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Trey Dowdey authored an article for the October 2019 issue of CLM Magazine guiding readers on how to determine whether to deny a workers’ compensation claim.

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Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP, is pleased to announce Sara Alexandre and Avery G. Carter have been named to The National Black Lawyers’ Top 40 Under 40 for 2019. Alexandre and Carter join Winter N. Wheeler, who was named to the Top 40 Under 40 for the second time in August this year, in receiving this honor.

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP, is pleased to announce attorney Marc Hood has joined the steering committee for DRI’s Diversity for Success Seminar and Corporate Expo to plan and organize the 2020 seminar.

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP, announces five new attorneys joined the firm’s Atlanta office in September. The additions include senior attorney Janie E. Hagood and attorneys Briana A. Burrows, Anelise R. Codrington, Amy D. Katz and Matthew A. Liverman. Their arrival follows the addition of 14 attorneys so far this year and 45 new hires in 2018, bringing the firm’s headcount to more than 150 attorneys.

In the final half of Mid-Market Report's two-part series on best practices for upgrades to the websites of mid-size law firms, partner Chad Harris once again provided his insight based on the recent rejuvenation of Swift Currie’s brand and website.

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Partner Chad Harris discussed Swift Currie's new website in an article published by TechLaw Crossroads on Oct. 7, 2019, highlighting the digital upgrade to reflect Swift Currie’s culture and philosophy of client-centric service backed by experienced litigators.

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In an article for PropertyCasualty360 published on Oct. 1, 2019, Lane Finch and Brandon Clapp discuss the American Law Institute’s (ALI) Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance, which was approved in May 2018, and how it continues to prove controversial in the insurance industry, as well as the various court interpretations and state legislations addressing these controversies.

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In an article for Construction Executive, Brian Richardson discusses how general contractors should create and implement a prequalification program to confirm subcontractors have the proper insurance coverage and are qualified and capable of performing their scope of work on a project. In fact, developing a program that requires proof of compliance with the general contractor’s prequalification program may be required by a general contractor’s commercial general liability (CGL) policy as a precondition to coverage.

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