Robert W. Killorin, Partner

Mr. Killorin is a native of Atlanta. He received his A.B. degree, cum laude, from the Duke University in 1980. He received his J.D. from the University of Georgia in 1983 where he participated in the Prosecutorial Clinic and was a member of the ABA national moot court team and the national mock trial team. Mr. Killorin has served as lead or co-lead counsel in numerous trials, appeals, contested hearings, arbitrations, mediations and other matters. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the American and Atlanta Bar Associations, and the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Killorin is admitted to practice in all state trial and appellate courts, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Killorin has handled a broad range of civil litigation, including business and securities litigation, asbestos defense, federal admiralty claims, and international treaty law. His practice now focuses on class, derivative, multi-plaintiff, and other complex litigation.

Mr. Killorin has served on the Consumer Rights Committee of the State Bar of Georgia and was a speaker at the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Evidence seminar on October 6, 2000. He is the author of "Preparing Clients to Testify," a chapter in Civil Trial Practice—Winning Techniques of Successful Trial Attorneys.

Mr. Killorin is also a member of the Eleventh Circuit Historical Society, the President’s Club of the University of Georgia, the Military Order of the Carabao, the National Association of Underwater Instructors and the Explorers Club. He volunteered for ten years as a mock trial instructor in the State Bar of Georgia High School Mock Trial program at the Lorenzo Binn Youth Development Center.

Email: rkillorin@chitwoodlaw.com