Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers

What Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers does

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers (commonly Swift Currie) is a privately held limited liability partnership organized in Georgia and headquartered at 1420 Peachtree Street NE in Atlanta. Founded in 1949 by Glover McGhee and Warner S. Currie, the firm adopted its current name on October 1, 1965, after the 1958 Smith & Swift and Currie, McGhee & Weltner merger and the later addition of James B. Hiers, Jr. as a named partner. The firm operates in the Southeast United States with three offices: its Atlanta headquarters, a Birmingham, Alabama office opened on October 1, 2015, and a Savannah, Georgia office opened on April 16, 2026. Ownership is entirely partner-held, with no parent company or external institutional investors.

The firm is the largest litigation-only law firm in Georgia and one of the 300 largest law firms in the United States, employing over 150 attorneys and 200 staff for more than 350 total employees. It delivers litigation defense exclusively, structured across 26+ practice areas including workers' compensation, general liability, automobile litigation, medical malpractice, professional liability, employment litigation, products liability, commercial litigation, insurance coverage, bad faith, appellate, construction law, trucking and transportation, premises liability, catastrophic injury and wrongful death, first-party property insurance, arson and fraud, governmental liability, nursing home/LTC, subrogation, surety, sexual abuse/assault, environmental, dram shop, and governmental relations. Its core information assets include the authored treatise 'Georgia Workers' Compensation Law and Practice' and the Insurance chapter contribution to Mercer Law Review's Annual Survey of Georgia Law. The firm has been recognized on the U.S. News - Best Lawyers 'Best Law Firms' list, the Atlanta Business Chronicle Top 50 Atlanta Law Firms list, and repeatedly named a Best Place to Work in Atlanta.

Swift Currie generates revenue through professional fees for litigation representation, billed via standard hourly or fixed-fee arrangements common to the legal services industry (pricing details are not publicly disclosed). Its go-to-market model is enterprise field sales: direct attorney-client relationships built through the regional offices serving corporate buyers, with primary customer segments including insurance carriers and intermediaries, employers and self-insureds, national retail chains, and food service providers. Marketing is conducted through professional channels including client alerts, attorney-authored publications, educational seminars, on-demand webinars, and social media (LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram). The firm supplements client development with a Resource Center (legal publications, WC calculators, cheat sheets), a Summer Associate Program recruiting from Georgia State, Mercer, and University of Georgia, and an internal Swift Currie University professional development program.

Name

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers

Legal name

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers, LLP

Website

https://swiftcurrie.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1949

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers is the largest litigation-only law firm in Georgia, with over 150 attorneys across Atlanta, Birmingham, and Savannah offices, defending insurance carriers, employers, self-insureds, national retail chains, and food service providers across 26+ litigation practice areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Litigation Defense Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), All Other Legal Services (541199)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD), Professional Liability (Errors & Omissions) (FSAJADAB)

Keywords

• Litigation defense services
• Workers compensation defense
• Insurance coverage law
• General liability litigation
• Corporate defense law firm

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: Revenue generated through legal representation fees for litigation defense services including workers' compensation, general liability, medical malpractice, and other practice areas

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Swift Currie provides litigation defense representation for employers, insurance carriers, and self-insureds across the Southeast U.S., handling workers' compensation, general liability, medical malpractice, professional liability, products liability, employment, commercial, trucking, premises liability, arson and fraud, subrogation, surety, nursing home, environmental, and other civil defense matters. The firm supplements its core legal services with authored publications and resource tools such as the Georgia Workers' Compensation Law and Practice treatise.

