Private Sector Speakers' Biographies

Defend businesses and individuals in litigation matters, including, among other things, business tort and trademark matters, Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO"), Family and Medical Leave Act/Americans with Disabilities Act issues, workers’ compensation retaliation ("REDA"), Constitutional retaliation, covenant-not-to-compete and workers’ compensation disputes.

• Represent employers in litigation concerning state and federal law discrimination claims, wage and hour issues and all other employment matters.

• Advise corporate clients on employee and supervisor handbooks and policies, including among other things, light duty programs, ADA and FMLA policies and harassment policies.

• Represent businesses in covenant not-to-compete, unfair trade practice and trademark infringement litigation.

• Lecture frequently to companies and Human Resource professionals about all aspects of employment law, with a recent emphasis on the intersection of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act and workers’ compensation.

• Represent companies in administrative forums such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Employment Security Commission, the Industrial Commission and the State and Federal Department of Labor.

• Advise companies on defending against sexual harassment matters, including in-house training and harassment investigations.

• Act as Human Resource Manager for several small- and medium-sized clients (under 150 employees). Helped organize Human Resource Department for one such client.

Represented management in employment law matters, including EEO, OSHA, labor relations and workers’ compensation disputes. Assisted in firm’s public utilities work, including litigation of two major electric utility rate cases.

• Successfully represented large and small-sized employers in various EEO litigation, including NRC whistle blowing, age, race, disability, gender, harassment and retaliation charges.

• Advised unionized employers on NLRA matters and assisted non-union employers in several union avoidance campaigns.

• Totally managed quality assurance, nuclear fuel procurement and nuclear regulatory aspects of nuclear power plant litigation in a $2B case, 1993. Developed witness preparation and strategies to respond to concerns about the company’s quality assurance, fuel procurement and nuclear regulatory programs.

• Performed research and assisted in evaluation and grading of students’ legal memoranda and briefs.

• Additionally performed major research on new trends in laws of Peoples’ Republic of China concerning international investment and trade.

J.D., Honors, and L.L.M., International Law

Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC, 1988

Gerald R. Ford Institute in Public Service Study Concentration

Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

Albion College, Albion, Michigan, 1984

Davis, Raymond M., et al., "Rule 11 in Employment Litigation," The Business Lawyer. August, 1993

David, Raymond M. and Willsman, Christopher, "Impact of the ADA on Employee Benefits," Employee Management Services. February, 1993.

Davis, Raymond M., "Workplace Safety After Hamlet," Presented at DuPont Senior Management Seminar, November, 1992.

Davis, Raymond M., "The Bhopal Litigation," Indian Law Institute Journal. July-September, 1987.

NORTH CAROLINA STATE BAR

Member since September, 1983

FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT BAR

Member since November 1991

Member, Fee Dispute Resolution Committee, 1996-98

NORTH CAROLINA BAR ASSOCIATION

Member since September 1983

Workers’ Compensation Section—Member since August 1995; Council Member, 1995-96, Council Treasurer, 1996-97; Council Member, 1997-2000; Committee Chairman, 1998-99; Ethics Committee Co-chairman, 1998-99

Trial Practice Curriculum Committee—Member, 1997-2000

Litigation Section—Member

ONSLOW COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION

Member since November 1991

ASSOCIATION OF TRIAL LAWYERS OF AMERICA

Member since June 1997

Workplace Injury Litigation Group—Member, 1997-98

NORTH CAROLINA ACADEMY OF TRIAL LAWYERS

Member since November 1991

Workers’ Rights Section—Member since November 1991

Disability Advocacy Section—Member since August 1998

1997 NORTH CAROLINA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE, N.C. Industrial Commission

Member of Panel Discussion on Mediation Techniques and Strategies

1997 ADVANCED WORKERS’ COMPENSATION UPDATE, North Carolina Bar Association Foundation "Mental-Mental Cases—Emotional Trauma and Disease Claims"

1998 RETURN TO WORK ISSUES IN WORKERS’ COMPENSATION, Lorman Educational Services "Emotional Trauma and Disease Claims"

 

Keith Bateman is Vice President Policy Development-Workers Compensation/Health of the Alliance of American Insurers, a national trade association representing over 270 property/casualty insurers. Alliance members write approximately one-fifth of the private carrier workers compensation premium written in the United States.

