Welcome to the Workers Compensation Section subportal! If you are a member of this section, from this site you will be able to access information available only to Workers' Compensation Section members.

The Workers Compensation Section members do great work, especially in the areas of advocating for their clients at the NC legislature, presenting quality CLE, providing pro bono client services and mentoring new laywers in the practice area.

Chair: J. Griff Morgan (Winston-Salem)
Vice Chair: Vernon Sumwalt (Charlotte)
Secretary: Valerie Johnson (Chapel Hill)
Immediate Past Chair: Gina Cammarano (Raleigh)

Board Members
Richard Anderson (Charlotte)
Kevin Bunn (Cary)
Neal Camak (Raleigh)
Woody Gunter (Charlotte)
Matthew Harbin (Durham)
M. Travis Payne (Raleigh)
Stewart Poisson (Wilmington)
Mike Pross (Salisbury)
Susan Rhodes (Charlotte)
Alice Tejada (Raleigh)

Committee Chairs
Amicus/Legal Affairs Co-Chair: Jay Jervasi (Greensboro)
Amicus/Legal Affairs Co-Chair: Vernon Sumwalt (Charlotte)
Amicus/Legal Affairs Committee Members: Kevin Bunn (Cary); Kathleen Glancy (Wilmington); Rick Harper (Sylva); Hank Patterson (Chapel Hill); M. Travis Payne (Raleigh); Stewart Poisson (Wilmington); Sam Scudder (Raleigh)
CLE Co-Chair: Hank Patterson (Chapel Hill)
CLE Co-Chair: Alice Tejada (Raleigh)
Communications Co-Chair: Mike Anderson (Raleigh)
Communications Co-Chair: Leslie Wickham (Durham)
Communications Co-Chair: Stewart Poisson (Wilmington)
Ethics Co-Chair: Mark Sumwalt (Charlotte)
Ethics Co-Chair: N. Victor Farah (Raleigh)
Ethics Committee Member: Matthew Harbin (Durham)
Legislative Co-Chair: Gina Cammarano (Raleigh)
Legislative Co-Chair: N. Victor Farah (Raleigh)
Legislative Co-Chair:Kathleen Glancy (Wilmington)
Legislative Co-Chair:Mark Sumwalt (Charlotte)
Membership Co-Chair: Hank Teich (Asheville)
Membership Co-Chair: Susan Rhodes (Charlotte)
Occupational Disease Co-Chair: Charles Hassell (Raleigh)
Occupational Disease Co-Chair: Mike Pross (Salisbury)
PAC Co-Chair:Mark Sumwalt (Charlotte)
PAC Co-Chair:Celeste Harris (Winston-Salem)
PAC Committee Member:Susan Rhodes (Charlotte)
Volunteer Lawyers Program Chair: Bobby Bollinger (Charlotte)

External Organizations' Section Liaisons
WILG Liaison: Leonard Jernigan (Raleigh)
Friends & Family Liaison: Hank Teich (Asheville)
Working Families North Carolina Liaison: Lyndon Helton (Hickory)
Working Families North Carolina Liaison: Leonard Jernigan (Raleigh)
Republican Attorneys Liaison: Rick Harper (Sylva)

February 2012
November 2011
September 2011 Issue - INAUGURAL Issue!

June through August 2011
September through October 2011
November through December 2011


April through May 2012

CLICK HERE to access the listserv from Trialsmith. You will be directed to the Trialsmith website and will need to login with your email address (username) and Trialsmith password. If you forgot your password, type in your username and click on "Forgot Your Password?" from the Trialsmith homepage and it will be emailed to you.

The listserv address is: ncaj_wc@lists.trialsmith.com

To join the listserv, contact Michelle LaPorte at NCAJ to set-up your listserv account.
Please click here for the Listserv Protocol & Security.
Please click here for a Listserv FAQ.
Listserv Membership List Updated February 13, 2012

Section By-LawsUpdated October 2009
Membership List Updated February 13, 2012

In order to join the Workers' Compensation Section, you must be able to sign the following certification:

I am a member or applicant for membership in the Workers’ Compensation Section of the North Carolina Advocates for Justice. I believe in and support the mission of Protecting Peoples’ Rights and protecting the safety of North Carolina workers. I represent or the lawyer with whom I work represents injured workers. I pledge that neither I nor members of my firm now represent or intend to represent or defend the rights of employers, self-insured employers, insurance companies, carriers or adjusting companies in workers’ compensation matters. Should either I or members of my firm undertake such defense representation, I agree to immediately notify the Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section, and I understand that my membership in the section and participation in the section listserv may continue only with specific approval of the section Chair.

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