Georgia Personal Injury Law Firm Directory: South Fulton

South Fulton is one of Georgia’s newest large cities, incorporated in May 2017 from a stretch of southwest Fulton County that includes the communities of Red Oak, Stonewall, Sandtown, Cliftondale, Ben Hill, Cedar Grove, and part of Campbellton. With a 2020 Census population of 107,436, it ranks as the state’s eighth-largest city, covering roughly 86 square miles south and west of Atlanta. Because the city is young and large, much of its day-to-day legal life still runs through the surrounding established communities of College Park, East Point, Union City, and Fairburn, where most of the area’s law offices are based.

South Fulton sits within Fulton County, which carries the heaviest crash volume of any county in Georgia. According to the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and the Georgia Department of Transportation, Fulton County recorded 55,932 crashes in 2022, with 22,988 injuries and 178 traffic fatalities, the highest fatality count of any county in the state that year. A reliable South Fulton city-specific annual crash count was not available from two independent sources at the time of writing, in part because the city is recent and much local crash data is still reported under the county or the older community names; for that reason no single city figure is stated here, and the county-level data gives the clearest verified picture.

Anyone weighing a personal injury claim in Georgia should know one fixed deadline. Under O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33, most personal injury actions, including those from car accidents, premises liability, and product liability, must be filed within two years of the date of injury, and missing that window generally bars the claim. A spouse’s loss-of-consortium claim carries a four-year deadline, and tolling can apply in narrow circumstances such as a related criminal case. Georgia also follows a modified comparative negligence rule, under which an injured person’s recovery is reduced by their share of fault and barred entirely if they are 50 percent or more at fault. The directory below lists four personal injury firms with a verified office in the South Fulton area, each confirmed from the firm’s own official website, and is organized for comparison rather than ranking.

1. Serious Injury Law Group, P.C.

Address: 4 NW Broad Street, Fairburn, GA 30213
Multiple offices: Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, in addition to the Metro Atlanta (Fairburn) office
Phone: (678) 268-6578
Attorneys: Gerald Clark Brooks Jr., Chuck James II, Brandon Price-Crum, Amy Gonzales Jackson, Adrian Crittenton, Cole Leonberg, Christopher Burrell, Julius Hammond
Focus: Car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice, traumatic brain injury, defective products, defective drugs, mass torts, wrongful death
Fee structure: Free consultation, no fee unless the case is won
Web: https://www.seriouslawyers.com

Serious Injury Law Group is a personal injury and medical malpractice practice whose Georgia office is based in Fairburn, within the South Fulton area, and which also operates offices in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama. The firm states that its Fairburn base gives it familiarity with the regional courts and judicial processes across the greater Metro Atlanta area, and its roster includes attorney Gerald C. Brooks Jr. along with several other attorneys.

The team handles car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, medical malpractice, traumatic brain injury, defective products and drugs, mass torts, and wrongful death, and works on a no-fee-unless-recovery basis. The practice describes handling complex and catastrophic injury matters and states it has recovered millions of dollars for clients; those figures are firm-reported and have not been independently confirmed against court records.

2. Georgia Injury Attorneys (Chrisna Jones)

Address (South Metro Fulton): 4910 Jonesboro Road, Suite 101, Union City, GA 30291
Multiple offices: Downtown Atlanta and Buckhead, in addition to the Union City office
Phone: (404) 647-0314
Attorneys: Chrisna D. Jones, Jamie Cox, Troy King
Focus: Auto and trucking accidents, motorcycle accidents, slip-and-fall, premises liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death
Fee structure: Free consultation, available 24/7
Web: https://www.personalinjuryattorneys-georgia.com

Georgia Injury Attorneys lists a South Metro Fulton office in Union City along with offices in downtown Atlanta and Buckhead, so prospective clients may want to confirm which location would handle their matter. The practice is led by managing partner Chrisna D. Jones, who the firm states graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1998 and worked for about a decade as an ICU registered nurse before entering law; partner Jamie Cox and of-counsel Troy King are also listed.

The office handles auto, trucking, and motorcycle accidents, slip-and-fall and premises liability, medical malpractice, and wrongful death. The firm states that attorney Jones maintained a hybrid defense and plaintiff practice earlier in her career before moving to full-time plaintiff work, and that the team offers free consultations with 24/7 availability.

