Benjamin H. Brewton

I grew up in a relatively small town where my father was not only the only urologist for 40 miles in any direction, but was also the chairman of the school board, a city councilman, and later the mayor.  He and my mother instilled the lesson that you have an obligation to help the place you live because if everyone took the “hands off” approach, your community wouldn’t be much of a place to live.

My wife and I have tried to live up to that example over the years. I have served as a trustee and board chair at a K-8 school, the committee chairman for a Boy Scout troop and as a trustee at our church.  I currently serve on the board of Harrisburg Family Health Clinic which is a medical clinic providing much needed free medical care to the residents of the Harrisburg neighborhood, a historically under-served section of downtown Augusta. I am also, to the occasional amusement of my children, quite passionate about trees and serve on the board of Trees for Augusta which works to keep Augusta’s urban forest thriving.

My practice is focused on the litigating and trial of civil cases in Georgia. It is no secret jury awards in damage cases have grown exponentially in Georgia over the past decade. This creates two imperatives for businesses and individuals who find themselves as defendants in a civil case in Georgia. First, because exposure and risk is heightened, clients need an experienced lawyer who can prevail at trial when a trial is the right path and, alternatively, who can guide them out of harm’s way when a trial is not the best option. Secondly, clients need lawyers who can, on the front end, review their day to day operations and offer insights as to best practices that avoid claims and lawsuits proactively. This proactive involvement also helps pinpoint business practices that, if presented in court, may aggravate or inflame a jury. In short, the future holds the definite threat of increased exposure and risk for defendants in civil cases in Georgia.  

I am a born storyteller. All litigation involves strategic thinking, legal analysis, and risk assessment. For the majority of cases I handle, all of these considerations must be balanced against the probable outcome of a jury trial. I genuinely enjoy synthesizing all elements of a case into a story that will, when presented correctly, resonate with a jury.  Every client and every case has their own unique story to tell. The lawyer’s job is to tell that story in a coherent and engaging way that will, hopefully, lead the jury to adopt the client’s position. Telling the client’s story is, by far, the most exciting part of practicing law.