Everette L. Doffermyre

Everette Doffermyre specialized in business litigation and consumer class actions. He also served as Managing Partner of the firm.

Evertte was born in Dunn, North Carolina in 1948. He died in Atlanta in January 2024 at the age of 75.  Reflecting his enormous impact on the community, Everette’s funeral was attended by more than 500 people – most of whom publicly acknowledged he had helped them in a major way during their own lives. 

Everette attended the University of Virginia where he received both his undergraduate degree in economics, with high honors, in 1970, and his law degree in 1973. He began his legal career in 1973 with the Atlanta firm now known as Kilpatrick Stockton. Elected partner in 1979, he practiced with the Kilpatrick firm until he left in 1988 to establish his own firm.  Shortly thereafter, he founded our firm with Bob Shields and Ken Canfield.

Everette’s business litigation practice spanned a wide range of areas, including claims for breach of contract, breach of trust or fiduciary duty, lost profits, trade secrets, patents and trademark infringement, and business torts. In the area of class actions, Mr. Doffermyre served as lead or co-lead counsel on behalf of consumers in many nationwide and statewide class cases involving problems ranging from defective home building materials to environmental claims and denial of insurance benefits. He was routinely selected for legal honors such as “100 Best Lawyers in Georgia,” Best Lawyers in America, “Georgia Super Lawyer,” and one of Atlanta’s “Litigation Stars.”  In 2009, Chambers USA noted that “Mr. Doffermyre is held in extremely high regard for his determined manner and his strong advocacy work.”

Everette’s greatest charitable passion was supporting the University of Virginia.  He served the University in virtually every way possible, including as President of the University’s Alumni Association, Chairman of the Board of Managers, Chairman of the National Committee on University Resources, a trustee of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation, and a member of the College Foundation Board of Trustees. In 2004, he was tapped to serve as Co-Chair of the University’s $3 billion capital campaign, which at the time was the largest and most ambitious capital campaign for an academic institution in the country’s history. 

Everette was active in numerous other causes, serving as a trustee of various charities including the National Childhood Cancer Foundation, Episcopal Media Center, Crossroad Community Ministries, and the Georgia State Golf Foundation.  He also served on the Junior Championship Committee of the United States Golf Association.  He was a 1988 graduate of Leadership Atlanta.