3. The Foster Firm, LLC

Address (College Park): One Crowne Center, 1895 Phoenix Boulevard, Suite 110, College Park, GA 30349
Multiple offices: Douglasville and Columbus, in addition to the College Park office
Phone: (404) 559-8325
Attorneys: Keith R. Foster
Focus: Car, truck, motorcycle, and pedestrian accidents, slip-and-fall, premises liability, wrongful death, nursing home abuse, crime-victim cases
Fee structure: Contingency basis, free consultation, no fee unless the case is won
Web: https://www.thefosterfirmwins.com

The Foster Firm keeps a College Park office on Phoenix Boulevard, near the airport area south of Atlanta, and also lists offices in Douglasville and Columbus. The practice is led by attorney Keith R. Foster, who the firm states is a graduate of Morehouse College and the University of Tennessee College of Law and a former Fulton County Senior Assistant District Attorney, with experience on both the prosecution and plaintiff sides.

The office handles car, truck, motorcycle, and pedestrian accidents, slip-and-fall and premises liability, wrongful death, nursing home abuse, and crime-victim matters, and works on a contingency basis with free consultations. The firm lists a range of past slip-and-fall and auto-accident settlements; those figures are firm-reported and have not been independently confirmed against court records.

4. Law Offices of Gary Martin Hays & Associates, P.C.

Address (College Park): 5640 Old National Highway, College Park, GA 30349
Multiple offices: Atlanta, Duluth, Lithonia, Conyers, Douglasville, Gainesville, Jonesboro, and Marietta, in addition to the College Park office
Phone: (470) 294-1665
Attorneys: Gary Martin Hays
Focus: Car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, personal injury, workers’ compensation, wrongful death
Fee structure: Free consultation, no fee unless the case is won
Web: https://www.garymartinhays.com

Gary Martin Hays & Associates operates a College Park office on Old National Highway as one of nine offices across metro Atlanta and north Georgia. The firm states that founding attorney Gary Martin Hays worked for insurance companies early in his career, beginning in 1993, and now uses that background to represent injured people; the practice describes itself as a high-volume firm with locations chosen for client convenience across the region.

The practice handles car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, general personal injury, workers’ compensation, and wrongful death, and works on a no-fee-unless-recovery basis. The firm states it has recovered more than one billion dollars for Georgia families over its history; that figure is firm-reported and has not been independently confirmed against court records.

After an Accident in South Fulton: Practical Notes

Two factors shape most South Fulton personal injury matters: the two-year filing deadline under O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33, and how quickly evidence disappears after a crash. South Fulton’s road network connects to Interstate 285, Camp Creek Parkway, Old National Highway, and the area around Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, so local crashes often involve commuter and commercial traffic. Several of the firms above describe early investigation as central to their work, and the timing of a first consultation can affect whether evidence such as traffic-camera or dashcam footage is still available.

Georgia’s modified comparative negligence rule means an injured person’s recovery can be reduced by their share of fault and is barred entirely if they are found 50 percent or more responsible. Insurance coverage is another recurring issue, since Georgia’s minimum required liability limits can fall short in a serious injury, which raises questions about underinsured-motorist coverage. These are case-specific legal questions that this directory cannot resolve, and they are among the reasons the firms listed here offer free initial consultations.

One practical note specific to South Fulton: because the city was incorporated only in 2017, very few personal injury firms list a street address inside the city’s own limits, and most attorneys serving the area are based in the surrounding communities of College Park, East Point, Union City, and Fairburn. When comparing the firms above, useful points of distinction include where the office actually sits relative to a resident’s part of South Fulton, how many attorneys the practice has, whether it operates a single office or several, and the specific injury types it concentrates on. Lawsuits arising from South Fulton crashes are generally filed in Fulton County courts. None of the entries here is endorsed or ranked; the list is a verified starting point for an injured South Fulton resident’s own research.

Note: This list is not a ranking and makes no “best” claim. This directory lists four firms rather than five because, at the time of writing, only a limited number of personal injury practices publish a verifiable office address in the South Fulton area on their own websites; many firms that advertise South Fulton service are in fact based in Atlanta and were not included, and one local practice was left out because its address could not be confirmed from its own site. The four firms above are verified records, each confirmed from the firm’s own official website, with an office in the South Fulton area (Fairburn, Union City, or College Park). Where a firm operates multiple offices or in multiple states, that is noted. A reliable South Fulton city-specific annual crash figure was not available from two independent sources, so no city-level crash count is stated; the county-level statistics are from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety and the Georgia Department of Transportation for 2022, and the population figure is from the 2020 U.S. Census. Firm-reported results have not been independently confirmed against court records. This directory is general information about Georgia law and individual firms, not legal advice, and it does not create an attorney-client relationship; the legal points summarized here reflect general Georgia law as of the date below and can change or be affected by recent reforms, so an injured person should confirm how current law applies to their own situation with a licensed Georgia attorney. Data current as of June 6, 2026.