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7 distinguished workers compensation law attorneys in Pennsylvania, each reviewed by the Lawyers of Distinction Selection Committee.

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Anthony Vellner

Workers Compensation Law

215 West Broad Street, 1st Floor, Bethlehem, PA 18018

Anthony R. Vellner, Esquire, has been representing injured workers in workers' compensation and Social Security Disability (SSDI and SSI) cases since 1991. Tony believes in providing his clients with personal and local service, something that is only possible in a small firm such as ours. As an experienced injury and disability lawyer, he personally handles each case from start to finish, speaks with each client directly and provides representation in court. He is highly knowledgeable about the laws, their processes and procedures, and the obstacles clients will face.

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Harsinie Panditaratne

Workers Compensation Law

1055 Westlakes Dr, Suite 300, Berwyn, PA 19312

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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Larry Pitt

Workers Compensation Law

409 S. 20th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146

arry Pitt, Esq., founder of Larry Pitt & Associates of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1977, after attending Temple University for both undergraduate college and law school. He established Larry Pitt & Associates in 1981, focusing on the practice of workers compensation litigation, Social Security disability claims, and personal injury law.

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Workers Compensation Law

P.O. Box 61680, Harrisburg, PA 17106

Larry Barone has conducted a worker’s compensation and general liability practice since 1993. Larry is Certified as a specialist in the practice of workers’ compensation law by the Pennsylvania Bar Association Section on Workers’ Compensation Law as authorized by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He spent the early years of his practice representing only injured workers and plaintiffs. He has the unique prospective of having represented employers and insurance carriers in litigating, negotiating and settling worker’s compensation and civil litigation matters for nine years. Since joining Freeburn Hamilton in 2005, Barone has resumed his practice of only representing injured workers and plaintiffs. In addition to his worker’s compensation experience, Larry has also taken auto, medical malpractice, product liability and premise lawsuits to trial. A graduate of Dickinson College and Ohio Northern University College of Law, Larry is a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar. In addition, Larry is licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, The United States District Courts for the Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He has also been a lecturer for the Pennsylvania Association for Justice and the National Business Institute. Barone has been a member of Widener University School of Law’s faculty for their Intensive Trial Advocacy Program.

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Matthew Wilson

Workers Compensation Law

1818 Market Street, 35th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103

MATTHEW L. WILSON is a partner at Martin Law and has practiced Pennsylvania workers’ compensation law exclusively for more than 25 years. He started his career representing agencies with the City of Philadelphia, major insurance carriers and self-insured corporations. After Mr. Wilson’s affiliation with two major defense firms, he was recruited by his partners in 1993 to protect the rights of injured workers. In the spring of 2015, Mr. Wilson became a certified specialist in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation by the PA Bar Association’s Section on Workers’ Compensation Law as authorized by the PA Supreme Court.* He frequently lectures to other lawyers, doctors and insurance groups on workers’ compensation in a variety of subject areas. For the last 12 years he has co-authored the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Workers’ Compensation Practice and Procedure Manual, which is known among attorneys and judges as the “bible” on workers’ compensation law. Since 1997, Mr. Wilson has been a featured speaker at the biennial “Tough Problems in Workers’ Compensation” seminar. He has also presented multiple lectures at the spring and fall meetings of the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Section as well as the statewide biannual practice and procedure program. Mr. Wilson has served on the Workers’ Compensation Law Section Council of the Pennsylvania Bar Association since 2007 and is a past Chair of the organization. He is an active member of the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Associations as well as the Workplace Injury Litigation Group. Wilson was inducted into The College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers in 2011. He is a member of the committee that implemented and manages a ground breaking certification process for Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorneys. In 2017, Mr. Wilson was named Best Lawyers 2017 Workers Compensation Law - Claimants, “Lawyer of the Year” in Philadelphia.

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Harsinie Panditaratne

Workers Compensation Law

1055 Westlakes Dr, Suite 300, Berwyn, PA 19312

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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Katherine Bavoso

Workers Compensation Law

409 Park View Dr, Harrisburg, PA 17110, USA

Attended the University of Florida for undergraduate and Dickinson School of Law at Penn State University for law school. Has been practicing solely workers' compensation for over 17 years. Represents insured's and self-insured's. Practices in front of Workers' Compensation Judge's, Workers' Compensation Appeal Board and the Commonwealth Court. Has been named a Rising Star Super Lawyer, and a Local Legal Leader. Current Chair of the Workers' Compensation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Serves on the Certification Committee and Membership Committee. Lectured at several seminars including most recently Tough Problems in Workers' Compensation, The Pennsylvania Bureau Conference, Pennsylvania Fall Section Meeting and Best Practices in Workers' Compensation. A.V. Pre-eminent Rating with Martindale.

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