Attorneys

Edmond & Lindsay LLP

Roderick E. Edmond, M.D., J.D. 

Trial Lawyer

Practice Areas:

• Medical Malpractice
• Catastrophic Personal Injury
• General Civil Litigation
• Wrongful Death
• Premises Liability

Dr. Edmond is the managing and founding partner of Edmond & Lindsay, LLP, an Atlanta law firm with a concentration in the area of plaintiffs’ wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury – namely medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, product liability and other cases involving catastrophic injuries.

Dr. Edmond received a B.S. in biology in 1983 from Morehouse College in Atlanta. He received his medical degree from Duke University (Durham, NC) in 1987 and did post-graduate training in general surgery at Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas. He served five years as a physician and a captain in the United States Army. Dr. Edmond served as the Brigade Surgeon for the 3rd Brigade, the 2nd Infantry Division on the demilitarized zone in the Republic of Korea. During his last three years on active duty, he served as a staff physician at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.

While practicing medicine at the Pentagon, Dr. Edmond attended law school at night and received his Juris Doctor degree in 1993 from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. After law school, Dr. Edmond spent a number of years practicing in managed care medicine and operating JurisMed, a medical-legal consulting company. Dr. Edmond was also the medical director for four years at a large metropolitan Atlanta jail.

Dr. Edmond practiced law for two years with the firm of famed attorney Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. While with The Cochran Firm, Dr. Edmond successfully litigated a number of multi-million dollars personal injury cases. He resolved the civil suit for the widow of the D.C. postal worker who died from an anthrax infection that was acquired through the Brentwood Postal Office. He received one of the largest settlements for medical negligence in the history of a South Carolina county for a suit involving a woman who died from the delayed diagnosis of a rare heart condition. Dr. Edmond won one of the largest jury verdicts in the state of North Carolina for a non-death nursing home negligence suit.

Six months after opening the doors of his own law firm in 2003, Dr. Edmond settled a multi-million dollar suit against a company for distributing defective biomedical material to a patient. He has successfully litigated dozens of various personal injury and civil suits. Dr. Edmond represents a number of the victims and widows of the Imperial Sugar Refinery that exploded in Savannah, GA in February 2008. In addition, he is pursuing a multi-million dollar suit against private defense contractors in federal court in DC on behalf of widows and victims of torture in the infamous Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. His firm, Edmond & Lindsay, LLP, is currently moving dozens of civil suits in numerous courts throughout the nation.

Dr. Edmond has published articles in medical journals and is an active speaker on the subjects of medical and medical-legal issues. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the National Medical Association, The American Bar Association, The National Bar Association, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., MARTA Board of Directors, and a number of other professional organizations. 

He is an active member of the Atlanta community and lives with his family in Inman Park. 

It is this same sense of caring that gives Dr. Edmond his bedside manner with the law as he takes special care of the clients who come to Edmond & Lindsay LLP for legal advice. The philosophy of the firm of Edmond & Lindsay, LLP is sometimes “I’m sorry” is not enough.

Keith L. Lindsay

Attorney at Law

Practice Areas:

• Medical Malpractice
• Catastrophic Personal Injury
• Premises Liability
• General Civil Litigation
• Wrongful Death
• Trucking & Commercial Vehicle Litigation

Keith L. Lindsay is a member of Edmond & Lindsay, LLP where he joins Roderick Edmond, M.D., and William Atkins as a partner in the Atlanta law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of injured plaintiffs and their families.

A native of Boston, MA, Mr. Lindsay relocated to Atlanta with his family in 1975. After graduating from Dartmouth College in 1981, he returned to Atlanta and attended Emory University School of Law, where he obtained his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree.

Mr. Lindsay focuses his litigation practice in the areas of medical malpractice, commercial motor vehicle and tractor-trailer collisions, premises liability, catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death and general civil litigation. He gained trial and litigation experience immediately after completing law school, serving as an Assistant District Attorney with the Fulton County District Attorney's office, from 1986-1990, during which time he prosecuted several hundred felony cases.

