Specialties: Georgia Workers' Compensation DefenseDoug Lay is an attorney based in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, and is the managing partner of Kissiah & Lay and practices throughout the state in the field of workers’ compensation law representing employers and insurers. He is also the co-author of the two-volume hardbound treatise, Kissiah & Lay's Georgia Workers’ Compensation Law (Lexis/Nexis Publishing) that is currently in its fourth edition and is a contributing author of The Complete Guide to Medicare Secondary Payer Compliance (Lexis/Nexis Publishing) and is a contributing author of Workers' Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis (Matthew Bender Publishing) and is a member of the Larson’s National Workers’ Compensation Advisory Board. He attended the University of South Carolina at the Spartanburg and Columbia campuses and graduated with a B.S. degree. He graduated with a J.D. degree from Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Georgia where he was a member of the Mercer Law Review and Mercer Moot Court Board. He is an attorney instructor for the Georgia Certified Workers’ Compensation Professional Program. He is a frequent author and speaker for a variety of continuing legal education and business audiences, including the State Board of Workers’ Compensation; the State Bar of Georgia; the Annual Worker’s Compensation Advanced Seminar for Workers’ Compensation Attorneys and Lorman Business Services. He is a graduate of The United States Army Airborne School and The United States Army Officer Basic Course for both the Signal Corps and Judge Advocate General Corp (JAG) and served as a commissioned officer as a JAG Officer with the United States Army Reserve in Georgia. He is a member of the Georgia bar and is admitted to practice before the Georgia State Courts, Georgia Court of Appeals and Supreme Court, and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.