Top Rated Workers' Compensation Attorney in Los Angeles, CA

Honors/Awards:

• AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell
• Super Lawyers, 2005-present
• Lawyer of the Year, Southern California Applicant’s Attorneys’, 2010
• Best Lawyers – present

Bar/Professional Activity:

• President, Southern California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, 1993-1994
• Legislative Committee, California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, 2000-Present, Continuing
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member
• Vice-President, Southern California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, 1992-1993
• Executive Committee, Workers’ Compensation Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Member
• Board of Governors, Member-At-Large, California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, 1994-1995
• Education Convention Chair, California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, 1995-2001
• California Consumer Attorney’s Association, Member

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Treasurer, Southern California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, 1991-1992
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Director of Education Emeritus, 2012-date
• Director of Education, California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, 2003-2012
• California State Polytechnic University, Advisory Board Member, College of the Extended University in Pomona

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• Rubber Meets the Road – Transforming the Workers’ Compensation en banc Cases Into Real World Applications, October 2009, 12-Hour Seminar
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association Winter Convention, January 1996, Labor Code §5402, The Presumption
• California Orthopedic Association, April 2010, Almarez/Guzman, Applicant Perspective
• Workers’ Compensation Claims Association, February 1996, Featured Speaker on Labor Code §5814
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Summer Convention, June 1996, You As the Defendant – Attorneys Being Sued for Sexual Harassment – Moderator/Co-Speaker
• CAAA U, 15-Week Advanced Course in Workers’ Compensation, Southwest University Lecturer/Moderator
• San Fernando Valley Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation, July 1996, Lecture on Labor Code §5814
• January 2011, California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Moderator, Substance Abuse
• San Francisco Industrial Claims Association, September 10, 1997, Pitfalls and Penalties 
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Workers’ Compensation Section, Penalties, Penalties, Penalties, December 7, 1998
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association Winter 1998, Psychiatric Disabilities, Labor Code §3208.3, Speaker and Moderator
• Loyola School of Law, Workers’ Compensation Class, Guest Lecturer, April 1999
• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Lecture, Penalty, Workers’ Compensation Committee, Fall 1998
• Harbor Area Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, October, 19, 1999, Featured Speaker
• Mexican-American Bar Association, June 1998, Penalties
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association Convention, Sanctions, January 2000
•  Attorney Malpractice Law in California; Glendale University Law Review, 1976
• Medical and Legal Conference for Workers’ Compensation Industry Professionals, The Employer’s and Injured Worker’s Rights and Responsibilities…What Every Employer and Claims Professional Needs to Know, October 2000
• Toward a Standard of Care in Legal Research; Glendale University Law Review, 1977                                  
• Winter Convention, January 2001, Update of §4060-§4062.9 California Labor Code, Palm Springs, California
• How to Handle a Workers’ Compensation Case, Applicant’s Prospective, California Workers’ Compensation Enquirer, 1991
• Southern California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association Chapter, Upcoming Trends in Litigation of L.C. §5814, February 21, 2001
• Psychiatric Injuries Under the New Law, CAAments, 1991
• State of California, Division of Workers’ Compensation, February 21, 2001, Eighth Annual Conference of Education, Irvine, California
• Labor Code Section 5402, a Follow-up, CAAments, Spring 1996, co-author
• California Workers’ Compensation Attorneys’ Association, June 2001
• Did the Lions Really Win? Christian v. WCAB, California Workers’ Compensation Enquirer, Vol. 15, #1, July 1997
• California Defense Attorneys’ Association, Training of the Workers’ Compensation Professional, Lecture, 2001-continuing
• Cleveland Chiropractic College, Lecture, Workers’ Compensation, February, 2002-date continuing
• Zenith Insurance, Lecture, Update on Law, May 2011
• Workers’ Compensation Takes Center Stage at the Supreme Court, CAAments, co-authors Elliot S. Berkowitz/William Herreras, October 1998
• January 2003, California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association Convention, Toxic Mold
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association Convention, L.C. §4662 – LeBoeuf – Is It Still Alive?
• Penalties: To the Millennium and Beyond, California Workers’ Compensation Enquirer, April 1999
• January/February 2004, Law Worm – Understanding New Law
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association Convention, The Master Series, June 2013
• Penalties: To the Millennium and Beyond, Part II, California Workers’ Compensation Enquirer, Volume 17 #1
• October 2004, Law Worm – Putting it All Together, SB 899, 2004 Reform
• Fall 2012 Seminar, Apportionment and Medical Care
• November 2004, Rating Seminar, California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Disneyland, Anaheim, California
• Fall 2013, IMR/UR Seminar, California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Los Angeles, California
• January 2005, Death of Penalties, California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association Convention
• California Society of Industrial Medicine, June 11, 2005, SB 899 Overview, Hot Button Issues
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, 1990 Summer Convention, Topic: Psychiatric Injuries
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association Annual Rating Seminar, December 3-4, 2005
• Southern California Paralegal Training, March 1991, Los Angeles
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Sleep Disorders, January 2006
• Southern California Psychiatric Association, Summer 1991, Psychiatric Injuries Under the New Law
• Workers’ Compensation Claims Association, Highlights and Reviews, March 2006
• Whittier Law School, September 1992, Guest Speaker, Applicant’s Practice
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Things Done Wrong from the Bench, January 2007
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, 1992 Seminar, The First Hundred Days
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Abuse/Sexual Discrimination, January 2007
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, October 1992, QME Seminars
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Most Important Cases, January 2008
• Culver City Bar Association, 1992 Speaker on Workers’ Compensation, November 1992
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Workers’ Compensation Eight-Week Course, UCLA, 2000-2005
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, University III, Moderator/Lecture, Eight sessions, UCLA, 2007
• Southern California Paralegal Training, Spring 1994, Los Angeles
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Bias in the Workplace, Sexual Discrimination, June 2008
• Southern California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Lecture on Penalty, February 15, 1995
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, Most Important Cases, June 2008
• Workers’ Compensation Forum, Speaker, February 24, 1995
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, January 2008, To Sleep, Perchance to Dream, Approach to Sleep Disorders in Workers’ Compensation
• California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association, June 1995, Penalties and Sanctions
• Almarez/Guzman/Ogilvie Seminar, April 2009, Six-Hour Seminar on the New Law, California Applicant’s Attorneys’ Association
• Valley Bar Association, LAVA, November 1995, Labor Code §5814, Changes in Law

Educational Background:

• B.A. Political Science, 1970 Adelphi University
• M.S. Education, 1971, City University of New York