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Bay Area Office
Joseph Schneider, Managing Attorney |
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1330 Broadway,
Suite 1830
Oakland, CA 94612 |
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View Map of San Francisco Law Office |
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(510) 452-9556 |
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(510) 452-1869 |
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Eureka, Oakland, San Fransisco, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Salinas |
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JOSEPH SCHNEIDER
Managing Attorney
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BIOGRAPHY
Joseph Schneider is currently the Managing Attorney of our Bay Area operations located in Oakland, California. After obtaining his Undergraduate Degree in Political Science from Stockton State College in New Jersey, Mr. Schneider earned his Juris Doctorate Degree from Western State University College of Law in San Diego. While attending law school, Mr. Schneider, in addition to various clerking positions, worked at the San Diego Criminal Writs and Appeals Department preparing replys on behalf of the County of San Diego and also clerked for The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington DC. Upon becoming licensed to practice law in California in 1991, Mr. Schneider began representing insurance companies, self-insureds, third party administrators, and employers in all aspects of workers' compensation matters including §132(a) discrimination allegations and serious and willful misconduct filings. Mr. Schneider previously worked at The Zenith Insurance Company as Managing Attorney in their Sacramento location, returning to private practice after 12 years there. |
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MATTHEW E. HERSH
Attorney at Law
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BIOGRAPHY
Matthew Hersh is an associate attorney in our San Francisco Bay Area office and in good standing with the California Bar Association. Mr. Hersh obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara and his Juris Doctorate from New College of California School of Law in 2006. After passing the California Bar he engaged in the practice of civil litigation including wills and trusts and family law in addition to criminal defense work. Mr. Hersh has been practicing in the Workers’ compensation arena since 2008. Prior to joining with Floyd Skeren & Kelly, he practiced workers’ compensation defense for a nationwide law firm including the handling of standard and complex litigation issues, 132(a) claims and, serious and willful misconduct allegations. |
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SUZANNE HONOR-VANGEROV
Attorney at Law
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BIOGRAPHY
Suzanne Honor-Vangerov is an associate attorney in our firm's Oakland office location. Ms. Honor-Vangerov received her Undergraduate Degree in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Marketing from the California State University, Hayward. She went on to receive her Juris Doctorate degree from Abraham Lincoln University in Los Angeles.
Ms. Honor-Vangerov began her workers' compensation career as a claims adjuster for the State Compensation Insurance Fund and then transitioned into a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor. In 1994 Ms. Honor-Vangerov moved into the position of Information and Assistance Officer for the Van Nuys District Office of the Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC). She held various positions of increasing responsibility within the DWC culminating in becoming the Manager of the DWC Medical Unit. As the Medical Unit Manager she oversaw the Qualified Medical Evaluator, Spinal Surgery Second Opinion, Medical Provider Network, and Utilization Review programs. She is considered to be an expert in medical billing and fee schedule issues. She has served as a speaker for the annual DWC Educational Conference, has been an instructor with the Insurance Education Association (IEA), and has been a frequent speaker on workers' compensation issues for a variety of associations.
Ms. Honor-Vangerov brings over an extensive amount of workers' compensation experience to Floyd, Skeren & Kelly and will use it to represent employers, insurance entities, self-insured entities and third party administrators before the WCAB on standard workers' compensation defense, medical liens, subrogation, §132(a) discrimination claims, and serious and willful misconduct allegations. |
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LINDSAY WAGENMAN
Attorney at Law
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BIOGRAPHY
Lindsay Wagenman joined Floyd, Skeren and Kelly in 2011. Prior to joining, she worked at several employment law firms handling wage and hour class actions, wrongful termination, general civil litigation and workers' compensation. Ms. Wagenman received her Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from San Diego State University, where she majored in Journalism with a minor in Public Administration. Ms. Wagenman graduated from the San Francisco Law School in May 2008 and was admitted to the California Bar in December 2008. During one of her summers in law school, she served as a judicial law clerk to Honorable Luis A. Gonzalez of the New York County Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department. |
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