Brad Harmon is a partner in HunterMaclean’s litigation practice. For more than 20 years, he has helped businesses solve complex challenges and manage risk in fast-moving, regulated, and operationally-sophisticated industries. His work spans business and contract litigation, health care litigation, class action litigation, construction disputes, and fiduciary and shareholder matters. He also advises clients on potential litigation consequences of transactions, contract structures, and operational decisions. Clients value his direct but measured communication style and his ability to cut through complexity to identify what actually matters in a dispute.
Brad has served as outside general counsel to a regional healthcare system, as well as to biofuel and renewable fuel manufacturers. He has led several high-stakes, “bet-the-company” litigation matters, serving as lead trial and appellate counsel in major commercial disputes across a broad range of industries. Earlier in his career, he represented medical providers and trucking companies in defending personal injury lawsuits.
He has held key leadership positions at the Firm, including serving as managing partner from 2016 to 2024, and as a member of the management committee from 2012 to 2024. At age 38, he was the youngest managing partner elected in the Firm’s history. In this position, Brad led the HunterMaclean management committee, guided Firm strategy, set long-term vision, and directed Firm operations, while still maintaining a robust law practice. He now uses the skills honed during his Firm leadership to counsel business clients.
His legal expertise has earned him numerous honors, including repeated recognition as a Georgia Trend Magazine Legal Elite, selection to Georgia Super Lawyers, and inclusion in the Best Lawyers in America. He was previously recognized as an “On the Rise” attorney by the Fulton County Daily Report and selected to Georgia Trend Magazine’s “40 Under 40.”
He is licensed in Georgia and Tennessee. A native of Sevierville, Tennessee, Brad earned his B.A. from the University of Tennessee and his J.D. from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law. Outside of work, he is an avid reader and enjoys running and cheering on his son Will at swim meets.
Ruth, et al. v. Cherokee Funding, LLC, et al., 304 Ga. 574 (2018) (Ga. Oct. 22, 2018, No. S17G2021)
Cherokee Funding v. Ruth, 342 Ga. App. 404 (2017)
Douglas Asphalt Company v. Martin Marietta Aggregates et al., 339 Ga. App. 435 (2016)
Circle K Stores, Inc. v. T.O.H. Associates, Ltd., 318 Ga. App. 753 (2012)
Representative Engagements
Representative Engagements
Currently serving as outside general counsel for the wind-down of the largest healthcare system in the area with $600 million in annual revenue, after the sale of the system’s assets to a publicly-traded company.
Currently serving as outside general counsel for biofuel and renewable fuel production companies.
Lead counsel in bet-the-company litigation related to the design and construction of a biofuel manufacturing plant.
Lead trial counsel and co-appellate counsel in successful defense of a class action challenging the legality of Georgia’s litigation funding industry under the Georgia Industrial Loan Act and the Georgia Payday Lending Act.
Lead trial and appellate counsel in the successful defense of a large publicly traded supplier of aggregate and heavy building materials against a $32 million claim arising out of supply of materials for multiple large road construction projects (summary judgment obtained and upheld on appeal).
Representation of manufacturers and logistics companies in negotiation of 3PL and warehousing contracts.
Defense counsel in a large number of toxic tort/environmental lawsuits arising from the largest fish kill in Georgia history.
Representation of creditor in adversary action. In Re Douglas Asphalt Co., et al., Chapter 7, S.D. Ga. Bankr. (2009).
Successful representation and resolution of shareholder suit against an international third party logistics provider.
Defense verdict at trial in a personal injury premises liability claim. Kea v. Memorial Health Univ. Medical Center.
Community Work
Community Work
Beacon Project: Advisory Board, Past Member
Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce: Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Current Vice-Chair; CEO Council
Union Mission: Board of Directors
Savannah Technical College Foundation: Board of Trustees, Past Member
Leadership Savannah: Class of 2010-2011
Savannah Quarterback Club
United Way of the Coastal Empire: Attorneys Division, Co-Chairman, 2010-2011
Live Oak Public Libraries Foundation: Past President
Credentials
Education
Education
Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law: J.D., 2002 University of Tennessee: B.A., 1999
Affiliations
Affiliations
State Bar of Georgia
Tennessee Bar Association
Georgia Defense Lawyers Association
Savannah Bar Association
SBA Young Lawyer’s Division: Executive Committee, 2004-2005
Transportation Lawyers Association: Past Member
American Bar Association: Past Member
Recognition
Recognition
Best Lawyers in America®: Construction Litigation The oldest and most respected peer review guide to the legal profession worldwide. Inclusion is widely regarded as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by their peers.