Among his responsibilities are issues identification, policy development, and policy implementation in the areas of workers compensation, 24-hour coverage, managed care, and health care policy. He represents the Alliance on the Workers Compensation Research Institute Board and serves as chair of its Research Committee.

He co-authored Alliance publications on 24-hour coverage, health care reform, and a comparative study of tort systems, and has published a number of articles about 24-hour coverage. He has testified before legislative committees and made numerous presentations about the topic. Mr. Bateman is a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School and is a member of the Michigan and American Bar Associations. Prior to joining the Alliance, he served as counsel to the Labor Committee of the Michigan House of Representatives and subsequently served in the Michigan Workers Compensation Appeal Board.

Alan Miles was born August 26, 1960, in Buncombe County. He spent his entire childhood there, attending public schools and graduating from T.C. Roberson High School in Skyland in 1978. From there, he entered Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, undertaking a joint major of political science and history.

While in Atlanta, Mr. Miles worked for that city’s government, first in the Bureau of Planning, then as a member of the staff of the Atlanta City Council. While there, his accomplishments included developing the evidence used by the city to successfully challenge the 1980 U.S. Census count of the city’s population and to undertake a major rewrite of the city’s housing code to encourage rehabilitation of the city’s existing housing.

After graduating with his bachelor’s degree with high honors from Emory in 1982, Alan Miles entered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. Upon his graduation and receipt of his license to practice law in 1985, he became a law clerk to N.C. Supreme Court Justice Sarah Elizabeth Parker, at the time a Judge on the N.C. Court of Appeals. Following his clerkship, he joined the law firm of Bailey & Dixon, L.L.P., in Raleigh in 1987 where he has practiced since.

Concentrating his practice in governmental relations, civil litigation, and workers’ compensation, Mr. Miles became a partner in his firm in 1992. He currently serves on the N.C. Industrial Commission’s Advisory Council and the North Carolina Film Council, and is the Chairman of the Civil Justice Committee of the N.C. Citizens for Business and Industry.

Alan Miles is married to Renée C. Riggsbee, who is a Commissioner on the N.C. Industrial Commission.

Deborah Jackson obtained a B.A. degree from Clemson University in 1985 and obtained her CPCU in 1993. She has worked in the insurance field for 13 years in several capacities, including Multiline Claims Adjuster., Claims Supervisor, and Quality Assurance Analyst for the Aetna and Travelers. Presently she is the North Carolina Marketing Representative for the Government Risk Insurance Trust with The Zenith Insurance Company in Charlotte, NC. She serves as a member of the N.C. Industrial Commission’s Advisory Board and has served as a speaker and member for various professional boards and committees, in both insurance and Workers’ Compensation.

The division of Tyson Foods, Inc. that handles the Self-Insured Workers’ Compensation, Wilkesboro, NC.

Senior Claims Adjuster for Workers’ Compensation. Responsible for North Carolina, Tennessee, Minnesota, Michigan and Iowa. Supervise claims handling of Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

Hourly Personnel, Salaried Personnel, Insurance Accounting Clerk. Administrative Assistance for Vice President of Finance.

Licensed Claims Adjuster for North Carolina

Insurance Institute of America—Associate in Claims

Wilkes Community College, Wilkesboro, NC—Associate Degree in Secretarial Science

Gail Blevins obtained a B.S. degree from Appalachian State University in Insurance and Finance. She has worked in the insurance industry for eight years as both an Adjuster and Supervisor. Ms. Blevins presently works for EBI Companies in Charlotte, NC as a Workers’ Compensation Adjuster.

Joey Barnes, a native of Statesville, NC, earned a B.A. degree and a J.D. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has been a member of the North Carolina State Bar since 1986 and the District of Columbia Bar since 1989. After graduating from law school, Mr. Barnes served as law clerk to Chief Judge Gerald Arnold of the N.C. Court of Appeals from 1986 to 1987.

After finishing his clerk position, Mr. Barnes next worked for the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington D.C. as a staff attorney for a two-year period In 1989 he joined the N.C. Industrial Commission as a Deputy Commissioner and adjudicated cases under the N.C. Tort Claims Act and Workers’ Compensation Act until 1994, when he was selected to serve on a special panel of the Full Commission for a six-month period, deciding appeals from the Deputy Commissioner level.

Joey Barnes left the Commission in 1995 to conduct private mediations on a full-time basis. He is certified by the N.C. Dispute Resolution Commission and has trained with Dispute Management Inc. of Orlando FL. He is a member of the Dispute Resolution Section of the N.C. Bar Association and has participated in several seminars concerning mediation.

