Bar/Professional Activity: 1990 - 1991 Chairman, Workers' Compensation Section, State Bar of Georgia;2000 - 2001 President, Workers' Compensation Claimant Law Section, Georgia Trial Lawyers Ass'n;1988 - 2005 Member of Rules Committee, Advisory Council, Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation

Pro bono/Community Service: Volunteer attorney Legal Aid Volunteer Attorney Reviewer Georgia Mock Court Competition, Member of GTLA/WCCL Amicus Curiae Committee since its inception.  Co-authored "friend of court" briefs in several significant decisions affecting workers' compensation law in Georgia; including Padgett v Waffle House, Inc. 269 Ga. 105, 498 SE2d 499, 1998 LEXIS 268; Barker v Cobb County School Dist., 271 Ga. 35, 518 SE2d 126, 1999 LEXIS 370; Maloney v Gordon County Farms, 265 Ga 825, 462 Se2d 606, 1995 LEXIS 857. Present member of Board of Directors, Georgia Legal Foundation, the 501(c)(3) non-profit successor to the Workers' Compensation Claimant Law Section Amicus Curiae Committee.

Scholarly Lectures and Writings: 12/13/07 "The Teacher's Edition of the Calculus Textbook - Discovery and Use of the Insurer's Electronic Claim File"  Annual GTLA/WCCL Advanced Worker's Compensation Seminar, Atlanta;1/22/05 "Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003" MediPro Seminars/University of Fla., Atlanta;  10/26/04 "Workers' Compensation Social Security Offset & Medicare Issues in Claims"  2004 South Carolina Workers' Compensation Educational Ass'n Annual Seminar. Co-author/presenter, Beverly G. Manley, Hilton Head Island, SC;8/24/04 "Medicare Set-Asides in Workers' Compensation Settlements" 2004 Annual Education Seminar, Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation. Co-authors/presenters, Beverly G. Manley, Gregory T. Presmanes and Kayla Weekley; St. Simon's Island, Ga.;4/22/04 "Medicare & Workers' Compensation: The Legal Framework, Medicare Set-Asides in Workers' Compensation Settlements". Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia, Atlanta;12/9/03 "recognizing Management's Long Term Strategy for Georgia's Workers' Compensation System" Annual GTLA/WCCL Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar, Atlanta;8/24/03 "What is the Latest on Medicare Set-Asides?" 2003 Annual Education Seminar, Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation, Atlanta; 3/20/02 "Obtaining and Defending a Catastrophic Designation" Georgia Trial Lawyers Ass'n, Atlanta;12/12/01 "Civil Fines and a Potpourri of Other Litigation Issues" GTLA/WCCL Annual Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar, Atlanta;11/28/01 "The 104 Strategy"  GTLA/WCCL Annual Advanced Workers' Compensatio Seminar,Atlanta;10/5/2000 "National Overview of Workers' Compensation Trends". Workers' Compensation Law Institute.  St. Simon's Island, Ga. Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia12/10/99 "How to Maximize Settlement of a Workers' Compensation Claim" GTLA/WCCL Annual Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar, Atlanta;12/7/96 "Legal Remedies for Failure/Refusal to Approve Medical Treatment by Authorized Treating Physicians" GTLA/WCCL Annual Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar, Atlanta;12/9/95 "Managed Care Organizations in Workers' Compensation"  GTLA/WCCL Annual Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar, Atlanta; 12/10/94 "Terminated for a Cause Unrelated to the Claimant's Work Injury - How to Shift the Aden's Burden."  GTLA/WCCL Annual Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar, Atlanta;12/4/93 "Ins and Outs of the 34-9-207 Release - A Look into the Future of Workers' Compensation.  Georgia Trial Lawyers Ass'n. Atlanta;11/17/90 "The Effective Use of Discovery: Dare to be Bold (And More)" Georgia Trial Lawyers Ass'n, Atlanta;12/10/88 "Discovery" Georgia Trial Lawyers Ass'n, Atlanta;9/19/88 "Wrongful Termination" Georgia Trial Lawyers Ass'n, Atlanta; 11/6/87 "Change in Condition vs New Accident" Georgia Trial Lawyers Ass'n, Georgia Trial Lawyers Ass'n, Jekyll Island, Georgia; 4/3/87 "Correlation of Workers' Compensation Benefits with Other Benefits and Third Party Claims", Workers' Compensation for the General Practitioner. Atlanta. Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia;10/9/86 "Correct Determination of Average Weekly Wage: The Aftermath of Masterpiece Finishing Co. v Callahan".  Workers' Compensation Law Institute.  St. Simon's Island, Ga. Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia

Verdicts and Settlements: Notable appellate court decisions include: Caremore v Hollis, 283 Ga. App.681,642 SE2d 375, 2007 Ga. App. LEXIS 173 (the first decision by any appellate court in Georgia contrueing the "WC-205" advance authorization of medical care, also expanded average weekly wage to include actual cash value of employer provided meals); Goswick v Murray County Bd of Education, 281 Ga. App.442, 636 SE2d 133, 2006 Ga. App. LEXIS 1122 (applied supersedeas to workers' compensation appeals except "sanction suspensions"); (Horizon Industries v Carter, 188 Ga. App. 194, 372 SE2d 301, 1988 Ga. App. LEXIS 910 (conferred upon ALJs the authority to determine fact and amount of "overpayments" for which credit could be taken); Masterpiece Finishing Co. v Callahan, 180 Ga. App. 216, 348 SSSSE2d 586, 1986 Ga. App. Lexis 2094 (established a "bright line" test for calculation of average weekly wage).

Other Outstanding Achievements: 1/10/2000 Appointed by Governor Roy Barnes to co-chair the Medical Committee of the Governor's Worker's Compensation Advisory Commission which resulted in amendment of OCGA 34-9-201 to expand the "panel of physicians" from four to six; amendment of OCGA 34-9-108 to provide for the first time a method to recover litigation expenses; amendment of OCGA 34-9-203 to create a self-activating graduated penalty process for failure to pay provider bills timely; substantially revised the "WC-205 process" and rewrote Board Rule 205 to require response within five business days to providers written request for advance authoriztion of medical care;10/9/01 Appointed by Governor Roy Barnes to the Governor's Workers' Compensation Review Commission and to the data/statistics subcommittee which identified, gathered and analyzed data in order to perform the first ever in-depth analysis of Georgia's Workers' Compensation system.  The widely acclaimed report was reprinted in the Univ. of Georgia Law Review and cited as authoritative in Davis v Carter Mechanical, Inc. 272 ga. App. 773, 612 SE2d 879, 2005 Ga. App. LEXIS 334.

Educational Background: 1973 JD Degree Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University, Macon, Ga.