James P. Anderson is a partner and AV rated lawyer with the law firm of Drew, Eckl & Farnham in Atlanta. Jim currently serves on the firm's Board of Directors as Director of Associates. He concentrates his practice in the area of the defense of employers and insurers in workers' compensation claims. He is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association and the State Bar of Georgia. After graduating in 1987 with a degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he also lettered in Varsity football as a linebacker for four years, Jim entered the United States Marine Corps. He received a commission in 1988 and was placed on inactive duty while he pursued his law degree at Georgia State University, College of Law. He graduated from law school in 1991 and resumed active duty with the Marines. Jim served at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, from 1992 through 1995. He attained the rank of Captain and served as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) officer, Special Assistant to the U.S. Attorney (SAUSA) in the Southern District of California, and participated as a special envoy/instructor in a military educational and training program which assisted the newly-formed Government in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Jim successfully prosecuted over 200 courts-martial before coming to Drew, Eckl, & Farnham in April, 1995.