McMickle Kurey and Branch

What McMickle Kurey and Branch does

McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP is a privately-held boutique litigation defense firm headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, founded in 2010 by Scott McMickle, Raymond Kurey, and Kevin Branch—three attorneys who had practiced together for the prior 20 years. The firm fields approximately 22 attorneys organized as partners and associates and operates as a Georgia limited liability partnership with no external investors or parent company. Its practice is concentrated in four areas: Serious Injury & Wrongful Death (with a particular emphasis on commercial motor carrier defense, premises liability, and catastrophic injury litigation), Insurance Coverage (representing insurers, insureds, and third-party claimants on commercial auto, property, general liability, and cargo matters), Business & Commercial Litigation (contract, shareholder, partnership, and UCC disputes), and Real Estate & Construction (quiet title, boundary disputes, construction defects, and mechanic's liens). Partners are admitted in multiple state and federal courts and routinely try cases throughout the country.

The firm generates revenue through traditional professional services fee arrangements: standard hourly billing across all four practice areas, supplemented by contingency fee options for certain commercial disputes. It does not offer technology products; core delivery is attorney-driven courtroom and advisory work, supported by content marketing (a blog and earned media) and direct attorney-to-client engagement. The firm does not sell through intermediaries—it acquires clients via direct relationships with insurance carrier panel managers, in-house counsel at motor carrier and commercial enterprises, and referrals, with named clients including Chubb, Hartford, Nationwide, Zurich American, Cincinnati Insurance, Old Dominion Freight Line, Knight Transportation, and Coca-Cola Bottling Co. UNITED. Strategic positioning emphasizes boutique-sized partner involvement on every matter, trial readiness in plaintiff-friendly venues (including documented defense verdicts in Clayton County and Hall County), and thought leadership in litigation funding and tort reform—partner Zach Matthews has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, 60 Minutes, and has testified before the Georgia legislature on the 2025 Tort Reform Act.

Name

McMickle Kurey and Branch

Legal name

McMickle, Kurey & Branch, LLP

Website

https://mkblawfirm.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

McMickle, Kurey & Branch is a Georgia-based boutique litigation firm of ~22 attorneys defending insurance carriers, motor carriers, and commercial clients in catastrophic injury, insurance coverage, commercial, and real estate matters nationwide through hourly and contingency fee arrangements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services (Litigation Defense)

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411), All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAM

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYFSAKAJAD

Legal Collections & Litigation Support (Judgments, Garnishments)

Financial & Insurance/Lending & Consumer Finance/Debt Collection, Recovery & Servicing

Keywords

• Trucking defense litigation
• Insurance coverage disputes
• Wrongful death defense
• Commercial litigation
• Real estate litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Alpharetta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Hourly Billing: Traditional hourly billing for legal services rendered, typical for commercial litigation, business disputes, and insurance defense matters.
2. Contingency Fee: For certain commercial disputes and personal injury/wrongful death matters, the firm offers contingency fee arrangements where fees are contingent upon successful recovery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

McMickle, Kurey & Branch is a boutique litigation law firm providing defense representation across four practice areas: (1) Serious Injury & Wrongful Death, including trucking, premises liability, products liability, and construction accident defense; (2) Insurance Coverage counsel for insurers, insureds, and third-party claimants on commercial auto, property/fire, CGL, and cargo coverage matters; (3) Business & Commercial Litigation, including contract, shareholder, partnership, and UCC disputes; and (4) Real Estate & Construction disputes, including quiet title, construction defect, and mechanic's lien matters. The firm regularly tries cases throughout the United States and serves as national counsel for several domestic and foreign insurers.

Product overview

McMickle, Kurey & Branch is a boutique law firm offering legal services across four distinct practice areas: Serious Injury & Wrongful Death (representing clients in catastrophic injury and wrongful death litigation including trucking accidents, premises liability, and products liability), Insurance Coverage (counseling insurers, insureds, and third-party claimants on coverage matters), Business & Commercial Litigation (resolving contract disputes, shareholder disputes, and other commercial conflicts), and Real Estate & Construction (litigating real estate-related disputes). The firm was founded in 2010 by Scott McMickle, Raymond Kurey, and Kevin Branch and operates from Alpharetta, Georgia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Serious Injury & Wrongful Death Litigation representation for clients involved in accidents resulting in catastrophic injuries and wrongful death, including trucking accidents, premises liability, products liability, and construction accidents. The firm handles jury trials throughout the country on behalf of defendants.
• Insurance Coverage Legal counsel on all insurance coverage matters, including commercial auto coverage, property/fire insurance, commercial general liability coverage, and warehouse/cargo coverage, representing insurers, insureds, and third-party claimants.
• Business & Commercial Litigation Resolution of commercial litigation and business disputes including contract disputes, collection actions, shareholder disputes, partnership disputes, and sales disputes including UCC Article 2 disputes.
• Real Estate & Construction Litigation and resolution of real estate-related disputes including quiet title actions, boundary disputes, seller nondisclosure cases, foreclosures, construction defect cases, mechanic's liens, and easements.

Quantifiable outcome

• De facto defense verdicts obtained in high-stakes cases with plaintiffs seeking $1.4M, $8M, $700k, and nearly $500k in alleged damages
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers: Atlanta-based mid-size defense firm with a heavy insurance defense, trucking, premises liability, and commercial litigation practice. Closest direct peer: same metropolitan market, same core customer base (insurer and motor carrier panels), overlapping practice areas.
• Tyson & Mendes: National transportation and insurance defense firm known for trucking defense and nuclear-verdict mitigation. Direct peer in the trucking defense niche with a similar trial-led value proposition and overlap on carrier-side clients.
• Jones, Skelton & Hochuli: Phoenix-based insurance defense and civil litigation firm representing insurers, motor carriers, and self-insureds nationally. Direct peer with overlapping practice mix in transportation defense and insurance coverage matters.
• Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial: Atlanta-headquartered national insurance defense firm focused on catastrophic injury, transportation, and insurance coverage. Direct peer serving virtually the same insurer and trucking carrier panel clients from a Georgia base.
• Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice: Mid-size insurance defense firm with nationally recognized transportation and trucking practice. Direct peer sharing insurance carrier and motor carrier clients with comparable practice emphasis on catastrophic injury defense.
• Horne Rota Tofano: Specialized transportation and trucking defense firm serving motor carriers and their insurers. Direct peer for MKB's core trucking defense practice, comparable in boutique size and trial-led positioning.
• Drew, Eckl & Farnham: Atlanta insurance defense firm with longstanding practice representing insurers, motor carriers, and commercial clients in litigation. Direct peer sharing core client verticals (trucking defense, insurance coverage, premises liability) and the same Georgia venue dynamics.
• Phelan, Tucker, Tucker, Henry & Fitzpatrick: Trucking and transportation defense boutique focused on commercial motor carrier defense, cargo claims, and catastrophic injury. Direct peer for MKB's Serious Injury & Wrongful Death practice area serving motor carriers.

Broad incumbents

• Sedgwick LLP: National insurance and transportation defense firm with a major presence in P&C carrier defense and trucking litigation. Broad incumbent offering similar services across a wider portfolio and geographic footprint.
• Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin: Large East Coast insurance defense firm with national footprint representing insurers, self-insureds, and corporations. Broad incumbent competitor that captures similar insurance carrier panel work with greater scale and geographic reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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