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Corey Endres:              Associate Attorney – Worker’s Comp. / SSI. Corey started as an Associate Attorney with the firm in September 2007.  He was hired specifically for his experience and background in Washington State Worker’s Compensation laws and Social Security Disability programs.   The Worker’s Comp. division is now a thriving new addition to the firm.  Corey has proven to be an advocate who will tirelessly work to help his clients obtain the benefits that were improperly denied.  He is a member of the Washington State Trial lawyers Association, the Washington State Bar Association and the South King County bar Association.. Corey Endres was enrolled in the University of Washington and earned his Bachelors of Science degree in Zoology cum laude in 1993.  He later completed four years of training as a President’s Scholar at the Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in 1999.  Rather than pursue a career in medicine, Mr. Endres pursued his Juris Doctor through Seattle University, where he was a Merit Scholar and graduated cum laude in 2002.

I have been practicing in Washington State for over 40 years. My commitment to representing injured workers has not only included representing injured workers but also representing the Trial Lawyers on behalf of Labor in legislative committees. In the past, I was Chair of the Washington State Trial Lawyers Workers' Compensation Section. I have spoken at numerous Workers' Compensation seminars and continuing legal education seminars on how to represent injured workers. I have regularly been rated by my peers as one of the top Worker Compensation lawyers in the state as noted in different publications; Super Lawyer Magazine and, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine.. I have represented injured workers not only at the Board level, but I have relentlessly pursued their benefits in numerous Superior Court trials, and in appeals to the Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court.  Most recently winning a case in the Court of Appeals after four years of litigation after my client was denied benefits by the Department, the Board, and Superior Court.. I received my B.A. from the University of Washington in 1977 and my J.D. from Gonzaga University Law School three years later.

Kevin D. Anderson is the principal attorney at our law office. Kevin was born and raised in Skagit Valley, Washington. After starting his career working at a law office in the greater Seattle area, he founded the Law Office of Kevin D. Anderson in 2019 with the dream of helping people in the same community that he grew up in. While this drove the decision to locate his office in Mt. Vernon, Washington so he could better serve Skagit County and the surrounding areas, he is proud of the fact that his clients still come from all over the state (and some out of state too!) for his legal representation.. Kevin received his bachelor degree with honors from Central Washington University (2004) and his juris doctor degree from Gonzaga University School of Law (2009). While in law school Kevin was a member of numerous law associations and societies, to include the Gonzaga Journal of International Law where he held the position of Editor-in-Chief. Kevin is licensed to practice law in the State of Washington (2009). He is admitted in all state courts in Washington, the U.S. District Court - Western District of Washington, the U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Washington, and the U.S. Court of Appeal - Ninth Circuit. He is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, Skagit County Bar Association, and has been an Eagle member of the Washington State Association for Justice for over a decade. Kevin has also received the President's Award from the Snohomish County Bar Association in 2016 and has been a multi-year recipient of the "Top 40 Under 40 in Washington" which is awarded by The National Trial Lawyers.. When not working, Kevin is the consummate family man. He enjoys spending time with his wife and their four children. He relishes in the activities and beauty that the PNW has to offer and likes to get out on the salt water whenever he can!. Kevin D. Anderson © 2023. All rights reserved.

