About Ben Copeland

Ben Copeland is an attorney at Montlick Injury Attorneys in Georgia, focused on workers' compensation and personal injury litigation since 2008.

Copeland brings perspective from both plaintiff and defense backgrounds, having represented insurance companies and employers before transitioning to injured worker advocacy at Montlick in 2015.

He earned his Juris Doctor from Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law, where he received the CALI Award for Legal Research. He also holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Alabama and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alabama.

He is admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, Georgia Court of Appeals, Georgia Supreme Court, and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. He is a member of the State Bar of Georgia's Workers' Compensation Section.

He has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in Workers' Compensation (2018) and to the National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Attorneys (2022). He spoke on Evidentiary Essentials at the 2025 Georgia Workers' Compensation CLE in Jekyll Island.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Montlick Injury Attorneys

These results are credited to Montlick Injury Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$14 millionVerdict

A DeKalb County jury awarded $14 million for the wrongful death of a six-year-old boy killed when the car he was riding in ran a stop sign into a pickup, with Montlick's Bill Parker representing the boy's father.

State Court of DeKalb County, GA (Decatur) · 2023Wrongful DeathRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Alabama
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Georgia, admitted 2008
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
State Bar of Georgia (Workers' Compensation Section)

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers Rising Stars in Workers' Compensation (2018)
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Attorneys (2022)
CALI Award for Legal Research (Mercer Law)

Other attorneys at Montlick Injury Attorneys

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Atlanta firms

Fried Goldberg LLC
Fried Goldberg LLC
$21 Million Settlement for Pedestrian Who Lost Both Legs to Hit-and-Run Tractor-Trailer in Cobb County
Bell Law Firm
Bell Law Firm
$75 Million Verdict for Man Left Locked In After ER and Radiology Missed His Brain Stem Stroke
Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys
Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys
$1 Billion Verdict for Rape Victim Assaulted by Unlicensed Armed Security Guard
Butler Kahn
Butler Kahn
$162 million · Sober Living Van Fire on I-85 Ends in $162 Million Settlement
Butler Prather LLP
Butler Prather LLP
$2.53 Billion Ford Super Duty Roof Crush Verdict for a Georgia Couple

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.