Revisit a standout conversation in this week's featured episode, as Steve and Yvonne sit down with Natalie Woodward of Warshauer Woodward Atkins and Dax López of Prieto, DelCampo, Lopez, & Marigliano LLC (formerly with DelCampo Grayson López Attorneys at Law at the time of recording).
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Guest Bios:
Natalie Woodward
Anyone who meets Natalie Woodward feels like they have known her their entire life. It is this ability to put people at ease that makes her such an effective trial lawyer. Natalie secured a $77.7 million psychiatric malpractice verdict in September 2022 for the Carusillo family who’s son was forced out of a mental health facility without his medication in 2017.
In 2010, she tried her first jury trial as lead counsel in a wrongful arrest case and secured a $1 million verdict which is the largest verdict of its kind in Georgia history.
Her cases have made international and national news including her fight to protect the rights of children on social media.
In 2014, she argued before the Georgia Court of Appeals to obtain increased protection for children targeted on social media. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/ga-court-of-appeals/1680364.html Natalie has also led the fight to secure justice for victims of childhood sexual abuse.
Natalie is a proud native of Powder Springs, Georgia and is a venerable “Double Dawg.” She received undergraduate degrees in Journalism and Political Science from UGA and then graduated from UGA Law in 2002. While in law school, she was a member of the 2001 Champion Intrastate Moot Court Team, President of her Second Year Class and Chair of the Moot Court Board.
Natalie serves on the Executive Committee for the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association and the Bench and Bar Committee of the State Bar of Georgia. She has been recognized by her peers as one of the best lawyers in the State for the past six years and was selected as one of the Best Young Lawyers in Georgia by Atlanta Magazine.
Dax López
Dax López is a Partner at Prieto, DelCampo, Lopez, & Marigliano LLC, where he brings a wealth of trial experience and judicial insight to the representation of clients in high-stakes personal injury and complex civil litigation.
A former judge of the State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia, Dax presided over hundreds of jury trials in both criminal and civil matters during his nearly eleven years on the bench. As only the second Hispanic judge in the history of Georgia’s courts of record, he earned a reputation for fairness, efficiency, and thoughtful jurisprudence.
Since entering private practice, Dax has applied his deep courtroom experience to securing significant verdicts for injured clients. Soon after leaving the bench, he helped secure a $77.5 million medical malpractice verdict, the largest in Georgia history, and later played a key role in obtaining a $31 million wrongful death verdict—one of the largest ever awarded for an undocumented immigrant’s life in the state.
A native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Dax earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Vanderbilt University and his Juris Doctor from Vanderbilt University School of Law, where he served as President of the Vanderbilt Bar Association and was an editor on the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. He began his legal career clerking for the Honorable Hector M. Laffitte in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Outside the courtroom, Dax has been widely recognized for his leadership and community involvement. He has served on the Board of the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, as President of the Georgia Hispanic Bar Association, and on the State Bar of Georgia’s Board of Governors. In 2015, he was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
Dax is married to immigration attorney and former State Representative Zulma Lopez. Together they are the proud parents of four children: Roberto Carlos, Sebastian, Elisa and Leo. In his free time, Dax enjoys watching his favorite soccer player, Leo Messi, and one of his favorite teams, Atlanta United.
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