Mike Schroder

Michael H. Schroder, a highly experienced Swift Currie attorney, has recently retired. However, he continues to mentor other attorneys at the firm and supports the firm’s insurance defense and insurance coverage practices. A fifth generation Atlantan, he has served Swift Currie clients for the entire duration of his five decade legal career.

Mike integrated a conscientious and diligent approach to his practice, inspiring trusted relationships with clients, colleagues and the attorneys he mentors. He is deeply vested in the pursuit of the clients’ best interests and is always available to provide counsel and guidance on all matters. His motivation reflects the firm’s strongest and most transparent values, the ideals he embraced early in his career while working alongside the founding partners.

Mike handled matters throughout the Southeast and has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Supreme Court of Georgia. He was consistently named a Georgia Super Lawyer, a ranking that designates him among the most prominent attorneys in his field.

Mike is a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. He participated as a speaker, a discussion leader and a panelist for litigation seminars on numerous subjects, and he served as the dean of the Litigation Management College at Emory University for more than 10 years.

Awards/Recognitions

• AV Preeminent Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review
• Georgia Super Lawyer (2004, 2006, 2010, 2012-2020)
• The Best Lawyers in America©, 2025

Memberships

• American Bar Association
• Atlanta Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
• Old War Horse Lawyers Club
• State Bar of Georgia

Experience

• Mike won defense verdicts in four separate cases where homeowners were found responsible for setting fire to their properties. In two of the cases, the insurance company successfully obtained a verdict on its counterclaim for payments to the mortgagee.
• Leading a complex matter to a successful outcome, Mike represented an insurer who had settled a commercial fire claim in its suit against its agent, who had misrepresented facts on the application. The insurer prevailed in the case, resulting in the full reimbursement of the settlement to the insurer plus its attorneys’ fees and expenses.
• Returning a successful defense verdict on behalf of the insurer, Mike defended the insurer against the allegations of a homeowner who claimed that her home had been destroyed by mold and was uninhabitable. The defense verdict saved the insurer $3 million in claims.
• In three rear-end collision cases where liability was admitted, Mike was able to obtain defense verdicts by arguing the claimants were exaggerating their injuries.

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