Gautreaux Law, LLC: Macon, Georgia

Jarome Gautreaux has practiced personal injury law in Georgia since 2000, and the firm that carries his name works from 778 Mulberry Street in downtown Macon. The site credits him as co-author of Georgia Law of Torts: Trial Preparation and Practice and as an adjunct professor at Mercer University School of Law. Gautreaux Law, LLC handles auto and truck accidents, medical malpractice, defective products, nursing home abuse and negligence, premises liability, slip and falls, workplace injuries, sexual abuse cases including assault and misconduct in schools, insurance disputes and wrongful death. It takes personal injury cases on a contingency fee basis, offers a free consultation, and states that it has recovered more than $100 million in personal injury and wrongful death cases.

Key facts

Phone: 478-238-9758
Toll free: 888-876-6935
Address: 778 Mulberry Street, Macon, GA 31201
Website: https://gautreauxlawfirm.com/
Attorneys: Jarome Gautreaux, founding attorney; David Cooke, attorney and partner; Griffin Green, associate attorney.
Service area: The site names Bibb, Crawford, Houston and Monroe counties and Warner Robins.
Fee: The site states, “We do not charge an attorney’s fee unless we obtain a recovery for the client,” and adds that the written fee agreement explains the fee percentage, case expenses and other terms.
Consultation: The site offers a free consultation.

Practice areas

Vehicle collisions: auto accidents and truck accidents.
Medical and care claims: medical malpractice and nursing home abuse and negligence.
Product claims: defective product injuries.
Premises claims: premises liability and slip and fall accidents.
Workplace claims: workplace injuries.
Abuse claims: sexual abuse, including sexual assault and misconduct in schools.
Insurance claims: insurance disputes, including auto insurance disputes.
Wrongful death: claims brought after a fatal injury.

Who it serves

People injured in Macon, reached from the Mulberry Street office downtown.
Clients in Bibb, Crawford, Houston and Monroe counties and in Warner Robins, which the site names as service areas.
Families pursuing claims over sexual abuse or misconduct in schools, which the firm lists as a practice area of its own.
Policyholders in an auto insurance dispute, which the firm covers on a page of its own.

Verdicts and settlements

These are the case results the firm publishes, in the firm’s own figures and descriptions.

$12 million: negligent product inspection and repair, permanent injury.
$10.5 million: automobile accident, governmental liability, traumatic brain injury.
$5 million: delay in treatment of stroke, permanent injury.
$5 million: jury verdict, bilateral amputation due to misdiagnosed arterial insufficiency.
$4.85 million: trucking accident, wrongful death.
$2 million: insurance dispute, recovery of life insurance benefits.
$1.5 million: failure to diagnose spinal injury, wrongful death.
$1.5 million: commercial van collision, wrongful death.
$1,000,000: collision with an 18-wheeler, wrongful death.
$850,000: fetal demise, wrongful death.
$825,000: slip and fall injury, judgment against a convenience store operator.
$800,000: birth injury.
$700,002: improper laparoscopic procedure, wrongful death.
$500,000: cancer misdiagnosis.
$400,000: car wreck, leg amputation.
$180,000: car wreck, brain injury.
$135,002: trailer door not shut properly, back injury.
$130,000: slip and fall, brain injury, property owner’s liability.
$100,000: slip and fall, spinal injury, property owner’s liability.
Confidential settlement: sexual assault in the workplace, a case the firm says it determined did not fall under workers’ compensation.
Confidential settlement: sexual abuse in school, which the site describes as a multi-million dollar settlement in a case involving sexual abuse of students by an educator.
Confidential settlement: ATV rollover, defective product, wrongful death.

The site states, “Every case is different and results depend on their specific circumstances. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.”

Notable firm details

David Cooke served two elected terms as District Attorney for the Macon Judicial Circuit, and the site says he has taken more than 150 jury trials to verdict.
The firm describes its intake in its own words: “Gautreaux Law does not operate as a high-volume intake practice.”
Griffin Green clerked in the State Court of Bibb County before joining the firm.
The site offers a free download of a Georgia personal injury book by Jarome Gautreaux that explains how claims and lawsuits are handled.

• The site records that the State Bar of Georgia gave Jarome Gautreaux its Tradition of Excellence award in the General Practice and Trial Law Section in 2026.

Frequently asked questions about Gautreaux Law, LLC

Which injury claims does Gautreaux Law, LLC handle?

The site lists auto accidents, truck accidents, defective product injuries, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and negligence, premises liability, slip and fall accidents, workplace injuries, sexual abuse and sexual assault in schools, insurance disputes and wrongful death.

How is the fee percentage set out?

In writing. Gautreaux Law says it charges no attorney’s fee unless it obtains a recovery, and that the written fee agreement explains the fee percentage, responsibility for expenses and other terms before representation begins.

Has anyone at the firm worked as a prosecutor?

Yes. David Cooke served two elected terms as District Attorney for the Macon Judicial Circuit before joining the firm.

Where does the firm meet clients?

At 778 Mulberry Street in downtown Macon, at the corner of Mulberry Street and New Street, where the site says its office is located.

What is the largest result the firm has published?

A $12 million result in a negligent product inspection and repair case involving permanent injury. Gautreaux Law also states that it has recovered more than $100 million in personal injury and wrongful death cases.