Dennis is a native Nebraskan and a 1981 graduate of the University of Nebraska Law School. He joined Cassem Tierney in 1982 after serving as a clerk for the Honorable William C. Hastings of the Nebraska Supreme Court. His practice has focused on workers’ compensation at the trial and appellate levels since joining the firm… read more

Maria Paris Newill is one of two Managing Directors for the Firm of Heckler & Frabizzio where she has worked since 1990 representing Employers and Insurance Companies in Workers’ Compensation matters before the Delaware’s Industrial Accident Board, Superior Court and/or Supreme Court. Ms. Newill has held many positions within the Workers Compensation Section and Women… read more

Lynn Olmert’s practice focuses on workers’ compensation defense in the firm’s Atlanta office. She has extensive trial experience in general liability cases on behalf of insurance companies and their commercial insureds in both Georgia and Maryland. Lynn has significant first-chair jury trial experience and has tried numerous workers’ compensation cases. She frequently presents on workers’… read more

Ella S. Parker focuses on workers’ compensation, representing employers and insurance carriers for over twenty years. She is a shareholder at Conklin Benham, PC, a member of the State Bar of Michigan Workers’ Compensation Section Council, and is the Editor of the Section’s Newsletter. She is also a past chair of the Grand Rapids Bar… read more

Joseph J. Passaretti Jr. is a graduate of Rutgers University and Quinnipiac University School of Law. He is admitted to Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Attorney Passaretti is a Partner at the Montstream Law Group and has specialized in workers’ compensation defense since 1995. He has chaired the workers’ compensation section of the Connecticut Bar… read more

WILLIAM E. PIPKIN, JR. Bill is a partner in the Mobile, Alabama office of Austill, Lewis, Pipkin & Maddox, P.C.  He has a general civil practice, focusing on the defense of workers’ compensation, personal injury, and general liability matters.  Admitted to practice in Alabama and Florida, he is an experienced trial attorney in both state… read more

Daniel C. Pope, Jr. is Of Counsel with Wilson Ratledge, PLLC in Raleigh, NC. He has worked as a workers’ compensation defense attorney since 1989. Prior to entering private practice, he served as law clerk to two Industrial Commission Chairs, Ernest Pearson and William Stephenson. He co-chairs the Workers’ Compensation Subcommittee of the North Carolina… read more

Mr. Potter is a native of Atlanta. A 1970 graduate of Mercer University, he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy before returning to the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer where he served as editor-in-chief of the Law Review. Upon graduating magna cum laude in 1977, he joined Swift, Currie, McGhee… read more