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Jeffrey M. Adelson

Phone: (714) 245-8888
Fax: (714) 245-8880
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General Counsel

Education

  • University of Southern California, Law Center, Advanced Legal Education Courses
  • California Community College Instructor Credential, 1982
  • Western State University College of Law, Fullerton, CA
    Juris Doctor, 1976
  • California State University, Fullerton, CA
    Bachelor of Arts, History, 1973

Bio

Mr. Adelson is the firm's General Counsel, Managing Partner of it's Santa Ana Office and Manager of the National Practice Group. He has practiced in the field of Workers' Compensation for over 30 years.
 
Prior to joining Adelson, Testan, Brundo & Jimenez, Mr. Adelson spent sixteen years at Zonni, Ginocchio & Taylor where he was the Managing Partner of the Santa Ana office, as well as the firm's civil department. In addition, Mr. Adelson's legal career includes experience in the areas of civil, family and criminal law.

He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Fullerton in 1973, and received his Juris Doctor from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California in 1976. Mr. Adelson has also completed numerous courses in Advanced Legal Education at the University of Southern California Law Center. In addition, he has completed multiple courses in orthopedic medicine, psychiatric medicine, and human anatomy.

Mr. Adelson has served as a Judge Pro Tem. Additionally, he has been a workers' compensation instructor at several colleges in Southern California. He has also lectured extensively regarding workers' compensation, employment, and subrogation issues to physician, employer, insurer, and labor groups. Some of his lectures may be heard through an audio series entitled, "Legal Management Resources", and the video lecture entitled, "Meeting at the Crossroads".

He has also authored articles in the Orange County Business Journal, and Workers' Compensation Enquirer. Mr. Adelson has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal on issues of workers' compensation and employment law.

Mr. Adelson has been a member of various professional organizations including, the Joint Orange County Workers' Compensation Carriers and Defense Association, the Workers' Compensation Defense Association, the Southern California Fraud Investigators Association, the Southern California Defense Counsel Association and the Claims Litigation Management Alliance. Mr. Adelson also volunteers as a mentor for first year students at Chapman University School of Law.
 

Publications:

~ Workers' Compensation, Orange County Business Journal

~ Structured Settlements in Workers' Compensation, Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi, 

   Workers' Compensation Newsletter -1996

~ Homeowner's Insurance-The SIU Perspective, Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi,
   Workers' Compensation Newsletter-1995

~ Layoffs, Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi, Workers' Compensation Newsletter-1995

~ Legal Update, Zonni, Ginocchio & Taylor-1993

~ Subrogation, Workers' Compensation Enquirer-August 1985

Public Speaking:
 
~ Presentation given before the California Association of Neurological Surgeons at 
   their annual meeting on the subject of "Substantial Evidence and Ethics for
   Physicians in the California Workers' Compensation System." 2010
 
~ Speaker, California Workers' Compensation Forum 2009
 
~ Hidden Costs of Workers' Compensation"/ Wells Fargo Insurance Services - San  
   Diego
 
~ Hidden Costs of Workers' Compensation"/ Arthur J. Gallagher and Co.
 
~ Substantial Evidence in California WC psychiatric claims"/ California Applicants
   Attorney Convention.

~ University of California, Irvine, Workers' Compensation

~ Various Physician Groups, Workers' Compensation

~ Pension/Labor Groups, Workers' Compensation

~ Chiquita, ADA, EEOC, Sexual Harrassment, Reduction in Force and Fraud

~ Kemper National Insurance Companies, Structured Settlements
 
~ Anderson & Anderson Insurance Brokers, Reduction in Force Issues

~ Corvel, Medical Control
 
~ Southern California Fraud Investigators Association, Homeowners, Policies and the
   SIU Perspective

~ CNA, Brea, Training for Hearing Representatives Regarding Workers'
   Compensation Law and Procedure

~ Great Western Bank (Home office-Northridge), Family Medical Leave Act and the
   Workers' Compensation Connection

~ AIG, Legal Update

~ Safeco, Subrogation

~ Applied Risk Management/Wells Fargo, Basic Workers' Compensation System

~ Industrial Indemnity, Procedural Aspects of Workers' Compensation

~ Orange County Workers' Compensation Defense Association-Participant in mock
   trial regarding Civil Damages
 
~ AIG, Costa Mesa, Legal Update

~ Safeco, Fountain Valley, Subrogation

~ Applied Risk Management/Wells Fargo, Basic Workers' Compensation Law

~ Transamerica Insurance Company, Costa Mesa, Fraud in the Workers'
   Compensation System

~ Industrial Indemnity, Orange, Procedural Aspects of Workers' Compensation

~ Creator, Organizer and Presenter of seminars regarding employment and workers'
   compensation issues 'Meeting at the Crossroads'

~ Seminar Alexsis, Guest speaker, New Protocols in Psychiatric Cases

~ Brokers Group, Guest speaker, Sexual Harassment and Workers' Compensation
   Claims

~ Creator and speaker of nationally distributed videotapes for Legal Management
   Resources, Workers' Compensation, ADA, Sexual Harassment, and Violence in the
   Workplace.

~ Assisted in the creation and presentation of ,When Workers Cannot, Will Not or
   Should Not Work, Seminar

~ Hartford, Specialty Risk Services, Brea, Trial Practice
 
~ Argonaut Insurance, Brea, Workers' Compensation

~ CNA, Brea, Credit in Third Party Cases

~ CNA, Glendale, Credit in Third Party Cases
 
~ Guest Lecturer, American College of Law, Brea
 
~ Guest Speaker, Arena Football League2 Webinar, Continuous Trauma Claims
 
~ Great States Insurance, Anaheim

~ W.R. Grace Company, Western Region, 132a Claims

~ Industrial Indemnity, Medical Abuse in California Workers' Compensation System

~ Fremont Insurance, Orange, Medical Abuse Claims and Medical Liens and
   Objections

~ CNA, Brea, Trial Practices

~ Sedwick James, Irvine, Workers' Compensation
 
~ Argonaut Insurance, Los Angeles, Workers' Compensation

~ CNA, Brea, Workers' Compensation Training
 
~ USF & G, Fullerton, Workers' Compensation Training
 
~ CNA, Brea, Third Party Settlements

~ Aetna, Orange, Workers' Compensation

~ Highlands Insurance Company, Irvine, Workers' Compensation

~ Employers Casualty Company, Pasadena, Workers' Compensation
 
~ Industrial Indemnity, Orange, Workers' Compensation

~ Fairmont Insurance, Burbank, Workers' Compensation
 
~ State Farm Claims Department, Brea, Workers' Compensation

~ Crawford & Company, Orange, Workers' Compensation

~ CLAS (UAC), Newport Beach, Workers' Compensation
 
~ Western Growers Association House Counsel, Workers' Compensation
 
~ Beaver Insurance Company Claims Department, Workers' Compensation
 
~ Presentation for Risk Management for Jet Blue on Workers'
   Compensation strategies.
 
~ Presentation for the Los Angeles Claims Advisory Board on “The Purpose Driven
   Claims Review.”