When Randy Fry founded his personal injury law firm 11 years ago, he did so with rented materials, a tiny office, and not enough money to hire anybody. Two weeks later, when he could finally hire somebody for a few hours a week, he brought on Gulliana Goehring, a paralegal from Peru. Together, the two grew the firm into one of the largest personal injury law firms in Atlanta based in forming relationships and connecting with the community.
More than a decade later, Goehring is now an attorney and partner at the firm. The partnership, which was announced in December 2022, broadens the now Fry / Goehring Law Firm’s ability to servethe community.
“With this partnership, we’re able to meet with so many more people, represent so many more people, help so many more people,” Fry told Georgia Voice. “The fact that she’s a partner certainly is a testament to our credibility in Atlanta and specifically in the Hispanic community.”
When Fry built the firm, it was his dedication to the LGBTQ community that helped the firm to grow into what it is today.
“Before we started the firm 11 years ago, I was a personal trainer at the several gay gyms at the time,” he said. “As a personal trainer, I got to know a lot of people in the gay community. As I became a lawyer and opened the firm, we had a base of huge support in the gay community. That’s how this all evolved. There are different ways to grow a business … we decided to support the community instead of the TV stations [through TV ads].”
Along with participating in Atlanta Pride, Fry / Goehring supports the LGBTQ community through work with nonprofits like Positive Impact and Lost-n-Found Youth. Both Fry and Goehring are members of the Stonewall Bar Association, an association of legal professionals who support the LGBTQ community and oppose anti-LGBTQ discrimination, and Fry has mentored young legal professionals through the association. They also help supply scholarships with the Point…
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