Nancy J. Wallace

Nancy has more than 30 years of experience in workers comp in the Inland Empire, starting as a law clerk defending Comp Insurance Companies, watching insurance companies refuse help people seriously hurt at work. In 1994, she left defense to represent only injured workers. Nancy knows what it is to be injured and trying to work and support a family. In the Inland Empire 30 years, Nancy knows which physicians and facilities truly help injured workers (and which ones just give lip service but no help). Nancy answers questions for workers throughout the state on Avvo.com, LawGuru.com, and on her website: www.imhurt.info.

Workers' Compensation

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  YOU don't ever write me a check; the Judge orders the insurer to pay me after I help you get paid on your claim.
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  Workers Comp fees are just 15%, NOT 40% like personal injury attorneys. NO FEE IS PAID UNTIL YOUR CLAIM CLOSES. [You never pay the fee directly...the insurer pays a part of your award to the attorney, per the judge's order.]

California

Since 1989

Federal Circuit

Since 1990

Owner

Nancy Wallace, Attorney at Law

1996 - Current

Represented Injured Workers and Physicians and Diagnostic Facilities before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board.

Judge Pro Tem, Small Claims Court

County of San Bernardino Superior Court

1998 - 2002

Small Claims Court matters

Attorney

Kegel Tobin & Truce

1995 - 1996

Defended Travelers, School Districts in Workers' Compensation actions across Calif.

Attorney

Mark & Bolson

1991 - 1994

Workers' Compensation defense for The Hartford, Farmers, County of Riverside, County of San Bernardino, San Bernardino City School District.

Attorney

Parker & Dally

1987 - 1991

Workers Compensation Defense PLUS Estate Planning

Western State College of Law at Argosy University

J.D. | Law

1985 - 1988

Honors: American Jurisprudence Award, Criminal Procedure; Editor, The Dictum (Student newspaper); Honors Moot Court

Activities: Women's Law Association; Latino Student Bar Assoc.

Three Best Rated San BErnardino Employment Lawyers

ThreeBest

2017

Honored as one of the best 3 Employment Law attorneys in the San Bernardino Valley.

Top Contributor Award

Avvo

2017

Found to be a Top Contributor by peers on Avvo for outstanding answers to Workers Compensation questions

Client's Choice Award

Avvo

2012

Clients' Favorite Workers Compensation attorney for 2012

San Bernardino County Bar Association

Member

Current

Lawyers of Distinction

Member

2017 - Current

Calif. Applicants' Attorneys assoc.

member

2012 - Current

American Bar Assoc.

Member

2010 - Current

Activities: Law Day

Workers Comp: Welcome to Outer Space, Law Day, Anaheim

June 10, 2016

Handel on the Law

A talk on the new regulations for securing medications and treatment under the current workers comp laws, and why adjusters get to deny medication and doctor visits and how to fix that.

Q. Is it legal for an insurance company to stop paying benefits without medical validation by challenging their own doctor?

April 28, 2023

A: NO! The Labor Code DOES NOT permit the Adjuster to stop TTD payments just because she thinks you aren't totally disabled any longer. SOLUTION: (1) apply for State Disability Insurance -- SDI -- at www.edd.ca.gov immediately, as it takes at least 10 days. EDD will want to see the copy of the letter stopping TTD payments. (2) File a DOR for an Expedited Trial for an order to resume (and pay overdue) TTD. PROBLEM: if you don't know how to file a DOR properly or where or how to file, you'll need an attorney ASAP. This is attorney should be a REAL attorney, not a 'legal assistant' or a 'hearing rep', because you'll need the Attorney til also FILE A PETITION FOR SANCTIONS AND PENALTIES FOR TACTICS TO DELAY AND HARASS. 'hearing reps' aren't expert at those. So when you are interviewing attorneys, insist on a sample PETITION FOR SANCTIONS AND PENALTIES to be emailed or texted...if its a secretary practicing law without a license, she won't have one to send.

Q. In June of last year my attorney filed my claim for workers comp, I thought, she has been after the wrong ins. Now what?

March 23, 2023

A: You are free to get a new attorney at ANY time. It sounds like there is no actual attorney at the group you had, just an 'assistant'. If the claim were mailed to the employer, the employer would have forwarded it to their CORRECT Insurer; so it appears the claim wasn't properly sent to the employer either. If you picked a firm that can't find the employer and can't find the insurer for over a year while you are reporting that you are homeless as a result, it's time for a new firm.

Q. My present Lawyer on my Worker Comp Case keep Neglecting to write down my Diagnosis of Cervical Myelopathy on all his Re

December 20, 2022

A: If you're in Charlotte North Carolina, that state has entire different regulations for Workers Comp ratings. You've asked your question about CALIFORNIA Labor Code rules and regulations. In california, it makes NO DIFFERENCE if your lawyer writes 'Myelopathy' or Impingement or Disc Disease. Ratings are NOT dependent on a phrase. Ratings are the result of the examining physician finding you have WHOLE PERSON IMPAIRMENT in the Spine. Whether the impairment is from 'myelopathy' (a generic term for damage, non-specific) or from a failed surgery or from nerve-root impingement, it gets the same finding when the physician finds the physical evidence on the MRI/CT and the impact on activities of daily living. The judge can only look at two findings: that of the QME and that of the Primary Treating PHysician. If you disagree with the one that the attorney is basing the settlement proposal, TELL THE ATTORNEY YOU NEED A DIFFERENT REPORT with a much higher Whole Person Impairment. If both the QME and the Treating PHysician have already reported, it's too late. You cannot unring the bell. You can go through the reports with your attorney to see if there are oversights and errors. But doctors very rarely change their mind at a deposition and never change their mind just because the injured worker isn't happy with the amount of settlement money. If your attorney won't go through the two reports with you and show you what the judge would award at trial, MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT or go get an attorney who will do that.