ACCL Membership Directory

George Anthony Smith

  • Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial LLC
  • 3344 Peachtree Road
    Suite 2400
  • Atlanta, Georgia 30326
  • Email: tsmith@wwhgd.com
  • Phone: 404-832-9576
  • Cell: 404-952-7923
  • Company Phone: 404-876-2700
  • Fax: 404-875-9433

Education

  • Undergraduate: BA Political Science University of Kentucky
  • Law School: University of Kentucky

Career History

1973-1992  Associate and then partner at Smith, Currie & Hancock

1992-2004  Partner, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan

2004-2008  Partner, Kilpatrick Stockton

2008 –        Partner, Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial

Professional Activities

  • Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers
  • Member, International Bar Association
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, Georgia and Kentucky Bar Associations
  • Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Member, London Court of International Arbitration
  • Fellow, Center for International Legal Studies

Professional Affiliations

American Arbitration Association Mediation Panel,American Arbitration Association Panel of Arbitrators,American Arbitration Association’s Large Complex Case Panel,Construction Industry Institute,CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution,ICDR Panel of Arbitrators,International Bar Association,International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution ,London Court of International Arbitration

Representative Articles, Publications, Speeches and Seminars

Chapter co-author, “International Arbitration – Construction: Outside and In-House Counsel Perspectives,” Chapter 25, Commercial Arbitration Practice: 21st Century Perspectives, Lexis-Nexis, 2011; Chapter author, “Construction Arbitration,” Chapter 16, International Arbitration Handbook, Lexis-Nexis, 2009; “International Arbitration: A Practical Guide for the Construction Industry,” Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial, in-house publication, August 2009; “Recent Developments in Arbitration Law in the UAE,” Client Update, October 2009; “The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Leveling the Playing Field,” Client Update, July 2009; co-author, “Numbing the Expert Pinch: Avoiding Expert Disqualification in Construction Litigation,” International In-House Counsel Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, August 2008; co-author, “Comment: InterGen N.V. v. Grina: Fundamental Contract Principles Trump Policy Favoring International Arbitration Where Nonsignatories are Involved,” ADR & THE LAW, 20th ed., American Arbitration Association, originally published by JurisNet LLC, Huntington, New York, USA, 2006; “Engineering Misfeasance in the Design of a 30-ft Diameter, TBM-Bored Tunnel,” Tunnel Business Magazine, vol. 7, no. 2, April 2004.

Court Admissions

  • All Georgia Courts
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
  • United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States First Circuit Court of Appeals


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