Atlanta litigators Miguel Dominguez and Leighton Moore have reached a $1.25 million settlement with Georgia State Patrol after a trooper shot an unarmed college student during a 2020 protest in downtown Atlanta.

The leaders of Dominguez Law Firm and Moore Law Firm, respectively, credit the seven-figure resolution to their investigative ability to “work backwards from the wound” to pinpoint a defendant and determine liability.

‘Permanent Facial Disfigurement’

Plaintiff Evidence Exhibits in Mikaela Dyett v. Royce Zah-Civil Action # 1:22-cv-1976-LMM. Courtesy image Plaintiff Evidence Exhibits in Mikaela Dyett v. Royce Zah-Civil Action # 1:22-cv-1976-LMM. (Courtesy image)