James J. Long 127 Peachtree Street N.E. Suite 1515 Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1809 |  |
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EDUCATION
University of Florida, Juris Doctor, 1976
Davidson College, Bachelor of Arts, 1970
FOCUS OF PRACTICE
Workers' Compensation Claimant's Law-closed head injuries, death cases, and all other cases involving Workers' Compensation issues.
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
Partner, Long & Holder, LLP, 1986-present
Atlanta Bar Association, Chair, Workers' Compensation Section 1990-1991, Chair, Medical-Legal Committee, 1999-present.
Rated "AV" by Martindale-Hubbell
Selected as a 2005-2009 Georgia Super Lawyer by Atlanta Magazine.
Member, Board of Directors of WIN-PAC.
Fellow, Knights of the Bar
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association
Lawyers Club of Atlanta
Fellow, Lawyers' Foundation of Georgia
Fellow, The College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers
LECTURES
"When the Claimant Changes Attorneys-The Rights and Duties of the Predecessor and Successor Attorneys", Atlanta Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section Seminar, 1988
"Litigating Permanent Partial Disability Benefits Claims", Atlanta Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section Seminar, 1991
"Attorney's Fees and Ethical Dilemmas of Claimant's Attorney and The Defense Attorney, Assessed Fees and How to Make a Living", ICLE Workers' Compensation for the General Practitioner Seminar, 1991
"Medical Benefits
The Authorized Provider", State Board of Workers' Compensation Seminar, 1992"Aggravation of Pre-Existing Injuries", Atlanta Bar Association Workers' Compensation Section Seminar, 1994
"Quintuple Bypass: WC/ADA/FMLA/OSHA/SITF", State Board of Workers' Compensation Seminar, 1994
"The Ethics of Discovery Objections", Atlanta Bar Association Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar, 2000
"Medical Treatment for the Injured Worker", ICLE Workers' Compensation for the General Practitioner Seminar, 2000
"Current Return to Work Issues", ICLE Workers' Compensation Law Institute Seminar, 2000
"Georgia Workers' Compensation Subrogation", GTLA Don't Lien On Me: How to Deal With Subrogation & Reimbursement Claims Seminar, 2001
"Subrogation UPDATE", ICLE Workers' Compensation for the General Practitioner Seminar, 2002
"Subrogation-Is It Alive and Well?", State Board of Workers' Compensation Seminar, 2002
"Judicial Responses To Recurring Witness, Evidentiary and Discovery Issues",
Atlanta Bar Association Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar, 2004.
"Emerging Return to Work Issues", Atlanta Bar Association Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar, 2007
Establishing Catastrophic Designation", Side by Side Brain Injury Clubhouse Seminar, 2008
PUBLICATIONS
"Proving Disability In Workers' Compensation Cases", The Verdict, July/August 1991
"Workers' Compensation Pre-Hearing Checklist (all issues)", The Atlanta Lawyer, Fourth Quarter 1991
"Workers' Compensation: Trends In Obtaining Medical Treatment", The Verdict, Winter 1999
"Workers' Compensation Subrogation: Two Perspectives", The Verdict, Fall 2002
CIVIC LEADERSHIP
Past President, Peachtree Hills Civic Association
Board of Directors, Side By Side Brain Injury Clubhouse, (Chair, 2008-present)
