William H. Rogner was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 14, 1965. “Bill” was a 1987 honors graduate of the Warrington School of Business Administration at the University of Florida. He went on to the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law where he graduated, again with honors, in 1990. While at the University of Florida, Mr. Rogner was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha social fraternity, Florida Blue Key, and the Justice Campbell Thornal National Moot Court Board. After graduation Mr. Rogner practiced briefly with another firm before founding Hurley & Rogner, P.A. in 1992. The firm, now known as HR, Law, P.A., has grown to include six offices and nearly 100 employees. Mr. Rogner became a Florida Bar Board Certified Workers’ Compensation lawyer in 1996. Three years later he achieved Florida Bar Board Certification as an Appellate Lawyer. He continues to represent employers, carriers, and servicing agents in an active trial practice. In addition, he has handled nearly 500 appeals addressing myriad legal issues before the District Courts of Appeal, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal, and the Supreme Court of Florida. Mr. Rogner is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and is annually recognized as a “Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics. He was Chairman of the Florida Bar’s Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar from 2014- 2015 and he was inducted into the Workers’ Compensation Institute’s Hall of Fame in 2018. Mr. Rogner resides with his wife, Carmen, in Orlando. His daughter Sofia is an HR Law associate. His son Nicolas managed to avoid the practice of law. Mr. Rogner is an avid traveler, golfer, and sailor.

Mr. Longo is a partner in the Orlando office. A native Floridian, Mr. Longo has spent his legal career representing Florida’s injured, specializing in the representation of law enforcement and fire fighters. Mr. Longo received his BA from the University of Alabama and JD from St. Thomas University School of Law.

Jeffrey I. Jacobs, a Board-Certified Workers’ Compensation Lawyer, is a Florida Judge of Compensation Claims. He previously practiced workers’ compensation law. Judge Jacobs served as Chair of The Florida Bar Workers’ Compensation Section, President of the Richard A. Sicking Inn of Court, and as a chair and a member of numerous other state and local bar committees. He is a member of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Hall of Fame.

Mark A. Touby is a Board-Certified Workers’ Compensation attorney and the managing partner of Touby, Chait & Sicking, PL in Miami, Florida. Mr. Touby was the lead Trial Counsel and Appellate Co-Counsel in the 2016 landmark case Castellanos v. Next Door Company. He was inducted into the Florida Workers’ Compensation Institute Hall of Fame in 2019. In 2020, he became a fellow of the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers. Mr. Touby is the recipient of the 2021 Justice Anstead Award for The Florida Bar Board Certified Lawyer of the Year.

Mr. Touby currently serves as Chair of Florida Bar Workers’ Compensation Section. He is the immediate past Chair of the Florida Bar’s Workers’ Compensation Board Certification Committee. In 2017, Mr. Touby became a member of the panel counsel for the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). He is a Past-President of the Florida Workers’ Advocates.

Richard S. Thompson is Vice President, Claims-Legal, for Zenith’s Florida operation and has managed the Claims-Legal department in Florida since 2004. He is Board Certified by The Florida Bar as a specialist in Workers'
Compensation law; AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell; and has practiced workers’ compensation law statewide for 25 years, including over nine years of service as a Judge of Compensation Claims in Orlando.  Over his
career, he has tried hundreds of cases as an attorney and has presided over more than 1,500 trials as a judge. Mr. Thompson served as president of the Florida Conference of Judges of Compensation Claims and is a past Chair of the Florida Bar’s Workers’ Compensation Section.

In 2011, he was elected as a Fellow in the College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers, a national organization recognizing the most accomplished workers’ compensation lawyers in the country. He is a frequent lecturer and author on the topic of Florida Workers’ Compensation law and has testified before and at the request of the Florida Legislature regarding workers’ compensation issues.

Education JD, Florida State University College of Law, (1988)
BS (Business), Clemson University, (1985)

Memberships
Florida Conference of Judges of Compensation Claims (1995-2004, President 1999-2001)
Workers’ Compensation Section of the Florida Bar (Executive Council Member 2004 to present, Chair 2010-2011)
Fellow, College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers (2011 to present)
Florida Insurance Council (Board of Directors 2005 to present, Executive Committee 2010-2014)

Dawn received her Bachelor’s degree from Washington & Jefferson College in 1992 and her Juris Doctorate degree from D.C. Law in 1995. She is a member of The Florida Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States. Dawn concentrates her practice in the defense of workers’ compensation, and labor and employment matters. Dawn is the Managing Partner of the Miami/Fort Lauderdale Office of Eraclides, Gelman, Hall, Indek, Goodman Waters & Traverso.

Dawn is a Past Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section of The Florida Bar, a member of the Executive Council of the Workers’ Compensation Section of The Florida Bar and is Continuing Legal Education Chair for the Workers’ Compensation Section of The Florida Bar. Dawn has been named as a Fellow in the prestigious National College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers. She is a member of the Broward County, Dade County and Monroe County Bar Associations.

Dawn is certified by The Florida Department of Financial Services as an instructor in Workers’ Compensation, and has lectured on multiple occasions at numerous conferences including The Florida Bar’s Workers’ Compensation Forum, The Florida Workers’ Compensation Institute (FWCI), The Risk Management Society (RIMS), PRIMA (Public Risk Management Association) and International Association of Rehabilitations Professionals (IARP) on various topics including ethics, and the administration and defense of workers’ compensation claims.

Dawn was previously the Vice-Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Rules Committee. Dawn is a Trustee with the Friends of 440 Scholarship Fund, and former Chair of the South Florida Chapter. Dawn is a founding member and Master at The Richard A. Sicking American Inn of Court. In 2017, Dawn was the first woman to have received the Frierson-Colling Professionalism Award.