John Ferguson, Jr., partner, Drew, Eckl & Farnham, workers’ compensation defense; B.A. with distinction 1973 University of Virginia; J.D. University of Georgia 1976; research editor Georgia Law Review; Chairman, Workers’ Compensation Section 1989; Chairman’s Advisory Council 1990-2012; Super Lawyer 2004-2012; Best Lawyers in America; co-author Workers’ Compensation Desk Manual. Married, three children, three grandchildren.

Fish is a past Chair of the ABA TIPS Workers’ Compensation and Employers’ Liability Committee and the immediate past President of the National Workers’ Compensation Defense Network. He was selected by his peers as Birmingham Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar for Workers’ Compensation” in 2005 and 2006, “Best of the Bar” in 2021 and… read more

Jim Gallen is a member of Evans & Dixon which provides a broad range of legal services throughout Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. He is located in the St. Louis, Missouri from which he defends workers’ compensation cases throughout Illinois, as he has since 1979. He was inducted into the College in 2010 and… read more

Claire has spent her entire 30-year legal career with the Mid-Atlantic law firm of Kalbaugh Pfund & Messersmith (KPM LAW), which has 4 offices throughout Virginia and is headquartered in Richmond. She is the Vice President of the firm and is the managing partner of the firm’s Worker’s Compensation Practice Group. After making equity partner… read more