Legal Practice: A practicing attorney since 1978, Ms. Gleason has focused almost exclusively since 1992 on workers’ compensation litigation and mediation. Her twenty years of litigation have also included civil litigation (personal injury, construction law, fire and property, product liability, contracts, insurance law), and appellate practice.

Mediation Experience and Accomplishments: Ms. Gleason received her mediator certification in May of 1992 by completing the 40 hour American Arbitration Association Mediator Skills Training Program. She has mediated innumerable cases, including multi-party cases, unfair trade, personal injury, workers’ compensation, employment, malpractice and governmental entity. She has also undergone the extensive USA&M Mediator Training Program which included classroom lectures, role-play, observation of mediations, and continuing education, such as Mediator Roundtables, to enhance and update skills. She currently practices in North and South Carolina, and is an active seminar speaker and lecturer for companies interested in mediation.

Associations and Memberships: North Carolina State Bar, North Carolina Bar Association, 28th Judicial District Bar, North Carolina Bar Association Mediation Section and Workers’ Compensation Section Member, Counselor for the North Carolina Bar ADR section, North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys, and the Society for Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR).

Past Chairman, Guilford County Board of Adjustment, 1988-95.

Treasurer, North Carolina Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section.

Chair, Greensboro Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.

Member, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR).

Certified Mediator, Dispute Resolution Commission, since 1992.

Robin E. Hudson is a Georgia native, but has lived in North Carolina since her early teens. She graduated from Yale University in 1973, and the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1976; she was admitted to the North Carolina Bar in 1976. She has been practicing law in Raleigh and Durham since 1977.

Except for three years as assistant appellate defender in the early 1980’s, her practice has consisted largely of handling plaintiffs in workers’ compensation, and tort litigation, with particular emphasis on occupational diseases and products liability. From 1977 to 1984, she handled hundreds of cotton dust exposure cases, many of which made their way through the N.C. Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. More recently, she has handled large numbers of asbestos, silica, chemical exposure, and repetitive motion cases, as well as numerous workers’ compensation injury cases. She has handled well over 100 appeals of various types, in State and Federal Courts.

Since 1994, she has been certified (first by the Administrative Office of the Courts, and then by the N.C. Dispute Resolution Commission) to mediate cases from Superior Court. Also since 1994, she has been certified to mediate workers’ compensation cases pending in the N.C. Industrial Commission. She has mediated dozens of cases from the courts and the Industrial Commission.

Robin Hudson was a member of the steering committee that founded the N.C. Association of Women Attorneys in 1978. She is a long-time member of the Bar Association and Academy of Trial Lawyers. She has been a member of the Board of Governors of the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers since 1992, and chaired the Workers’ Compensation Section of that organization for five years. She was appointed by Chairman J. Howard Bunn, Jr. to the N.C. Industrial Commission Advisory Council in 1994. In that same year, she was also appointed by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. to serve as Chair of the North Carolina OSHA Review Board, and serves in that capacity part-time. She currently practices in Raleigh in her own firm with three associates, and spends as much time as possible with her family.

Licensed by North Carolina State Bar since 1976

Admitted to practice before all state courts, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of North Carolina, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

Certified as Mediator by N.C. Dispute Resolution Commission N.C. Industrial Commission.

Chair, North Carolina OSHA Review Board, since 1994 (appointed by Governor James B. Hunt, Jr.)

J.D. 1976, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

B.A. 1973, Yale University—Double Major in Philosophy and Psychology

1993-Present: Sole Proprietor of four-lawyer firm with offices in Raleigh, and clients statewide. Litigation Practice includes trials, appeals, and mediation in workers’ compensation, products liability, employment disputes, and other civil matters, in all types of trial courts in North Carolina, as well as in all three divisions of Federal District Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States of America. From January of 1994, handled more than 50 cases as Administrative Law Judge for the OSHA Review Board, before being appointed Chair in September 1994. Appears frequently as a presenter at CLE programs, sponsored by NCBA, NCATL and ABA (OSHA Committee) and topics have included occupational disease, appellate practice, various workers’ compensation topics, and developments in state OSHA law.

