Top Workers' Comp Attorneys for Injured Employees in the United States

James M. Hoffmann is a St. Louis workers' compensation lawyer. For more than three decades, he has taken only Missouri work injury cases. His office has recovered over $100 million for injured workers.

Clients talk directly with Attorney Hoffmann, not a call center or a junior associate. He prepares each case as if it will go to trial. Insurers know he deposes their doctors and takes cases to hearing.

Before a serious claim settles, the firm uses medical and vocational experts to prove:

• Future surgeries and medical care
• Home changes and in-home nursing
• Permanent restrictions and lost earning capacity

The Platta Law Firm helped change New York law for injured construction workers. In the Wilinski case, the state's highest court expanded protections for workers hit by falling objects.

Founding partner Slawomir Platta leads a team of NYC injury attorneys in Downtown and Midtown Manhattan. The firm pairs workers' comp claims with construction accident lawsuits when a third party is at fault. Its results include a $48 million award for a worker hurt on a job site.

Clients pay nothing unless the firm wins. The team also serves the city's Polish-speaking community.

Kaplan Morrell is a Denver law firm that takes only Colorado workers' compensation cases. Since 1997, the team has helped injured and disabled workers get the benefits they are owed.

Clients can meet in Denver, Greeley, or Loveland offices, or by video call. That option also helps workers who have moved out of Colorado. Attorneys explain each benefit and help clients apply for:

• Temporary total and partial disability
• Permanent partial disability
• Vocational rehabilitation

Services and resources are available in Spanish.

Board-certified in workers' compensation, Glen Wieland leads the work injury practice at Wieland & DeLattre. The Orlando firm has represented injured people in Central Florida for more than 35 years.

Attorney Wieland has been named to Florida Super Lawyers every year since 2006. Partner Tom DeLattre has earned the same honor since 2017. Best Lawyers also ranks the firm among its Best Law Firms.

In addition to work injuries, the team handles car, truck, and motorcycle crash cases. Each client works with one attorney through the final result. The office serves Orange and Brevard counties.

Earley Law Group is a Boston injury law firm. It takes work injury, construction accident, and car crash cases across Massachusetts. The firm has won tens of millions of dollars for clients.

Founder Christopher Earley is a Massachusetts Super Lawyer. He writes a column for Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and has published guides for accident victims.

In addition to its Boston office, the firm has locations in Quincy and Hingham. Its results include a $10 million recovery in a fatal tractor-trailer crash, handled as co-counsel.

Jeff Powers was a prosecutor and insurance defense attorney before he began representing injured Georgians. He has been licensed in Georgia and Florida since 1995.

Today, he and partner Adam Beecher lead Powers Law Group in Macon. Their results include a $3.52 million recovery for a Cordele sawmill worker who lost his arm. That case combined a workers' comp claim with a personal injury lawsuit and covered future medical care.

The attorneys offer a free consultation and will meet clients at home or in the hospital.

David M. Benenfeld is a Fort Lauderdale attorney who handles workers' comp and personal injury claims. He also has an office in Sunrise.

Attorney Benenfeld represents people hurt on the job, in car crashes, and in slip-and-fall accidents across Broward County. He earned his law degree from the University of Miami.

Workers' comp is all Pearson Koutcher Law does. Its Philadelphia attorneys bring more than 100 years of combined experience to Pennsylvania work injury claims.

Partners Eric Pearson and Jon Koutcher have worked together for over two decades. Partner Shawn Dethlefsen Harak began her career defending insurance companies.

The firm has offices in Center City Philadelphia, Bethlehem, and New Jersey. It serves Bucks, Chester, and Delaware counties, and its bilingual team offers phone or virtual consultations.

Eason & Tambornini is a Sacramento injury and workers' comp firm. It has recovered over $400 million for clients. One result was $5.7 million in a case that paired a workplace injury with third-party negligence.

Senior trial attorneys hold the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Clients get direct access to senior partners, and the staff speaks Spanish and Russian.

Lyndon R. Helton has represented injured North Carolina workers from his Hickory office since 1993. His firm has handled more than 4,000 workers' comp, personal injury, and Social Security disability cases.

One result was $1.3 million for a worker whose traumatic brain injury came from a falling box. Clients meet directly with an attorney. The firm serves Morganton, Lenoir, Newton, and Catawba County.

Menk & Menk is a Minnesota work injury firm staffed by former insurance defense lawyers. Founder Ross K. Menk began his career defending insurers in 2003. He opened the firm in 2008 and now represents only injured workers.

The legal team includes former workers' comp judge Richard Lund and longtime trial attorney Karen Swanton. Lawyers make free house calls statewide and have offices in Coon Rapids, St. Paul, Duluth, and St. Cloud.

James F. Aspell is one of Connecticut's few board-certified workers' compensation specialists. His Farmington firm has handled work injury cases for more than 30 years.

Attorney Aspell has also earned a Super Lawyer rating. The team represents union members, municipal employees, and workers at UPS, Amazon, and Pratt & Whitney. A second office is in West Hartford.

T. Andrew Miller spent years defending employers and workers' comp insurers. Now his Atlanta firm represents injured Georgia workers. Clients include warehouse staff, airline employees, nurses, and TV and film crews.

If a driver or other third party caused the injury, he can also seek pain and suffering damages.

For more than 90 years, Pasternack Tilker Ziegler Walsh Stanton & Romano has represented injured New York workers. The firm has recovered billions for clients.

Its offices span the state, including Manhattan, Brooklyn, Long Island, the Hudson Valley, and Albany. Attorneys also handle Social Security disability and civil service pension claims. They represent police officers, firefighters, and paramedics.

Maggie Shankle is a Charlotte workers' comp attorney and a North Carolina board-certified specialist. She has fought for injured workers since 1999 and founded Shankle Law Firm in 2008. Clients work directly with her, and the firm also takes personal injury and immigration cases.

Michael Burgis & Associates sends Mobile Recovery Vehicles to meet injured workers at home or in the hospital. Lead attorney Michael Burgis is a certified workers' comp specialist. The firm won a $2,654,151 award in a stroke case.

Offices in Sherman Oaks, Pomona, Commerce, West Covina, and Santa Ana serve the Los Angeles area. Staff speak Armenian and Spanish.

Nick Panebianco is a work injury lawyer in Fort Lauderdale who has represented Florida workers since 1994. His appellate wins include a first-of-its-kind Florida ruling. It held that a 10-year-old claim was not barred by the statute of limitations. The office serves clients in Spanish and Haitian Creole.