PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers (co-founder, former Senior Partner, currently "Of Counsel", one of Atlanta's oldest and largest law firms)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
State Bar of Georgia (Former Chair, Dispute Resolution and Workers' Compensation Sections)
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
ESTIMATED NUMBER OF CASES MEDIATED SINCE 1993: 1200
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE:
Product Liability
Personal Injury
*Class Actions
Insurance Law
Labor and Employment
Business Law
Environmental
Medical Malpractice
Construction
Consumer Law
Banking
Real Estate
Workers' Compensation
Securities
Trusts and Estates
Aviation
Admiralty
Intellectual Property
Entertainment/Sports
*In October 2010, resolved by mediation a class action case for $47,750,000
James B. Hiers, Jr.
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