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Gary Paul Andre' is a senior associate with Pearlman, Borska & Wax. He specializes in all aspects of workers' compensation law. He has been defending employers, insurance carriers and third party administrators throughout the State of California since 1987.. In addition to defending the NHL, NFL, NBA, WNBA, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer and the Harlem Globetrotters, Mr. André has played and coached youth ice hockey teams for six unique experience provides insight in defending professional sports claims that include complex multi-party and multi-jurisdictional issues.. Mr. Andre' has also successfully represented employers in a wide variety of third party civil subrogation matters, Serious & Willful and Labor Code Section 132a Petitions, as well as alternative dispute resolution procedures, including mediation and arbitration. He was been a volunteer Pro Tem Judge at the Santa Monica WCAB.

I have been with the Law Offices of William J. Kropach since 1998.  While working as paralegal I attended law school at night and upon passing the bar I decided to remain working with William Kropach.  Because of my outstanding contributions to the firm, I have become a partner.

I earned my Bachelor of Science degree in Neuroscience from UCLA in 1998, before briefly entering medical school at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. In 2001, I changed direction and made a decision to begin a career in Workers’ Compensation, first as an Administrator of medical-legal affairs for a well-known medical provider, and, after receiving my JD from Southwestern University School of Law in 2009, as an attorney.. Since 2011, I have focused my professional endeavors on the defense of Workers’ Compensation matters, representing permissibly self-insured entities, insurance companies, TPAs and PEOs, as well as the occasional uninsured employer. I have been been able to utilize his considerable medical background, and medical-legal experience, in developing and implementing case management and litigation strategies to maximize early case resolution or mitigation of exposure in a variety of cases.. I have extensive experience in handling matters ranging from the straightforward orthopedic-only claim to complex matters involving multiple claims of injury, multiple body parts, multiple defendants, and high exposure, as well as claims involving serious and willful misconduct, and alleged disability discrimination under Labor Code §132(a).. I am admitted to practice in California and before the United States District Court for the Central District of California.