Call Us 919-240-4054In Taylor v. Town of Garner, a workers’ compensation case, we have filed a brief with the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Officer Taylor is a veteran of the Garner police force who was injured while providing official inter-agency assistance at an N.C. State football game. The primary issue is whether the Town of Garner is solely liable […]
Valerie Johnson
Valerie speaking at 2009 workers’ compensation CLE on benefits for state employees
Valerie Johnson is speaking at tomorrow’s NCAJ 2009 Workplace Torts and Workers’ Compensation CLE, to be held in Chapel Hill. Valerie’s presentation topic and paper are entitled State Employee Benefits and Workers’ Comp: 2009 Update. One of the significant changes to be discussed is that Corvel Corporation is now the administrator of workers’ comp benefits on behalf […]
Valerie presenting on workers’ compensation and Social Security in Washington, DC
Valerie Johnson is speaking today at a seminar entitled Implications of Developments in Workers’ Compensation for Social Security Disability Insurance. The program is hosted by the Social Security Administration and the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI), and is being hosted at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. Valerie’s specific topic is “Navigating Workers’ […]
Valerie speaking at 2009 WILG conference about workers’ compensation for undocumented workers
Valerie Johnson is speaking at the 2009 annual conference of the Workers Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WLIG), to be held in Denver from October 16-19. WILG is a national non-profit membership organization dedicated to representing the interests of injured workers. Valerie is presenting on the “Hop Topics” panel, and will be discussing recent developments concerning […]
Valerie Johnson appointed to post with AFL-CIO
Valerie Johnson has been appointed to the board of the AFL-CIO Lawyers Coordinating Committee, which is an AFL-CIO affiliated organization of union lawyers from around the country.
Valerie speaks at workers’ compensation CLE on managing a state employee’s workers’ compensation case
At the North Carolina Advocates for Justice CLE, Workers’ Compensation: Maximizing Your Case, Valerie spoke on the topic of representing state employees. She presented a paper entitled “How to Manage a State Employee’s Workers’ Compensation Case.” Summary: North Carolina state employees have benefits available to them when they are entitled to workers’ compensation that must […]