1990-93: Managing Attorney for Raleigh office of Taft, Taft & Haigler, a plaintiff’s personal injury litigation firm based in Greenville, NC. Responsibilities included supervision of four attorneys and support staff of seven, as well as full caseload of asbestos product liability cases (complex, multi-defendant litigation) in Federal Court, workers’ compensation cases (occupational disease and accident), various civil and criminal cases in state trial and appellate courts and administrative agencies.

1987-90: Private practice in Durham and Raleigh. Caseload included primarily workers’ compensation, court appointed criminal cases front District Court to N.C. Supreme Court, and various civil trials and appeals.

1984-87: Assistant Appellate Defender in the office of the Appellate Defender, Raleigh, NC. Handled appeals in indigent criminal cases from all over the state, in the N.C. Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. Cases ranged in seriousness from misdemeanors to capital murder.

1977-84: Associate and then Partner, Hassell & Hudson law firm, Raleigh, NC. Small litigation firm handling workers’ compensation including all types of claims but with heavy emphasis on occupational disease matters. Experience included numerous hearings and appeals of Industrial Commission cases, plus general caseload of personal injury, Social Security Disability, contracts, domestic, and other civil cases.

1976-77: Staff Attorney with Legal Services programs. Worked with the National Consumer Law Center in Boston, MA, assisting attorneys nationwide by writing memoranda and briefs on matters involving Truth-in-Lending, Uniform Commercial Code, Retail Installment Sales Acts, Small Loans, Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices, and other consumer credit-related problems. Returned to North Carolina on staff of the Legal Aid Office in Durham, carrying a general caseload with emphasis on consumer law.

N.C. Academy of Trial Lawyers, member since 1977

• Workers’ Compensation Committee, 1981 to present; Chair, 1993-98

• Board of Governors, since 1992

• Public Service Committee, since 1992

N.C. Bar Association, member since 1978

• Appellate Rules Study Committee, 1985-91

• Litigation Section

Wake County Bar Association, member since 1978

• Member Athletics Committee 1992-96

N.C. Association of Women Attorneys, 1978-present

• Member of founding steering committee, 1977-78

• Board of Directors, 1982-86

• Chair, Legislative Committee 1983-86

Farmworkers Legal Services of North Carolina, member Board of Directors since 1981.

Carolina Justice Policy Center, member of Board of Directors, 1987-97; Board Chair, 1990-96.

Born February 20, 1952 in Atlanta, GA.

Graduated 1969 from W.H. Page Senior High School, Greensboro, NC; top 2% of class, National Merit Finalist, National Honor Society.

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Graduate of University of Oklahoma Law School, 1973

Private Practice of Law in Raleigh, 1973-78

Deputy Commissioner, N.C. Industrial Commission, 1978-97

Certified Mediator, 1997-present

Born November 26, 1927, Willow Springs, NC in Johnston County. Son of the late William Preston Stephenson and Lois Partin Stephenson.

Attended Cleveland High School, Route 1, Clayton, NC, left high school and served as Merchant Seaman during World War II, returned to high school and graduated in 1947. Graduate of Hoyles Business School, Raleigh, NC, Government Executive Institute, School of Business, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Employed with the N.C. Industrial Commission from September 1948 to January 1, 1990. Executive Secretary of the Commission, 1960-70; Deputy Commissioner, 1970; Commissioner, 1970-77; Chairman, 1977-85; Commissioner, 1985-88; Chairman, 1989-90. Retired from Industrial Commission January 1, 1990.

Member of Executive Committee, Southern Association of Worker’s Compensation Administrators, 1974-90; President, Southern Association of Worker’s Compensation Administrators, 1980-81. Member of Faculty, Occupational Hearing Loss Institute, University of Maine, 1984. Author of numerous articles on workers’ compensation.

Presently a private consultant in the field of workers’ compensation. Executive Director, N.C. Association of Self-Insurers, 1991-98. Member, N.C. Council on Worker’s Compensation, 1994 to date. Member, Legislative Research Committee on workers’ compensation, 1995-97.

Organizational chairman, Garner Jaycees; Wake County Board of Elections, 1962-70; President, Colonial Club of Garner, 1976; Member, Garner United Methodist Church.

Mr. Sumner practices primarily in the areas of defense of workers’ compensation claims, personal injury, negligence and insurance law and civil litigation.

Mr. Sumner graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1979) and Wake Forest University Law School (J.D., 1982). From 1982 to 1987, Mr. Sumner worked for Frank Patton Cooke, doing plaintiff’s work and domestic practice.

