N. John Bey is the founder and owner of Bey & Associates, LLC; a practice focused exclusively
on personal injury and wrongful death litigation. He provides representation to clients throughout
the country with offices in Georgia, Ohio, Louisiana, Kentucky. Mr. Bey believes a commitment
to justice and integrity are at the heart of successful representation. Every single client receives
personal attention and that commitment. Mr. Bey has obtained several significant victories for
his clients. Of particular note is a landmark jury verdict of $52 million for a client shot and killed
at a convenience store in a known high crime area. The store had multiple robberies in the last
ten years and was on notice of the inherent danger to its patrons. The client was a 12-year-old
boy who had his father stolen from him and a mother who lost her only son.
Mr. Bey and Bey and Associates, LLC believe in a community-first approach to practicing law.
As such, they routinely take on pro bono cases to help those in need in the community. They
are consistent volunteers at local food banks, mentoring local youth and holding seminars to
educate the community on their legal rights. Bey and Associates sponsor college scholarships
to students heading to college as part of their commitment to providing opportunities to
deserving young people. To be eligible for the scholarship, students present innovative ideas
about how they hope to use their education to impact their communities positively. Bey and
Associates also donate scholarships to students through the Gate City Bar Association and the
American Association for Justice Minority Caucus.
Mr. Bey is currently the Secretary for the American Association for Justice, President for the
Gate City Bar Association, and an executive board member for the Georgia Trial Lawyers
Association and Southern Trial Lawyers Association, respectively. Mr. Bey has been inducted
into the Summit Council, an exclusive invitation-only group of today’s top civil justice attorneys.
The esteemed attorneys in the Summit Council are committed to the highest levels of trial
advocacy, obtaining justice for individuals and families who have been hurt by corporate
wrongdoing, and protecting the civil justice system. Members are nationally recognized by their
peers as top civil justice advocates. To be considered for membership, attorneys must have
obtained at least one ten million dollar jury verdict, have at least three jury verdicts in excess of
one million dollars, be lead counsel in jury trials, and have served as the President or Chair of a
state or national civil justice association.
In 2015, N. John Bey was named a Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine and received
this distinction every year following. Mr. Bey has been named amongst The National Trial
Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, Top 40 Under 40, Diversity MBA Magazine’s Top 100 under
50, and inducted into the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Recently, he was named one of
Georgia’s Best Lawyers in 2021. Mr. Bey has the distinction of holding one of the top 10 verdicts
in both the areas of negligent security verdicts and wrongful death in the U.S in 2019. He is a
faculty member of the American Association for Justice’s National College of Advocacy. He also
graduated from the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College and the American Association for
Justice’s Ultimate Trial Course at Harvard University’s Law School.
Mr. Bey received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Arts and
Science and his Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law. He and his wife are
active in the Atlanta and Cincinnati community and find much joy in their most important roles,
raising their son and two daughters.
