Georgia Legal Malpractice Law

Alanna G. Clair is a partner at Dentons US LLP. Her practice focuses on professional liability and law firm defense, as well as the defense of insurers through coverage or bad faith litigation. Alanna is currently the co-chair of the Attorneys’ Liability Subcommittee of the ABA’s Professional Liability Litigation Section, which focuses on issues unique to litigators who prosecute or defend claims against attorneys and other professionals, and is also a member of the CLE Committee for the ABA’s Center for Professional Responsibility.

Alanna writes and lectures frequently on issues of professional liability. She is also the co-author of The Lawyer’s Handbook: Ethics Compliance and Claim Avoidance (2013) and several recent editions of Georgia Legal Malpractice Law. In 2020, she was named one of the National Law Journal’s “40 Under 40,” and in 2022, she was named one of Law360’s “Rising Stars” in the area of Insurance. In 2025, she was named a “Hero of Child Justice” for her years of pro bono work defending children from abuse.

Shari L. Klevens is a partner at Dentons US LLP. She represents lawyers and law firms in the defense of legal malpractice claims and advises and counsels lawyers and partnerships concerning claims for malpractice, ethical violations, and breaches of duty. Shari is the co-chair of the global Insurance sector team for Dentons and is a frequent writer and lecturer on issues related to legal malpractice. Shari also litigates complex commercial cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country. Shari is former Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability.

She has authored or co-authored three other books: Georgia Legal Malpractice Law (1st ed. 2011), The Lawyer’s Handbook: Ethics Compliance and Claim Avoidance (2013), and California Legal Malpractice Law (2015). Shari received the 2020 Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) Rainmaker Award, was recognized by Legal Aid Chicago as a 2022 Volunteer of the Year, and was recognized by The American Lawyer Industry Awards as a finalist for Best Mentor: Law Firm. She was recognized as North America Insurance & Reinsurance Lawyer of the Year in 2025 by the Legal Benchmarking Group as part of its annual Women in Business Law Americas Awards. Shari is also ranked by Chambers USA in the area of Insurance: Insurer, listed as a Legal 500 Recommended Lawyer in the area of Insurance Advice to Insurers, and is listed by Best Lawyers in America for Litigation-Insurance and Insurance Law.