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In an article published on July 21, 2017, in the Birmingham Business Journal, Swift Currie is mentioned in the publication’s weekly “Legal Roundup” for being selected to join the Network of Trial Law Firms. Swift Currie is one of 22 member firms across the country that has been invited to join organization, which helps defense law firms with reputations for excellence to work together by sharing trial and litigation expertise and resources for corporate and insurance company clients. For the full article, subscribers to the Birmingham Business Journal may click here.

Swift Currie’s four new associates were mentioned in the Atlanta Business Chronicle under People on the Move. Nelofar Agharahimi and Gillian S. Crowl joined the firm’s Coverage and Commercial Litigation practice group, C. Pari Fakhrzadeh joined the Workers’ Compensation practice group and David A. Smith joined the Litigation practice group. Swift Currie has added a total of nine attorneys in 2017, as the firm continues a growth phase fueled by its model of delivering high value at reasonable cost to its clients.

In the “After Hours” section of this week’s Daily Report, Swift Currie is featured for volunteering with clients and families to pack boxes of food at Action Ministries, a nonprofit that works to address the challenges of poverty by focusing on hunger relief, housing and education. Swift Currie brought about 85 volunteers, who helped to pack about 25,000 meals in two hours. For the full feature, subscribers to the Daily Report may click here.

In an article published on June 7, 2017, Swift Currie partner David Atkinson and associate Jonathan Kandel were mentioned for the amicus brief they helped to co-write on behalf of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association along with in-house counsel in Camacho v. Nationwide Insurance Co.

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On Saturday, May 20, Swift Currie attorneys, firm clients, and family members joined forces at Action Ministries on Saturday. In less than 2 hours, the group of 85 volunteers assembled over 676 boxes of food (totaling over 27,000 meals) and also packed over 800 bags of snacks, vegetables and fruit which provide weekend hunger relief for students.

The Birmingham Business Journal recently published the news that Lane Finch, a partner in Swift Currie’s Birmingham office, was appointed vice chair of the Defense Research Institute’s American Law Institute Insurance Task Force.

In an article published in Law360 on May 4, 2017, Swift Currie attorneys David M. Atkinson and Jonathan J. Kandel were mentioned for successfully arguing that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals should uphold a district court decision, which affirmed that Mendakota Insurance Co. did not act in bad faith by failing to accept an offer to settle a wrongful death claim.

In an article published on May 9, 2017, in Law360, Swift Currie partner David Atkinson and associate Jonathan Kandel were mentioned for the argument they made in a proposed amicus brief that was filed on behalf of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

In an effort to help Trees Atlanta "protect and improve Atlanta's urban forest by planting, conserving, and educating," Swift Currie employees and family members joined Trees Atlanta this past Saturday, March 18, to plant trees in Kirkwood.

In an effort to help Trees Atlanta "protect and improve Atlanta's urban forest by planting, conserving, and educating," Swift Currie employees and family members joined Trees Atlanta this past Saturday, March 18, to plant trees in Kirkwood.