Why The Status Quo In Workers’ Comp Will Not Succeed In Attracting The Next Generation

Relationships are the most important factor in the workers’ compensation industry. Humor me for a moment and reflect on how you came into this space or why you stayed.

How each of us got here stems from a relationship of some kind, and how we interface with injured workers comes from how well we can relate to one another. This space became my family and is why the Workers’ Recovery Unit was formed in 2017.

I skipped gleefully into the workers’ compensation space, leaving a trail of glitter and sparkles after graduating from the University of Iowa and touring Europe for a summer post-graduation in 2005. I ran into my tennis doubles partner’s father, who had known me since I was old enough to hold a racket, immediately upon my arrival back to the United States.

He asked what I was doing now that I had finished undergrad, and I explained my terrible LSAT score. (I guess that is what happens when the LSAT is scheduled during Homecoming week in Hawkeye country…).