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Harsinie Panditaratne

Workers Compensation Law

1055 Westlakes Dr suite 300, Berwyn, PA 19312, USA

Harsinie is the founding member of HP Law. Harsinie focuses her Workers' Compensation practice on representing the self-insured and captive Employers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Harsinie's representative clients are in the construction, manufacturing, distribution, and temporary staffing industries. She has successfully litigated Claim, Review, Modification, Suspension, and Termination Petitions before Workers’ Compensation Judges, the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, and the Commonwealth Court. She recently defended an Employer against an ultimately dismissed Supreme Court appeal and successfully obtained a Section 20 Settlement while maintaining her client’s Section 40 lien rights. Harsinie is a highly sought-after lecturer and has delivered presentations and seminars across the country on Workers' Compensation laws. She recently presented Whose Claim Is It Anyway: Protecting Your Business from Claims from Uninsured Business Partners. Her other seminars include presentations on Medical Marijuana and Workers’ Compensation, Exceptions to the Workers' Compensation Act, Protecting Your Company from Litigation, and a three-part series on OSHA and Temporary Staffing Worker Initiatives. She has also presented seminars on Workers' Compensation Fraud and the Real Cost of a Workers' Compensation Fatality Claim.

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Herbert Chestnut

Workers Compensation Law

Savannah, GA 31406, USA

Herbert Chestnut received his undergraduate degree from Georgia Southern University in 1979. He received his doctorate degree in 1982 from the Walter F. George school of law at Mercer University, graduating in the top 20% of his class. He is a three-time winner of Georgia Workers' Compensation Attorney of the Year and received the AV Preeminent rating. This rating is based on peer reviews from other attorneys, with only 10% of all attorneys holding this rating. He was admitted to the Savannah Bar Association in 1982 and the Bar of the United States Supreme Court in 1987. Mr. Chestnut moved his practice from Atlanta to Savannah in 2021 to concentrate on longshore claims and Georgia workers' compensation claims. He has expanded his practice to include social security, consumer protection, and fair debt collection.

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Illene Feldmeier

Workers Compensation Law

5700 S Quebec St, Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Ilene Feldmeier?s practice primarily focuses on representing employers and insurance clients in workers? compensation claims in Arizona, Colorado, and Idaho. She has litigated hundreds of workers? compensation cases and prevailed on many appellate cases. Ilene represents employers and insurance carriers in all aspects of workers? compensation claims. Ilene also assists clients with employment law issues including resignations, termination, release of claims, and ADA considerations. She graduated from Missouri State University with a Bachelor?s degree in Entertainment Management in 2002. Ilene graduated from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in December 2007 and passed the Colorado Bar in February 2008.

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James Aspell

James Aspell

Featured Lawyer

Workers Compensation Law

40 Stanford Drive, 1st Floor, Farmington, CT 06032

James F. Aspell is the principal and managing attorney of the firm which he started in 2006 following 20 years of litigation practice in a mid -size firm in Hartford, Connecticut. Jim focuses his practice in the areas of worker's compensation and personal injury litigation, insurance subrogation law, social security disability law, personal bankruptcy, and residential real estate. Recognized by judges, Commissioners, and attorneys, Jim has been Peer Rated for his legal ability and ethics by Martindale Hubbell and has successfully brought and defended hundreds of cases at the trial and appellate level before the Connecticut Worker's Compensation Commission, and in Connecticut State , Federal and Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Courts. Jim has been designated as a Board Certified Connecticut Worker's Compensation Specialists by the Standing Committee on Specialty Certification of the Connecticut Bar Association since the inception of the program. He has held the coveted Recommended Insurance Attorney designation from the A.M. Best Company since 2005 in recognition of his work in the defense of worker's compensation matters for various insurers, third party administrators and Connecticut municipalities. Jim was admitted to practice in the State and Federal Courts of Connecticut in 1986, The Mashantucket Tribal Court in 1991 and the United States Supreme Court in 1992. Jim is a 1986 graduate of Western New England College School of Law and a 1983 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University. He has served as an adjunct faculty member in the field of Aviation Law at the University of New Haven . He is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association and a member of the Worker's Compensation Section of the Association. Jim is also a member of the Hartford County Bar Association and has served for many years on the Legal -Medical Committee. He is a member of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, the National Association of Social Security Claimant's Representatives (NOSSCR) and the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (NACBA). He is a past member of the Defense Research Institute. Jim is the Past- President of the Connecticut River Chapter of the Ohio Wesleyan Alumni Association and has served as President and in various other capacities in the Dynamic Networking Association. He has served the community as a coach and referee for the West Hartford Youth Soccer League and as Assistant Cub Master of Pack 145 in West Hartford. He is a USSF certified soccer referee and holds a 50-gross ton Master's license from the United States Coast Guard. He is a life-long resident of West Hartford where he resides with his wife and 3 children. Outside of the office Jim enjoys sailing, travel and cooking.

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James L. Schmerbauch

James L. Schmerbauch

Distinguished Lawyer

Workers Compensation Law

2400 E. Katella Ave., 440, Anaheim, CA 92806

James “Jim” Schmerbauch is the Lead Attorney of JML Law’s Workers’ Compensation Group. Jim is primarily based at the Anaheim office of JML Law and has practiced law in California for the last 33 years. He has practiced exclusively in Workers’ Compensation for over 17 years, first on behalf of insurance companies defending workers’ injury claims and for the last eight years as an advocate for injured workers and litigating their injury claims at the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Boards. As an advocate for injured workers during the last eight years, Jim has obtained Awards and Settlements of over 20 million dollars for the injured workers he has represented. Many of these awards and settlements included additional benefits provided and paid to clients during and after the litigation of their claims, including retraining via Supplemental Job Displacement benefits, temporary disability, and medical care for their injuries. Jim enjoys spending time with his immediate family, including his wife, daughter, and two grandchildren. Jim is also a reasonably accomplished musician and artist. He plays every weekend for church services, occasional parties, clubs, and restaurants.

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