Workers’ Compensation

The California State Bar requires all licensed attorneys to participate in 25 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) every three years. In one day, attendees at this conference will receive CLE credit for all six of these “special” credit CLE hours. The speakers for each of the five panels in this conference have been carefully selected as noted experts in their field. Read more

Program package includes 4.0 Hours of Legal Ethics Credit, 1.0 Hour of Competence Issues, 1.0 Hour of Recognition and Elimination of Bias, program materials, continental breakfast and lunch. Saturday, January 11, 2020 Onsite registration available! Hyatt Newport Beach1107 JamboreeNewport Beach, CA Schedule | Essential Info | Brochure The California State Bar requires all licensed attorneys to participate in 25 hours of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) every three years. Six of those hours must be in the following areas as follows:… Read more

Don’t be caught by surprise! Have you had a case where you were certain you would have a “take nothing,” just to have the Board find you did not have substantial evidence? Worse yet, then you have to explain to your client why the Board is ordering additional medical reports. Read more

Take a peek at the photos taken at the 2019 Steve Jimenez Memorial Special Recognition Awards Reception at the California Lawyers Association Annual Meeting in Monterey. Read more

Governor Newsom has now signed SB 542, a bill which creates a rebuttable presumption that firefighters and certain peace officers diagnosed with PTSD have incurred an industrial injury. Read more

Since the Kite decision issued in 2013, there have been a number of cases, nearly all Board Panel Decisions, which have discussed the issue of adding versus combining of disabilities. None of the cases that I have found consider whether or not the reasoning in Kite was sound. From the defense perspective, the reasoning in the case just never made sense to me. Read more

It is with great excitement and pride that I have assumed the role of Chair of the Executive Committee of the Workers’ Compensation Section of the California lawyers Association.my Term Runs from October 12th of this year for one year. I have been privileged to be a part of the executive committee as it transitioned from functioning as part of the State Bar of California to its new role as a section within the newly formed California Lawyers Association. Read more

Take a peek at the photos taken at the 2018 Steve Jimenez Memorial Special Recognition Awards Reception at the California Lawyers Association Annual Meeting in San Diego. Read more

Take a peek at the photos taken at the 2017 Steve Jimenez Memorial Special Recognition Awards Reception at the Sections Convention in San Diego. Read more

I have been involved as an applicant’s attorney, judge pro-tem, arbitrator, mediator, writer, lecturer and volunteer in this system since 1974. I have represented uninsured employers and have advised the Legislature regarding reform and legislation. I am currently the incoming Chair of the California Lawyers’ Association Workers’ Compensation Section’s Executive Committee. I care deeply about the integrity and reputation of our area of legal practice and of the practitioners involved in the daily processing and litigation of Workers Compensation cases. Read more