Defending And Empowering The Disabled Since 1993
Heather K. Karrh
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Practice Areas
- Bad Faith
- Disability
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee
- Federal Trial Practice
- Life & Health
- Pensions, Benefits & Compensations -- Employee
- State Trial Practice
Education
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
- J.D.
- Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
- B.A. - 1994
- Honors: cum laude
- Major: History
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 1997
- U.S. District Court, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2000
Professional Associations
- Dunwoody High School, Mock Trial Coach, 2008
- Head of Art Auction for GAWL (Georgia Association of Women Lawyers), Foundation Board Member, 2010 to 2012
- State Bar of Georgia Employee Benefits Committee, Treasurer, 2010 to 2015
- State Bar of Georgia Employee Benefits Committee, Seminar Head, 2012
- The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, Chair Designee, 2018 to 2019
- The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, Chair Elect, 2019 to 2020
- The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, Chair, 2020 to 2021
- The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, Immediate Past Chair, 2021 to 2022
- The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, Diversity Vice Chair, 2018 to 2021
- Whitewater High School, Mock Trial Coach, 2023
Classes & Seminars
- Case Law Update on ERISA LTD issues- Georgia Bar Association, 2002
- Case Law Update on ERISA issues- Georgia Bar Association, 2004
- Case Law update on ERISA issues- Georgia Bar Association, 2005
- Case Law update on ERISA issues- Georgia Bar Association, 2007
- Assessment of Attorneys Fees in ERISA Long Term Disability Cases - Georgia Bar Association, 2008
- Short Term Disability Long Term Disability Claims Both Bad Faith and ERISA plus a Brief Overview of COBRA - Fayette County Bar Association, 2009
- Evidence Outside the Administrative Record and Discovery- ABA, 2009
- Insurance Regulation, Employee Benefits and Reinsurance- ABA, 2010
- The Basics of COBRA and Basics of Short Term and Long Term Disability Claims- Legal Aid Society, 2011
- MetLife vs. Glenn, What has it Done in the Eleventh Circuit - ABA, 2011
- Handling the Claimant’s ERISA LTD Claim at the Administrative Level- Fayette County Bar Association, 2013
- Handling the Claimant’s ERISA LTD Claim - Fayette County Bar Association, 2014
- Basics of ERISA Section 510 for Use and Issue Spotting and Employee Health Related Cases- Georgia Bar Association, 2015
- The Benefits Lawyer’s Guide to Judicial Estoppel: Don’t Panic and Move for Sanctions-Georgia Bar Association, 2015
- How to Use Pain to Prove Disability- ABA, 2015
- Overpayments - Georgia Bar Association, 2016
- Long Term Care Insurance Benefits- ABA, 2017
- Hot Topics in Life Insurance and Accidental Death Insurance Litigation - ABA, 2017
- Overcoming Legal Challenges for Those with Epilepsy- The Effect of SSDI on Trying a Case in Federal Court- Fayette County Bar Association, 2017
- Being a Disability Lawyer -Whitewater High School, 2017
- Suspicious Deaths and Suicide Coverage, Claims, Investigation and Litigation - ABA, 2018
- Marijuana Law- ABA, 2019
- Undue Influence- ABA, 2021
Past Positions
- Middleton, Adams & Tate, 1997 to 1999
- Middle Judicial Circuit, Assistant District Attorney, 1999 to 2000
Fraternities and Sororities
- Pi Beta Phi
Published Works
- Impeaching the Defense Expert with Ethical Codes of Conduct (Co-Author), Aspen Law Institute
- Case Law Update ERISA/LTD Issues, Institute for Continuing Legal Education