Malcolm Smith was born in Louisiana and moved to Oklahoma at the age of twelve.  He graduated high school from Marion Military Institute in Marion, Alabama.  He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University.  He started law school at Oklahoma City University and went to night school, working during the day, first as a minute clerk for Oklahoma County District Court Judge Jack R. Parr and, later, as a legal intern for a law firm where the focus was insurance defense.  While at OCU, Malcolm was elected class representative to the school’s Student Bar Association.. Malcolm transferred to the University of Tulsa College of Law and received his Juris Doctor from there in 1981.  He worked in the Civil Division of the Legal Department of the City of Tulsa as a legal intern while in law school.  After graduating, he served as an Assistant City Prosecutor for the City of Tulsa.  Afterwards, he had a private general law practice in Ardmore, Oklahoma for five years.  While in Ardmore, among other things, Malcolm served as President of the Carter County Bar Association and as part time Municipal Judge for the nearby City of Healdton, Oklahoma.. Malcolm returned to Tulsa in 1989 to become a staff attorney for the Oklahoma State Insurance Fund, a quasi-state agency which provided workers’ compensation insurance for state agencies and private employers.  He left to become an associate in the workers’ compensation department of a Tulsa insurance defense firm and, after several years there, opened his own law office concentrating on the defense of workers’ compensation cases.  To enhance his knowledge of medical matters, Malcolm took classes in medical terminology and human anatomy and physiology at Tulsa Community College.. A veteran of hundreds of non-jury trials and 85 jury trials, Malcolm is also accomplished in appellate practice having won cases resulting in published opinions in all three of Oklahoma’s appellate courts, the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Civil Appeals.. Malcolm has long participated in professional related activities.  In Ardmore he served as the county bar association’s Law Day chairman and the program he organized won the Hicks Epton Award for best program in the state.  He also served as Carter County Bar Association delegate to the state bar’s annual meeting.  He has served as secretary-treasurer of the Tulsa County Bar Association Workers’ Compensation Section Committee.  He has served on several county bar association committees, including the Fee Arbitration Committee and Bar Foundation’s Golf Tournament Committee.  In 2016 Malcolm attended the annual convention of the International Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards and Commissions in Portland, Maine to keep abreast of current events in the area of workers’ compensation from around the country.. Away from the profession, Malcolm has served his community in a number of capacities including as his church’s moderator of the board of deacons, Sunday school teacher and men’s softball team coach.  He is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Tulsa and has served in various capacities as a volunteer for the Miss Oklahoma Pageant, including as a local pageant judge.  Malcolm joined Alliance Francaise de Tulsa while he was taking classes at Tulsa Community College.  He attained enough credits to receive a certificate in French.  He has traveled to France six times.  He has also had classes in German, Italian and Spanish.  During Malcolm’s seven year tenure on the board of directors for Tulsa Global Alliance he hosted international visitors, served as chairman of the Toast the Host Committee and twice attended the annual meeting of the International Visitors Program in Washington, D.C.

Nick E. Moorad, II is an Associate Attorney at the Law Office of Malcolm D. Smith, Jr., with primary focuses in the areas of workers’ compensation defense, insurance defense and personal injury.  Nick obtained a Bachelor of Science in Political Science with a minor in Sociology from Oklahoma State University and his Juris Doctor from Oklahoma City University School of Law. Nick is a current member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the United States District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, allowing him to practice at both the state and federal levels in Tulsa.  Nick is also a member of the American Bar Association and Federal Bar Association.  In 2014, Nick received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Government Practice Externship.  In 2016 and 2017, Nick received the Top 10 under 40 award for the state of Oklahoma from the National Academy of Personal Injury Attorneys.  Nick also received a 2017 10 best attorney client satisfaction award from the American Institute of Legal Counsel.. While pursuing his law degree at OCU, Nick worked as a licensed legal intern for an insurance defense firm in Oklahoma City where his responsibilities included drafting memoranda, correspondence, briefs, motions and pleadings as well as performing legal research on complex issues of law in matters ranging from insurance defense, workers’ compensation, real estate and business transactional law.. During his third year of law school, Nick worked as a judicial clerk for the Honorable Jacqueline Miller of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, with focuses in the public utility, transportation and oil & gas divisions.  After graduating from Oklahoma City University School of Law, Nick moved back to his hometown of Tulsa where he began practicing law at the Law Office of Malcolm D. Smith, Jr.  Nick lives in Tulsa with his wife and enjoys traveling, serving in his local church, spending time with family and friends and golfing in his free time.

