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Jamie practices Virginia workers’ compensation exclusively. She is originally from Buffalo, NY. While in Buffalo she was a card-carrying member of a labor union, as was her father. She was the first person in her family to attend college, receiving her bachelor’s degree in biology from Canisius College in Buffalo. She received her master’s degree in Psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo before moving to Richmond to attend law school at the University of Richmond, where she earned her J.D. Jamie has represented injured workers in Virginia workers’ compensation cases for over 15 years. She represents injured workers through all phases of their cases, and has argued numerous cases before the Court of Appeals of Virginia.. She has also given educational presentations to attorneys at workers’ compensation conferences and to labor union members and leaders. She is an active member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association (VTLA); she chaired its annual Advanced Workers’ Compensation Retreat this year and is in line to serve as chair of the workers’ compensation section. She is also an active member of the Workers’ Injury Law and Advocacy Group (WILG), where she is on the Board of Directors and is a member of the Diversity and Membership Committees. Additionally, she is a member of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation American Inn of Court, the Metro Richmond Women’s Bar Association, Phi Alpha Delta, and the Desmond Law Society. Jamie was selected to the 2022 Virginia Super Lawyers list and was named to Super Lawyers’ Rising Star list every year from 2014 through 2017 and was also recognized by Best Lawyers for 2020, 2021, and 2022. Additionally, she has been named a Top Injured Workers’ Attorney by WILG.. Outside the courtroom, Jamie enjoys hiking, traveling, craft beer, listening to true crime podcasts, and rooting for the Buffalo Bills

I am an associate with Ford Richardson, PC, in their Southwest, Virginia office, where my practice focuses on the defense of workers' compensation claims, and general liability claims. I also handle insurance coverage and first party claims and EUOs. Prior to joining Ford Richardson, I was in solo general practice for seven years, focusing on personal injury, workers' compensation, business law and litigation, employment law and criminal defense. I have been practicing law for almost 18 years. My career began in Virginia, where I practiced from 2000-2007, and 2010 to the present My main areas of practice have been workers compensation, and general liability. I have represented both claimants and employers in workers' compensation claims and have represented plaintiffs and defendants in general liability matters on both the trial and appellate level. In 2007, I moved to Little Rock, Arkansas and joined the firm of Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, where I focused my practice on defense of employers in workers' compensation claims, insurance coverage, general liability and investigation and defense of third-party claims against insurers.I returned to Virginia in 2010, and my solo practice began in 2011. I started with McCandlish Holton Morris in November, 2017. I joined Ford Richardson at its founding, on May 1, 2018.Areas of practice: workers' compensation, personal injury, business law and litigation, employment law, criminal defense.

Attorney Robert Elfont is originally from the Philadelphia area but came to Connecticut in 1992 and has resided in Danbury, Connecticut since 1999. He graduated from Clark University in 1987 and obtained his J.D. in 1992 from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, now known as Western Michigan University Cooley Law School. He is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, the Danbury Bar Association, and the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.. Since joining the firm, Attorney Elfont has focused his practice on personal injury law and worker’s compensation but has also handled matters of general civil litigation. Attorney Elfont is admitted to practice in both Connecticut, Pennsylvania and the United States District Court

Alexandra Simon, an associate in Goldberg Segalla’s Garden City office, concentrates her practice on workers’ compensation litigation.. Alexandra has significant experience in civil litigation in the areas of personal injury and general liability, including handling all aspects of litigation for large insurance carriers before courts throughout New York City and Long Island. In addition, Alexandra has experience handling arbitration matters as well as conducting settlement negotiations. She has also handled residential real estate transactions and estate administration.. While receiving her juris doctor from Touro Law School, Alexandra participated in the school’s trial advocacy program and received the highest student honor, the CALI Award for Academic Excellence in Trial Practice. Alexandra also participated in the study abroad program in Germany, where she spent a summer in Berlin studying international constitutional law and international human rights.. Throughout her law school career, Alexandra was a legal intern with the Nassau County Legal Aid Society, where she represented indigent defendants at criminal arraignments. She also interned at the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office in the Special Victim’s Bureau.