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, a member of the LexisNexis California Workers' Compensation Editorial Board, and a member of the Larson's National Workers' Compensation Advisory Board.