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Jamie Ratledge is a co-founder and managing partner of Wilson Ratledge as a Raleigh commercial lawyer. Mr. Ratledge advises and defends businesses and corporations in workers’ compensation claims, employment benefit matters, and general commercial litigation. Mr. Ratledge is widely recognized as one of North Carolina’s leading attorneys in the area of workers’ compensation. He has been recognized as one of America’s Top 100 Attorneys, a recognition which is based upon a broad array of criteria, including peer review, third-party research and analysis, professional experience, ethical standards, significant case results, reputation and community impact. Since 2006, he has been recognized as a North Carolina “Super Lawyer” by a national periodical which recognizes the top 5% of the state’s attorneys based upon a statewide poll of practicing attorneys. He was also recognized in the Corporate Counsel Edition as a lawyer for business litigation. He has earned Martindale-Hubbell’s “AV” rating, the highest possible rating from the only nationally recognized rating system for lawyers. Mr. Ratledge is also a DRC Certified Mediator.

Mr. Ratledge graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Arts. While in college, he received the President’s Scholarship and was a Lyndon Banes Johnson Scholar. After graduation, Mr. Ratledge worked for United States Congressman James McClure Clarke in Washington, D.C. Thereafter, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law, where he received his Juris Doctor.

Mr. Ratledge is the developer and editor of Carolina-Comp, the workers’ compensation news service for risk managers. He has lectured and taught extensively on workers’ compensation to state and local governments, industrial and manufacturing associations, business owners and management, risk managers, adjusters, medical professionals and at the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference. His presentations include: Hiring, Return to Work and Termination-Managing the relationship of employer and employee; North Carolina Workers’ Compensation-Preparing for the Worst Case Scenario; The fundamentals of North Carolina Workers’ Compensation-Understanding and Limiting Exposure; North Carolina & South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Symposium-Protocol for Handling Claims; Recent Changes in North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Law; Current Issues in North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Law; Workers’ Compensation Issues for North Carolina Textile Manufacturers and Defending Psychological Workers’ Compensation Claims in North Carolina.

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