Celia Sunne's Biography
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Following graduation from Randolph-Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia, Celia Sunne worked in Washington, D.C. for two years. Attending law school was always her intent but she decided a couple years away from academics and in the real world would only benefit her perspective on life and people. After two years in Washington, D.C. she attended Walter F. George School of Law in Macon, Georgia. Ms. Sunne spent the first three years of her law career working in the area of insurance defense. She worked for a medium size firm in Jacksonville, Florida and then moved to Atlanta where she continued her work in insurance defense with Swift, Currie, McGhee & Hiers. Her work with both of these firms was primarily in the area of workers’ compensation.In 1992 she decided that her passion was much more aligned with representing injured workers. She left the insurance defense practice and began representing the injured in workers’ compensation and personal injury claims. Ms. Sunne was a partner with the law firm of Tillman & Associates until she decided to leave and start her own firm in September 1999. While working with her former firm she and her current partner, John Paul LaBouff, found that they shared a similar philosophy about how to best represent the injured worker. They formed Sunne & LaBouff in October 1999 and have continued to practice exclusively in the area of workers’ compensation and in a manner congruent with their personal philosophies. Ms. Sunne is a Board member of the Workers’ Compensation section of the Atlanta Bar. She is involved in committee work for the Women In The Profession section of the Atlanta Bar. She is also a member of the International Society of Holistic Lawyers.

John Paul LaBouff studied politics and philosophy at the University of California Santa Cruz, from which he graduated in 1989. He received his law degree from Santa Clara University, in Santa Clara California, in 1992. He has practiced in the area of workers’ compensation and personal injury since graduating from law school. John Paul is licensed in both Georgia and California. John Paul has lived and practiced law in Georgia since 1995. He is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association’s Doctor/Lawyer Professional Association committee, which works to promote a positive and educated relationship with physicians who treat injured workers. He is also a Board member of the Sole Practitioner/Small Firm section of the Atlanta Bar Association. Challenging medical cases, particularly in workers’ compensation cases, are what John Paul most enjoys in his practice. He is also interested in medical ethics, and wrote a paper for the Santa Clara Computer and High Technology Law Journal about the constitutionality of choosing unproven medical treatment. John Paul likes baseball and cooking. He also likes music, and spends more money than he should buying CDs. John Paul has been married to his wife, Michele, for ten years and has a four year old son named Nolan.