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Gradual onset of injury occurs numerous times in the Georgia labor market without the injured worker making a formal claim for a workers' compensation job injury/accident.

Sometimes I take a new client whose case seems to be complicated and it presents more than the usual challenges or litigation. My office staff asks me why do I do so?

In December 2017, I took one of my workers' compensation client's cases that I prepared as well as possible to present to one of the judges at the State Board of Workers' Compensation at what we call a hearing. I presented my client's position in the best possible light.

In 1992, the Georgia legislature was influenced by the insurance companies to abolish the use of vocational rehabilitation in workers' compensation injured peoples' cases.

On Friday, January 11, 2018, a video was finished and approved by me and it is now live. Please take a look at it. I hope you do like the reference to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. This was not just an off-handed reference but a genuine incorporation of my faith into my law practice.

Why do police take general reports? The most brutal answer is because no one will remember the details in two days, much less two years and they will argue it constantly: but it is also because society needs a third party who should be an impartial fact evaluator.

The real question is how much time do I need spend with my clients to prepare them for deposition testimony? A deposition is one of the most important events in a client's legal case.

Each year, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association Lobbying Team gives its members the opportunity to join them for a day under the Gold Dome as part of the GTLA Lawyer of the Day Program.

Are we tired yet of all the allegations of sexual misconduct by our leaders? The avalanche will be coming soon. The past few months have been dominated by an endless parade of revelations about sexual misconduct of powerful men.

One of the most difficult things to do is to measure someone's degree of disability or impairment. There is a measurable test that has developed over the last 10 years in an effort to accomplish this objective. The test is called a Functional Capacity Evaluation (FCE).