In 1987, he joined Mullen Holland & Cooper (now Alala Mullen Holland & Cooper), is now a partner handling Workers’ Compensation, and currently serves as the firm’s President. Mr. Sumner has been awarded the highest professional rating of "a-v" by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Sumner is a member of the Gaston County, NC, and American Bar Associations and the North Carolina State Bar. He has also received the Lawyer Distinguished Service award for 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1994 for time and services donated to indigent clients who were referred by Legal Services. He was awarded the Bar Association’s Volunteer Service award 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994, and 1995. He also received the State of North Carolina Pro Bono Service Award in 1996. He is past President of the Gaston County Bar Association.

Mr. Sumner has lectured extensively on workers’ compensation issues to employer and insurance groups. He has also lectured for the N.C. Bar Association with respect to providing pro-bono legal services. He is a member of the N.C. State Bar Committee on Workers’ Compensation, along with addressing numerous seminars on "Advanced Workers’ Compensation."" He also serves as a mediator for the N.C. Workers’ Compensation Board. He is a past member of the Litigation Committee for the N.C. State Bar.

In addition to his professional activities, Mr. Sumner has been a deacon of the First Presbyterian Church and is a Mason. He has served on numerous boards of community civic organizations, including the boards of Rotary Adolescent Treatment Centers, the Gastonia Historic Zoning Commission, the Gaston County YMCA "PALS" program and Gastonia Community Action. Mr. Sumner is married to Elizabeth Neisler Sumner, a member of the firm, and they have two children, age 13 and 9. His hobbies are running and tennis.

Barbara Armstrong is owner of Armstrong and Associates, Inc., a private rehabilitation company based in Charlotte. Armstrong and Associates, Inc. provides services in medical and vocational case management in North Carolina and South Carolina for workers’ compensation injuries.

Barbara Armstrong has over 23 years experience working with the disabled population in a variety of positions and settings including catastrophic injuries and disability management.

Barbara Armstrong is past president of NCARIP, Charlotte Chapter and currently is serving on the board of NCARPPS.

Caroline Fortner is a Registered Nurse, Certified Disability Management Specialist and a Certified Case Manager. She has 24 years experience working in the Workers’ Compensation field.

After several years of hospital nursing, Caroline elected to direct her career toward the field of Rehabilitation. Her initial experience was with Liberty Mutual Insurance Company as a Rehabilitation Nurse where she obtained expertise in working with catastrophic cases. Following that, she went with the NC Industrial Commission as a Medical Services Coordinator. Her main responsibility was to direct the medical care of referred patients. Her territory covered the western twenty counties. Caroline retired from the Industrial Commission after twenty years of service. Currently, she is the Workers’ Compensation Network Manager for the Orthopaedic Health Network. This position allows her to work from the Health Care Provider point to see to it that the very highest quality of service is provided to the Workers’ Compensation patient.

Caroline has served on several Advisory Boards throughout her years of workers’ compensation service. She also is active with the NC Association of Rehabilitation Insurance Professionals and serves as a Member at Large in the Charlotte Chapter.

Born Flint, Michigan on May 13, 1954 and admitted to Michigan Bar in 1981, North Carolina Bar in 1987.

Education: University of Michigan (B.A. 1976); Wayne State University (J.D. 1981)

Member: Wake County and North Carolina Bar Associations (Member, Joint Committee on the Medico-Legal Guidelines, 1996-97); North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers (Secretary, Workers’ Rights Section, 1994-97); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Workplace Injury Litigation Group.

Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Workers’ Compensation Law.

Mr. Farah served on the Industrial Commission committee which helped develop the "NCIC Rules for Utilization of Rehabilitation Professional in Workers Compensation Cases." He has presented at several educational programs for the North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers on various workers’ compensation topics, including the rehabilitation rules, trial return to work and appellate court case update. He participated in a mock trial at the Fourth Annual Rehabilitation and Case Management Educational Symposium (NCARIP and NCARPPS-March 1997). He presented a paper on "The Role of Pain in Determining the Extent of Disability: A Patient’s Attorney’s Perspective" at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Southern Pain Society.

Date of Birth: September 21, 1950

Employment: Smith, Helms, Mulliss & Moore, L.L.P., Partner

Began practicing with predecessor firm, Smith, Moore, Smith, Schell & Hunter in 1977.

