Daniel Richardson
Biography
Daniel Richardson is an Associate in the Atlanta office of Hall Booth Smith and practices in a variety of workers’ compensation matters. He defends employers, self-insurers, and insurance companies throughout Georgia on a variety of workers’ compensation claims and aims to bring all matters to a swift resolution in a cost-effective way. He has extensive experience evaluating and negotiating complex cases through to resolution and has taken cases to the Supreme Court of Georgia and the Georgia Court of Appeals.
He also specializes in providing guidance to employers on compliance with the OSH Act to maintain a safe workplace. He provides representation in response to investigations, citations, and claims under OSHA and defends employers in OSHA-related administrative proceedings.
Prior to joining Hall Booth Smith, Daniel was an Assistant District Attorney in Coweta County. During this time, he presented hundreds of cases to the Grand Jury, argued numerous bond hearings and motions to suppress, and won jury trials.
Daniel earned a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Georgia State University. While there, he was a member of the Georgia State Law Review and was the President of the Christian Legal Society. Before law school, he taught high school math in Whitfield and Coweta counties. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Daniel is a member of Sovereign Hope Church in Senoia, Georgia, and of the Coweta County Bar Association.
Credentials
Admitted
State Courts:
- Georgia, 2016
- Court of Appeals, 2016
- Supreme Court, 2016
Education
- J.D., magna cum laude, Georgia State University, 2016
- B.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010
Memberships
- Coweta County Bar Association
Presentations
- Controlling the Medical in Georgia Workers’ Compensation
HBS Workers’ Compensation Webinar; January 11, 2024
Publications
- Prominence vs. Accessibility in Posting Panels in Georgia
HBS Workers’ Compensation Blog; June 13, 2023 - Change-in-Condition SOL and the Mailbox Rule in Georgia
HBS Workers’ Compensation Blog, September 2021 - The Scheduled Break Exception vs. Ingress and Egress
State Bar of Georgia Workers’ Compensation Law Section Newsletter, Summer 2021 - Georgia’s COA Applies Supreme Court’s Overruling of Lunch Break Exception
HBS Workers’ Compensation Blog, June 2021