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In an article published on April 16, 2018, in Metro Atlanta CEO, Swift Currie is mentioned for participating in two upcoming events with the State Bar of Georgia Diversity Program: the 2018 Business Development Symposium and the High School Pipeline Program. For the full article, you may click here.

In an article published on April 11, 2018, in the Birmingham Business Journal, Swift Currie Birmingham-based partner Lane Finch and associate Brian Richardson were featured for their recent appointments to the Defense Research Institute (DRI), the leading organization of more than 22,000 civil defense attorneys and in-house counsel. For the full article, you may click here.

In the April 8, 2018, print edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Swift Currie is featured for its recent hiring of three lateral partners, all of whom once worked together at the law firm of Hicks, Casey & Foster PC. The new partners are William T. Casey Jr., Erica Morton and Richie Foster. Their addition will bolster the firm’s practices in trucking, retail and liability insurance litigation.

In an article published on April 3, 2018, in the Daily Report, Swift Currie Atlanta-based partner Pamela Lee is featured for successfully representing Irene Gregg after she was sued by her former housekeeper Gladys Staley. The jury ultimately found no negligence against Gregg.The attorney for Staley notes Lee’s impressive legal efforts saying, “It was a fair trial, and Pamela Lee is an outstanding lawyer.”

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In an article published recently on the website of the Birmingham Business Journal, Swift Currie is featured for its hiring of 17 new attorneys in the first quarter of 2018. Those hires include three new lateral partners in the Atlanta office, William T. Casey Jr., Erica Morton and Richie Foster, and senior attorney Carl “Trey” Dowdey, III, in the Birmingham office. Dowdey’s practice areas include automobile litigation, subrogation and workers’ compensation. Swift Currie now has 137 attorneys between its two offices.

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In a recent article published in Metro Atlanta CEO, Swift Currie is featured for its recent hiring of three lateral partners as well as 17 new attorneys. The lateral partners all once worked together at the law firm of Hicks, Casey & Foster PC. The new partners are William T. Casey Jr., Erica Morton and Richie Foster.

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In an article published on March 28, 2018, in the Cobb Business Journal, Swift Currie is featured for its recent hiring of three lateral partners, all of whom once worked together at the Marietta law firm of Hicks, Casey & Foster PC. The new partners are William T. Casey Jr., Erica Morton and Richie Foster. Their addition will bolster the firm’s practices in trucking, retail and liability insurance litigation. “We have known Bill, Erica and Richie for years and have witnessed firsthand their impressive legal skills and creative advocacy,” said Terry O. Brantley, Swift Currie Managing partner. “Because their practices dovetail so nicely with ours, their additions will be a seamless fit.”

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In an article published on February 28, 2018, in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Swift Currie was mentioned for expanding its office space by almost 12,000 square feet at 1355 Peachtree Street. For the full article, subscribers to the Atlanta Business Chronicle may click here.

In a recent article published in the Birmingham Business Journal, Swift Currie attorney Carl “Trey” Dowdey, III, was mentioned for being selected as the staff judge advocate for the 412th Theater Engineer Command (TEC) out of Vicksburg, Mississippi. For the full article, subscribers to the Birmingham Business Journal may click here.

In an article published on February 5, 2018, in the Daily Report, Swift Currie was featured for its recent growth and for welcoming three new lateral partners: William Casey, Erica Morton and Richie Foster. In addition to the partners, the firm hired 10 other attorneys in January, bringing its total to 135 attorneys, an increase of 28 since July 2016 and a growth rate of 26 percent over the past 18 months.

In an article published on January 12, 2018, in the Daily Report, Swift Currie is mentioned for its recent promotion of six Atlanta-based attorneys to partnership: Ashley Alfonso, Ken Brock, Mark Irby, Marion Martin, Jeff Stinson and Drew Timmons. For the full article, subscribers to the Daily Report may click here.

In a recent article published in Metro Atlanta CEO, Swift Currie is mentioned for its recent promotion of six Atlanta-based attorneys to partnership: Ashley Alfonso, Ken Brock, Mark Irby, Marion Martin, Jeff Stinson and Drew Timmons. For the full article, you may click here.

In an article published on January 5, 2018, in WorkCompCentral, Swift Currie is mentioned for its recent promotion of six Atlanta-based attorneys to partnership: Ashley Alfonso, Ken Brock, Mark Irby, Marion Martin, Jeff Stinson and Drew Timmons. Five of the six, all except Timmons, practice workers’ compensation law. For the full article, subscribers to WorkCompCentral may click here.

In an article published on January 3, 2018, in the Birmingham Business Journal, Swift Currie is featured for its recent promotion of six Atlanta-based attorneys to partnership: Ashley Alfonso, Ken Brock, Mark Irby, Marion Martin, Jeff Stinson and Drew Timmons. The firm now has 15 women partners, accounting for 26.8 percent of its total partners. The national average for women partners in law firms of Swift Currie’s size is 21.8 percent, according to a 2017 National Law Journal report. For the full article, subscribers to the Birmingham Business Journal may click here.

