H. George Kagan

About H. George Kagan

Kagan now focuses on WC appeals and consults. One of only 7 Fla firms to receive 2020…

Experience

1. Florida Workers\' Compensation Appeals & Counsel

   H. George Kagan, P.A

   Jan 2018 — Present · West Palm Beach, FL, US

   2020: U.S. News & World Report Metro Tier 1 Ranking: one of only 7 WC defense firms in FL\"Top 100\" Florida Super Lawyers for 2 years: Florida ‘Super Lawyers’ for last 15Martindale-Hubbell’s ‘40th Anniversary “AV- Preeminent” rating (Highest Possible Peer Review Rating in Legal Ability & Ethical Standards) and special \'Judicial Recognition\' AV rating, 2015-17\'Best Lawyers in America:\' continuous inclusion for over 20 years. Past chair, national Workers’ Compensation Committee of DRI, and there: Originated National Workers\' Compensation Review, now in its 13th year. Authored ‘The Big Ticket Medical Benefits Lottery - A Call for Clarity’ in DRI’s ‘For the Defense,’ 6/09 Inaugural member of both Florida Workers’ Compensation Hall of Fame and Fellow of the American Bar Assoc. College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers.Chair, Florida Bar Workers’ Compensation Section, Editor-in-Chief (7 years) Workers’ Compensation. Section News & 440 Report. Appointed by president of Fla. Bar; both Workers\' Compensation Rules Com. chair and Vice Chair, inaugural Board Cert Committee; Steering Committee member of WCI Educational Conference.Appointed by Chief Judge, Fla.15th Circuit; President, WPB Chapter, American Inns Of Court, 19••••95,(national legal society for elevating practice and professionalism of bench and bar); Selected by Fla. 1st DCA as its district \"attorney-representative\" to Conference of State District and Supreme Courts, Frequent lecturer; e.g, Legal Management in Catastrophic Cases, national IRSG (Insurance Rehabilitation Study Group) May 2017; ‘‘The Forum’ Florida Bar Board Certification Course/WCCP Certification course, 14 years. • Co-chair, annual presenter, National Workers’ Compensation Review, which he founded: in 2016 and again in 2017 presented in joint special session “Wither the grand bargain/Constitutional crisis in Worker’s Compensation\" and the groundbreaking ‘Faith Based Claims\' presentation of the NWCR.

Education

• University of South Florida

  BA

  1968 — 1972

• University of Miami

  Juris Doctor

  1972 — 1975

Skills

• Pleadings
• Fraud
• Wrongful Death Claims
• Litigation Management
• Mediation
• Wrongful Death
• Casualty
• Dispute
• Legal Liability
• Claims Management
• Workers Compensation
• Trials
• Casualty Insurance
• Insurance
• Automobile Accidents
• Insurance Law
• Claim Investigation
• Depositions
• Claim
• Hearings
• Workers' Compensation Claims
• Appellate Practice
• Dispute Resolution
• Legal Issues
• Trial Practice
• Defense
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Liability
• Appeals
• Arbitration
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Civil Litigation
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Accident
• Subrogation
• Courts
• Family Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Liability Analysis