Jeremy Citron

Jeremy Citron did not set out to practice law. After Tulane, he wanted to attend umpire school and work up to Major League Baseball, inspired, he admits, by Leslie Nielsen’s umpire in The Naked Gun. His father suggested taking the LSAT as a fallback, and law school was where things clicked: he earned A’s in his first six classes. A summer at Holland & Knight showed him corporate defense was not the fit, but a nine-month fellowship at Atlanta Legal Aid, working with people who had nothing, changed his perspective.

Jeremy says his edge is simply the ability to stand in front of a jury and be a trial lawyer, translating concepts clearly and making emotional connections quickly. “Nobody is expecting perfection in a trial. They’re just looking for a human presentation,” he says. His readiness came from Atlanta Legal Aid, which had no choice but to hand him full responsibility, then years of criminal defense and four years as a part-time municipal prosecutor in Atlanta. His goal is to be the best Jeremy Citron he can be in court.

A quadriplegic client who came to him after a prior attorney mishandled the case and the statute of limitations had run. Jeremy found technical openings and filed four lawsuits. The client was stopped on a highway when an unlicensed driver in a stolen vehicle hit him; the owner, the driver’s girlfriend, knew he had no license and let him drive. Police bodycam footage and a passenger’s statement confirmed permissive use. Economic damages alone are about $20 million. He calls it “the case I was made to be a lawyer for.”

Jeremy says he feels blessed to have found the place he is supposed to be, using his skills, confidence and passion to help others. “Trial lawyers help people who will never be able to speak for themselves because the system isn’t designed for them to do so,” he says. That skill set can change lives and society, and knowing he has made a difference is everything. He calls trial lawyers underappreciated champions and says it is time the profession rebranded itself and appreciated what it does.

Jeremy graduated from Tulane University in 1993 with a B.A. in International Relations and Theater, then earned his J.D. with honors from Georgia State University College of Law in 1998. He began as an associate at Holland & Knight, handling commercial and personal injury litigation, including 10-day stretches in Akron, Ohio, on the Firestone tread separation team. Mentor George Stein later made him a partner in a motorcycle injury practice, now Steel Horse Law, where he found his passion for complex civil litigation.

Jeremy is founder and partner of The Hurt Boss and Golf Cart Law in Atlanta, Georgia, online at thehurtboss.com. He leads serious injury matters ranging from motorcycle and trucking crashes to claims involving golf carts, scooters and catastrophic brain and spinal injuries. He belongs to the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and the American Association for Justice, was named to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 and was recognized by Expertise.com as a top Atlanta injury lawyer in 2021.