In 1990, he joined a prominent Atlanta defense firm, where he practiced for the next fourteen years, representing insurance companies, as well as their individual and corporate insureds against personal injury claims and lawsuits stemming from trucking collisions, motor vehicle collisions, false arrest / malicious prosecution, defective premises, construction defects and a variety of other types of claims, ultimately becoming a partner in the firm. During this time he had the opportunity to speak to various groups regarding litigation and insurance issues and was published regarding liability issues in the transportation industry, as well as the use of neuropsychological testimony to establish or combat claims of brain trauma.

In 2002, Lindsay received an AV Preeminent peer review rating, the highest available rating, from Martindale Hubbell, the premier organization that provides ratings and contact information for attorneys throughout the world, a rating he continues to hold.

In January 2005, he joined Dr. Edmond’s practice, having elected to dedicate his experience, time, and efforts to representing individuals who have suffered catastrophic injuries due to the negligence or willful misconduct of others, and family members of those who, due to the negligent or willful acts or omissions of others, have suffered a loss of life.

Mr. Lindsay was recognized as SuperLawyer by his peers in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Mr. Lindsay is licensed to practice in the following courts: Georgia State, and Superior Courts, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Georgia, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. He is an active member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, The Gate City Bar Association, The National Bar Association and American Association for Justice.

His published opinions include: Johnson v. Omondi, 284 Ga. 74 (2013); Jackson v. Post Properties, 236 Ga. App. 701 ( 1999), and Rooks v. Tenet Healthsystem GB, 292 Ga. App 477 (2008).

Wanda L. Ghant 

Attorney at Law

Practice Areas:

• Medical Malpractice
• Catastrophic Personal Injury
• General Civil Litigation
• Wrongful Death
• Nursing Home Negligence

Wanda L. Ghant is an associate attorney at Edmond and Lindsay, LLP., an Atlanta law firm with a concentration in plaintiffs’ wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury – namely medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, product liability and other cases involving catastrophic injuries.

After receiving her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Howard University in Washington, D.C., Ms. Ghant began practicing as a Nurse Practitioner in diverse inpatient, outpatient and community health settings. After sixteen years of providing primary health care to patients from newborns to the elderly, she attended the University of Baltimore School of Law. She graduated with a concentration in Litigation and Advocacy in 2011. While at the University of Baltimore, Ms. Ghant was a Snyder Litigation Fellow, and was selected as Editor of the Journal of Land Development. She maintains active licensure in nursing and is certified by the American Nurse Credentialing Center.

Ms. Ghant’s legal practice initially focused on advocacy for injured workers, medically disabled civilians, and veterans in private practice. She secured worker’s compensation and disability benefits for 100% of her clients, where most had been denied benefits for years. Ms. Ghant also served as an Assistant Public Defender for the Maryland and Georgia Public Defender Councils. There, she provided zealous advocacy for indigent persons accused of crimes.

In 2023, she joined Edmond & Lindsay to leverage her professional nursing experience and staunch advocacy to represent personal injury victims and their families to achieve the best outcome possible in accordance with Georgia law.

Ms. Ghant is a member of the Maryland and Georgia State Bars. She is admitted to practice before the United States District Court of Maryland and the United States Court of Veterans’ Appeals. She is also an accredited representative of the Veterans Administration.

She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc..

Shofaetiyah "Sho" Watson

Attorney at Law

Practice Areas:

• Medical Malpractice
• Catastrophic Personal Injury
• Premises Liability
• General Civil Litigation
• Wrongful Death
• Trucking & Commercial Vehicle Litigation

Sho Watson is an attorney with nearly two decade of legal experience in the areas of wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury resulting from premises liability, trucking injuries and medical malpractice. He continues helping everyday people get justice and compensation for their pain and suffering.

Additionally, since 2016 Sho has served as a part-time judge in Fulton County Juvenile Court. In that position, Sho has overseen cases ranging from traffic offenses to delinquency hearings. Sho currently serves as a board member with the C.T, and Octavia Vivian Museum and Archives.

Sho received his J.D. from The Howard University School of Law. He holds a Master’s degree from Florida A&M University and a B.S. from Morehouse College.