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Advisory Board Members for Workers' Comp 6/11/2008 2:05:33 PM EST Larson’s National Workers' Comp Advisory Board Members
Larson's National Workers' Compensation Advisory Board is comprised of distinguished experts from around the country.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
 Lex K. Larson is President of Employment Law Research, Inc., Durham, NC, the author of Larson's Workers' Compensation Law, Larson's Workers' Compensation, Desk Edition, Employment Discrimination, Unjust Dismissal, and Employment Screening, all published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender, a member of the North Carolina Industrial Commission Advisory Council, a lecturer in CLE courses, a past Senior Lecturer at Law at Duke University, and a former certified mediator in the North Carolina court system.  Thomas A. Robinson of Durham, NC, is a former workers' compensation defense attorney and research and writing assistant to Professor Arthur Larson, and the primary upkeep editor for Larson's Workers' Compensation Law and Larson's Workers' Compensation, Desk Edition, both of which are published by LexisNexis Matthew Bender.
 Serena Wellen is the Director, Insurance, Health Care & Workers' Compensation, at LexisNexis Matthew Bender, San Francisco, CA.
 Robin E. Kobayashi is the Workers' Compensation Practice Area Lead at LexisNexis Matthew Bender, Van Nuys, CA.
 Stuart D. Colburn is a shareholder with Downs Stanford, Austin, TX. He is the founder and serves as the first Chair of the Workers' Compensation Section of the State Bar of Texas. He is a current Course Director of the SBOT Advanced Workers' Compensation.
 Rebecca A. Shafer is an attorney specializing in risk management, workers’ compensation and litigation management. She was in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 Corporation where she managed claims and litigation. She also developed and led the workers’ compensation risk management consulting practices and training facilities for Marsh and Aon Risk Services. Most recently, she has developed WorkersCompKit, a unique online workers’ compensation tool kit.
 Brad Bleakney is a partner with Bleakney & Troiani in
Chicago, Illinois, where he practices in the area of work related injury claims, Illinois Workers’ Compensation and related third party litigation for accidental work injuries. He is a member of the CBA Chicago Bar Association, ISBA Illinois State Bar Association, WCLA Workers' Compensation Lawyers Association, CBA Committee on Workers' Compensation, and ISBA Workers Compensation Section Council (2006-2007-2008).
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
California
 Melissa C. Brown is a partner at Farrell, Fraulob & Brown, Sacramento, CA, the co-author of Advising Elderly and Disabled Clients (Warren Gorham & Lamont), the past president of the California Applicants' Attorneys Association, an Adjunct Professor and Director of Professional Education Programs, Institute of Laws of Health and Aging, at McGeorge School of Law, and a member of the LexisNexis California Workers' Compensation Editorial Board.
 Roger A. Levy is presently of counsel and former partner with Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi, San Francisco, CA, the Editor-in-Chief of the Defense Base Act and War Hazards Compensation Act Handbook (LexisNexis Matthew Bender), and a member of the LexisNexis Benefits Review Board Service—Longshore Reporter Advisory Board.
 John W. Miller is a defense attorney with Floyd, Skeren & Kelly, Thousand Oaks, CA, a Judge Pro Tempore with the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, the co-author of The California Workers' Compensation Rehabilitation System (MacMillan Publishing Company, 1981), and a member of the LexisNexis California Workers' Compensation Editorial Board.
 Kenneth B. Peterson is the Presiding Workers' Compensation Judge of the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board in Oakland, CA, the Editor-in-Chief of Hanna, California Law of Employee Injuries and Workers' Compensation (LexisNexis Matthew Bender), and a member of the LexisNexis California Workers' Compensation Editorial Board.
 James T. Ponzio is a partner with Mullen & Filippi, Chico, CA, and a member of the LexisNexis California Workers' Compensation Editorial Board.  Merle C. Rabine of San Francisco, CA, was a Commissioner of the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board from April 2000 to January 2007, and the Chairman of the Appeals Board from April 2000 to June 2005.
 Robert G. Rassp is an applicant's attorney with the Law Offices of Robert G. Rassp, Sherman Oaks, CA, and Lake Tahoe, CA, the author of The Lawyer's Guide to the AMA Guides and California Workers' Compensation (LexisNexis Matthew Bender), a current member of the California State Bar Workers' Compensation Law Section Executive Committee, a member of the LexisNexis California Workers' Compensation Editorial Board, and a member of the LexisNexis California Appeals Panel Decisions Advisory Committee.
