J. Franklin Burns
Franklin Burns
Atlanta
Georgia (GA)
Workers' Compensation
Personal Injury Plaintiff: General
Profile
J. Franklin Burns, Esq. began his legal career at Gorby & Reeves, a defense law firm, where he represented employers and insurance companies in workers' compensation matters across the state of Georgia.
In 2002, Mr. Burns opened his law practice, J. Franklin Burns, P.C., devoting his practice exclusively to the representation of injured workers in worker's compensation claims. His experience in representing "the other side" has proven to be invaluable with respect to the representation of injured workers. He has been litigating for over twenty-four years.
In 2003, he was appointed by The Chairman of the State Board of Workers' Compensation to serve on the Advisory Counsel. He served as a member of the Rules and Mediation Committee until his appointment to the Legislative Committee in 2010. He has also published numerous articles on the practice of workers' compensation and is a frequent speaker at workers' compensation conferences and seminars.
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About Franklin Burns
Admitted: 1987, Georgia
Professional Webpage: www.jfblaw.com/lawyer-attorney-1653671.html
Honors and Awards:
- Nominated and selected as a member to the Southern Trial Lawyers Association in 2010. , Member, Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2010
Bar/Professional Activity:
- United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- American Bar Association, 1987
- State Bar of Georgia , 1987
- Atlanta Bar Association, 2002
- Georgia Trial Association , 2002
- Appointed by Chairman of Board to serve on Political Action Committee member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association., 2009
- Appointed by Chairman of the State Board of Worker's Compensation to serve on Legislative Committee of the Advisory Council., 2010
- Appointed by President of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association to serve on Excecutive Committee of GTLA., 2011
- Appointed Co-Chair of Legislative Committee serving the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association., 2011
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- "Workers' Compensation For the General Practitioner"
- "Workers' Compensation Hearings in Georgia: Techniques and Strategies"
- "Workers' Compensation Essentials: Ten Most Repeated Mistakes Made by Claimants' Lawyers at the Trial of a Case"
- "Five Most Common Injuries in Workers' Compensation in Georgia"
- "Workers' Compensation Law in Georgia"
- Ethically Developing Medical Evidence - When Do You Cross The Line?
- Assessed Attorney's Fees and Penalties, Employer Pit Falls and Protectors, Sterling Educator Services, Inc.
- Ethics and Medical Evidence
- Workers' Compensation in Educational Committees
- National Business Institute; Atlanta, Georgia, 1997
- ICLE; Atlanta, Georgia, 1999
- National Business Institute; Atlanta, Georgia, 2003
- Lorman Education Services; Atlanta, Georgia, 2003
- Lorman Education Services; Atlanta, Georgia, 2005
- Henry County Bar Association; Jekyll Island, Georgia, 2005
- State Board of Workers' Compensation Annual Seminar; Atlanta, Georgia, 2007
- Advanced Workers' Compensation, Atlanta Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section; Atlanta, Georgia, 2008
- Ethics Issues in Workers' Compensation, The Atlanta Claims Association 2008 Seminar; Atlanta, Georgia, 2008
- Statutory and Case Law Update in Workers' Compensation; General Practice Trial Section Institute; Ameilia Island, Florida, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2008
- A Panel discussion on how the System could be made better., Speaker, How to Fix the Worker's Compensation System, Atlanta Bar Association, Worker's Compensation Section, 2009
- Speaker, Subrogation in the Worker's Compensation System, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2010
- Speaker, Workplace Injuries: Understanding the Worker's Compensation System, ICLE in Georgia, 2011
Educational Background:
- B.A., University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1982
- J.D., Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia, 1987
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