Zack W. Greenamyre

Zack Greenamyre represents people in the firm’s civil rights practice whose constitutional rights have been violated by government misconduct. He also handles catastrophic injury cases and commercial disputes.

At trial, Mr. Greenamyre has obtained million-dollar verdicts for his clients, including in a police misconduct trial that drew national attention.

Representative civil rights cases include First Amendment challenges to unlawful government silencing of free speech, like this suit representing visual artists against government censorship, and these actions challenging a city’s attempt to banish people who speak at city council meetings. Mr. Greenamyre also regularly represents people who have been falsely arrested or imprisoned and people subjected to serious excessive and illegal force.

Mr. Greenamyre pushes for systemic reform. He litigated a series of federal lawsuits alleging a pattern of wrongful arrests and retaliation against activists. These cases resulted in the recovery of more than $1 million for his clients who had been wrongfully arrested and prosecuted. This litigation, and the tenacity of his clients, led to 100% turnover of police officers within a small department.

Mr. Greenamyre routinely works as co-counsel with other civil rights and trial firms in Georgia, and with national firms and organizations.

Mr. Greenamyre is a graduate of Harvard Law School where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. While a student, he earned academic prizes for excellence in courses including Torts and Federal Courts. In internships, he represented clients with civil rights law organizations in Chicago, Boston, and Atlanta. Prior to attending law school, he taught high school English with the Atlanta Public Schools and was an intern at this firm.