Robert L. Walker

Robert L. Walker

Partner
Location:
Cartersville, Georgia
Phone:
  770-387-1373
Email:

As a partner at Jenkins & Bowen, P.C., Mr. Walker has vast experience in the areas of insurance defense and personal injury.  He has represented individuals as both plaintiffs and defendants, as well as insurance companies across the state in actions involving serious personal injuries.  Mr. Walker has also represented various cities, counties, businesses, neighborhood associations, citizen groups and individuals in state and federal courts in Georgia in the areas of condemnation, zoning, land use, environmental, and local government law.  In addition, Mr. Walker has represented numerous individuals and businesses in litigation involving disputes over contracts, loan agreements, wrongful foreclosure and individual property rights.  He is a graduate of Mercer University's Walter F. George School of Law, a magna cum laude graduate of the University of Georgia, and an honors graduate of Abraham Baldwin College.

Mr. Walker has also lectured on a number of insurance, local government and legal topics for the Georgia Institute of Continuing Legal Education, the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government, the Atlanta Regional Commission and various industry groups and private clients.  He is a graduate of the State Bar of Georgia's Leadership Academy and has been named as a "Who's Who in American Law".  Mr. Walker has been a member of a number of committees with the State Bar of Georgia Young Lawyers Division, including Legislative Affairs, Real Estate and Litigation.  Mr. Walker is also an active member of his community, serving as a member of the Rotary Club of Bartow County, a regular judge/evaluator for the State Bar of Georgia's High School Mock Trial Program, and is actively involved in the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce, serving on the Small Business Council and Cookout Committee.

Areas of Practice

  • Bad Faith
  • Contracts
  • Class Action - Plaintiff
  • Construction Contracts
  • Employee Rights
  • Wage and Hour Law - Employee
  • State and Local Agencies
  • State and Municipal Contracts
  • Insurance Defense
  • Commercial Insurance
  • Insurance Subrogation
  • Motor Vehicle Insurance
  • Property & Casualty Insurance
  • Title Insurance
  • Complex Litigation
  • Federal Appellate Practice
  • State Appellate Practice
  • Federal Trial Practice
  • State Trial Practice
  • Commercial Leasing
  • Commercial Real Estate
  • Condemnation
  • Eminent Domain
  • Land Use and Zoning
  • Mortgages and Foreclosure
  • Title Insurance
  • Trucking
  • Food and Agriculture Products
  • Motor Vehicle Defects
  • Machinery and Tools
  • Recreational Products
  • Personal Injury - Plaintiff
  • Personal Injury - Defense

Litigation Percentage

  • 96% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

  • Georgia
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
  • Georgia Court of Appeals
  • Supreme Court of Georgia

Education

  • Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia
    • J.D. - 2007
  • University of Georgia
    • B.A. - 2004
  • Abraham Baldwin College
    • Associate of Science - 2002