present)

Honors and Awards

• Super Lawyers (2015 to present)
  - Top 100 Georgia Lawyers (2022)
  - Top 50 Women (2016 - 2022)
• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell (2014 to present)
• XLegal Elite, Georgia Trend Magazine (2012 to present)

Community Activities List

• Kids in Need of Defense, Volunteer Attorney
• Guardian ad Litem, Pro Bono, Fulton County
• Steven Ministry, Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

Education

• The University of Mississippi, Juris Doctorate (1998)
• The University of Mississippi, B.A. (1995)

Mediation & Arbitration Training

• Henning Mediation & Arbitration Service, Inc.

Areas of Expertise

• Personal Injury
• Wrongful Death
• Complex Personal Injury and Brain Injury
• Medical Malpractice
• Professional Negligence
• Hospital Liability
• Nursing Home Liability
• Premises Liability
• Product Liability