John Langdon Vaught

The founder and managing partner, John Vaught is a 1994 graduate of Vanderbilt University, where he earned degrees in history and political science. He earned his Juris Doctor in 1997 from the Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law and moved immediately to Savannah. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia and is active in a number of local, state and national bar organizations.

For the past three years U.S. News and World Report has awarded Vaught Law Firm with the “Top Tier – Best Law Firm” recognition and the Firm was selected by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys as one of Georgia’s “10 Best Law Firms.” 

John has been consistently recognized as one of the very best litigators in the country. He has been rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell and has enjoyed recognition by the Wall Street Journal and Atlanta Magazine as one of the top litigators in the State of Georgia. He has been named to Georgia’s “Legal Elite,”, “Who’s Who,” and selected for inclusion in America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators.  John has been recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine every year since 2009 and The National Trial Lawyers voted him one of the “Best 40 under 40” trial lawyers in 2011 and have continued to recognize John as one of the top 100 litigators in Georgia for the last nine years. 

John is frequently invited to lecture on various litigation topics including tractor-trailer and motor carrier liability, wrongful death and the representation of injured children. John has been married to Ashlee for twenty-four years and they are the proud parents of two sons. They are active members of Community Bible Church in Savannah. When he’s not representing clients, John is fishing, hunting, playing golf or watching his boys play sports.