Craig R. Armstrong is an Oklahoma Lawyer who was initially born and raised in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Craig graduated from Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK with Bachelor and Masters degree in Business Administration. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the O.W. Coburn School of Law at Oral Roberts University and has been practicing as an attorney for over 40 years in both Oklahoma and Texas. In his spare time, Attorney Armstrong enjoys gardening and is an automotive enthusiast.Bar AdmissionsOklahoma, 1983Texas, 1989. Areas of Practice. Workers’ CompensationSocial Security. Education. O.W. Coburn School of Law, Juris Doctor 1982Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Masters in Business Administration 1979Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Bachelor in Business Administration 1977. Professional Associations and Memberships. Oklahoma Bar Association, Member since 1983Texas Bar Association, Member, since 1989Tulsa County Bar Association, MemberNational Organization of Social Security Claimant’s Representatives. He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, and the Tulsa County Bar Association. Mr. Armstrong is an avid runner and enjoys gardening, working with Apple Computers, and driving classic German sports cars.

Attorney James Pettit is a staff attorney at Pettit Law Office, where he focuses his practice on personal injury, workers’ compensation, and adoptions. He holds a B.A. from Drury University and a J.D. from the University of Missouri – Kansas City Law School. Throughout his legal career, James has improved as a lawyer under the mentorship of his father, Scott Pettit, and his grandfather, Walter Pettit, both attorneys at Pettit Law Office. He previously served as a public defender intern for the Jackson County Public Defender’s Office before joining his father and grandfather at their firm. James maintains a strong work ethic and an insatiable desire to help clients navigate their complex legal matters. He is a member of various professional associations and legal organizations.

For 30 Years I have been helping the "little guy" fight for fair compensation against large corporations and insurance companies with great success. Call for free to find out why you should always be represented. They have an attorney at the corporation or insurance company, you should have one too.. If someones carelessnes has made you sick, call Richard Faulstich. A GOOD REFERRAL FOR ME a factory worker, union workers, injured persons fighting nasty insurance companies. I HANDLE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS, PRODUCT LIABILITY, AUTOMOBILE COLLISIONS, DOG BITES, SLIP AND FALLS, WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS, MOTORCYCLE AND TRUCK ACCIDENTS, AND WRONGFUL DEATH Faulstich has tried numerous bench and jury trials and has successfully won verdicts, awards and settlements in multiple jurisdictions, including St. Louis County, St. Louis City, Jefferson County, St. Charles County, the Missouri and Illinois Division of Workers' Compensation, Federal Court. Affton, Ballwin, Chesterfield, Clayton, O'Fallon, St. Peters, Franklin county, Crestwood, Lake St. Louis, Lincoln County, Hazelwood, Maryland heights,maplewood, Manchester, sunset hills, Arnold, Festus, Hillsboro, pevely, Union, troy.

In my over 30 years of law practice I have had extensive litigation and non-litigation experience in motor vehicle accident cases, Workers' Compensation, medical malpractice, Social Security disability, criminal, probate and Family Law matters. We have attained settlements and judgments of millions of dollars in cases involving injuries to our clients in vehicular crashes, unnecessary surgeries, nursing home neglect and at-work injuries. I have been the principal of The Rubin Law Firm since leaving my first firm in 1989, and have been awarded the Martinedale-Hubbell "A-V" (highest) rating by fellow lawyers and judges as to my legal ability and ethics every year since 2002 (more than 12 years running). This designation is designed to attest to "preeminent" status amonst lawyers in the community and is, by all accounts, a much more accurate and less subjective rating than any client or attorney testimonials given by other sources as it is the private and undisclosed rating of lawyers AND JUDGES familiar with my work.  I can and do assure every client the highest commitment to excellence in the work we do for them.. I am a graduate of DeSmet, Jesuit High School in St. Louis, Washington University in St. Louis (Prince School of Business Administration) and St. Louis University School of Law(1984, cum laude).. Our ethic and mission statement is summed up in our motto: "Helping People Find Higher Ground."  Call us today at  so we can put our extensive experience and commitment to work for you.

I have been litigating cases since 1982.  Currently, the bulk of my practice is worker's compensation claims.  If you are a trucker and were hired or injured in Missouri, I want to help you, regardless of where you live.. I also accept other personal injury cases.

