Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley

What Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley does

Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C. (BBGA) is a Georgia-based professional corporation and full-service law firm founded in 1984 and headquartered in Athens, Georgia, with a second office in Lake Oconee (Greensboro, GA). The firm serves individuals, families, and businesses across Georgia — and nationwide for select matters, including national MDL appointments — through a horizontal segmentation of practice areas covering personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and neglect, premises liability, defective products and dangerous drugs, business law, real estate, and tax and estate planning. Six core personal-injury-driven practice areas (car accidents, truck accidents, wrongful death, premises liability, medical malpractice, and nursing home abuse/neglect) form the bulk of the firm's caseload, supplemented by transactional and business advisory work for local companies, real estate clients, and individuals. Case results disclosed include $13,455,900 (business law), $10,094,990 (premises liability), and $6,694,990 (medical malpractice), with cumulative client recoveries exceeding $1 billion over the last 10 years.

The firm operates a multi-channel acquisition strategy anchored by direct client consultations, free case evaluations via phone and website, and a referral pipeline sourced from former clients, attorneys, physicians, financial professionals, and business owners. Marketing investments include a Substack-hosted digital newsletter, a regularly updated blog covering practice-area topics, an interactive Personal Injury Digital Results Book, an Annual Elder Abuse Litigation Seminar co-organized with co-counsel firms under the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association's CLE program, and community-engagement initiatives such as the Athens Quality of Life Guide. Distribution also extends through a co-counsel network used for complex litigation and MDL matters, with the firm holding lead or co-lead roles in multiple national product-liability proceedings.

Commercially, BBGA uses a contingency-fee model for personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, and wrongful death cases (no fee unless recovery is obtained; firm takes a percentage of damages) and hourly or flat-fee billing for business, real estate, and tax/estate planning matters. Revenue mechanics therefore derive from a blend of high-variance contingency recoveries (driving lumpy but potentially large settlements) and steadier transactional billings. Technology is described as "advanced legal technology tools for communication and case management" — standard practice-management rather than AI-differentiated. Governance rests with ten named shareholders led by Managing Shareholder Alvin L. "Tripp" Bridges, III, plus a Director of Marketing and additional non-shareholder attorneys, with no external parent, private equity backing, or public-market listing.

Name

Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley

Legal name

Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C.

Website

https://bbga.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

BBGA is a full-service Georgia law firm founded in 1984 that serves individuals, families, and businesses from Athens and Lake Oconee offices across personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, business, real estate, and estate planning matters, with select national MDL engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plaintiff Personal Injury and General Practice Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Medical malpractice
• Nursing home abuse
• Mass tort litigation
• Estate planning

Headquarters

HQ city

Athens

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Personal Injury Legal Services: Contingency-fee based representation for personal injury, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, and wrongful death cases where the firm receives a percentage of recovered damages.
2. Business and Transactional Legal Services: Hourly or flat fee billing for business law, real estate closings, and tax and estate planning matters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

BBGA is a full-service law firm providing legal representation to individuals, families, and businesses primarily throughout Georgia, with nationwide representation in select mass tort and MDL matters. Core offerings include Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect, Defective Medical Devices & Drugs, Premises Liability, Real Estate Law, Business Law, and Tax & Estate Planning legal services.

Product overview

Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C. (BBGA) is a full-service law firm offering comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas rather than a unified software product. The firm provides Personal Injury Legal Services, Medical Malpractice Legal Services, Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect Legal Services, Real Estate Law Services, Business Law Services, Tax & Estate Planning Services, Dangerous Medical Devices & Drugs Legal Services, and Premises Liability Legal Services. These services are delivered through offices in Athens and Lake Oconee, Georgia. The firm also offers supplementary resources including an Annual Elder Abuse Litigation Seminar (CLE program), a Digital Newsletter, a Personal Injury Digital Results Book, and the Athens Quality of Life Guide publication.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Legal Services Legal representation for individuals injured in car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, bus accidents, pedestrian accidents, rideshare accidents, workplace incidents, slips and falls, hazing injuries, non-emergency medical transportation accidents, and other personal injury matters across Georgia, handled primarily on a contingency-fee basis.
• Medical Malpractice Legal Services
• Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect Legal Services
• Defective Medical Devices & Drugs Legal Services
• Premises Liability Legal Services
• Business Law Services
• Real Estate Law Services
• Tax & Estate Planning Services
• Annual Elder Abuse Litigation Seminar

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $1 billion recovered for clients over 10 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Prieto, DelCampo, Lopez, & Marigliano LLCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizers of the 7th Annual Elder Abuse Litigation Seminar along with Cunningham Bounds Trial Attorneys, part of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association's Continued Learning Program offering CLE credit hours.
• Cunningham Bounds Trial AttorneysminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organizers of the 7th Annual Elder Abuse Litigation Seminar along with Prieto, DelCampo, Lopez, & Marigliano LLC, part of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association's Continued Learning Program offering CLE credit hours.
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association (GTLA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBBGA participates in GTLA's Continued Learning Program and hosts the Annual Elder Abuse Litigation Seminar as part of GTLA's CLE offerings. GTLA membership is required to register for the seminar.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Morgan & Morgan: Largest U.S. plaintiffs personal injury firm with a national mass tort and consumer protection practice. Competes with BBGA for MDL leadership and referral volume across the same plaintiff case categories.

Direct peers

• Beasley Allen Law Firm: Alabama-based plaintiffs firm with a nationally recognized mass tort/产品责任 practice and a comparable regional anchoring strategy. Direct competitor for MDL leadership roles.
• The Anapol Weiss Law Firm: National plaintiffs firm with strong defective drug and medical device practice, including leadership in major MDLs. Comparable as MDL co-counsel and mass tort plaintiff competitor.
• Weitz & Luxenberg: New York plaintiffs firm with strong mass tort practice (asbestos, opioids, defective drugs/devices). Comparable in MDL strategy and contingency-fee revenue model.
• Simmons Hanly Conroy: Illinois-based plaintiffs firm specializing in asbestos, pharmaceutical, and consumer litigation. Direct peer in national MDL leadership and product liability practice.
• Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein: National plaintiffs firm with elite class action and mass tort practice. Comparable as a competing lead counsel in pharmaceutical and medical device MDLs.
• Cunningham Bounds Trial Attorneys: Alabama-based plaintiffs firm specializing in mass tort, product liability, and personal injury; co-organizes BBGA's Annual Elder Abuse Litigation Seminar. Directly comparable as a regionally-rooted plaintiffs firm with strong MDL practice.
• Levin Simes Abrams: National plaintiffs firm handling mass tort, personal injury, and consumer class actions. Comparable in serving as lead/co-lead counsel in pharmaceutical and device MDLs.
• Childers Schlueter & Smith: Georgia-based plaintiffs firm with a national MDL practice, comparable in regional roots plus national mass tort reach - a direct Georgia peer.
• Prieto, DelCampo, Lopez, & Marigliano LLC: Florida plaintiffs firm focused on elder abuse, nursing home neglect, and personal injury. Direct peer through the shared Elder Abuse Litigation Seminar and overlapping nursing home abuse practice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/bbgalaw
• Facebookfacebook.com/BBGAPC
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bbgalaw

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles16 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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