 Jesse N. Rosen of Los Angeles, CA, is a defense attorney, a former workers' compensation judge, a member of and then advisor to the State Bar California Workers’ Compensation Law Section Executive Committee from 2001 to 2005, and a member of the LexisNexis California Appeals Panel Decisions Advisory Committee.
 Jerome Schreibstein of San Francisco, CA, represents private and public sector employers, primarily in advice and counsel matters, policy drafting and implementation, as well as employment-related disputes, with specific emphasis on compensation (including wage and hour), disability accommodation and management, and trade secret protection.
 Julius Young is a partner with Boxer & Gerson, Oakland, CA, where he represents injured workers, an active blogger on California workers' compensation law at http://www.workerscompzone.com/, and a member of the LexisNexis California Appeals Panel Decisions Advisory Committee.
Colorado
 Richard E. Falcone of Richard E. Falcone, P.C., practices almost exclusively in workers' compensation in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is a member of the workers' compensation section of the Colorado Bar Association and maintains a blog written on injured worker law with comments at Colorado Workers Comp Blog. He also handles Social Security disability cases.
 Stephen C. Embry is a partner of Embry and Neusner, Groton, CT, where he represents claimants in workers' compensation and longshore matters, a member of the LexisNexis Benefits Review Board Service—Longshore Reporter Advisory Board, a past chairman of the American Trial Lawyers Section on Workers' Compensation, a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, and a board member of the Work Place Injury Litigation Group of ATLA.
 Cassandra Faline Roberts is a partner with Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP and head of the firm's Workers' Compensation Section since 1989. Her 27 years in practice have been devoted to cultivating an expertise in Delaware Workers' Compensation Law. Appearing regularly before the DE Industrial Accident Board on behalf of both injured workers, employers, and insurance carriers, her clients include Travelers Insurance, The News Journal, Boscov's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Olsten Temporary Staffing, Access Labor, and City of Lewes. She is the Editor of the Delaware Case Law Update, a quarterly newsletter highlighting recent decisions of the Industrial Accident Board and has been cited by The Best Lawyers in for DE Workers' Compensation for 2003 through 2009 and by Top Lawyers in Corporate Counsel for 2007 through 2009. Cassandra was named one of
Delaware 's Top Lawyers by Delaware Today magazine in 2001 and in 2008 and has the distinction of being the only practitioner ever named a "Top Lawyer" for both the plaintiff and the defense.
 Robert J. Grace, Jr. is a Shareholder and the Vice President of Stiles,
Taylor & Grace, P.A. His area of practice includes civil trial practice, workers' compensation and general insurance defense. He is active in the Florida Bar, where he was a committee member of the Clients' Security Fund from 1997 to 2003, serving as Vice-Chairman during 2002-2003. He is also a member of the Trial Lawyers and Workers' Compensation Sections of The Florida Bar. He is also active in the Florida Defense Lawyers' Association, the Defense Research Institute, the Hillsborough County Bar Association and the American Bar Association, where he is a member of the Litigation Section and the Tort and Insurance Practice Section and the Labor and Employment Law section. He is a frequent lecturer around the country on a variety of legal topics. Mr. Grace is "AV" Rated by Martindale-Hubbell and was recognized by Florida Trend Magazine in 2007 as part of
Florida's Legal Elite.
Georgia
 Richard C. Kissiah, the Managing Partner of Kissiah & Lay in Alpharetta, GA, practices almost exclusively in the field of workers' compensation law, and is a past chairman of the Atlanta Bar Association's Workers' Compensation Section, a member of the board of directors for the Atlanta Medical Association's Medical-Legal Committee, and the author of Kissiah's Georgia Workers' Compensation Law (LexisNexis Matthew Bender).
 Doug McCoy is Principal of McCoy Consulting, Lawrenceville, GA, an independent firm that provides consulting services to stakeholders in the property casualty insurance industry, and the author of Workers' Compensation: The Survival Guide for Business (LexisNexis) (e-publication).
Illinois
 Kim E. Presbrey is managing partner of Presbrey & Associates, Aurora, IL, past President of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, Member of the Board of Governors for the Illinois State Bar Association, member of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Illinois State Bar Association, past Vice President of the Workplace Injury Litigation Group, and past Secretary and current section member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America Workers' Compensation Section.
Indiana
 Richard J. Swanson, an attorney with Macey, Swanson & Allman in Indianapolis, Indiana, is an experienced litigator in all areas of labor and employment law and has represented injured workers throughout the State of
Indiana before the Indiana Worker's Compensation Board for the past 25 years. He is a member of the Indiana Trial Lawyers Association, the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee, the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group and is a past Co-Chair of the Worker's Compensation Committee, ABA Section of Labor and Employment. Currently he is working on a national task force to reconcile the interests of Medicare and injured workers.
