Heather K. Karrh
Super Lawyers®Rogers, Hofrichter & Karrh, LLC
Bad Faith Lawyers in Fayetteville, GA in Fayetteville, GA
Education
Legal Education
- University of Georgia School of Law, Athens, Georgia
- J.D.
- Law Journal: International & Comparative Law, 1995 - 1997
Non Legal Education
- Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994
- B.A.
- Honors: cum laude
- Major: History
Past Positions
- Middleton, Adams & Tate, 1997 - 1999
- Middle Judicial Circuit, Assistant District Attorney, 1999 - 2000
Classes and Seminars
- Case Law Update on ERISA LTD issues- Georgia Bar Association, 2002
- Case Law Update on ERISA issues- Georgia Bar Association, 2004
- Case Law update on ERISA issues- Georgia Bar Association, 2005
- Case Law update on ERISA issues- Georgia Bar Association, 2007
- Assessment of Attorneys Fees in ERISA Long Term Disability Cases - Georgia Bar Association, 2008
- Short Term Disability Long Term Disability Claims Both Bad Faith and ERISA plus a Brief Overview of COBRA - Fayette County Bar Association, 2009
- Evidence Outside the Administrative Record and Discovery- ABA, 2009
- Insurance Regulation, Employee Benefits and Reinsurance- ABA, 2010
- The Basics of COBRA and Basics of Short Term and Long Term Disability Claims- Legal Aid Society, 2011
- MetLife vs. Glenn, What has it Done in the Eleventh Circuit - ABA, 2011
- Handling the Claimant’s ERISA LTD Claim at the Administrative Level- Fayette County Bar Association, 2013
- Handling the Claimant’s ERISA LTD Claim - Fayette County Bar Association, 2014
- Basics of ERISA Section 510 for Use and Issue Spotting and Employee Health Related Cases- Georgia Bar Association, 2015
- The Benefits Lawyer’s Guide to Judicial Estoppel: Don’t Panic and Move for Sanctions-Georgia Bar Association, 2015
- How to Use Pain to Prove Disability- ABA, 2015
- Overpayments - Georgia Bar Association, 2016
- Long Term Care Insurance Benefits- ABA, 2017
- Hot Topics in Life Insurance and Accidental Death Insurance Litigation - ABA, 2017
- Overcoming Legal Challenges for Those with Epilepsy- The Effect of SSDI on Trying a Case in Federal Court- Fayette County Bar Association, 2017
- Being a Disability Lawyer -Whitewater High School, 2017
- Suspicious Deaths and Suicide Coverage, Claims, Investigation and Litigation - ABA, 2018
- Marijuana Law- ABA, 2019
- Undue Influence- ABA, 2021
Representative Cases
- Harris v. Aetna Life Ins. Co.
- Citation: July 14, 2005
- Burt v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
- Citation: September 16, 2005
- Brucks v. Coca-Cola Co.
- Citation: September 30, 2005
- Wise v. Continental Casualty Company
- Citation: November 4, 2005
- Smith v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
- Citation: June 7, 2006
- Fairfield Ins. Co. V. Surgeon
- Citation: November 14, 2006
- White v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co.
- Citation: January 22, 2007
- Kinser v. Plans Admin. Committee of Citigroup, Inc.
- Citation: March 29, 2007
- Johnson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
- Citation: May 30, 2008
- Adams v. Hartford Life and Acc. Ins. Co., 2008
- Citation: December 16, 2008
- Reid v. BellSouth Long-Term Disability Plan for Management Employees
- Citation: March 23, 2009
- Adams v. Hartford Life and Acc. Ins. Co., 2010
- Citation: March 10, 2010
- Teague v. Life Insurance Company of North America
- Citation: August 20, 2010
- Reid v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.
- Citation: March 29, 2013
- Perry v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
- Citation: August 30, 2016
- Graham v. Life Insurance Company of North America
- Citation: November 28, 2016
- Prelutsky v. Greater Georgia Life Insurance Company
- Citation: May 16, 2017
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Waddell
- Citation: July 6, 2017
- Ohio National Life Assurance Corporation v. Chaknis
- Citation: March 21, 2018
- Doe v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, 2018
- Citation: July 23, 2018
- Staham v. Life Insurance Company of North America
- Citation: April 12, 2019
- Lincoln National Life Insurance Company v. Washington
- Citation: May 13, 2019
- Lesser v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
- Citation: June 4, 2019
- Doe v. Aetna Life Insurance Company, 2020
- Citation: January 27, 2020
- Ogletree v. Aetna Life Insurance Company
- Citation: December 18, 2020
- Sosebee v. Life Insurance Company of North America
- Citation: April 2, 2021
- Sisung v. Unum Life Insurance Company of America
- Citation: June 1, 2022
- Walker v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Company
- Citation: July 15, 2022
- Harris v. Lincoln National Life Insurance Company
- Citation: July 29, 2022
Published Works
Articles
- Impeaching the Defense Expert with Ethical Codes of Conduct (Co-Author), Aspen Law Institute
- Case Law Update ERISA/LTD Issues, Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Bar Admissions
- Georgia, 1997
- U.S. District Court, 2000
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2000
Other Affiliations
- Dunwoody High School, - 2008 (Mock Trial Coach)
- Head of Art Auction for GAWL (Georgia Association of Women Lawyers), 2010 - 2012 (Foundation Board Member)
- State Bar of Georgia Employee Benefits Committee, 2010 - 2015 (Treasurer)
- State Bar of Georgia Employee Benefits Committee, - 2012 (Seminar Head)
- The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, 2018 - 2019 (Chair Designee)
- The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, 2019 - 2020 (Chair Elect)
- The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, 2020 - 2021 (Chair)
- The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, 2021 - 2022 (Immediate Past Chair)
- The Life Insurance Committee of the American Bar Association, 2018 - 2021 (Diversity Vice Chair)
- Whitewater High School, - 2023 (Mock Trial Coach)
- Fraternities and Sororities
- Pi Beta Phi
Attorney Details
| Full Name | Heather K. Karrh |
| Firm | Rogers, Hofrichter & Karrh, LLC |
| Address | 225 South Glynn Street, Suite 1, Fayetteville, GA 30214 |
| Phone | 770-373-5885 |
| Phone | 770-460-1920 |
| Website | www.roholaw.com |
| Website | www.roholaw.com |
| New Clients | ✓ Currently accepting |