Hon. Neera Ahuja Bahl

State Board of Workers' Compensation

Judge Neera Bahl started her legal career in January 2005. Prior to starting her legal journey, Judge Bahl worked as a Research Specialist in the Pulmonary Department at The University of AL, Birmingham, and later in the Dermatology Department at Emory University, Atlanta. Transitioning to law (after 22 years) in 2005, she joined a small firm and eventually became a named partner in 2007. In 2009, she bought the same firm and founded Neera Bahl & Associates, specializing in all areas of Immigration and Family Law. Renamed One Path Legal in 2018, she sold the practice in 2019 and ran Neera Bahl Legal Consulting, LLC until her Judicial Appointment in August 2020. On August 17, 2020, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp swore Neera Bahl into office as an Appellate Judge and Director of the Georgia State Board of Workers' Compensation. On July 8, 2024, Governor Kemp reappointed Judge Bahl to serve another four-year term in her capacity as Appellate Judge and Director of the State Board of Workers’ Compensation.

Judge Bahl is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award 2010 from Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School as well as the “TIP Volunteer of the Year Award” in 2007. She is the recipient of the Glory of India Award in January 2012 and on the Super Lawyers List for 2012, 2013, and 2014. Ms. Bahl is the 2014 Honoree of the “I Am the Dream: Legends of a New Era” MLK Celebration. In July 2024, she was honored with an award as one of the 25 most influential Asian Americans in Georgia by the Georgia Asian Times. She is a member of several organizations, some of which include the State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), South Asian Bar Association of Georgia (SABA-GA), Georgia Asian Pacific American Bar Association (GAPABA), Multi Bar Legal Council, Georgia Association of Women Lawyers, Georgia Indo American Chamber of Commerce (GIACC), and Cobb Chamber of Commerce. She is a former member of the Lawyers Club of Atlanta. Currently she serves on the Board of SAWCA (Southern Association of Workers’ Comp Administrators) and NAWCJ (National Association of Workers’ Comp Judges)

Judge Bahl served as the Chairwoman of the Regional Advisory Council of the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC-SE) after serving three years as the President of this organization. She also served on the Board of Advisory Council for the Chairman’s Club of Cobb Chamber of Commerce and on the Board of Diversity and Inclusion section of the Chamber. She was appointed by Governor Brian P. Kemp to serve on the Judicial Nominating Commission in January 2019. She was a member of Rotary Club of Marietta until 2021. She was appointed to serve on the Cobb Board of Elections in 2018 for a four-year term. Ms. Bahl strongly believes in giving back to the community and community service. She herself volunteers and helps at least six different volunteer and community service programs.