Roy J. Boyd Jr. is the owner of Boyd Law Firm, LLC in Brunswick, Georgia. He represents victims in personal injury cases arising out of car and truck accidents, business disputes and premises cases. After practicing for large defense firms in Atlanta for the first six and one half years of his practice , he returned to his hometown of Brunswick, Georgia. In his practice, he consistently resolves, through settlements and jury verdicts, claims collectively exceeding many millions of dollars each year, including the recent resolution of over forty hip replacement cases and thousands of vehicular wreck cases involving automobiles, tractor trailers and other vehicles. A recent logging truck wreck resolved for over Three Million Dollars and another serious injury case involved a client who was a former Italian Open Tennis Champion. On May 15, 2024, he received the largest jury verdict in the history of Glynn County Superior Court for a car wreck case, totaling $8,204,426.07. He is a former two time Vice President At Large (2012) (2013) for the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association.
Mr. Boyd received his undergraduate degree in Finance from Georgia Southern University. He is a 1985 Cum Laude Honors Graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law where he was a member of the Georgia Law Review. Mr. Boyd was also a member of two academic honor societies: Gamma Beta Phi and Omicron Delta Epsilon. He was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1985.
A published author, his article, "Acceleration of Rental Payments in Lease Defaults," appears in the Fulton Daily Report. He also wrote "Handling the Basic Soft Tissue Claim," which can be found in the 1995 spring edition of Calendar Call. Mr. Boyd co-authored "Same Sex Sexual Harassment: Is It Actionable," published in the 1996 spring-summer edition of Calendar Call, and "Same Sex Harassment: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc.," which is published in the 1998 spring edition of Verdict Magazine.
He has also published an article on "Opening Statements" published in the 2012 GTLA Annual Seminar Materials, where he spoke on that subject and the ICLE Jury Trial Program 2012, where he spoke on that subject.
Mr. Boyd has been selected as a member of the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Atlanta Constitution Top Attorneys, America's Top 100 and Georgia's Legal Leaders Top Rated Lawyers.
Mr. Boyd is a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, The American Association for Justice, and the American Bar Association. He handles every case with a commitment to quality and detail. He is rated AV-Preeminent* by Martindale-Hubbell, which is a peer-reviewed rating that recognizes his knowledge and ethics in his field.
*AV-Preeminent and BV-Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell ratings fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
