John Hollis Baker, Esq. has been named a "rising star" by Super Lawyers and listed in "Top Verdicts" for a jury trial verdicts in contracts litigation in the year of 2011. John is a member of the first ever class of the "Leadership Academy" sponsored by the State Bar of Georgia. John serves his legal community as an officer and board member of the Western Circuit Bar Association. John is on the board of directors of Film Athens and is proud to be a Mercer Bear.

In the most recent year, John has obtained more than $700,000 in settlement monies for his injured clients, including a trip and fall case which settled for $490,000.00 in Athens-Clarke County. In that case, John took 10 depositions, including that of the expert witness for the defense in Florida, all in order to discover that the retailer had prior incidents of similar falls by 3 customers in 8 months. Specialized areas of John’s civil litigation practice include serious injury cases, contracts, and real estate litigation. John is authorized to practice in Georgia in all courts, as well as Federal Courts both in Athens and Atlanta. John is a licensed to practice in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States.