 Diana L. Wann of McCray Lavallo Frank & Klingle specializes in workers' compensation defense. She served as the Co-Chairperson of the American Bar Association Workers' Compensation Committee Management, 1998-2002. She also served on the Diversity Committee Liaison, 2000-2002, and was a Committees Management Member, 2002. She is an active member of the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network. She has served on the Board of Kid's Chance of Indiana since 1996 to present.
 H. Edwin Detlie, who practices workers' compensation and social security disability law in Ottumwa, IA (see http://www.detlielawfirm.com/) is the Past President of the Iowa Association of Workers' Compensation Lawyers, a former Administrative Law Judge with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, a sustaining member of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, and a consultant for LexisNexis electronic products, including LexisNexis Total Practice Advantage case management software and LexisNexis Automated Social Security Forms.
Kentucky
 Marcus A. Roland is a Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rated attorney and has practiced law in
Kentucky for over 15 years. He received his B.A. from
Union
College, his M.A. from the
University of
Cincinnati, and his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law. Marc has spent the largest part of his career handling workers’ compensation claims. Roland has represented clients, appeared before Administrative Law Judges and presented arguments to the Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Board, the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the Kentucky Supreme Court in over 1,000 matters. Marc is also a trained mediator, a trained meeting facilitator, and was recognized in 2008 as a featured consultant with HG.org. Roland has presented at a variety of seminars and is the editor of Roland Niemi Law Group’s blog, OUCH! He is a member of the Kentucky Bar Association and the Fayette County Bar Association and is admitted to practice before the
Kentucky courts and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky.
 Denis Paul Juge is a director in the law firm of Juge, Napolitano, Guilbeau, Ruli, Frieman & Whiteley, Metairie, LA, an adjunct professor with the Loyola University School of Law, where he has taught insurance and workers' compensation law, a consultant to the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI), where he's involved with legislative drafting and lobbying efforts on LABI's behalf, and the author of Louisiana Workers' Compensation (LexisNexis Matthew Bender).
Maryland
 Lance G. Montour is a partner of Humphreys, McLaughlin & McAleer, Baltimore, MD, where he handles advanced workers' compensation defense matters, and a contributor to Maryland Workers' Compensation (LexisNexis Matthew Bender).
Massachusetts
 Alan S. Pierce is the former chairperson of the Massachusetts Bar Association's Section on Workers' Compensation Law. In 1995 Governor William Weld appointed him to the Workers' Compensation Advisory Council and he was reappointed in 1998 by Governor A. Paul Cellucci. He has lectured extensively on personal injury and workers' compensation issues for the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education. National Business Institute, Professional Education Systems, Inc., Risk Management Society, Harvard School of Public Health and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, among others. He has written and edited several publications including
Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Law, Workers' Compensation And Law and Workers' Compensation Issues and Answers. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Workers' Compensation and hosts Workers' Comp Matters on the Legal Talk Network.
 Deborah S. Dorland is a partner in the law firm Charfoos, Reiter, Peterson, Jones, Dorland & Hebert, P.C. She attended
Wayne
State
University
Law
School in
Detroit, Michigan and was admitted to the State Bar of Michigan in 1990. Both Ms. Dorland and the firm specialize in the defense of workers’ compensation matters. Her areas of practice include trial practice, appellate practice and subrogation. She has authored various articles and seminar materials on workers’ compensation matters, including a chapter on workers’ compensation in the 1994 and 2004 Editions of “Michigan Public Employment and Labor Relations Law.” She has lectured to many
Michigan organizations on workers’ compensation. She is a member of the Tort & Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association and the Workers’ Compensation Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan. Her professional activities include membership in the Michigan Self-Insurers’ Association and the National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network.
 James A. Reiter is a founding partner of Charfoos, Reiter, Peterson, Jones, Dorland & Hébert. He limits his practice to the defense of Employers in Workers’ Compensation matters and the representation of management in Labor & Employment law. He is a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers and a Fellow of the
College of
Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, where he currently serves on the Board of Governors. He is listed in Best Lawyers in under Workers’ Compensation Law.
 Thomas Kieselbach is a shareholder of Cousineau McGuire. He limits his practice to the defense of Employers in Workers’ Compensation matters and the representation of management in Labor & Employment law. He is a Fellow of the College of Labor & Employment Lawyers and a Fellow of the
College of
Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, where he currently serves on the Board of Governors. He is listed in Best Lawyers in under Workers’ Compensation Law.
