Josh B. Wages
jbw@bbgbalaw.com
Practice Areas
Appellate Practice
Medical Malpractice
Personal Injury
Products Liability
Mass Torts
Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1995, cum laude, with high honors); University of Georgia School of Law (J.D., 1998, cum laude, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma, Golden Key)
Georgia Bar Admission: 1998
As an attorney with Blasingame, Burch, Garrard & Ashley, P.C., Josh B. Wages enjoys delivering to clients the benefits of a larger law firm without the “big firm” drawbacks.
“We have the experience and resources necessary to handle most any case, but we are small enough to operate with efficiency and to provide real value for our clients,” he says. “We are also small enough that if you need any one of us, you can just pick up the phone and call us.”
Josh was born in Gainesville, Georgia, on July 22, 1973. He grew up in Athens and earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Georgia. He has been with BBGA since graduating from law school in 1998.
In his role with the firm, Josh helps clients and their families recover compensation for the harm they have suffered as the result of the negligent or reckless conduct of other individuals, professionals or companies.
For the past several years, much of Josh’s practice has been devoted to seeking justice for women from across the country that have been injured by defective pelvic repair mesh devices.
Josh was extensively involved in the Mentor ObTape Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL”), which included all federal cases in the country involving the ObTape device sold by Mentor Corp., as well as the firm’s litigation involving another women’s pelvic repair device, the “IVS Tunneller” sold by Tyco Healthcare.
Since 2009, Josh has had significant involvement in the cases relating to the pelvic repair mesh devices sold by C.R. Bard, Inc. which were transferred to the Southern District of West Virginia in 2010.
In coordination with other law firms with whom we are working in this litigation, Josh prepared the motions seeking transfer of all federal cases involving the pelvic repair products sold by American Medical Systems, Boston Scientific, and Ethicon to the Southern District of West Virginia. The motions were granted in February 2012.
In April 2012, Josh was appointed by Chief Judge Joseph R. Goodwin of the Southern District of West Virginia to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee for each of the four pelvic repair product MDLs pending before that court. Josh and the firm will continue to coordinate with lawyers from around the country to work toward a successful resolution of this national women’s health tragedy.
When he isn’t working, Josh enjoys spending time with his wife Christy and his daughters Sarah and Lucy, as well as cheering for the Georgia Bulldogs.
