ALFRED A. QUILLIAN, JR.
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Practice Areas:
Workers’ Compensation
Background & Education:
Al Quillian was born on January 31, 1958, in Athens, Georgia. He was raised in Winder, Georgia, and attended Georgia Southern College in Statesboro, Georgia. Mr. Quillian graduated from Georgia Southern in 1980 with a B.B.A. degree in Finance. Mr. Quillian received his law degree from UGA in June 1983.
Professional Experience:
Upon graduation from the University of Georgia Law School in 1983, Mr. Quillian began a judicial clerkship at the Georgia Court of Appeals as a Law Assistant to the Honorable Arnold Shulman. Mr. Quillian joined the predecessor firm to Scrudder, Bass, Quillian, Horlock, Taylor & Lazarus LLP in 1984. Mr. Quillian is now a partner.
His practice primarily involves the representation of employers in workers compensation matters before the State Board of Workers Compensation, the Superior Courts of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court.
Presentations:
- “Workers’ Compensation Subrogation: What is Theirs, Is Yours.” (1995, Southeastern Regional Insurance Law Seminar, National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters, Atlanta, Georgia)
- “Workers’ Compensation: The Year in Review - October 1995 to October 1996” (1996, National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters, Atlanta, Georgia)
- “Effective Employer Management of Workers’ Compensation Claims” (1996, Waffle House, Inc., Norcross, Georgia, Forstmann & Company, Inc., Milledgeville, Georgia)
- “Making a Difference: Employer Contribution to Winning or Losing Workers’ Compensation Hearings” (1996, Douglas County Board of Education, Douglasville, Georgia)
- “The Effect of Terminating the Light Duty Employee Under Padgett v. Waffle House (1998, Georgia Textile Manufacturers’ Association, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia)
- “General Workers Compensation Principles” (November 2003, Sizemore, Inc., Augusta, Georgia)
- “The Interrelationship of the ADA, FMLA, and Workers Compensation” (March 2004, Lorman’s Legal Seminar, Albany, Georgia)
- “Handling Workers Compensation Claims” (August 2004, Northside Hospital-Cherokee, Canton, Georgia)
- “Proper Utilization of the Panel of Physicians” (March 2006, Georgia Public Schools Workers Compensation Administration Conference, St. Simons Island, Georgia)
- “Effective Employer Management of Workers Compensation Claim” (April 2007, Tencate Inc., Senioa, Georgia)
- “New Mandatory Medical Reporting Requirements” (October 2008, GSIA, Georgia Self Insurers Association Fall Meeting)
- “Effective Management of Workers Compensation Claim” (March 2009, Georgia Public Schools Workers Compensation Administrator Conference, St. Simons Island, Georgia)
- “Workers Compensation Case Law Update” (October 2010, Workers Compensation Law Institute, St. Simons Island, GA)
Memberships & Affiliations:
Mr. Quillian is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Atlanta Bar Association, and the Worker’s Compensation Section of the State Bar.