Litigation Attorney:

Handles cases before the N.C. Industrial Commission, N.C. Department of Labor and in State and Federal Courts in North Carolina, both trial and appellate levels. Her practice focuses primarily on workers’ compensation representing employers and insurance carriers. Also handles cases involving insurance coverage and employment-related issues. The practice involves handling medical and legal issues and extensive medical depositions.

Member of the North Carolina Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section and Council Member. Lectures frequently on workers’ compensation, both for clients and for North Carolina Continuing Legal Education seminars and Wake Forest University Continuing Legal Education.

Member of the Greensboro Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys and the American Bar Association. Featured in Who’s Who in American Law. N.C. Industrial Commission Panel Member on the Committee Establishing Guidelines for the Utilization of Rehabilitation Professionals. Cornell University Alumni Advisory Council.

Education: George Washington University, National Law Center, Juris Doctor with Honors, 1977. Cornell University, Bachelor of Science with Honors, 1972.

Professional Experience: CorVel December 1997 to present Charlotte, NC.

Medical/Disability Case Manager – telephone and on-site. Early Intervention – telephonic quality assurance.

The Travelers Company (formerly Conservco) January, 1987 to December 1997 Morris Plains, NJ and Charlotte, NC; Disability Case Manager, Medical Case Manager, Senior Case Manager, Supervisor.

The Visiting Nurse Association of Morris County, January, 1985 to October, 1987 Morristown, NJ; Staff RN, Team Leader.

Saint Mary’s Hospital January, 1974 to October, 1985; Staff RN, Team Leader.

Education: College of Saint Elizabeth Convent Station, NJ.

Degree: Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Felician College Lodi, NJ.

Degree: Associate in Applied Sciences in Nursing

Continuing Education: Parsippany Adult and Community Education

Courses: Basic, language of the computer, Keyboarding.

Central Piedmont Community College

Courses: Introduction to Windows, Intermediate Windows, Workers Compensation Law, Management, Supervision, Windows 95, navigating the Internet.

Professional Memberships, Certifications, Licenses

North Carolina Association of Rehabilitation Insurance Professionals

Certification for Case Management, CCM

RN Licenses, North and South Carolina

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Glaxo Wellcome: Disability Management Administrator, 1997-present.

BarnesCare/BJC Health System, St. Louis, MO: Nurse Manager, Corporate Health Services/Case Manager, 1994-96.

Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, LA: Program Manager, 1992-93; ProComp. Workers’ Compensation Injury Management Employee Health Nurse, 1989-92.

East Tennessee Baptist Hospital, Knoxville, TN: Employee Health Nurse, 1988.

Levi Strauss & Co., Knoxville, TN: Occupational Health Nurse, 1984-88.

Loyola University at New Orleans, BSN, 1993.

East Tennessee Baptist Hospital School of Nursing, RN Diploma, 1979.

Ms. Kuhn received a Master of Public Administration degree from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. She graduated with general honors from Vassar College, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Culture. She studied abroad for a year at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England. Ms. Kuhn is currently pursuing a Masters in Economics.

She is an Information Systems consultant with Keane, Inc. Ms. Kuhn has 9 years of experience working with state, local, and federal government agencies in improving business processes through the use of computer systems as well as in defining business requirements for computer systems. Ms. Kuhn has been working with the Industrial Commission for the last year on the implementation of the Electronic Document Management System.

Association for Information and Image Management and the Project Management Institute.

Joseph B. Roberts, III, is the senior partner at The Roberts Law Firm, P.A., located in Gastonia, NC. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1962 AB Degree, 1964 LLB Degree). He served in the N.C. House of Representatives in 1983 and 1984 and was a lay member of the N.C. Board of Pharmacy from 1982 through 1989. He is chairman of the N.C. Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section. He is a frequent speaker at Workers’ Compensation seminars. His primary practice is in workers’ compensation, personal injury, and medical malpractice.

