H. George Kagan has distinguished
himself and his firm from his
earliest days in practice. By 1980, he had become nationally
recognized
as a recipient of Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for legal
ability
and ethical standards, and in 1983, became Chairman of the
Workers' Compensation Rules Committee of The Florida Bar and
the Chairman
of the Workers' Compensation Section of The Florida Bar. In
this position,
he authored innovative rules approved by the Supreme Court
which are
still in wide use today. In order to master his field of practice,
Mr. Kagan
became board certified in workers' compensation law in 1988,
but
Mr. Kagan’s accomplishments and attributes go well beyond
the realm
of workers' compensation. In 1996, the Chief Judge of the Circuit
Court
in Palm Beach County appointed him as President of the American
Inns of Court, an institution designed for the sole purpose
of improving
the skills, professionalism and ethics of the bench and bar.
As an equity partner with over 30 years of loyalty to
Miller, Kagan,
Rodriguez & Silver, Mr. Kagan is truly an asset to
the field of
workers' compensation.
 Wright
v. Uniforms for Industry established in 2000, the
constitutionality of the employer’s right to
terminate all compensation and medical benefits upon
a finding of fraud.
Henson v. U.S. Sugar Corporation.
In 2002, this Supreme Court case
established on behalf of our combined clients: The American Crop
Protection Association; Chemical Manufactures Association; Florida Fruit and
Vegetable Association; Florida Fertilizer and Agrichemical Association; Florida
Citrus Mutual and Gulf Citrus Growers Association, the "Frye" test
as applicable to Florida workers' compensation (as a means of subjecting questionable
scientific evidence of causation and the like to a higher
standard of scrutiny). |
Member,
Workers' Compensation Section of The Florida Bar
Member,
American Bar Association
Member,
Defense Research Institute
Author,
Foreword to John Dubreuil's Guide to Florida Workers'
Compensation Claims, Second, Fifth
and Sixth Edition
The
Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Lecturer,
Board
Certification Seminar Program
Committee member, Workers'
Compensation Education Conference
1999
Appointed by the First District Court of Appeal as
its sole
attorney-representative at the District Conference of State District
and Supreme Courts
1996
Member, Workers' Compensation (Board) Certification
Grade
Review Panel
1994
- 95 President, American Inns of Court (Palm Beach
County Chapter)
1993
Appointed member, Statewide Nominating Commission
1988
- 90 Vice-Chairman (inaugural) Workers' Compensation
Board Certification Committee, The Florida Bar
1984
- 91 Originator and Editor-in-Chief, Workers' Compensation
Section, News and Four-Forty Report
1985
Chairman, Workers' Compensation Section, The Florida
Bar
1984
Chairman, Workers' Compensation Rules Committee,
The Florida Bar |
| Mr. Kagan speaks annually on behalf
of The Florida Bar at the workers' compensation certification
review course and in recent years, as a Bar CLE instructor
on the new law of settlements, and on defense of
workers' compensation appeals among other topics.
He annually serves as the Moderator for Florida Workers'
Compensation Educational Conference’s "Main
Event", The Case Law Update and as the speaker
for its new "National Trends" program.
He delivered the "Case Law Update" for
semi-annual WCCP Claims and is a CEU Seminar lecturer
for the Counsel on Education in Management and other
professional educational organizations |
1975
Florida State Bar Association
1988
Board Certified Workers' Compensation Specialist,
Florida Bar
1981
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
1980
U.S. Supreme Court
Accredited
Continued Education Units (CEU) speaker |
1994
- Present Best Lawyers in America
Florida
Trend's Legal EliteAppellate Practice 2004
Florida Monthly Florida's
Top Lawyers 2004
1994 Friends of 440 Honoree
Recipient of W. L. "Bud" Adams
Award
Consistently
ranked for over 20 years with the highest rating for
legal
ability and ethical standards by the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell
Leading Florida Attorney by
American Research Corporation |
University
of Miami (J.D. 1975)
University
of South Florida (B.A. 1972) |
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