Overview

Peter D. Muller is the Partner in Charge with the firm’s Savannah office. A native Savannahian, Peter has been defending a variety of lawsuits throughout South Georgia for almost 40 years, including premises liability, dram shop liability, trucking accidents, construction liability, professional liability, catastrophic injuries and EEOC claims. Peter has extensive experience at the appellate and trial levels, and he has successfully concluded hundreds of suits and pre-suit matters through mediation. He is a registered neutral at Avery Mediation.

Peter is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® for his work in Litigation – Insurance. Peter is also a past president of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association and was a long-time member of the Executive Council of the Younger Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia. He has been rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell since 2005.

Awards/Recognitions

  • AV Preeminent® Rating, Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review
  • The Best Lawyers in America©, 2021-Present
  • Super Lawyers, 2008-Present
  • Georgia Trend Magazine’s “Legal Elite”
  • Atlanta Magazine’s “Georgia Super Lawyers”

Memberships

  • Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
  • Savannah Bar Association
  • State Bar of Georgia

Interests

Peter is active in the Savannah-area community. He is a past president of the Hibernian Society of Savannah, the German Heritage Society of Savannah and The Teutonic Council of Savannah. He is on the board of the Skidaway Island Republican Club. He is a graduate of Leadership Savannah and is a past member of the school council of Savannah Arts Academy. Peter is a Rotarian and has been a frequent coach and a judge of the high school mock trial competition for South Georgia.

Bar Admittances

  • Georgia
  • U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Georgia
  • Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Georgia Court of Appeals
  • Supreme Court of Georgia
  • Supreme Court of the United States
  • United States Court of Claims

Education

University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 1987)

University of Georgia (ABJ, 1984)

U.S. Naval Academy, Plebe Year

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