In a story published on Jan. 2, 2018, in the Daily Report, Swift Currie Managing Partner Terry Brantley was featured in a Q&A that highlighted the firm’s growth. Brantley mentioned how the firm’s number of attorneys has expanded from 107 in July 2016 to 123 at present, a 15 percent increase.

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In a story published on December 20, 2017, on the website of the Daily Report, Swift Currie Managing Partner Terry Brantley provides insight as to how mid-sized firms try to achieve certainty in legal billing for clients through alternative fee arrangements. Brantley said delivering that certainty requires that outside lawyers understand a client’s definition of success on a matter, a client’s appetite for litigation and its approach to deciding which cases are worth settling and which are worth taking to trial. For the full article, subscribers to the Daily Report may click here.

In an article published on December 14, 2017, in Metro Atlanta CEO, Swift Currie was featured for the addition of four new associates to its Atlanta office: Britt Beecher, Joanna Hair, Elliot Kerzner and Karen Lowell. The firm has now added 16 attorneys in 2017, and plans to continue its growth in 2018. For the full article, you may click here.

In an article published  in Business Insurance, Swift Currie partner Mike Rosetti was quoted on the topic of the aging workforce in the United States and the potential rise in post-retirement injuries that could result. The story reports that the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates workers ages 55 and older will comprise more than a quarter of the workforce by 2022. For the full article, you may click here.

In an article published in the 2017 Winter issue of the University of Georgia Magazine, Swift Currie partner Brad Marsh is mentioned for his reappointment to the State Bar of Georgia’s Formal Advisory Opinion Board and the Disciplinary Board-Review Panel. He was reappointed to both by State Bar President Brian “Buck” Rogers. Marsh earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia in 1981 and from the university’s law school in 1984. You may access the digital edition of the magazine here.

In an article published on December 1, 2017, on the Birmingham Business Journal’s website, Swift Currie partner Lane Finch was mentioned for his recent appointment to the Insurance Roundtable Steering Committee by the Defense Research Institute (DRI). DRI is the leading organization of more than 22,000 civil defense attorneys and in-house counsel. Finch also currently serves as vice chair of DRI’s Insurance Law Committee. The article says that in Finch’s new role, “He will help address issues that insurers and their counsel face by providing an open forum to discuss legal and ethical issues.” For the full article, you may click here.

In a recent article published in the Birmingham Business Journal, Swift Currie’s Birmingham office is acknowledged for making the annual U.S. News and World Report Best Law Firms issue. The Birmingham office was noted in the category of Insurance Law. The rankings were based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys and review of additional information provided by law firms. For the full article, you may click here.

In a recent article published in the Birmingham Business Journal, Swift Currie partner Lane Finch is mentioned for being named as an Elite Lawyer of the South by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell and also for being reappointed to a second year as vice chair of the Defense Research Institute’s Insurance Law Committee. The article discusses the work Finch does, “Finch advises clients on insurance coverage and bad faith claims and defends first- and third-party insurance-related claims involving everything from arson and fraud and property claims to specialty coverages such as professional liability, construction claims and excess coverage.” For the full article, subscribers to the Birmingham Business Journal may click here.

In an article published on September 8, 2017, in Law360, Swift Currie associate Jonathan Kandel provides insight into several important commercial liability insurance cases that have been decided in Georgia over the past number of months. The cases represent significant decisions and/or reflect common issues that arise. Those include Occidental Fire & Casualty of North Carolina v. Goodman, in which the Georgia Court of Appeals addressed what happens when a company representative applies for and obtains insurance in the wrong corporate name and also whether an insurance agent can be sued for failing to obtain the proper insurance coverage. For all of the cases that he explores and the decisions in them, subscribers to Law360 may click here.

In an article published on August 24, 2017, in Metro Atlanta CEO, Swift Currie partner Brad Marsh is mentioned for his reappointment to the State Bar of Georgia’s Formal Advisory Opinion Board and the Disciplinary Board-Review Panel. He was reappointed to both by State Bar President Brian “Buck” Rogers. The article says, “Marsh was first appointed to the State Disciplinary Board-Review Panel in 2001 and served as chairman in 2004. In 2012, Marsh was appointed to the Formal Advisory Opinion Board for the first time and he served as its chairman in 2014.” For the full article, you may click here.

In an article published on Friday, August 18, in the online version of the Birmingham Business Journal, Swift Currie partner Lane Finch was mentioned for his inclusion in the 2018 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. The news item notes that 13 of the firm’s attorneys representing eight practice areas were honored in the publication. To read the full article, you may click here.