Attorneys

ALFRED A. QUILLIAN, JR

Partner

With more than 30 years of experience, Al Quillian leads the firm’s workers’ compensation team. Employers and insurers rely on Al’s broad knowledge and understanding of the Georgia workers’ compensation law to successfully represent their interests before the State Board of Workers’ Compensation, the Superior Courts of Georgia, the Georgia Court of Appeals, and the Georgia Supreme Court. Mr. Quillian has spoken extensively at seminars and business functions throughout the state on workers’ compensation issues facing employers. Mr. Quillian is also a Certified Mediator.

EDUCATION

  • University of Georgia School of Law, Juris Doctor, 1983
  • The Georgia Southern University, Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance 1980

PUBLICATIONS, NEWS & RESOURCES

  • “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)
  • “Catastrophic Designation Issues from a Defense Perspective” – Workers Compensation Law Institute, St. Simons Island – 2016

Email: aquillian@scrudderbass.com

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PRACTICE AREAS

Workers’ Compensation

AFFILIATIONS

State Bar of Georgia
Worker’s Compensation Section of the State Bar
2017 Georgia Super Lawyer

AWARDS