ROTSEN DARA “CHINNY” LAW
Chinny Law is committed to advocating for injured workers with compassion, honesty, and integrity. She is known for creating personalized litigation plans for her clients and maintains relationships with them well past the resolution of their cases. Her background as a workers’ compensation paralegal, conflict resolution scholar, and teacher uniquely equips her to empathize with clients, draft creative solutions, and effectively communicate with adverse parties.
Mrs. Law exclusively handles workers’ compensation cases. She has litigated matters before the Trial Division and the Appellate Division of the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation. Additionally, she has extensive experience negotiating with insurance companies through the Board’s Alternative Dispute Resolution and private mediation processes.
Deeply committed to Georgia’s working class, Mrs. Law has received local and national accolades for her commitment to injured workers. For seven (7) consecutive years, she has been recognized on the Georgia Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers Magazine, a designation based on peer review. She was also named a Rising Star by the Labor and Employment and Tort, Trial, and Insurance Practice Sections of the American Bar Association, and is the recipient of the Ingrid Rosenthal Leadership Scholarship, awarded by the Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG).
Mrs. Law currently serves on the State Bar of Georgia’s Board of Governors (member at large) and the Wellness Committee. She currently sits on multiple boards, including the Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA), the Atlanta Bar’s Workers’ Compensation Board (Philanthropy Chair), and Side by Side Brain Injury Clubhouse. She frequently lectures on workers’ compensation law and attorney well-being. Her latest article can be found in the Fall 2024 edition of Verdict, the Georgia Trial Lawyer Association’s (GTLA) magazine.
Mrs. Law is first-generation Filipina American, and a proud “Grady baby.” She graduated from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School in 2014. She attended Kennesaw State University for undergrad and graduate school. She received her Master of Science in Conflict Management in 2008 and graduated as an Honors Scholar. Outside the office, she enjoys tennis, strength-training, and hiking with her husband and rescue dogs.
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
- Rising Star, Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association, 2024
- Rising Star honoree, the Annual List of Top Attorneys in Georgia, Super Lawyers, 2019 – 2024
- Graduate, Leadership Advancement Program (LAP), National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, 2022
- Award of Achievement, for outstanding service to the profession and community, Young Lawyers Division, State Bar of Georgia, 2022
- Best Under 40 Award, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, 2020
- Rising Star, for professional excellence in workers’ compensation, Labor and Employment & Tort, Trial, Insurance Practice Sections; American Bar Association, 2019
- Graduate, Leadership, Education, and Advanced Direction (LEAD) Program, Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, 2019
- Award of Achievement, for outstanding service to the profession and community, Young Lawyers Division, State Bar of Georgia, 2019, 2022
- Ingrid Rosenthal Scholarship, for commitment to plaintiff workers’ compensation practice in Georgia, Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group, 2018
- Legal Elite, for recognition as one of the state’s top workers’ compensation attorneys solely based on peer nominations, Georgia Trend, 2018
- Graduate, Young Lawyers Division Leadership Academy, State Bar of Georgia, 2016
- Graduate, Bootcamp for Beginning Lawyers, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, 2016
- Scholarship Recipient, for women law students who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence, leadership, and philanthropy, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, 2014