Firm Profile

After 31 years trial practice in a variety of settings, Ken Shigley recently became "of counsel" with old friends in the law firm of Chambers, Aholt & Rickard, LLP. The combination of practices provides increased capacity for handle more and larger cases in a collegial environment.

Other members of the firm include:

Eugene P. "Bo" Chambers
Education:  University of Georgia Law School (LLB, 1954); University of the South
Admitted to Practice: Georgia, 1958
Former President, Georgia Defense Lawyers Association.
Bo is a seasoned trial lawyer with long experience in insurance defense litigation, who has now turned his talents to representation of plaintiffs in medical malpractice and nursing home litigation.

Douglas F. Aholt
Education: University of Missouri, Kansas City (JD, 1979; BBA, 1976)
Admitted to Practice: Missouri, 1979; Georgia, 1981
Former President, DeKalb County Bar Association
Doug has extensive litigation experience in a wide range of complex and catastrophic personal injury cases, including defective products, inadequate premises security, trucking accidents and nursing home neglect. Additionally, as a former insurance defense attorney, Doug now handles insurance disputes on the part of policyholders who believe an insurance claim has been improperly handled by the insurance company.

Clyde E. Rickard

Education: Emory University Law School (JD, 1978); Albion College (BA, 1975)
Admitted to Practice: Georgia, 1978
Clyde Rickard focuses his practice on serious injury or death cases, caused by company or personal wrongdoing. These cases may involve brain injury, back and neck injuries, herniated disks, knee trauma, rape or sexual assault.These cases happen in a variety of ways including injury at a business location, home or apartment; dangerous or defective products; truck or car wrecks; nursing home neglect or abuse that causes falls, bed sores, or death; medical mistakes by doctors, nurses or hospital personnel; on the job injury or death, including going to or from work.

Dale Ray

Education: University of Georgia Law School (J.D., 1982); Georgia State University (BS, 1978)

Admitted to Practice: Georgia, 1982

Dale Ray has a general civil litigation and trial practice with an emphasis on medical negligence and professional liability, serious bodily and personal injury and tort litigation, and insurance law and litigation, including bad faith in claims handling. He has extensive trial and appellate practice experience in the Georgia state and federal courts. Dale's current personal injury and medical negligence practice is limited to representing the victims of wrongful conduct and their families but past experience has included substantial criminal defense work, business and construction litigation and over ten years of insurance defense litigation and related representation of liability and casualty insurance carriers.


Admitted to Practice: Georgia, 1999

Former President, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers

Laurie was selected as a Georgia Rising Star by the Georgia Super Lawyers in 2005, 2006, and 2007.  She was also recently selected by her peers as one of Georgia Trend's 2007 Legal Elite.