Kevin O. Skedsvold was born in Williston, North Dakota on August 20, 1963. He was raised in Augusta, Georgia and moved to Atlanta in 1985. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Augusta University (1985) and his law degree from the Georgia State University College of Law (1988). Kevin was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1988.
Kevin has focused his practice on Insurance Defense Litigation with a particular emphasis on defense of Employers and Insurers in workers’ compensation matters in the State of Georgia. He serves as state-wide counsel for numerous large and small insurance companies as well as many private and self insured corporations. Kevin holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV rating for expertise and ethics.
As part of his law practice, Kevin is actively involved in presenting seminars to his clients in an effort to keep them apprised of new developments in Georgia law on a wide range of topics including insurer bad faith, risk management, claim investigation, insurance coverage, trial practice and workers compensation issues. He has been approved by the Georgia Insurance Commissioner’s Office to provide continuing education seminars to insurance adjusters for credit. Kevin is also the only Attorney in the State of Georgia to be selected by Wickstrom Insurance and Risk Training Center, a nationwide firm providing general workers compensation and state specific worker’s compensation training, (www.wirtc.com) as an instructor for certified workers’ compensation training on matters pertaining to Georgia Law.