Product overview

Swift Currie is a law firm offering a unified portfolio of litigation defense services exclusively in Georgia and Alabama, with offices in Atlanta, Birmingham, and Savannah. The firm serves employers, insurers, and self-insureds across 26+ distinct practice areas including workers' compensation defense, general liability, medical malpractice, employment litigation, and commercial disputes. The core offering consists of litigation defense services supplemented by a Resource Center (providing the Georgia Workers' Compensation Law & Practice publication, calculators, and cheat sheets) and professional development through Swift Currie University and a Summer Associate Program for recruiting. Named to U.S. News - Best Lawyers' 'Best Law Firms' list and recognized as the largest litigation-only law firm in Georgia.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workers' Compensation Defense Represents employers, insurers, and self-insureds in workers' compensation matters ranging from minor to catastrophic injuries, handling claims disputes, depositions, mediations, hearings, and appellate arguments.
• General Liability Litigation Comprehensive litigation defense services for general liability claims.
• Automobile Litigation Defense representation in automobile litigation matters.
• Medical Malpractice Defense Defense services for medical malpractice claims.
• Professional Liability Legal defense services for professional liability matters.
• Employment Counseling & Litigation Representation in employment discrimination and related litigation matters.
• Products Liability Defense representation in products liability cases.
• Commercial Litigation Civil commercial litigation defense services.
• Insurance Coverage Legal services related to insurance coverage disputes and analysis.
• Bad Faith Litigation Defense services for bad faith insurance litigation.
• Appellate Practice Appellate court representation and brief writing services.
• Construction Law Legal services for construction-related disputes and matters.
• Trucking and Transportation Litigation Defense representation for trucking and transportation companies.
• Premises Liability Defense services for premises liability claims.
• Catastrophic Injury & Wrongful Death Defense representation in catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases.
• First-Party Property Insurance Legal services for first-party property insurance disputes.
• Arson & Fraud Investigation and defense services for arson and fraud cases.
• Governmental Liability Defense services for governmental liability claims.
• Nursing Home/LTC Litigation Defense representation for nursing home and long-term care litigation.
• Subrogation Subrogation legal services.
• Surety Surety-related legal services.
• Sexual Abuse/Sexual Assault Defense Defense representation in sexual abuse and assault cases.
• Environmental Law Legal services for environmental law matters.
• Dram Shop Defense services for dram shop liability claims.
• Governmental Relations Governmental relations and legislative advisory services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Handled hundreds of depositions, mediations, hearings and appellate arguments for clients

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DATA Mentorship ProgramminorOthersThe DATA mentorship program connects leaders in the risk management and workers' compensation industries with students to foster industry growth and diversity. Swift Currie participates as mentors in the program, supporting professional development and diversity initiatives in the industry.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Hall Booth Smith, P.C. Atlanta-headquartered insurance defense and litigation firm with comparable practice breadth across workers' compensation, general liability, medical malpractice, and professional liability, serving the same Southeast carrier and self-insured client base.
• Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP: Atlanta-based litigation firm specializing in insurance defense, coverage disputes, and professional liability with deep carrier panel relationships — directly comparable to Swift Currie's core insurance defense and coverage practice.
• Weinberg, Wheeler, Hudgins, Gunn & Dial, LLC: Atlanta-founded insurance defense firm with a national footprint defending insurers, self-insureds, and corporations in catastrophic injury, professional liability, and coverage matters — overlapping almost entirely with Swift Currie's practice mix.
• Drew Eckl & Farnham, LLP: Atlanta-based litigation defense firm focused on insurance defense, workers' compensation, construction, and transportation, serving carriers and employers across Georgia — a direct peer in both practice and geography.
• Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP: Atlanta-headquartered full-service firm with significant insurance defense, coverage, and litigation practices serving Southeast corporate and insurance clients — comparable in geography and carrier relationships, broader in non-litigation offerings.
• Bovis, Kyle, Burch & Medlin, LLC: Atlanta-based insurance defense firm focused on workers' compensation, general liability, and commercial transportation — a smaller but directly comparable Southeast insurance defense competitor.

Regional players

• Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP: Georgia-based litigation firm with a strong insurance defense and personal injury practice serving similar carrier and self-insured clients, though with a broader plaintiff-side history that differentiates it from Swift Currie's pure defense posture.
• Thames Reardon & Marmaro LLC: Smaller Atlanta insurance coverage and bad-faith defense boutique serving carriers and self-insureds — overlaps directly with Swift Currie's insurance coverage and bad faith litigation practices but at a meaningfully smaller scale.

Broad incumbents

• King & Spalding LLP: Atlanta-founded global Am Law firm with large insurance coverage and litigation practices serving many of the same national insurance carrier clients — broader and more international, but overlapping in insurance defense mandates.
• Alston & Bird LLP: Atlanta-headquartered Am Law firm with substantial insurance, litigation, and employment practices — serves many of the same enterprise insurance and corporate clients as Swift Currie, though with a much broader national footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/SwiftCurrie
• Facebookfacebook.com/scmhlaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/swift-currie-mcghee-&-hiers
• Instagraminstagram.com/swift.currie

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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