Julie John is a Partner in the law firm of DREW ECKL & FARNHAM where she concentrates in the defense of workers’ compensation claims for employers, insurers and self-insured funds through the State. Ms. John is the former Executive Director and an Administrative Law Judge for the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation. She also served as a mediator and the State Board’s Public Information Officer/Lobbyist. Ms. John is a cum laude graduate of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University where she was on the Cumberland Law Review and Chair of the Cumberland Research Board. She is a frequent speaker and author in the area of Workers’ Compensation law and mediation. Ms. John serves on the Rules And Mediation Committee of the Chairman’s Advisory Council of the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation. She is also a member of the American, Georgia and Atlanta Bar Associations, and the Georgia Defense Lawyers. Ms. John has been recognized as a Georgia Super Lawyer every year since 2004. Ms. John is also an ordained Elder in the Presbyterian Church USA.