 Paul B. Howell is a partner with Franke & Salloum, Gulfport, MS, where he practices primarily in the area of workers' compensation defense under the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Act and the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, and a member of the LexisNexis Benefits Review Board Service—Longshore Reporter Advisory Board.
New Hampshire
 Paul L. Salafia is a shareholder of Devine Millimet, Manchester, NH, where he heads the Workers' Compensation Group representing self-insured companies, trust, and insured employers, and the author of New Hampshire Workers' Compensation Manual (LexisNexis Matthew Bender).
New Jersey
 John E. Kawcyznski is a founding member of Field, Womack & Kawczynski, South Amboy, NJ, where he represents employers and carriers in longshore cases, and is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, as well as the LexisNexis Benefits Review Board Service—Longshore Reporter Advisory Board.
New York
 Ronald E. Weiss is a partner in the workers' compensation defense firm of Hamberger & Weiss, which has offices in Rochester and Buffalo, New York. He is managing partner of the Rochester office. Mr. Weiss has been listed for over 10 years in The Best Lawyers in America in the field of workers' compensation. He serves as the Secretary of The College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers. He is also the co-author of New York Workers' Compensation Handbook (LexisNexis Matthew Bender).
 Ronald Balter is an associate with the firm of Caruso, Spillane, Leighton, Contrastano, Ulaner & Savino, P.C., where he represents injured workers. He is a founding member of the Injured Workers Bar Association. He served as chair of the State Bar’s Tort, Insurance and Compensation Law Section’s Workers’ Compensation Division from 2004 until 2006. Mr. Balter has also served on the Board of Directors of the Society of New York Workers’ Compensation Bar Association since 1988. In 2005 Mr. Balter was named the Workers’ Compensation Attorney of the Year by the Institute for Jewish Humanities. He is also the co-author of New York Workers' Compensation Handbook (LexisNexis Matthew Bender).
 Edgar Romano, a New York City attorney with Brecher Fishman Pasternack Walsh Tilker & Ziegler, was elected in 2008 as President of the Workers Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG). In 2008 Mr. Romano was also elected Vice Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the American Association of Justice (formally ATLA) and continues to serve on the Board of Directors of the Society of N.Y. Workers’ Compensation Bar Association. Mr. Romano has been an active trial lawyer in the area of worker’s compensation and lectures throughout the country to numerous bar associations, unions and medical providers. He is on the Advisory Committee to the World Trade Center Medical Monitoring Program at Mt. Sinai Hospital and is listed in “Who’s Who in American Law".
 Brian J. Caveney M.D., J.D., MPH, serves on the faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at
Duke
University
Medical
Center in
Durham, North Carolina. In addition to educational responsibilities, he provides clinical occupational medical services both at Duke and at several industrial settings; and he provides workers’ compensation, disability, case management, employee wellness and regulatory compliance consulting for several companies in the
Research
Triangle
Park area. Dr. Caveney is the new Editor-in-Chief of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (LexisNexis Matthew Bender).
 Kathleen Shannon Glancy of The Law Offices of Kathleen Shannon Glancy PA, Wilmington, NC, has served as vice president of membership of the Board of Governors and Political Activity Committee and as past chair of the Workers' Compensation Section for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, and is an appointed member of the Advisory Committee for the North Carolina Industrial Commission and contributor to NOSSCR's Social Security Practice Guide (LexisNexis Matthew Bender).
 Bruce Hamilton, a partner with Teague Campbell Dennis & Gorham, has lectured about workers' compensation law at the North Carolina Bar Association's Workers' Compensation Seminars annually since 1997. He has also been a member of the faculty and speaker at continuing legal education programs produced by the North Carolina Association of Self-Insurers, North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, Wake Forest University, North Carolina Institute of Government and Lorman Institute, and at the 2007 seminar entitled "Professionalism for Workers' Compensation Attorneys" jointly sponsored by the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys and North Carolina Association of Trial Attorneys. In addition, Bruce has lectured at each of the North Carolina Industrial Commission's Annual Educational Conferences since 2001, was a council member of the Workers' Compensation Section of the North Carolina Bar Association from 2001 through 2004, has been listed in the 2001-2009 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, and was chosen by his peers to appear in the 2006-2009 editions of North Carolina Super Lawyers.
 Vernon R. Sumwalt of the Sumwalt Law Firm, Charlotte, NC, is a member of the Executive and Amicus Committees of the Workers' Compensation Section of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, the Chair of the Workers' Compensation Section Council of the North Carolina Bar Association (beginning 6/22/2008), the co-author of The Law of Workers’ Compensation in South Carolina (2nd ed. 1998, 3rd ed. 2003, and 4th ed. 2005), and The Law of Automobile Insurance in South Carolina (4th ed. 2000 and 5th ed. 2002), and a contributor to The South Carolina Law of Damages (1st ed. 2004), all published by the South Carolina Bar.
