Hunter R. Hughes

Emeritus Fellows / Lifetime Achievement
Practicing In: Georgia
Member Since: 2003
404-444-2693

Location

Hunter R. Hughes, Esq.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
1075 Peachtree St., Suite 2550,
Atlanta, GA 30309

About

Hunter Hughes is widely recognized as one of the leading mediators in the United States. For over two decades, The Best Lawyers in America has recognized him as being Best Lawyer and has been “Atlanta Lawyer of the Year – Mediation”.

 

Chambers USA has also recognized Mr. Hughes as a “Top Ranked” mediator. He has been repeatedly listed as one of the Top 10 Georgia Super Lawyers. Hunter is a retired Distinguished Fellow in The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, as well as an Emeritus Fellow in the American College of Civil Trial Mediators.

Mediations may be scheduled either with my assistant, Sallye Thornton, or me, by phone or email. Often Sallye is easier to reach (direct dial: +1.404.881.5430 or email: sthornton@seyfarth.com), but I follow emails closely during work hours.  My availability is limited to two mediations per week.

Background

Mr. Hughes is an Emeritus Fellow in the American College of Civil Trial Mediators and has been selected for inclusion in multiple editions of Woodward/White’s “Best Lawyers in America,” Chambers’ USA “America’s Leading Lawyers for Business,” “Who’s Who in American Law, Law & Politics,” Atlanta Magazine’s Top 10 and Top 100 “Georgia Super Lawyers Top 10 and Top 100 and Georgia Trend’s “Legal Elite.”

Mr. Hughes is the past Chairman and Vice Chairman of the EEO Committee Administrative Section of the ABA. He was President of the Corporate Counsel Section of the Atlanta Bar Association and served as Program Co-Chair of the EEO Committee of Labor Section of the American Bar Association. He is the past Program Chairman of the American Employment Law Council. He also served as an arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association Commercial and Employment Panels.

Mr. Hughes has written numerous articles and publications, including “How Our Subconscious Bias Impacts the Negotiations,” American Journal of Mediation; Chapter 26, “Mediating Class Actions: How Mediators Operate and What They Want,” How ADR Works, BNA Books; “Class Actions in Arbitrations,” A Treatise Project of the American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section.

Mr. Hughes has served as lead trial counsel in hundreds of cases, including nationwide class and mass actions. He has also acted as lead counsel in arbitrations and numerous proceedings before state and federal agencies.

He has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Virginia Law School and also has been a speaker throughout the country at several hundred seminars and conferences on various topics, including trial practice, alternate dispute resolution, settlement strategies, damages, negotiation skills, and a wide range of substantive matters.

Mr. Hughes is admitted to practice in the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Georgia, the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the United States Supreme Court.

Member: Who’s Who in America
International Who’s Who
Who’s Who Legal
Georgia Arbitrators Forum
American Arbitration Association Commercial and Employment Panels
Benchmark Litigation Star
Law Dragon Top 500

Education / Training

Hunter Hughes serves as a mediator, arbitrator, and special master.
He received his B.A. and J.D. degrees with honors from the University of Virginia.

Fees

Types of Cases Mediated

He has served as a neutral in scores of national class, collective, and mass actions (including mediating Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney, FedEx, Abercrombie, Viacom, Disney, NBC, Time Warner, Coca-Cola, Home Depot, Publix, Boeing, Wal-Mart, Dell, Xerox, Lowe’s, Cigna, Lockheed, Credit Suisse, Mutual of Omaha, General Dynamics, Boeing, Bechtel, Intrawest, AXA, and Allscripts class and collective action cases) with a focus on securities fraud (e.g. 10b-5 and Section 11 of the ’33 Act claims) as well as ERISA (e.g. 401k breach of fiduciary duty claims), employment (pattern or practice and adverse impact discrimination and 216(b) FLSA claims) mass tort, business, and insurance coverage disputes.