Workers' Compensation Counsel Services

The Vendor is required to provide for workers’ compensation defense counsel legal services for the workers’ compensation program administered.
- Provide counsel to defend claims against agency assigned to them at all stages of workers’ compensation proceedings, including the appeals process, as directed by the chief counsel of agency or her designee.
- Work collaboratively with the claims adjuster working for agency third-party workers’ compensation claims administrator, the workers’ compensation coordinators representing the affected university and/or office of the chancellor when developing claims handling strategies and in the resolution of claims when appropriate.
- Advising the third-party workers’ compensation claims administrator, workers’ compensation coordinator and agency on workers’ compensation related matters, such as pension offset issues, Medicare Set Aside considerations and identifying potential subrogation opportunities. In some cases, this includes defending those matters.
- Consulting on matters that are not in litigation, such as whether or not to deny a claim or whether or not to pursue termination actions based on the unusual circumstances of a particular claim.