 Philip J. Fulton, of Philip J. Fulton Law Office, Columbus, OH, is past Chairperson of the Franklin County Trial Lawyers Association Workers' Compensation Section, past Chairman (twice) of the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers' Workers Compensation Section, past President of the Ohio Association for Justice (formerly the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers) (2005), an Adjunct Professor at Capital University Law School teaching workers' compensation law, and the author of Ohio Workers' Compensation Law (LexisNexis) and Ohio Workers' Compensation Handbook (LexisNexis).
 Jacque Brawner Dean is Of Counsel at McAfee & Taft, specializing in the representation of employers in workers’ compensation issues. She served as a workers’ compensation judge from 1984 to 1988 and as administrator of the Workers’ Compensation Court from 1982 to 1984. In 2007, she was one of only 39 lawyers nationwide to be inducted as a Fellow of the inaugural class of The College of Workers' Compensation Attorneys established by the American Bar Association. She is also a member of the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network. She has been rated AV® by Martindale-Hubbell and recognized in The Best Lawyers in America.
Pennsylvania
 Charles S. Katz, Jr., a partner with Swartz Campbell LLC in West Chester, PA, frequently lectures on workers’ compensation topics and has moderated many programs for Lorman Educational Services.
 Michael D. Sherman, a partner with Fried, Kane, Walters, Zuschlag & Grochmal, in Pittsburgh, PA, is a defense lawyer in a practice limited to workers' compensation and subrogation, a member of the planning committee for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation Annual Conference, a board member of the Pennsylvania Defense Institute, and a frequent lecturer for workers' compensation topics before professional and private business groups.
South Carolina
 Grady L. Beard is a partner of Sowell, Gray, Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, specializing in workers’ compensation, occupational disease, employment law, and insurance regulatory matters. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Richland County Bar Association, the South Carolina Bar Association, the Georgia Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Educational Association, the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys’ Association, and the National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network. He is currently the vice--chair of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys Association, Workers’ Compensation Section, and has been selected for Best Lawyers in America, 2008-2009, Workers’ Compensation Law.
 Ronald J. Jebaily, founder and senior partner of Jebaily Law Firm in
Florence, South Carolina, practices exclusively in the area of workers’ compensation. He is past president of the Injured Workers’ Advocates of South Carolina, and currently serves as Chair of the Judicial Affairs Committee. Mr. Jebaily is also a past board member of the South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Education Association and currently serves on the Program Committee. Other memberships include the national Workplace Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG), the South Carolina Association for Justice, the American Association for Justice, the South Carolina Bar Association, and the Florence County Bar Association. Mr. Jebaily is admitted to practice before the South Carolina State Courts, the United States District Court for South Carolina, the Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Texas
Stuart D. Colburn is a shareholder with Downs Stanford, Austin, TX. He is the founder and serves as the first Chair of the Workers' Compensation Section of the State Bar of Texas. He is a current Course Director of the SBOT Advanced Workers' Compensation Seminar.
Vermont
 Keith J. Kasper, a Shareholder of McCormick, Fitzpatrick, Kasper & Buchard, PC, is one of
Vermont 's leading workers' compensation lawyers. His expertise has been acknowledged by inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. He lectures frequently not only in
Vermont, but nationally, as well. He authors a quarterly update on
Vermont workers' compensation law. Mr. Kasper is a member of the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network. He also teaches Business Law at the
University of
Vermont. He was editor in chief of the Rutgers Law Review and clerked for Justice Gibson of the Vermont Supreme Court.
Virginia
 Lawrence Pascal is a partner with Ashcraft & Gerel, Alexandria, VA, the Chairman of the Committee on Workers' Compensation of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, where he contributes to the Lawyers Practice Handbook, and the author of Virginia Workers' Compensation: Law and Practice (LexisNexis Matthew Bender).
 Peter M. Sweeny of Leesburg, VA, is a past Chairman of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Workers’ Compensation Section and the author of The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Case Finder.
West Virginia
 Dill Battle, a Member of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, specializes in workers' compensation, employment relations and counseling, general litigation, and commercial litigation. He is a member of the West Virginia State Bar's Workers' Compensation Committee and is listed in The Best Lawyers in for Workers' Compensation law. He is also a member of the National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network and the American Bar Association, Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability Law Committee. He received his B.A. from the
University of
Virginia and obtained his J.D. from West Virginia University College of Law.
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