By Judge Suzette Carlisle Flowers, Board Member NAWCJ, Liaison to Spirit to Serve Committee GKTW Service Day 2023 brought people together throughout the workers’ compensation industry with one goal – putting a smile on the faces of critically injured children and their families through adventures at GKTW Village. This year, 561 individuals and ninety-eight […]
TEXAS Hsin-Wei Luang has joined the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) as an administrative law judge (ALJ) in the DWC’s Austin Field Office. She graduated from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with an aerospace engineering degree. She then went to St. Mary’s Law School, where she originally intended to work for […]
Greetings from the President By Pamela B. Johnson Tennessee Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims Knoxville, TN As you know, the NAWCJ is an organization focused on education, collaboration, and networking opportunities. In early March, we held our New Judges’ Virtual Boot Camp, where 38 new adjudicators learned from experienced judges and legal experts on matters […]
By Edward K. Cheng [1] Heidi H. Liu [2] Henry Z. Wang [3] In the April 2023 issue of Lex & Verum, Judge Thomas Wyatt from Tennessee raises the question of applying (or not applying) the rules of evidence in workers’ compensation proceedings. In this Essay, we broaden and build on Judge Wyatt’s comments […]
By Committee Chair – Jacqueline B. Steele NAWCJ Moot Court Committee Chair VOLUNTEER JUDGES NEEDED FOR ZOOM! It is that time of year again judges and we are pleased to announce that we have successfully fielded 26 student competitor teams from 17 different law schools for our annual moot court competition. Our Preliminary Rounds will […]
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Save The Date! By Pamela B. Johnson Tennessee Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims Knoxville, TN NEXT LUNCH AND LEARN: The NAWCJ will hold its next one-hour Lunch and Learn program on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The June discussion will focus on Repetitive Use Injuries. Join your fellow NAWCJ judges and […]
By Timothy W. Conner Judge, Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Knoxville, TN According to preliminary results released by the U.S. Census Bureau in December 2020, there are approximately 332.6 million people living in America.[1] Most Americans live in what are defined as “urban,” or densely-populated, areas while a minority live in what are defined as […]
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By Kevin Berkowitz Administrative Law Judge Industrial Commission of Arizona Over a three-day period, new workers’ compensation judges, including myself, gained invaluable insight from the 2023 new judges’ virtual boot camp. Although the 2023 bootcamp was virtual, which decreased the opportunity to meet each other on a more personal basis, the boot camp […]
By Suzette Carlisle Flowers, Ph.D. Administrative Law Judge Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation NAWCJ presidents devote their time, vision, energy, and creativity to advancement of the organization, as members, committee chairs, secretary, treasurer, president-elect, and as president. After years of service, the fast and furious pace abruptly ends. But what happens to past presidents […]
By Douglas W. Gott Chief Administrative Law Judge Kentucky Department of Workers’ Claims I. Overview of MSAs. Congress established the Medicare program in 1965 to pay medical expenses for the elderly and disabled. It paid those expenses without regard to whether the treatment was also covered by an employer group health plan. Congress […]