2024-05-15T13:48:27-07:00 2023-12-31 454120641 Katten & Benson 4763 Barwick Drive Suite 100 Fort Worth TX 76132 990EZ 2023-01-01 208237940 College of Workers Compensation Lawyers Inc COLL 4109724524 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway 300 Annapolis MD 21401 Alan S Pierce President 2024-05-15 true Alan S Pierce 999009999 true Steven Katten P01466478 8172635190 X 0 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z X X cwclawyers.org X X 121670 X 86745 34925 0 0 0 0 121670 5000 40000 2356 60 6875 88043 142334 -20664 98971 78307 X 98971 72607 5700 98971 78307 98971 78307 To recognize outstanding practitioner of Workers Compensation laws The College of Worker's Compensation Lawyers, Inc. was incorporated in the State of Tennessee as a non-profit corporation on January 15, 2007, to recognize outstanding practitioners of workers compensation laws with the understanding that Workers Compensation is a very important field of law, if not the most important. It touches more lives than any other area of law. It involves the payment of huge sums of money. The welfare of human beings, the success of business and the pocketbooks of consumers are affected by it. Judge E.R. Mills, Singletary vs. Maugham Construction, 418 S. 2d 1138 (Fla. DCA 1982). The qualifications for election are: Candidates must have been in the field of Workers Compensation for at least 20 years and have proven to their peers, the bar, bench and public ,that they possess the highest professional qualifications and ethical standards the highest level of character, integrity, professional expertise and leadership commitment to fostering and furthering the objective of the College sustained exceptional high quality professional services to clients, bar, bench and public and significant evidence of scholarship, teaching, lecturing and/or distinguished public writing on Workers Compensation or related fields of law. In addition to the traits described above, a Fellow is expected to display the following traits in the day-to-day practice of law. The list below is by no means complete, but it is provided by Sponsors and Candidates for their guidance in determining whether a candidate meets the expectations for a Fellow. A Fellow is an individual who (1) would stand out to newer attorneys as a model of professionalism in deportment and advocacy, and as a person who should be emulated and has earned the respect of the bench, opposing counsel and the legal community; (2) displays civility in an adversarial relationship; (3) avoids ideological differences to affect civility in negotiations, litigation and other aspects of law practice; (4) demonstrates an active interest in resolving issues; (5) is a student of the law; (6) has a thirst for knowledge in all areas of the law that affect the representation of such person's clients in Worker's Compensation; (7) actively participates in the state, local and national Bar; and (8) has a a reputation as an individual with broad knowledge in all aspects of worker's compensation law. The College focuses on two separate activities. The first is the co-sponsorship of continuing legal education seminars, which occur in conjunction with the induction dinner of the College. The second is a student writing competition in which the winner receives an award at the annual induction dinner. The Board of Directors has also decided to make a grant of $5,000 to Kid's Chance of America, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to providing secondary education scholarships to the children of people killed or seriously injured in work-related accidents. 5000 61405 61405 X Kip Kubin Director 1.00 0 Alan S Pierce President 1.00 0 Jacque Brawner Dean Director 1.00 0 James M Anderson Vice President 1.00 0 Dill H Battle III Director 1.00 0 James M Gallen Treasurer 1.00 0 Leonard T Jernigan Jr Director 1.00 0 Richard K Johnson Director 1.00 0 Sheral C Kellar Director 1.00 0 Ramon Malca Director 1.00 0 Paul R Riegel Director 1.00 0 Catherine T Surbeck Director 1.00 0 Leslie D Tuxhorn Director 1.00 0 Robert E Wisniewski Director 1.00 0 Thomas M Domer Director 1.00 0 Bradford Ingram Director 1.00 0 Hervey P Levin Director 1.00 0 Deborah G Kohl Director 1.00 0 Sharon Funcheon Murphy Director 1.00 0 James A Reiter Director 1.00 0 Rayford Huxford Taylor Director 1.00 0 Susan Wan Executive Dir. 40.00 40000 David Langham Director 1.00 0 Eddie H Walker Director 1.00 0 Thomas J Murphy Secretary 1.00 0 Diana L Wann Director 1.00 0 Thomas Holder Director 1.00 0 Elizabeth Connelan Smith Director 1.00 0 Shannon Bruno Bishop Director 0 0 Alex C Dell Director 0 0 Lynn Blasingame Olmert Director 0 0 false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false Susan Wan 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway Annapolis MD 214013273 4109724524 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 92115 93750 94853 87620 368338 14500 13300 29925 34925 92650 0 0 0 106615 107050 124778 122545 460988 0 0 460988 0 0 0 0 106615 107050 124778 122545 460988 X 0.00000 0.00000 Other Expenses.1002 Office Expenses $1161 Other Expenses.1003 Information Technology $4052 Other Expenses.1005 Travel $9771 Other Expenses.1012 Insurance $1563 Other Expenses.1 Induction Dinner Expense $61405 Other Expenses.3 Meals and Entertainment $4263 Other Expenses.4 Writing Competition Award $3000 Other Expenses.5 Credit Card Fees $2200 Other Expenses.7 Certificate of Election $308 Other Expenses.8 Federal Express $298 Other Expenses.9 Secretary of State Filing Fees $21 Other Expenses.10 Miscellaneous-Rounding $1 Other Assets.1011 Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges - Beginning $0 Prepaid Expenses and Deferred Charges - Ending $5700