Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP, is pleased to announce that Mike Rosetti has been named managing partner, effective Jan. 1, 2022, to lead the firm’s operations and over 160 attorneys in Georgia and Alabama. Rosetti succeeds Terry Brantley in this role who, after six years as managing partner, will remain with the firm and return to his practice full-time.

“It is a true honor to be entrusted with taking the reins of leadership for our well-respected firm and the unmatched legal talent in our Atlanta and Birmingham offices,” Rosetti said. “We are all extremely grateful for Terry’s inspirational leadership over the years, which has built our firm into the largest law firm in Georgia focused solely on litigation, elevated our reputation on a national level and set us on a sustainable path for success. While Terry certainly leaves big shoes to fill, I look forward to the opportunity to collaborate with him and the rest of our team to continue along the path he paved.”

 “Mike has been a recognized leader within our industry and our firm for years, and we are fortunate to have his visionary leadership in this role,” said Brantley. “I’m grateful for the amazing team at Swift Currie that was incredibly supportive throughout my tenure as managing partner. As we look forward to the challenges and opportunities the future has in store, such as our upcoming relocation to Pershing Park Plaza in Atlanta, we are all excited for the success Mike’s guidance will continue to bring for our clients and firm.”

 Rosetti is a member of Swift Currie’s executive committee and has held several positions of leaderships in the insurance and legal industries. He serves on the board of directors for the Atlanta Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section, is a past member of the Legal Steering Committee of the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation and is a Fellow of the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers. He is a past co-chair of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education in Georgia – Workers’ Compensation Law Institute and has spoken at more than 50 professional and trade association conferences.

 In the community, Rosetti’s leadership extends to pro bono and charitable work, including his work with Kids’ Chance of Georgia, an organization that provides scholarship awards to children whose parents have been injured in work accidents. He is the past chair of the organization’s most profitable fundraising dinner and silent auction. He also serves on the board for Holiday Helping Hands which provides holiday cheer for children whose parents have been injured in industrial accidents.

 In addition to his leadership roles with the firm, Rosetti’s legal practice focuses on defending insurers and self-insured businesses in workers’ compensation claims. He has successfully resolved through litigation or settlement more than 1,000 claims on behalf of clients, which range from small businesses to some of the most recognizable Fortune 500 companies across industries.

Rosetti earned his undergraduate degree from the State University of New York at Albany and his law degree from St. John’s University School of Law.

 Brantley returns full-time to his civil litigation practice, which focuses on defending clients facing a broad range of disputes. He counsels corporate entities, individuals and insurers, including international auto manufacturers, Fortune 500 retailers, national insurance providers, preeminent consumer and commercial product manufacturers, national restaurant and hospitality companies and trucking and logistics services companies. Brantley has been recognized with a number of statewide and national honors, including America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators, the Premier 100 Designation from the American Academy of Trial Attorneys, Premises Liability Attorney of the Year in Georgia by the Global Law Experts and the Premises Liability Attorney of the Year in Georgia by Corporate International Magazine. He is active with several industry organizations, including the PLAC (formerly the Product Liability Advisory Council), Network of Trial Law Firms, Defense Research Institute (DRI), Lawyers Club of Atlanta and Georgia Defense Lawyers Association (GDLA). 

Brantley earned his undergraduate degree from Jacksonville University and his law degree from the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University.