Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani welcomes Eric T. Hawkins as a Partner in the firm's Atlanta office. He joins the Environmental/Toxic Tort and Product & General Liability practice groups.
Mr. Hawkins represents businesses in product liability, toxic tort, environmental, and related litigation. He defends various complex claims involving asbestos, talc, silica, benzene, premises liability, and personal injuries. As national and local counsel to several corporate clients, he develops cutting-edge litigation strategies for jurisdictions throughout the United States.
He has extensive knowledge of medical, engineering, and industrial hygiene issues that he uses to cross-examine and defend expert witnesses. He spends considerable time working with expert witnesses and is often called on to develop cross-examination strategies for the firm's clients. He also manages and develops expert witnesses for clients across the country.
"We are very excited that Eric is joining the Atlanta office of Gordon & Rees," said Atlanta Co-managing Partner Chad Shultz. "His broad litigation experience will strengthen our office and benefit clients throughout our 50-state platform".
Having developed a creative motion practice for defending cases, he has successfully drafted and argued numerous motions for summary judgment and other pretrial motions that resulted in the dismissal of claims against his clients. He also drafted several Daubert motions that resulted in the exclusion of expert witnesses and causation testimony. He has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America©, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants for 2022–2023.
He is admitted to practice in Georgia and North Carolina. He earned his law degree from Georgia State University College of Law and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.