EDUCATION:

• Georgia State University
• Northwestern University
• Mercer University, A.B.
• Emory University Law School, J.D. (1958)

BAR ADMISSION: Georgia 1956

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers (co-founder, former Senior Partner, currently "Of Counsel", one of Atlanta's oldest law firms)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

• State Bar of Georgia (Former Chair, ADR and Workers' Compensation Section)
• American Bar Association (Past Vice Chair, Product Liability Committee and Past Vice Chair, Workers' Comp. Committee, TIPS Section)
• Past President, Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (an international bar association founded in 1936)
• Past Chair, DRI Law Institute (putting on 27 CLE Seminars per year)
• Member American Board of Trial Attorneys (ABOTA)
• Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution
• Selected as "Best Lawyers in America" "
• Who's Who in American Law"
• AV Rating in Martindale-Hubbell

MEDIATION & ARBITRATION TRAINING:

• Harvard Law School Mediation Program (1993)
• Harvard Law School Negotiation Institute (1989)
• Numerous day or week-end courses and seminars
• Conducted 5 seminars on ADR (4, national)
• Lecturer in mediation, arbitration and negotiation in various states

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE:

• Medical Malpractice
• Product Liability
• Personal Injury
• Insurance Law
• Workers' Compensation
• Labor and Employment
• Business Law
• Environmental
• Construction
• Consumer Law
• Banking
• Real Estate
• Securities
• Trusts and Estates
• Aviation
• Admiralty
• Intellectual Property
• Entertainment/Sports

James B. Hiers, Jr.

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