Super Lawyers®: Business Litigation A rating service recognizing outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have achieved a high degree of peer recognition and professional accomplishment. Selection involves independent research, peer nominations, and peer evaluations.
Georgia Trend Magazine: Legal Elite Georgia Trend’s annual listing of the state’s top attorneys, selected by their peers across practice areas including business law, personal injury litigation, criminal law, labor and employment, tax and estates, bankruptcy, family law, and general practice.
Super Lawyers®: Rising Stars The same Super Lawyers process, but reserved for attorneys 40 or younger, or with ten years or less in practice. Only a small percentage of eligible lawyers earn this distinction each year.
Georgia Trend Magazine: 40 Under 40 An annual honor recognizing 40 emerging Georgia leaders under 40 across business, government, and civic life.
The Fulton County Daily Report: On the Rise Attorney An annual list of 40 of Georgia’s leading attorneys under 40, nominated and selected for their contributions to the practice of law in the state.
GenerationNEXT: Savannah’s Rising Stars of Business Savannah Magazine and Business in Savannah recognize local business and community leaders under 40 through this annual competition, based on business accomplishments and community impact.
Martindale-Hubbell®: AV Preeminent® Rating The Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings are an objective measure of a lawyer’s ethical standards and professional ability, based on evaluations from other members of the bar and judiciary in the United States and Canada.
By: Brad Harmon, as published by Corporate Compliance Insights By now, AI’s public blunders are legion, and many of the most jaw-dropping have come from one field: law. But that’s…
By Matthew Wilmot, Edgar Bueno, T. Mills Fleming, Tom Cullen, Brad Harmon, & Shawn Kachmar On July 3, a federal judge in Texas granted a preliminary injunction halting the Federal…
By Colin McRae and Brad Harmon, as published in Business in Savannah The third annual Savannah Logistics Lunch will take place on Wednesday, July 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00…
Products Liability Presented by John Hewson and Brad Harmon to a HunterMaclean client in Savannah, Georgia, on April 27, 2016.
Products Liability Presented by John Hewson and Brad Harmon to a HunterMaclean client in Savannah, Georgia, on July 24, 2014.
Changes to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 45 and 37 Presented to the Commercial & Business Litigation Committee at the Transportation Lawyers Association Annual Conference in St. Petersburg, Florida, from April 29 to May 3, 2014. Click here for PDF.
Legal Update: Issues Our Clients Are Asking Us About Presented by Colin McRae and Brad Harmon at the Southeastern Warehouse Association Annual Convention in Destin, Florida, on September 14, 2013.
The Trial of the Slave Ship WANDERER Presented at the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference in Savannah, Georgia, on May 2, 2013, by Colin McRae, Brad Harmon, and Adam Kirk.
Seminar on Mental Health and Involuntary Commitment Presented for a health care client in 2010 and 2012.
Seminar on Medical Record Documentation Presented for a health care client in 2009.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy3JmyhAaqY In this video for SavannahCEO, Brad Harmon, the managing partner at HunterMaclean, talks about strategies for leading through disruption and how COVID-19 has changed the way we do business.
Bradley M. Harmon, the managing partner of Savannah’s largest law firm, joins host Adam Van Brimmer of Difference Makers for a one-on-one interview. Brad offers insights on legal trends, community…
HunterMaclean and the Center of Innovation for Logistics partnered to present the second annual Savannah Logistics Lunch on Thursday, July 21, at the Armstrong Center. Georgia Department of Economic Development Commissioner…
SAVANNAH, Ga. – HunterMaclean, a leading law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, is pleased to announce that 26 attorneys from the firm were recently selected for…
As published by Savannah CEO HunterMaclean, a business law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, was recently honored with the selection of 12 attorneys as 2026 Georgia…
SAVANNAH, Ga. – HunterMaclean, a leading law firm with offices in Savannah and St. Simons Island, is pleased to announce that 31 attorneys from the firm were recently selected for…
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