After graduating summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Lehigh University in 1972 and with distinction from Duke University Law School in 1975, George served as the Industrial Commission’s legal assistant. Since 1976, he has been in private practice with the firm of Teague, Campbell, Dennis & Gorham, L.L.P., and its predecessor, specializing in civil litigation, particularly in the field of workers’ compensation. George has been a member of the faculty and lecturer at the 1989 and 1993 Wake Forest University Workers’ Compensation Institutes, the 1982 North Carolina Bar Association Institute on Workers’ Compensation, the Occupational Safety and Health Educational Research Institute’s 1985 and 1986 seminars, the 1986 program sponsored by the American Academy of Industrial Hygiene in Savannah, Georgia, and the North Carolina Bar Association’s 1987 and 1993 Advanced Workers’ Compensation Seminars. He has been a council member of the North Carolina Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Committee (now known as the Workers’ Compensation Section) since 1981, serving as its chairman for the years 1986-88 and again beginning July 1, 1997. He was also the course planner for its February 1997 Advanced Workers’ Compensation Seminar. George is also a former member of the Bar Association’s Litigation Counsel. Other memberships include the North Carolina State Bar, the North Carolina Bar Association, the Wake County Bar Association, the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys and the Defense Research Institute.

John K. Toay, founder of Loss Prevention Management in 1988, brings a wide range of experience and expertise to the fields of Risk Management, Loss Control, and Industrial Safety.

John received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Nebraska and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Ohio University. Starting his career in law enforcement, he spent many years administering police, risk management, and safety departments for a university, major retailer, and manufacturers of glass, plastic, jet turbines, and helicopters. His experience extends to 38 of the 50 states.

Mr. Toay has been active with the N.C. Citizens for Business and Industry in their efforts to reform. the state’s workers’ compensation law. He is a member of the Board of Advisors for the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, past president and Director of the Carolinas Chapter of the Risk Insurance Management Society (RIMS) and a member of the national RIMS Government Affairs and Health Care Committee.

By applying the mind-set and expertise of a law enforcement career with those demanded of various aspects of Risk Management, John Toay has:

• Developed programs that reduced workers’ compensation costs in a manufacturing facility by $1 million in 18 months.

• Implemented claims management procedures that reduced costs by $270,000 in nine months for a chain of supermarkets.

• Designed practical ergonomics programs that reduced back injuries by 50-75% in retail and manufacturing operations.

• Initiated modified duty/early return to work programs that reduced lost workdays by and produced over $1.5 million in workers’ compensation savings per year.

• Helped evaluate and organize effective legal defenses to liability claims and law suits.

• Taught college level loss control courses, seminars, and workshops.

John Toay is also an accomplished trainer and public speaker.

Education

M.S., Community Medicine, Marshall University, December 1993

M.D., University of North Carolina School of Medicine, May 1985, B.A., Political Science, University of North Carolina, May 1980

Current Positions

Medical Director, Haywood Regional Medical Center, 1990-Present, Occupational Health Services, Instructor, National Cancer Institute MD, Trainer Program Smoking Cessation, April 1990-Present, Instructor, Haywood Community College, 1992-Present

Offices

Carolinas Occupational Medicine Association, President/President-Elect/Secretary/Treasurer, 1993-96; NCMS, Medical Advisory Committee, North Carolina Industrial Commission Liaison Committee Chairman, 1997-Present, Member, 1992-Present;

Member, NCMS Public Health Committee, 1996-Present; Member, NCMS Occupational/Environmental Medicine Committee, 1996-Present; Member, NCMS Tobacco Control Committee, 1996-Present; NCAFP, Committee on Public Health, 1991-94; Committee on Professional Liability Resident, 1987-88, Delegate, NCFPR, 1985-86, 1988.

American Academy of Family Physicians 1982-Present

American College of Preventive Medicine 1989-Present

American Medical Association 1982-Present

American Medical Student Association 1981-Present

American College of Preventive Medicine 1990-Present

American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 1992-Present

Carolinas Occupational Medicine Association 1992-Present

North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians 1990-Present

North Carolina Medical Society 1990-Present

Dr. Osbahr has also made numerous medical presentations, has been published in several professional journals and has received numerous medical awards.

Education

Completed Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling with a double major in Vocational Evaluation and Rehabilitation Counseling, East Carolina University, 1981; Undergraduate work at Barton College, formerly Atlantic Christian College in Wilson.

• 7 years as a Vocational Evaluation Supervisor at Regional Rehab Center at Pitt County Memorial Hospital in Greenville, NC.

• 6 years in independent vocational rehabilitation consulting.

• 8+ years in the private for profit sector as a vocational rehabilitation case manager, supervisor and trainer.

• Recently joined Resource Opportunities, Inc. as District Manager of the Raleigh office.

• Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and Certified Vocational Evaluator and has done a variety of presentations at conferences and seminars.