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Leon Reich is a certified specialist in workers' compensation and handles workers' compensation cases exclusively. He has extensive experience in the
field. He graduated from the University of San Francisco Law School in 1973. He was a workers' compensation defense attorney for 12 years, with the State Compensation Insurance Fund from 1973 through 1978 and with
American Building Maintenance Industries from 1978 through 1985. Leon Reich has been in private practice in San Rafael since 1985 exclusively representing the injured worker before the Workers' Compensation Appeals
Board. He has handled all types of industrial injury claims, particularly those involving serious physical injuries
The extensive experience on both sides of a case gives clients the following advantages. Experience as a defense attorney provides the ability to
evaluate a case from the perspective of the insurance carrier, knowing what points are important to them and how to stress them, in order to get the highest value on a case. The extensive experience as an attorney
representing the injured worker not only provides for excellent knowledge of the law, but also assists in the coordination of related benefits that can be integrated into the workers' compensation system. This includes
Social Security disability, long-term disability, State Disability, and the possibility of a civil suit for general damages.
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