Heather K. Karrh - Fayetteville, GA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
    J.D.
    Law Journal: International & Comparative Law, 1995 - 1997

• Non Legal Education

  • Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994
    B.A.
    Honors: cum laude
    Major: History

Past Positions

• Middleton, Adams & Tate, 1997 - 1999
• Middle Judicial Circuit, Assistant District Attorney, 1999 - 2000

Classes and Seminars

• Case Law Update on ERISA LTD issues- Georgia Bar Association, 2002
  
• Case Law Update on ERISA issues- Georgia Bar Association, 2004
  
• Case Law update on ERISA issues- Georgia Bar Association, 2005
  
• Case Law update on ERISA issues- Georgia Bar Association, 2007
  
• Assessment of Attorneys Fees in ERISA Long Term Disability Cases - Georgia Bar Association, 2008
  
• Short Term Disability Long Term Disability Claims Both Bad Faith and ERISA plus a Brief Overview of COBRA - Fayette County Bar Association, 2009
  
• Evidence Outside the Administrative Record and Discovery- ABA, 2009
  
• Insurance Regulation, Employee Benefits and Reinsurance- ABA, 2010
  
• The Basics of COBRA and Basics of Short Term and Long Term Disability Claims- Legal Aid Society, 2011
  
• MetLife vs. Glenn, What has it Done in the Eleventh Circuit - ABA, 2011
  
• Handling the Claimant’s ERISA LTD Claim at the Administrative Level- Fayette County Bar Association, 2013
  
• Handling the Claimant’s ERISA LTD Claim - Fayette County Bar Association, 2014
  
• Basics of ERISA Section 510 for Use and Issue Spotting and Employee Health Related Cases- Georgia Bar Association, 2015
  
• The Benefits Lawyer’s Guide to Judicial Estoppel: Don’t Panic and Move for Sanctions-Georgia Bar Association, 2015
  
• How to Use Pain to Prove Disability- ABA, 2015
  
• Overpayments - Georgia Bar Association, 2016
  
• Long Term Care Insurance Benefits- ABA, 2017
  
• Hot Topics in Life Insurance and Accidental Death Insurance Litigation - ABA, 2017
  
• Overcoming Legal Challenges for Those with Epilepsy- The Effect of SSDI on Trying a Case in Federal Court- Fayette County Bar Association, 2017
  
• Being a Disability Lawyer -Whitewater High School, 2017
  
• Suspicious Deaths and Suicide Coverage, Claims, Investigation and Litigation - ABA, 2018
  
• Marijuana Law- ABA, 2019
  
• Undue Influence- ABA, 2021

Representative Cases

• Harris v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.
  • Citation: July 14, 2005
• Burt v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
  • Citation: September 16, 2005
• Brucks v. Coca-Cola Co.
  • Citation: September 30, 2005
• Wise v. Continental Casualty Company
  • Citation: November 4, 2005
• Smith v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  • Citation: June 7, 2006
• Fairfield Ins. Co. V. Surgeon
  • Citation: November 14, 2006
• White v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co.
  • Citation: January 22, 2007
• Kinser v. Plans Admin. Committee of Citigroup, Inc.
  • Citation: March 29, 2007
• Johnson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
  • Citation: May 30, 2008
• Adams v. Hartford Life and Acc. Ins. Co., 2008
  • Citation: December 16, 2008
• Reid v. BellSouth Long-Term Disability Plan for Management Employees
  • Citation: March 23, 2009
• Adams v. Hartford Life and Acc. Ins. Co., 2010
  • Citation: March 10, 2010
• Teague v. Life Insurance Company of North America
  • Citation: August 20, 2010
• Reid v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
  • Citation: March 29, 2013
• Perry v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
  • Citation: August 30, 2016
• Graham v. Life Insurance Company of North America
  • Citation: November 28, 2016
• Prelutsky v. Greater Georgia Life Insurance Company
  • Citation: May 16, 2017
• Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Waddell
  • Citation: July 6, 2017
• Ohio National Life Assurance Corporation v. Chaknis
  • Citation: March 21, 2018
• Doe v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, 2018
  • Citation: July 23, 2018
• Staham v. Life Insurance Company of North America
  • Citation: April 12, 2019
• Lincoln National Life Insurance Company v. Washington
  • Citation: May 13, 2019
• Lesser v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
  • Citation: June 4, 2019
• Doe v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, 2020
  • Citation: January 27, 2020
• Ogletree v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
  • Citation: December 18, 2020
• Sosebee v. Life Insurance Company of North America
  • Citation: April 2, 2021
• Sisung v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
  • Citation: June 1, 2022
• Walker v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company
  • Citation: July 15, 2022
• Harris v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
  • Citation: July 29, 2022

Published Works

Articles

• Impeaching the Defense Expert with Ethical Codes of Conduct (Co-Author), Aspen Law Institute
  
• Case Law Update ERISA/LTD Issues, Institute for Continuing Legal Education
  

Bar Admissions

• Georgia, 1997
• U.S. District Court, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2000

Other Affiliations

• Dunwoody High School, - 2008 (Mock Trial Coach)
• Head of Art Auction for GAWL (Georgia Association of Women Lawyers), 2010 - 2012 (Foundation Board Member)
• State Bar of Georgia Employee Benefits Committee, 2010 - 2015 (Treasurer)
• State Bar of Georgia Employee Benefits Committee, - 2012 (Seminar Head)
• The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, 2018 - 2019 (Chair Designee)
• The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, 2019 - 2020 (Chair Elect)
• The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, 2020 - 2021 (Chair)
• The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, 2021 - 2022 (Immediate Past Chair)
• The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, 2018 - 2021 (Diversity Vice Chair)
• Whitewater High School, - 2023 (Mock Trial Coach)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Pi Beta Phi