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With workers compensation claims, I understand my clients are impacted not only physically, but also financially, and emotionally.  I diligently work to ensure my clients receive justice.  I serve clients across Georgia with offices in both Atlanta and Columbus.

My practice is dedicated to Workers' Compensation Law. Since graduating from Georgia State University School of Law, I have focused my entire career on protecting the rights of Georgia's workers as a workers' compensation attorney.. If you or a loved one has been injured on the job, don't hesitate to reach out. I'm here to discuss your concerns and explore the details of your potential case. While employers often invest significant time and resources to minimize their financial responsibility when an employee is injured, my focus is on investing in your protection and ensuring you receive the compensation you deserve.

I have been practicing law for over eight years. I am a Partner at Richter, Head, Shinall, White & Slotkin on the firm’s litigation team, specializing in representing employers and insurers under Title 34, the Georgia Workers’ Compensation Act. Prior to joining the firm, I worked for a national law firm and brings with him experience in representing local and national corporate clients with a specialization in products and premises liability cases. I have also represented licensed professionals in the nursing home and assisted living facility industries.. My additional experience includes several years of expertise in workers’ compensation matters including mediations, trials, appeals, and protecting an insurer’s subrogation interests by asserting liens in third-party fault situations. My experience as a judicial circuit clerk for two years working with the Chief Judge has proven extremely beneficial to his practice as a litigator.. I graduated from the University of Georgia in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Religion, and I obtained my Juris Doctor from Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law in 2012. I was admitted to the Georgia bar the same year. While in law school, I served as a representative to the Student Bar Association and diversity chair of the Phi Delta Phi legal honors society, while also practicing under the Third Year Practice Act representing a variety of indigent criminal defendants and a death row inmate in Habeas Corpus proceedings throughout the state.. I sit on the Board of Directors for the Asian American Insurance Network, have been named Super Lawyers' Rising Star for the last 4 consecutive years, received an AV Preeminent Peer & Judicial Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell for ethical standards and professional liability, have been named as one of Georgia Trend's 2022 Legal Elite.

Frank Burns, Esq. is the founder of J. Franklin Burns, P.C. and a native of Gainesville, Georgia. He began his legal career at Gorby & Reeves, an insurance defense law firm where he represented employers and insurance companies in Workers’ Compensation matters across the State of Georgia.. In 2002, he opened his law practice, J. Franklin Burns, P.C., devoting his practice exclusively to the representation of injured workers and personal injury victims. His experience in representing "the other side” has proven to be invaluable with respect the representation of injured workers.