Greetings from the President By Shannon Bruno Bishop Happy New Year! It was a pleasure meeting so many of you at the NAWCJ 2021 Judicial College. The weather was fabulous and the sessions were interesting and informative. I want to thank the Honorable Ken Switzer and his Curriculum Committee, as well as […]
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By Wesley G. Marshall NWCJ Moot Court Committee Chair The 2021 Earl T. Zehmer Moot Court Competition preliminary rounds are complete. The program was a smashing success. The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to present significant challenges for many educational programs. But the Moot Court organizers, with widespread support from the NAWCJ, managed a complex […]
By Judge Michael W. Alvey Chairman, Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Board Owensboro, KY In early 2021, the NAWCJ board of directors approved the establishment of the NAWCJ Hall of Fame to recognize members and former members of the organization for their contributions to the adjudicative processes in the resolution of workers’ compensation claims. […]
Orlando, FL, December 13, 14, and 15, 2021 https://www.nawcj.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/CollegeBrochure-final.pdf. By Honorable David B. Torrey Workers’ Compensation Judge Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Pittsburgh, PA The National Association convened its annual Judiciary College in Orlando, December 13 thru 15 of this year. As always, our group’s meetings and educational sessions were held in conjunction with […]
[Please do not circulate outside your agency.] By Honorable David B. Torrey Workers’ Compensation Judge Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry Pittsburgh, PA Four workers’ compensation topics dominated in state legislatures over the last year or so. These were the compensability of, and other issues surrounding, illness resulting from COVID-19 exposure; how and when mental […]
College of Workers’ Compensation Inductees Judges Doug Gott (KY), Shannon Bruno-Bishop (LA), Randy Cohen (CT) and Noma Gurich (OK) attended the dinner and were inducted as Fellows into the College of Workers’ Compensation meeting in Orlando in December 2021. New ALJ in Texas In October 2021, Lindsay Wallace joined the Texas Department of Insurance, Division […]