DUSTIN MARLOWE / Partner
Dustin Marlowe, one of the founding partners of Johnson Marlowe LLP, is a creative business lawyer and problem solver. Throughout his career, he has handled big-ticket commercial, construction, and employment litigation and served as a trusted advisor to clients throughout Georgia.
SELECT RESULTS
• $3,000,000 settlement of premises liability case
• $1,000,000 settlement of automobile collision claim in very conservative North Georgia venue.
• Policy-limits settlement of bodily injury claim of senior citizen struck while walking across a parking lot in Commerce, Georgia. Before the one-year anniversary of the wreck, Dustin obtained for the client’s benefit 100% of all available insurance proceeds.
• $120,000 settlement of disabled veteran’s personal injury claim arising out of Gwinnett County car accident. Prior to Dustin’s involvement, the insurer offered only $20,000 in settlement.
• $512,741.00 jury trial verdict in favor of local medical practice and against former employee who embezzled from the practice.
• Dismissal of Lawsuit on Corporate Debt where materials supplied sued a former president of a construction company, alleging that the former president personally guaranteed the company’s debt.
• Multiple confidential settlements of wage and overtime and other employment-related disputes.
DUSTIN MARLOWE
Partner / Civil Trial Lawyer
Dustin Marlowe, one of the founding partners of Johnson Marlowe LLP, is a creative business lawyer and problem solver. Throughout his career, he has handled big-ticket commercial, construction, and employment litigation and served as a trusted advisor to clients throughout Georgia.
As part of his litigation practice, Dustin has significant experience representing plaintiffs and defendants in business disputes, including partnership divorces or other business breakups, contract disputes, employment and wage-and-hour litigation, and other complex cases. Dustin is also regularly called upon to handle large commercial construction disputes and real-estate litigation, fiduciary litigation, and other civil disputes.
Dustin serves as “outsourced” general counsel to businesses across the state. In that capacity, he counsels clients on compliance issues and best practices to avoid employment and business disputes. He frequently assists business clients with asset and stock purchases and sales; vendor contracts; commercial leases; employment agreements; operating agreements and other formation documents; and the like.
Dustin is a Master in the Joseph Henry Lumpkin Inn of Court. He was named a “Rising Star” by Superlawyers for 9 consecutive years, was named to the Fulton County Daily Report’s “40 under 40” in 2013, and is a member of the Western Circuit Bar Association. Dustin graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2006. During law school, Dustin served as the Senior Notes Editor of the Georgia Law Review, authored a note that the Law Review published, and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Before law school, Dustin attended and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Georgia, where he was elected a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After law school, Dustin started his career as a law clerk to the late Honorable William C. O’Kelley, who was then a Senior United District Court Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
Dustin lives in Jefferson, Georgia, with his wife, Amber, and two daughters, Ruby and Magnolia.
EDUCATION
JD, University of Georgia School of Law, magna cum laude (2006)
BA, University of Georgia, Franklin School of Arts and Sciences, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa (2002)
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Martindale-Hubbell, Peer Review Rating of AV® Preeminent™
Highest rating denotes “Preeminent” legal abilities and very high ethical standards (2012- Present)
Martindale-Hubbell Client Reviewed, 100% Recommended
Georgia Super Lawyers, Rising Star, Atlanta Magazine (2011-2021)
Georgia Super Lawyers, Atlanta Magazine (2012-2021)
Legal Elite, Georgia Trend Magazine (2016)
On the Rise: 40 Lawyers Under 40, Fulton County Daily Report (2013)
“A consummate professional. Tenacious, personable, approachable, stays on top of the ball. Extremely Intelligent. Keeps the fire lit under the target and doesn't relent until he achieves the results he demands. I trust him to handle any matter on any level to the highest personal and professional standards in the legal profession. Highly Recommend!”
— Former Client