Brian E. Roskin is a graduate of the St. Louis University School of Law and completed his undergraduate studies at Northwestern University. His areas of practice include MO workers' compensation, car accidents, class action lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies, DWI's, felony and misdemeanors, and contract disputes. Mr. Roskin has been a past member of a condo association in charge of budgeting and  allocating almost $1,000, annually. In addition to practicing law, Mr. Roskin was a MO high school wrestling state champion, scholarship wrestler in the Big Ten and he currently coaches high school wrestling.

Michael J. Catallo is a Senior Attorney at Rella & Associates.  Mr. Catallo has been practicing law for over 10 years and  has earned a reputation for  aggressive litigation on behalf of injured workers in New York and Federal Workers’ Compensation, New York City and New York State disability Retirement matters, and General Municipal Law 207 disability benefits.  Additionally, he has successfully represented countless applicants in Social Security Administrative hearings.  Mr. Catallo’s disciplined style has yielded positive results for claimants in the Workers’ Compensation arena, including six figure settlements, and favorable permanency awards. He actively pursues disability retirement, as well as  207-c and 207-a benefits on behalf of the clients he represents, including all aspects of litigation, as well as filing  Article 78s and Appellate Briefs. He proudly represents the hard working people of New York, including Correction Officers, Police, Officers, Firefighters, Carpenters, DPW, truck drivers, teachers, and anyone that is injured while working. He was recognized as a “Rising Star” in the field of Workers Compensation in 2017, 2018, and 2019 for New York State Super Lawyers.. Mr. Catallo graduated from St John’s Law School in 2011 and Fairfield University with a degree in Bachelor Science in 2005.

Specializing in representation of first responders (e.g. police, correction, fire) with pensions, disability, Workers' Compensation, union matters, and GML 207.

Michelle D. Porro has been associated with Porro Niermann Law Group LLC (formerly Presbrey & Associates) since 1995. She graduated Magna Cum Laude as an Honors Scholar in Psychology from Western Illinois University in 1990 and received her Juris Doctorate from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1995. Michelle has fought to protect the rights of injured workers since 1995, and has handled complex workers’ compensation cases from trial through all levels of appeal, including petitions to the Illinois Supreme Court. She has represented injured workers for conditions as varied as heart attacks, brain injuries, repetitive trauma, occupational exposure and specific incidents that have resulted in findings of permanent total disability, wage differential and permanent partial disability, either via an award or a lump sum settlement.. In addition to representing her clients, she is presently on the Board of Managers for the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and is a member of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association’s Workers’ Compensation Section Council, the Workers’ Compensation Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, the Workplace Injury Litigation Group, the Will County Bar Association and the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers where she served as President from 2000-2001.. Michelle served as Chairman of the Workers’ Compensation Committee for Kane County Bar Association from 1998-2005, served on the Illinois State Bar Association General Assembly from 1999-2005, was Chairman of the Workers’ Compensation Section Council for the ISBA from 2004-2005, and served on the Council from 2001-2006 and was reappointed from 2009 to the present. She has published numerous articles on various aspects of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act in the ISBA Workers’ Compensation Section Newsletter, the ISBA Bar Journal, authored the Workers’ Compensation chapter of the Arbitration IICLE, co-authored a Chapter in the ITLA Workers’ Compensation Trial Notebook, and has authored articles on various legal topics published in the DuPage Association of Women Lawyers Newsletter. Michelle has lectured on numerous occasions regarding Workers’ Compensation to the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Kane County Bar Association, and International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. Michelle is also fluent in Spanish.. Representative cases include: a judgment awarding permanent total disability benefits consisting of tax-free weekly payments lasting the natural life of the injured worker plus payment of lifetime medical related to injury for a school teacher with a spinal injury; $450,000 plus lifetime medical recovery for teacher who sustained a head injury; $356,000 plus funding of an MSA for a construction project manager who sustained injuries to his ankle; $305,000 for an operating engineer who underwent a lumbar fusion; and $262,000 for a pipefitter who sustained bilateral rotator cuff tears. Over her career, Michelle has recovered tens of millions of dollars in compensation for the benefit of her clients.