J. Franklin Burns Esq. - Atlanta, GA

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Georgia, 1987
    J.D.

• Non Legal Education

  • University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1982
    B.A.
    Major: Political Science

Current Employment Position(s)

• Founder, since 2002

Past Positions

• Gorby & Reeves

Classes and Seminars

• Speaker, "Workplace Injuries: Understanding the Workers' Compensation System", ICLE in Georgia, 2011 - Present
  
• Speaker, "Subrogation In The Workers' Compensation System", Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2010 - Present
  
• Speaker, "How To Fix The Workers' Compensation System", Atlanta Bar Association, Workers' Compensation Section, 2009 - Present
  
• Statutory and Case Law Update in Workers’ Compensation, General Practice Trial Section Institute, Amelia Island, Florida, ICLE, March 14, 2008 - Present
  
• Ethics Issues in Workers’ Compensation, Seminar, The Atlanta Claims Association, 2008 - Present
  
• Workers’ Compensation in Educational Committees, Advanced Workers’ Compensation, Atlanta Bar Association, February 22, 2008 - Present
  
• Ethics and Medical Evidence, Advanced Workers’ Compensation in Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, February 26, 2008 - Present
  
• Assessed Attorney’s Fees and Penalties, Employer Pit Falls and Protectors, Sterling Educator Services, Inc.
  
• State Board of Workers’ Compensation Annual Seminar, Atlanta, Georgia, August 29, 2007 - Present
  
• Ethically Developing Medical Evidence-When Do You Cross the Line? "Workers' Compensation Law in Georgia", Henry County Bar Association. Jekyll Island, Georgia - September, 2005 - Present
  
• Five Most Common Injuries in Workers’ Compensation in Georgia, Lorman Education Services, Atlanta, GA - March, 2005 - Present
  
• "Workers' Compensation Essentials: Ten Most Repeated Mistakes", Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Atlanta, Georgia, September 9, 2004 - Present
  
• "Workers' Compensation Hearings in Georgia: Techniques and Strategies", National Business Institute. Atlanta, Georgia, December 17, 2003 - Present
  
• "Workers' Compensation for the General Practitioner", ICLE . Atlanta, Georgia, 1999 - Present
  
• "Advanced Workers' Compensation in Georgia", National Business Institute. Atlanta, Georgia, 1997 - Present
  
• "Five Most Common Injuries in Workers' Compensation in Georgia", Lorman Education Services. Atlanta, Georgia - October, 2003 - Present

Bar Admissions

• Georgia, 1987
• Georgia Court of Appeals
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. Federal Courts, 1988

Other Affiliations

• State Bar of Georgia, 1987 - Present (Member)
• American Bar Association, 1987 - Present (Member)
• Georgia Trial Association, 2002 - Present (Member)
• Atlanta Bar Association, 2002 - Present (Member)
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2011 - Present (Appointed Co-Chair of Legislative Committee serving the Georgia Trial Lawyers)
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2011 - Present (Appointed by the President of Georgia Trial Lawyers Association to serve on Executive Committee of GTLA)
• Legislative Committee of the Advisory Counsel, 2010 - Present (Appointed by the Chairman of the State Board of Workers' Compensation to serve on the Legislative Committee of the Advisory Counsel)
• Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2009 - Present (Appointed by the Chairman of the Board to serve on the Political Action Committee)
• Southern Trial Lawyers Association, 2010 - Present (Member)
• Rules and Mediation Committee, 2003 - 2010 (Member)